Shay Brown Events

oughout the entire process. Whether you are in need of a venue, venue management, wedding design, or full service planning, Shay Brown Events is the easiest wedding vendor decision you'll make. Thank you to Amy, Shay, and the rest of the team for years of seamless timelines, events, and finally, a perfect elopement. Cheers!

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st time and raved about how much they loved you guys! Amy, cannot believe the amount of back and forth you had to go through with Sheraton, thank you so much for everything! I have not idea what I would’ve done without you. Also with all the other vendors, you were absolutely so amazing in making sure everything was well thought of, as well as making sure all the finer details were to my liking and comfortability. I hope that you’ve had some time to sleep and rest up after the long weekend! My family could not stop talking about you and how dedicated and prompt you were with every single detail and timeline. You seriously prevented me from worrying about anything at all! Having you was such a blessing! Shay, omg you worked magic on all of the decor and background details! Thank you so much for making everything look so much like a fairytale—even with working on low budget. Your experience and guidance really helped us in making everything a success! You have this warm presence about you that makes me realize why people love and adore you so much. Seriously, I could not have picked any better people to help plan and carry out the most important weekend in my life! I am so grateful for all that you all have done and the amount of understanding and flexibility you all had with my crazy families! We definitely hope that we’ll be able to work together again in the future! Thank you so very much! With all the love, Mr. and Mrs. Jay and Nidhi Patel (:

mendations for vendors and set up all our meet-and-greets, tastings, etc. Shay did our flowers, as well as design, and everything was BEAUTIFUL. The day of the wedding went PERFECTLY (I feel like that is never said for a wedding but it actually happened) even with a dog in the ceremony, a few young kids in the bridal party, and a surprise vehicle. My mother (who can be very judgy, especially when it comes to weddings) was so impressed with how smoothly everything went. The service that SBE provides is fabulous—they are a well-oiled machine! We are very fortunate to have had SBE’s help the entire way!

rs were amazed with how easy she made everything. There was no detail left untouched. We had a destination wedding in North Carolina and having that assurance and confidence in everything while being across the country was worth every penny. I considered myself a pretty easy going bride but I know I had some family members and bridesmaids that got a little bossy and overwhelming. Shay handled everything with grace. She allowed us to live truly in the moment for our whole wedding weekend. We barely noticed her or any of the vendors. Everyone that attended RAVED about how everything was perfect and went off without a hitch. We are SO thankful we found Shay Brown Events for our wedding!!

hly and the floral was just beautiful. I cannot say enough good things about this team, definitely recommend them!!

and they are continually striving to make each couple's big day the most magical it can be. I count myself lucky to have had her on my team!

my for about a year leading up to the wedding. She helped me locate vendors, would check in usually once a month, until we started getting closer to the big day (then it was at least once a week by phone, and we consistently exchanged emails). Amy kept a running list of everything we had done, and needed to do. She also checked behind us by contacting our vendors to make sure they understood exactly what we wanted. Having never planned a wedding before, Amy helped us think of all the details we didn’t even know we needed. Amy also helped throw some awesome vendors our way. While some were a bit pricey, they all did exceptionally well getting the job completed to perfection. On the actual day of the wedding, Amy and the team with her made sure everything ran smoothly. I had no stress the day of because Amy knew exactly what we wanted, and kept things moving like clockwork. Even tiny details (like me forgetting my shoes under the sweetheart table) were taken care of. If you wanted a fairy tale wedding experience, Amy at Shay Brown Events is the way to go!

up to the task, communicating our needs to and then linking us with a variety of excellent vendors who made our weekend perfect! On the days of our welcome party and the wedding itself Shay was there for us personally and with her team, and everything went off without a hitch. She did an amazing job at managing all the moving parts and responding to challenges as they arose. Additionally, Shay and her team designed and put together all of the beautiful floral and décor for our wedding! We really could not imagine having planned and managed our wedding without Shay, and no recommendation could really do justice to how much we appreciate her! Every step of the way she made us feel like we were her only couple! Thank you for everything Shay!

nd informative! I found her to be very helpful in communicating with the vendors (such as Biltmore Company), and her previous experience with such vendors proved to be extremely beneficial. Not only did she have wonderful recommendations for vendors, such as makeup artists, stylists, musicians, etc., but her expertise in communicating with them through the planning process proved to be invaluable. The weekend of the wedding I found her team to be very organized, friendly, creative and responsive. Everyone was extremely helpful and ultimately, had one goal in mind, and that was to give my daughter the wedding of her dreams! Many "kuddos" to Shay and her team!

