Ryan Abney Event Design was the best choice for us and I knew it as soon as I met Ryan. I could…read moretell right away that Ryan was very organized, but also extremely friendly with a calming presence. When we started planning our wedding, we had no idea of where to start and didn't know the questions to ask. Ryan walked us through the process and helped us identify all the areas that we needed assistance. Ryan had suggestions for all portions of the planning and really kept our personalities and goals in mind as well as being mindful of our budget. We were in a unique situation where our first wedding celebration, originally planned for March 2020, was canceled due to COVID. Ryan helped us navigate a completely unknown situation and really took a lead in communicating with our vendors. We also had issues with our first venue and as it was unable to be used, she was able to help us recoup our expenses. Due to ever changing COVID regulations, we moved our celebration back until 2023. Once a new venue was found, Ryan worked with us to replan according to the new venue specifications so she helped us plan what amounted to two weddings at two locations. Our day was amazing. Everything was perfect and went according to plan. Ryan was available during the event for any needs, but her impeccable planning skills helped everything run so smoothly that we didn't really need anything. I had multiple attendees comment about how much they enjoyed the wedding and could tell it was a reflection of us as a couple. Even more importantly, my husband and I had an amazing time. I tell everyone that my favorite thing about the wedding, besides marrying my husband, was having Ryan as our wedding coordinator. She is amazing at her job and I felt like we all became close during the multiple years that we were working together. Having her involved in our wedding celebration was the best decision from both a financial standpoint and lowered my stress level immensely. We have recommended her services to friends getting married; they have enjoyed working with her too. If ever responsible for planning another large event, I would be hiring Ryan Abney Event Design immediately.

From the moment we met Ryan when she gave us a tour of the Belle Isle Boathouse, we knew that she…read morewas someone we could work closely with to plan our wedding. She was professional but also very laid-back, especially compared to other planners/event space managers that we met. After we talked to a few couples who worked with and spoke very highly of her, we had no reservations about hiring her as our planner. Ryan is hugely connected with event spaces, hotels, caterers, florists, bakeries, DJs, liquor stores, and event rental businesses due to her years of experience planning major events in the Detroit metro area. This meant discounts for us, excellent customer service from our vendors, and her experience with individual vendors meant we could be sure they were excellent and reliable so our wedding weekend was stress free. She was also appropriately hands off when we wanted to pick certain things on our own. Ryan is just incredibly experienced and that's the type of person you need to plan a big wedding. Preparations for our wedding weekend went seamlessly. We live in New York so with the exception of 3 or so in person meetings, all our communication was by phone, email, and text. She was super available and responsive and notified us if she would ever be away. She gave us deadlines to keep us on track and reminders when these were approaching. Everything was organized on our chosen shared planner document. Due to Ryan's organization and calmness, we never felt overwhelmed during our planning. When we had concerns such as our budget, we brought them up to her, and she was quick to address them, either via email or over the phone. She was easy to schedule these meetings with and helped us frame how often we needed them. She always had an agenda for each meeting so they were actually quick and productive. On our wedding weekend, Ryan ensured that everything ran smoothly, so we were able to enjoy our events without any undue stress or consternation. Of course nothing was perfect due to unforeseen family drama and the like, but even though a few things went wrong, we never even knew because Ryan took care of everything. Because she's such a professional champ with events, she had extra napkins and disposable plates in the car, things like that. Ryan managed all these extra details like hand making our table assignment escort cards and creating a beautiful display in the women's restroom with all sorts of toiletries, mint, floss etc. She also had extra napkins and disposable plates and the like in her car, just in case. Its these minor details that she managed in a 3 day event for 200 people that make her a total expert event planner. We would strongly recommend any couple work with Ryan for their wedding, or really any event. She was professional, diligent, experienced, easy-going and a pleasure to communicate and work with. She made our wedding weekend the best of our lives, and for this we will always be grateful and consider her a friend. We are happy to speak to any potential clients if you have specific questions about working with Ryan. Feel free to email at mikeandmaz2018@gmail.com.

