It's been 7 months since I married my husband, but my appreciation for the work my wedding planners…read moredid only increases as time goes by. Amber Karson and Emily Butler--who are twin sisters, by the way--took this ADD bride by the hand and created the most spectacular, meaningful wedding day imaginable. They were helpful for the entire year of my engagement, but they morphed from mere mortals into something truly mind-boggling on the day itself, shepherding every vendor, guest, and detail in the schedule. Since our wedding, a lot of our guests have come up to us and said something along the lines of the following: "I usually just say this to be polite, but in your case I'm serious: that was the most fun I've ever had at one of these." I'd like to pretend it was because my husband and I are just awesomely magnetic people who create instant fun in a 90-foot radius, but ha ha, no, it was entirely down to Karson Butler Events. Hire them.

My wife and I were traveling to D.C. to get married and were starting from scratch with the…read moredetails. We quickly realized we couldn't manage the process on our own and were so very blessed to have found Karson Butler Events. We loved every second of our perfect day and are so grateful to Amber and Emily for all they did to make it so special. They listened to us and were able to create an event that reflected who we are as a couple. We both agree that we wouldn't change a thing about our day and we have Amber and Emily to thank for that. If you are looking for a wedding planner, we highly recommend you call these two. Once you talk to them, you'll want to choose them to share in your day.

My mom hired Vicky as our day-of wedding coordinator. It was the best decision we made during the…read moreplanning process. Vicky was communicative, responsive, and helpful in every way. She helped us with a ceremony script, venue and vendor communications, and with general guidance. Thank you Vicky!

Vicky was my wedding planner, and I really can't say enough about her. Let's just start from the…read morebeginning... I interviewed two planners, and I knew I wanted Vicky right away because I was confident that she could get the job done. She didn't want to be my best friend--she wanted to help us achieve the wedding of our dreams while staying under budget. When we were deciding on what services we wanted her to take care of, she showed us this very detailed list of services, kind of like an a la carte menu. We wanted to keep our wedding planner services at $3000 I think, and so we basically picked and chose which things we wanted her to do. SO SIMPLE. No negotiating necessary. After that, she made it feel like our wedding was the only wedding she was working on. Such attention to detail, with a balance of her suggestions and getting our input so that it would still be our wedding. She was honest and straightforward about what she thought were bad ideas, which made us trust in the things that she was excited about and thought were great ideas. Vicky just has so much experience that--really--every little tiny detail was taken care of, so that on the day of our wedding, all we had to do was get our hair and makeup done and show up at the wedding. (My husband and the groomsmen were actually bored the day of our wedding!) The weeks before the wedding, my friends--who know that I get stressed out managing dinner reservations--were amazed to see me so stress-free! Lastly, and maybe I should've opened with this, as soon as we booked all of our vendors, I knew that the cost of having Vicky as our wedding planner paid for itself. The money and time we saved using Vicky's contacts (especially DJ, caterer and florist) was significant. SIGNIFICANT. Please consider Vicky for your event planning services! She is amazing!

This company is truly a pleasure to work with. We have worked together on many weddings and have…read morealways have a great experience. They really love what they do and it shows with their attention to detail and amazing customer service. Grace from Engaging Affairs recently went above and beyond to help with a sticky situation we were having. She knows how to step in and make things happen. This is the type of team you need to stand behind you on your most important day. I would highly recommend day of and full planning services to any bride seeking some assistance for her most important day.