event planning. It was really wonderful to see such a relaxed and happy bride, as she had full confidence that there was nothing to worry about with Shay and her team in charge. They also made it very simple for us as caterers having the proper set up for where we would be located in the best way for the guests to get to the the food in that particular venue. I am very much looking forward to future opportunities to work with this incredible team! Thanks Shay! - Catering by Polanco and Chef Ricardo

ing to venue to hair and makeup to little details like where to get my nails done). It was clear that SBE's relationship with area vendors was great - not only did Amy have get immediate responses from whoever we asked her to get in touch with for us, but the people she referred delivered 100%. Amy was also active and involved in our planning process but never overbearing or pushy - our vision was our own and she helped steer us when we didn't know who to contact, how a layout might look, or if certain elements of our wedding would work in practice. A lot of our wedding was DIY or make by friends, and Amy encouraged us in every endeavor but also (correctly) pointed out when some idea might not be worth our time and effort. The weekend of the wedding, and particularly the day of, was perfect, in large part due to Amy and her team from SBE. Our guests commented over and over how smooth everything was, how beautiful the entire event was, and -- perhaps most tellingly -- that my husband and I seemed relaxed the entire time. That was important to us from the beginning - despite everyone telling us that we would be stressed and frantic in the days leading up to the wedding, we never felt that way because we had lots of friends around and Amy leading all the behind the scenes orchestration. We can't say enough about Amy and SBE!

vendors anymore, I consider them my family because I cant thank them enough for making my wedding so beautiful and perfect!!! I literally have tears in my eyes typing this because I am going to miss you girls.

o of them kept me totally sane, with helping us think through the logistics and the flow of the evening. They met with me multiple times before the wedding day to check-in and go through details, and we also had many phone consultations as well since we were planning our wedding from out-of-town. Amy and Shay also provided amazing vendor recommendations, and helped us arrange visits with other vendors in SBE's cute office space. The flowers on the day-of were a dream! It was flawless execution on our wedding vision. Overall, everything on our wedding day went off without a hitch, and it's because of Shay Brown Events! They are total pros, and I could not recommend working with SBE more highly.

nal touches, and day of organization helped our day go off without a hitch. We had a PERFECT day! We were able to enjoy our special day and soak in every minute without any stresses, and that is so priceless for a bride, groom, and our families! Cannot recommend SBE enough!

guests never knew the price tag or the time constraints SBE had to work under because our wedding and reception looked like it had been planned months in advance. Shay is a true professional and so good at what she does. Her eye for floral design and table displays are remarkable. She is an artist. Shay also does a wonderful job capturing the overall look and feel of the wedding we wanted to have - both rustic and elegant. She listened to us, took control, and still had plenty of patience at all times for our questions and concerns. Any bride, with a wedding big or small, on any budget, would have the day or her dreams with Shay Brown Designs.

y recommend her and staff.

. Amy did such a nice job managing our event, we never even saw, let alone had to deal with, most of our vendors on the wedding day itself- she handled everything! I was definitely hesitant to hire a wedding planner, but it was easily the best choice we could have made. Could not recommend them enough!

s the most organized person I (the bride) have ever worked with, which is saying a lot since I am very organized myself. Amy helped us to find most of our vendors and she did so on a pretty tight timeline (we signed with SBE in Jan and the wedding was in July. We had no vendors in Jan). Almost all of them are folks that Amy and Shay have worked with in the past and their endorsement was important to us. Amy is highly responsive and is willing to work with the clients' needs (e.g., we had both a Pakistani wedding and an American wedding, and the set-up was entirely different for each, as well as some vendor/ food requirements. Shay was there the entire time over our wedding weekend, and she saved the day several times. For one, she created a second bustle for my dress so I didn't trip over it while dancing. Also, there was a miscommunication with the officiant and we needed something which was not there (a table with five flowers in a vase to be set up behind the officiant). The officiant only told us at 430 and the ceremony began at 5. Shay pulled this together at the very last minute and enabled us to keep the ceremony as planned. Finally, and this was big, we ran out of hard liquor after the American wedding on Fri night. Our Pakistani wedding was on a holiday (July 4th), and Shay spent a while calling all liquor stores in the area until she finally found one in Georgia that was open. Phew! We really needed the extra booze! Taylor from SBE was also there over our wedding weekend, and she is great to work with. She is highly attentive and manages to be everywhere while staying in the background. We highly recommend SBE to any and all couples! You will be SO happy you went with them.

he venue deciding to not provide transportation for guests a week before the wedding!) but working to secure our anniversary wedding cake tier. A year after our wedding, we were having trouble contacting the baker who had agreed to provide a cake for our one year anniversary. After failed attempts to reach the baker, Amy stepped in and was able to get us our cake. That is the kind of high quality service I didn't expect, especially a year after our wedding. Thanks Shay Brown Events for providing an incredible experience. If you need a wedding planner, know that you will be getting the best with this team!

ely a premier events planning group in this region, so the cost is higher than we originally had thought we wanted, but every single thing they did to go above and beyond made the price 100% worth it and even more so. The value was in the totality of their services - we had a coordinator (the AMAZING Amy Wood), Shay Brown created or managed all of our design work (florals, linens, rentals, etc., and they helped us choose and managed for us all our other vendors as well as our budget! Amy was completely accessible for any questions or needs that we had at any time during our 18 months of wedding planning. Everyone we worked with at Shay Brown Events was so professional, knowledgable, and so friendly. The best thing though was the final product - how the day itself turned out. Nothing went wrong! And the decor was absolutely how I'd imagined it and better. Coming from a perfectionist bride - it had been hard for me to release even just a little control to Amy and Shay, but it was truly my Dream Wedding. Shay worked magic with both my wedding space (church) and our venue ("On Broadway" in downtown Asheville). Everything was unique and something I hadn't seen before (including hanging handmade paper flower pomanders from the choir loft beam above where my groom and I stood in the ceremony space). They listened to everything we wanted so well but then took our ideas and made them better in the most perfect way. Our guests adored every detail of our wedding, and we will always look back on it with fantastic memories, many of which were made possible because of Amy and Shay. There is no way our wedding would have been anywhere close to the event that it was without them.