Debbie is simply the best. You should contact her now! :) If I could give Debbie 10 stars, I would…read more She truly made the wedding planning process and wedding day so much better for my groom, myself and our families in every way. To start with: I was hooked on Debbie during our first conversations. Unlike other wedding planners I spoke with, she did not immediately push me on her packages and get me to sign a contract. Instead she spent two hours on the phone with me listening to our day and the issues we had run into so far planning. She immediately jumped in and worked with me trying to find solutions to these initial problems. I actually felt like she cared about our day and was going to work hard to make it perfect. That's when we chose her and over the year we planned together, we never regretted the decision. My husband and I had a complicated wedding day. We had 200 guests and had two ceremonies (Hindu and Christian) at two locations with a luncheon and evening reception. All in one day! It was logistically very complicated. In addition, Debbie had never planned an Indian wedding (which she was up front about during our initial conversations). While we definitely needed to both do our homework throughout the year, Debbie did an amazing job all year researching Hindu traditions and actually coming to us with ideas for vendors. She is unbelievably organized and meticulous which is definitely why our crazy day went so perfectly. We weren't sure if we could truly pull off our tight timeframe for the day but we did almost to the minute! Our guests definitely noticed how smooth the whole day was and appreciated it! We have received so many compliments about our wedding day from both of our families and friends. We were able to honor both sides and traditions and make the long day fun for them. Much of this success is due to Debbie. Debbie is also just truly a pleasure to work with. Her husband, Mike, and her are just "good people" that make it fun to spend hours throughout the year on the phone discussing what can be mundane details of a wedding day, checking out vendors, etc. She led us repeatedly to vendors that were similar - she tried to use smaller and locally owned vendors when possible. We were so happy with everyone she introduced us to and loved supporting local. One of the most telling signs of what Debbie meant to me is probably how I felt that week before the wedding. While I had some stress with our visitors and some private events we were hosting during the week with family and friends, I had NO stress about the wedding day itself. I had total faith that Debbie and her team would be on top of all the details. When my mom expressed a worry about how she'd know when this or that was happening on the day, I said "don't worry! listen to Debbie!" It's wonderful to NOT focus on all those details and last minute challenges of wedding planning, but rather to be able to focus on the excitement of marrying the love of your life and celebrating with family and friends. Debbie made that possible. Thank you, Debbie, for making our wedding day truly the best day ever!!

Working with Debbie at Your Perfect Event was an absolute dream. We were planning our wedding in…read moreMichigan, all the way from California. Debbie was the only vendor that I used who was able to work around the time difference and the whole planning process was seamless. We used Debbie for Day of Planning, as well as having her assist us with the rehearsal the night before. We had several phone calls in the months leading up to the event. It was so helpful that she always had a list of things that I needed to accomplish before our next call. I had so many other things going on it was difficult to stay on task. Debbie took the time to meet with me and my family during one trip to Michigan and was able to meet with me again when I returned three weeks before. She was so kind to all of my family members, after our first meeting they all commented on how organized she was. In the weeks leading up to the wedding Debbie offered her assistance with all the last minute details, she even offered to help me out if my family was starting to drive me nuts. Before the events she confirmed all vendor appointments and even worked out a few kinks we had in the scheduling. I was able to drop all of the little details for the wedding to her in advance so I would not have to worry about the little things like table numbers and seating charts. The day of our wedding Debbie and her team were so helpful, everything was seamless, she took charge of the ceremony, because the venue did not have an onsite coordinator. I did not have to worry about a thing. She even handled a little meltdown by my aunt. I do not think our wedding would have turned out so amazing without her. I would recommend her to everyone looking to have a day of coordinator. She will really put your mind at ease. You cannot put a price on the services she provides. It is worth every penny.

Julie was the perfect wedding day officiant and coordinator for us. We enjoyed working with her in…read morethe planning stages and she was incredible on the wedding day as well. Highly recommend her services!

We worked with Julie for our wedding - she was amazing in every way! Communication was very smooth,…read moreshe was very responsive and knowledgable about the entire progress, and worked with us to make sure the ceremony was exactly what we wanted. In a time where things can be very stressful with a lot of moving pieces, Julie bought a lot of calm to the chaos and I would recommend her to anyone.

From my bridal shower to my wedding EOE helped me plan my fairytale wedding. I gave her my ideas…read morewith my budget and she was able to bring everything to life. It was beyond my expectations. She's so talented and works with you. I loved simplicity and when vendors tried to push me to do more extravagant she stood up for me and told them that's not what she wants. If there was any problems days before the wedding she'd make sure to fix it before stressing me out. I was really busy with work at the time and she made the planning process stress free. No matter day and time if I had any questions she'd answer me. My in laws and their family and friends came from Canada and they still talk about how beautiful everything was that day. Now she's going to help me plan my baby shower and I can't wait to work with EOE again to see the wonderful ideas she comes up with!

Loved working with them for my event! Customer service was amazing and gave me ideas I didn't even…read morethink of. I can't wait to use them for my wedding planning!