My husband proposed in April of 2015 and we planned to be married 5 months later, in September of…read more2015. I knew with this short time frame, we needed a planner! I decided to check with my dear friend Google to see if he knew of a good wedding planner. I found 3 or 4 options and sent out an email to all, a couple responses consisted of the generic automated kick back email. I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to my first (of many) voicemails from Grace. She sounded so sweet, organized, and ready to get started. It was this initial contact that really made me feel like this company cared to make a good first impression and we set up the interview. Our first meeting with Grace was wonderful, she left us feeling confident that we could really plan and execute the wedding we wanted within our short time frame. From that day on, Grace worked diligently. She quickly gained an understanding of our likes and dislikes, which is so important when using a planner. She was able to weed out and narrow down my options without me always being there to offer input. I spoke with Grace on a daily basis, she was always updating, asking questions, or simply wishing me a good day! She set up all of the meetings, always arriving early to ensure the vendors were prepared. Grace has incredible taste and always provided her feedback in regards to staying with the style/decor I wanted. Needless to say, sometimes she knew what I wanted better than I did! She really did handle it all, leaving the fun parts for Vince and I to enjoy. Grace has incredible organizational skills, leaving no loose ends. She worked very hard to work around our busy schedule, often catching up with me via email late at night. I was always so impressed that she was working on our wedding at 11 o' clock at night! She also worked very closely with our venue as well as the vendors, ensuring they had all of their ducks in a row for the big day. She made several visits to the church as well as reception venue without me, making sure everything was ready to run smoothly for our day. The day of the reception was PERFECT! While I am sure there were a few hiccups, Grace ensured our day was stress free. It truly could not have gone better. My husband and I really appreciated the way Grace put out fires and solved problems without involving us, always mentioning the issues that occurred a few weeks later! Grace is not only an incredible planner, she is kind, genuine, and honest. She quickly became a dear friend, a few tears were definitely shed at the end of the wedding day. Your wedding day is such a special and intimate moment, it was ideal having someone that you feel close with running the show. She helped me put on my vail, drove our golf cart around the reception, and helped me take off my very complicated dress at the end of the night. We often joked that it was our wedding day I am happy to say that not only did my husband and I hit the lottery with our wedding planner, we gained a lifetime friend as well. Many thanks to Engaging Affairs & Grace!! Vincent and Cassie

Fakhra made our vision come to life for our multi-day wedding event!! We were still looking for…read moresomeone to help us with our decor quite late in the process. We were so glad to find Fakhra, who made it very easy to share our inspiration photos, which she compiled and laid out so clearly for us so we were all on the same page. She worked with us around our budget, and even helped to source several must-have decor items for us! Even in a shorter time frame, she put everything together and made it perfect for us on both days!!

Fakhra Khalid is AMAZING!!! She has been in the business for less than 5 years but is better than…read moremost wedding planners who have been working in the business for twice as long. I hired her for my June 2012 wedding 2 weeks before the event when my initial decorator (http://www.myweddingdecorator.com/#/home/) cancelled on me! I was devastated when I went to Fakhra but it turned out that my decorator canceling on me was the BEST THING that could have happened. My wedding was amazing and everything I could have ever dreamed of. Not only that, but I did not have to deal with ANY stress because Fakhra was SO RELIABLE and made sure everything was perfect. Unlike most other decorators that just send her staff, Fakhra stayed around until she made sure everything was going according to plan. I highly recommend her! She will not make you any promises she cannot keep and will provide you with everything you want.

We cannot say enough wonderful things about Jennifer Sellers and Pink Swan Events! My husband and I…read moreinitially did not plan to hire a day-of coordinator, but we wholeheartedly agree that hiring Jennifer is one of the best decisions that we made! When I first met with Jennifer and she explained all of the things that she takes care of, it became immediately obvious that her services would be invaluable to us on our wedding day and that she would be providing much more than simply "day-of" services. In fact, she became involved nearly a month before our wedding! With Jennifer as our day-of coordinator, we were supremely confident that any hiccups would be handled and that we could fully enjoy our big day. And that definitely turned out to be the case! From one of our groomsmen passing out in the middle of our wedding ceremony to pictures running late and guests showing up who hadn't RSVP'd (and I'm sure other things that we don't even know about!), Jennifer made sure that the wedding continued seamlessly and virtually uninterrupted. We are certain that things could have easily been derailed if she had not been there to expertly guide everyone. We are also certain that we would not have been able to relax and enjoy our wedding day nearly as much if we hadn't hired Jennifer! In addition, we didn't have to task our family and friends (nearly all of whom were from out of town) with doing all of the many things that Jennifer handled for us. Instead, they got to enjoy our wedding, too! Jennifer is, without question, a delight to work with. We also loved her assistant, Amanda, who helped Jennifer with our ceremony rehearsal and wedding day. In fact, we had several guests comment about how lovely they both were! In addition to being easy to work with, Jennifer is professional, extremely responsive, experienced, full of suggestions, and thinks about all of the little things that so many brides and grooms overlook. Her level of detail is exceptional and was noted not only by us, but our other vendors and our guests! (Consider, for instance, that she put together a 12-page timeline for our wedding weekend that highlighted who needed to be where and what needed to be happening at each moment--amazing!). It is clear that she puts a tremendous amount of work into every wedding that she's involved with. Her value, in our opinion, cannot be overstated. We are so grateful to Jennifer and Pink Swan Events for helping to ensure that our wedding went off without a hitch!

