Simply Brilliant Events

My husband and I had our wedding at the State Saving Bank in April 2023, but we began working with Nicola in May of 2019. At that time, I had been working as an event planner for over 7 years and knew the industry and vendors well. I also knew exactly how much work goes into planning a successful event and made the decision early to hire with a full-service wedding planner. We met with Nicola first and fell in love. We found ourselves comparing every other planner we met to her. We set our (original) date for July 2020 and Nicola worked diligently with us to find and secure all the right vendors. She was incredibly knowledgeable, detail-oriented, and thorough. She was also very calm. Any time we got overwhelmed (which was a lot), she put us at ease. She was exceedingly patient as she helped us make each and every decision. (I think I looked at over 100 different linen options and she held my hand through my crippling indecision over tablecloths. Haha!) Best of all, she truly listened to us. We never felt like she was pushing her opinions on us or trying to steer us towards her tastes. We felt really supported in our vision of what we wanted our wedding to be. As our original date fell in 2020, we had to cancel and reschedule twice due to the pandemic. Nicola helped us navigate those postponements flawlessly. She coordinated with every vendor and secured them for new dates. She helped us work through contract changes and price increases. Each time we had to take our wedding apart, she helped us put it right back together. One month out from our rescheduled wedding date, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. We were understandably terrified and reeling from the unexpected news. In shock and feeling terrible that we had postponed twice already, we at first tried to keep planning and move ahead with the wedding. During a meeting to finalize our menu, Nicola stayed after to talk to us and helped us make the decision to cancel. She really made us feel like everything would be okay and that we didn’t need to worry about anything but my health and treatment. It seems like the obvious choice looking back, but at the time, we felt a massive sense of relief. We left that meeting and my fiancé said, ‘Hiring her was the best decision we ever made. That one meeting was worth everything we paid her.’ From there, she handled all the communication with our vendors and managed every piece. We didn’t have to do a single thing. Throughout my surgery and recovery, she checked in regularly to see how we were doing. She was simply wonderful and I truly don’t know what we’d have done without her. When we were finally (and thankfully) in a place to reschedule, Nicola helped us re-plan every detail. She handled everything and quelled all my anxieties as we got closer to the day. Turns out, I didn’t need to worry. The wedding was absolutely flawless from start to finish. We waited a very long time for that day and it exceeded all our expectations. We literally owe it all to Nicola and her team. We’re forever grateful.