At first I thought, "why would I need a planner, I've already planned everything!" But, I was…read morewrong. This was the final piece of the puzzle to make sure everything was executed perfectly! Laura and her team made the experience great, I was not overwhelmed or pressured into signing up for services that I didn't feel were needed. I selected Frosted Pink Events based on a vendor recommendation. My experience with the Frosted Pink Events team was great from start to finish. So much time and effort goes into planning 'the big day', I found that having a "day of" coordinator made everything run smoothly and allowed our families to relax and enjoy the party. Ally was absolutely wonderful to work with; professional, understanding, and dependable. I would recommend using this service for anyone who needs an outside resource as the main point of contact to keep the all of the pieces moving during any event - not just a wedding!

(The only thing I wish I could change about my wedding, was the choice of my wedding planner. This…read moreplace was recommended to me. I wish I would have had more time to do my research. This place is a joke. They basically do nothing and just stood around at my wedding with clip boards. Not exactly what I had in mind when I booked them. When we hired Laura Davis EVENTS , she said she was giving us a great price. She canceled meetings that we planned and didn't even work your wedding. Like she is above that! She created a contract that she did not fulfill and didn't return phone calls in a timely fashion. She lied and said she worked with my florist before and they worked well together. Funny he never heard of her. I'm sure if he had, it would have been terrible things. BEWARE OF BOOKING THEM!! DO NOT BOOK LAURA DAVIS EVENTS OR FROSTED PINK EVENTS!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE EVENT PLANNER In Birmingham MI. My sister used them for her wedding and they were exceptional!!! Exceptional Events (10 STARS FROM OUR FAMILY FOR THIS PLANNER) THE EVENT PLANNER www.theeplanner.com 568 N. Old Woodward Downtown Birmingham, MI 48009 (248) 224-2594

The team at Display group overall is pretty great. They are knowledgeable and the recording and…read moreediting teams are particularly good. I really felt like they knew what they were doing and gave us the attention we needed, even for our basic recorded meeting. Their studio is very nice and so conveniently located with plenty of gated parking. We were very comfortable working with them. The only downside is that they were a little slow to respond at times, and needed reminding about some particulars that we discussed, but they also stepped in at the end when we needed some very last-minute changes and handled that for us quickly. I would definitely recommend them and will work with them again for sure.

Outside of our home base in Orange County, CA, we found Display Group while we were in Detroit…read moreproducing an extravagant event for a TV show. The timeline was only a matter of days, but Steve made a lot of magic happen and had our dreams turned to reality in that short amount of time. Their customer service is outstanding and they treated us like we've been doing business with them for years. Display Group will definitely be our go-to vendor in the wonderful city of Detroit, and I recommend that you definitely give them a try. Kapture Vision Event Production Agency Newport Beach, CA

Memory Makers is a MUST!! Professional, knowledgeable, fun & very witty, Jennifer is an awesome…read moreparty planner. We just told her our daughter wanted a Princess (Belle) Birthday Party for her fourth and the next thing we knew she already laid out the color scheme, décor, along with a balloon art/animals entertainer and our very own playing and Singing Princess from Beauty and the Beast. Princess Belle was a show stopper, her voice resonated trough the hall as she sang Happy Birthday to our daughter, it was AWESOME. My wife and I both run very busy schedules.. so it was great having people you can count on to deliver something so unforgettable. Thank you Jennifer!! You truly are a Memory Maker!

I just had my dream wedding and reception thanks to Jennifer and her team. I was such a happy bride…read moregetting everything I could possibly want. She was absolutely amazing keeping the planning process on track, thinking of every small detail, and allowing me to not stress one bit. You need this lady for your next wedding!

First off, Shannon and her crew are some of the NICEST, welcoming, FUN, and talented people! Our…read moreengagement pictures were truly amazing, and Shannon even made us a great post card for our save the dates! Harthen Studios really captured our personalities! I can't even begin to tell you all the compliments we got on the pictures!! While we had SOME posed pictures, most of them were "in the moment" - this was important for us because my husband isn't a great "posed picture" kinda guy....and you would have NEVER known otherwise when we got them back. ...and the WEDDING! I can't even begin to tell you how amazing those pictures turned out! (not to mention knowing there was NOTHING to worry about the day of!!) I felt completely at ease knowing how those were going to turn out (I am sure you have heard horror stories from other brides about how the pictures weren't what they had hoped/expected/wanted). I learned about Harthen Studios 3 years ago...they shot my best friends wedding (I LOVED the work!)....and while this sounds completely cliche, I met my husband at that wedding...then when it came time to chose my photographer, there was no question. I would recommend this photographer in a heartbeat, and I know I will use them in the future for family pictures!

I had my wedding two weeks ago. Shannon did a great job!…read moreVery profession, cooperative, caring, and reasonable. Price fit our budget. I would go to her again. I love the pictures!!!