Julie Park and her team were amazing to work with. Julie is an incredibly detail oriented…read moreprofessional with a great eye for design and layout. Her team helped my husband and I plan and coordinate a beautiful wedding during COVID-19. I cannot imagine what we would have done had we not found Birch. I highly highly recommend hiring her for any event especially weddings!

I recently had the honor of working with Zartasha at a rooftop patio event, and I was so impressed…read morewith her ability to orchestrate the details of an extremely complex setup. She dealt with the inevitable setbacks with poise and expertise, and she kept a smile on her face the entire time. She treated her vendors with respect and gratitude and truly made the event unforgettable. I can't wait for the opportunity to work with her again. Celeste Vee

Zartasha - the ***Rock Star Event Planner*** helped with the "Day Of" planning of my daughter's…read morewedding. We got off to a rocky start as she did not want to engage until a month before the event. However when she did engage - she was wonderful. She is experienced, personable, plans for all scenarios, handles everyone with a great deal of professionalism and goes "over and above" I found her in my kitchen kneading dough because the priest asked for it !!! Recommend her in a heartbeat. Loved her :)

Tiffany B. is without question, the best event planner in the country. Our convening was a…read moremasterpiece of detail, care, and intentionality -- every moment reflected her brilliance. Her patience, responsiveness, and encouragement meant the world. She made attendees feel seen and taken care of, all while managing a million moving parts with calm precision. Her understanding of what the convening required was remarkable -- and the nuance with which she executed it was unmatched. We couldn't have pulled off this event without her. Her company brings so much warmth, mastery, and grace.

I want to share a few stories from my wedding that illustrate just how incredible of a wedding…read moreplanner Tiffany is! Back in July 2019, I interviewed 10 wedding planners. I sent out a survey with questions that I asked everyone to answer via Google surveys (for some reason!). Tiffany was the only planner who filled out the survey. This is to say that she is the one who understood that this was something that was important to me, so she made it important to her too. This is the quality of Tiffany's that set her above everyone else; from the very first time we met, she worked to make my priorities her priorities. The sound system wasn't working correctly at the beginning of our ceremony, which was such bad luck- we overheard our DJ successfully test the equipment while we were getting our photos taken. It resulted in about a 10 min delay before the ceremony started- in that time interval, Tiffany got warm cider for my mom and my (now) husband's mom, while simultaneously corralling the bridal party to keep them organized and ensuring the momentum of the event didn't get lost in the delay. Everyone cheered when the mic started working again, which diffused all of the anticipatory pre-ceremony tension. Our moms talked (and are still talking!) a lot about the warm cider Tiffany got for them. When faced with the inevitable hiccups that happen during weddings, I promise you that you will want Tiffany there to deal with them. You will not be in a state to deal with it yourself, and knowing that Tiffany, someone with the knowledge, experience, professionalism and temperament to handle it, will absolutely make your day. No matter how big-hearted and generous your family is, it is difficult to get people to do the parts of the wedding that are actually work, like, for example, making the place cards that have the guest's name with their table numbers on them. It's also a big favor to ask of relatives, and it is such a relief to know that you have someone in your corner who you can really count on to get this stuff organized and done. For example, when the aforementioned place cards at my wedding didn't get done beforehand, a detail that was brought to our attention several hours before guests started arriving, Tiffany got all 120 place cards printed that day. Truly incredible, I wish our federal government was like 1/4th as effective as her, we would definitely all be cruising with free health care by now. Tiffany is the wedding industry's equivalent of Olivia Pope. When I asked my husband what wedding advice we would give to other couples, it would be to hire Tiffany!! It was the best decision we could have made. We are so happy with how everything turned out- we were guests at our own wedding!! We just got to enjoy the day, which is exactly what we wanted to do. I never expected a perfect wedding but that's what I got because Tiffany was there to handle it! We love her!