Katie was absolutely FANTASTIC!!! I am not able to fully express in words how thankful I am to have had Katie as our day-of coordinator for our wedding. Katie was everything we needed to have an absolutely perfect, stress-free, and FUN wedding ...day. I couldn’t imagine going through the planning process or our actual wedding day without her. As a DIY bride, she helped me execute my vision to perfection. She thought of every logistic detail to make my vision come true, and on the day-of she made it all happen.
I am a very particular person (bless my very patient, now-husband), and I had a clear vision for our wedding day. I had already booked the majority of our vendors, and I was looking for a day-of coordinator to make sure that everything went smoothly on our wedding day. I went with the Simply Perfect Glow package and it was everything I needed. Leading up to the big day, Katie and I met every two weeks starting at the six-week mark, and then once more the week before the wedding. She was extremely organized with spreadsheets and timeline information, and would even buy me Starbucks for our meetings (and remember my favorite order- she really is the best!) She kept me focused in terms of tasks that needed to be completed before our next meeting, and helped lighten the load by making phone calls, verifying information with vendors, and creating our day-of timeline. She kept me calm when I would get overwhelmed and stressed. She helped me focus on the important things and I’m so thankful for the great conversations we had at our meetings. Katie recognizes that a wedding is so much more than just a day, that it’s the start of a new life together. She really understood me, and my vision for the day. She is professional, reassuring, kind, compassionate, patient, experienced, and exceptionally detail-oriented. Our wedding was important to her and she put her whole self into making my wedding dreams come true.
Our wedding took place where we met, which was super sweet and sentimental, but unfortunate for our families who each had to travel 200 miles to get there. When our families arrived, everyone was ready to party, naturally, but there was still so much work to be done in terms of tying up loose ends and very few people who wanted to help. What family member wants to step out during the ceremony to hang up a banner (you know, the Just Married one for the limo)? Or miss part of dinner to set up favors (in a pyramid formation, mind you)? Or bring flowers from the chapel to the reception hall during cocktail hour? These are all things that Katie did, and so much more, so that the groom and I, and our 150 guests could all sit back, relax, and enjoy the day. Our guests are still talking about how fantastic the wedding was, 5 months after the fact. Katie was the glue that held everything together that day in terms of making sure everything was where it needed to be: decorations, centerpieces, favors, baskets with bubbles, programs, the cake stand, votive candles, props for a surprise Father-Daughter dance, chalkboard signs, the guestbook, and the list goes on.
I highly recommend Katie and Perfect Glow Weddings, for your sanity as the couple during this very fun but also stressful time of wedding planning, but also for the sake of your bridal party and guests who will want to spend the day celebrating you and not worrying about those little details that, while seemingly only important to you, truly give your wedding day that perfect glow.