d enjoy my wedding day, which is so important because it flies by. I'm a wedding photographer myself and I knew if there was one thing I couldn't skimp on, it was having a real planner with lots of experience and great taste. The reception site was stunning and I planned it all in advance, so on the day of the wedding I did not have to do anything. Actually, all weekend I did not have to do anything but relax. They were by my side the whole time and I can never thank them enough!! Don't think any longer... hire Shay Brown as your wedding planner! You won't regret it!

w amazing everyone on the SBE team were throughout. The team consisted of Shay Brown, owner of SBE, and design and floral expert, Amy Wood, our Wedding Event Manager, and Erika, who was involved with onsite planning and coordination. We started the process about nine months in advance meeting with Shay. We found her to be extremely knowledgable. Shay introduced us to Amy who met with the couple to discuss their vision and worked with them to create a plan, prioritizing tasks and keeping track of the many details it would take to make that vision a reality, including keeping us all on schedule! She provided direction and creative input as various elements unfolded, each clearly articulated in easy to read time-lines. She reviewed our budgets, and advised on everything from invitations, caterer's, and beverages, to discussing the couples décor concepts, guest lists, ceremony music, DJ, toasts, travel and accommodation considerations, not to mention the actual wedding ceremony plans, wedding reception, and rehearsal dinner production--all critical elements in creating a solid foundation for the Wedding weekend. Amy's attention to detail is unsurpassed. I've never seen anything like it. And that attention made all the difference. She developed a wonderful relationship with the bride and groom, as well as the families, and helped us navigate through the decision making process with with clarity, sensitivity, and tact. She was the "go to" person, always responsive, thoughtful and a delight to work with. Shay, focused on design and floral. She worked with the bride to create a sort of hybrid floral plan where the couples friends were involved in the process. That flexibility enabled the couple to stay in budget, and have the personal experience they wanted for their wedding, all while benefitting from Shay's very professional and lovely floral elements. Shay put together a magnificent bouquet for the bride, as well as the entire wedding party, and families. The flowers were perfect. Erika, SBE's onsite coordinator, joined Amy in working with us the week before the wedding. She was there for the walk throughs, rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, and Wedding day all the way through break down, supervising everything with precision. She has an incredible personality, which everyone responded to well, as she directed a very large wedding party and family through all elements of the ceremony, photos, and introductions at the reception. All this happened as Amy held down the reception, overseeing set-up, caterer's, bartender, DJ and others, while making sure the guests were comfortable. They both kept all of us calm and everything running smoothly. My son and his wife had a truly wonderful wedding! There were tears of joy and lots of laughter. There was ceremony, tradition and community. There was so much love, along with wonderful music, celebration, dance, and much more. I was able to enjoy each moment as were our family and friends. All those details I mentioned earlier, the ones on the time-lines, well they all seemed to magically fall into place. But it wasn't magic. It was great planning and direction from the terrific group of people at SBE. We placed our trust in Shay Brown Events, and they delivered!

he day of the wedding was one that we left in the hands of the SBE staff and everything went as-planned down to the smallest details. We would recommend SBE to handle any of our future events!

he wedding I had always dreamed of having, but that I thought I could never afford. I am originally from NC and currently live in MI, so the entire Asheville, NC wedding was planned from afar. The help of SBE made this distance feel insignificant. Carmen Huffman was my coordinator and she worked with me every step of the way. Carmen was professional, knowledgeable, and so kind—she was an absolute joy to work with. Everything that I wanted to have happen for my wedding, she made sure it would happen—and it did! I was a ‘DIY’ bride and both Carmen and the SBE team ensured that all of the details I had prepared were incorporated perfectly! For those of you on a budget, please know I was on a tight budget and SBE always made sure I stayed on target, but that still had my dream wedding—they are awesome! I also had SBE floral do my flowers and design for both the ceremony and reception; Shay did an incredible job—everything was absolutely stunning. Shay studied my pinterest board and created a design that not only reflected my dream, it surpassed it! She even went so far as to create a rain plan for my ceremony design. Throughout my wedding planning process I was a busy full-time grad student and both Carmen and Shay worked with my mother often, always making sure we were happy with everything. The day of was beyond perfect, Carmen, Shay, and the rest of the SBE team ensured that everything went smoothly; they are all truly wonderful to work with. I wish I could thank them every day. I know that SBE went above and beyond and that they not only love what they do, they love their clients. My only regret is that I don’t live in Asheville, NC and that I can’t recommend them daily! I can’t imagine another special event that I wouldn’t have SBE facilitate (now I just need to move back to NC!) Thank you SBE, you are amazing!!!