Let me preface this by saying that I, myself, am an event planner. My husband and I are capable of…read moreplanning events, and even enjoy doing it. So, "Why??", you ask, did we get a wedding planner? Well, let me ask you: do you want to enjoy your wedding? Or do you want to be running around making sure the DJ cues your dad to the dance floor in between mingling with the most special people in your life? Your wedding will already go SO quickly - don't waste it by attending to the small details. Jessica was AWESOME. I'm a laid-back bride and I appreciated her relaxation, yet incredible attention to detail, during the planning process. We met for coffee twice and communicated via email in between. She brought up questions I hadn't even thought of, created the agendas, communicated with vendors, chimed in when we needed advice and made our wedding perfect. She's the kind of wedding planner that will make sure you eat at your own wedding (so you don't pass out), will snag you for that perfect sunset shot, and keep the event running smoothly while you enjoy the best night ever. She's amazing, kind, efficient, professional, and fun. Definitely recommend!

I got married a week ago today in Muncie. We had the ceremony in a church and the reception for 150…read morepeople at my parents' home. So, when we began planning, we knew we'd need some extra hands on deck as our venue didn't come with a built in events coordinator. Plus, I was planning a wedding in Indiana from my home in San Francisco, which can be very stressful. I got Jessica's name from two girlfriends, and after my initial email to her about a year ago, we got on the phone to talk through my wedding vision. Now, as a publicist, I have planned my share of large scale events, so I really wanted Jessica to sell me (and especially my parents) on her services and why we would need her help. And that's exactly what she did! Jessica has so much experience planning all kinds of weddings, she asked really smart and detail-oriented questions, but I think what sold me is that Jessica also had an outdoor, at home reception in September a few years ago, so I knew she'd take great care of us. Jessica's support throughout the process was so critical to helping us pull off a fabulous wedding. What I love most about Jessica is that she wants to work with brides who love to plan - that's me! In the months leading up to the wedding, Jessica's makes sure you've thought of absolutely everything and nothing falls through the cracks. We had one or two calls last Fall to talk through wedding details and decide on the right planning package for us (more on that below). When I was back in Indiana in the Spring, Jessica came to my parents' home in Muncie to walk through the yard and help us make some decisions on placing the tent, band, bar, etc. She has so much experience and really great ideas, so she helped us take lots of things into consideration. Then, we had two more meetings to run through every single detail before the big day. She's very flexible on timing for meetings and what works best with your schedule. We selected JDWC's Wedding Day package, which consists of 12 hours on-site on the wedding day, plus planning meetings leading up to the big day. My parents were a little hesitant when they saw the price tag, but I can't tell you how many times throughout the planning process I heard them say "I don't know what we would do without Jessica - she's worth every penny!" and I couldn't agree more. I would highly recommend Jessica Dum Wedding Coordination to any bride who is thinking she might need some help on her big day!

The ladies at Boldly Chic Events are amazing! I had an outdoor ceremony and barn reception in…read moreNoblesville this past May, and Christine, my head planner, went above and beyond her calling. I was a DIY bride who wanted to create a lot of the details myself and just needed a planner to put it all together on the day of the wedding. Not only was everything perfect on the day of, but Lori and Christine were both there for me months in advance, answering all of my questions (there were a lot of them) and giving me advice. I would highly recommend them to any bride in the Indy area.

Choosing Boldly Chic Events and Christine to plan our wedding was the best decision we made in the…read moreentire planning process. From day one, Christine was incredibly organized, kept us on schedule and helped us make our wedding even more beautiful and incredible than we could have hoped. We planned our wedding in Indianapolis from our home in Seattle and Christine made the process exceptionally easy. Christine was incredibly flexible, responded quickly to emails and phone calls, and created the wedding of our dreams. We had a very clear timeline created for the weekend by Christine and she and her team made sure our day went smoothly and stuck with the timeline. Our guests all raved about how amazing and beautiful our library wedding was and the credit all goes to Christine and her team from Boldy Chic Events! I would recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone planning a wedding from near or far!

Unpleasant customer service experience when just INQUIRING about having our wedding here. I had to…read morereach out multiple times and basically begged for details. Bummer because it's a beautiful venue, but I can't deal with rude customer service.

I visited Black Iris Estate as a wedding guest, and I was impressed. And guess what: Black Iris…read moreEstate has a very large basement! How do I know this? Because I and the several dozen other people attending the wedding plus the staff got to visit the basement because there was a tornado warning in the area, and we all had to seek shelter. Whee! The staff at Black Iris were pros, though, and made sure everyone was safe and calm. They made a stressful situation into a (kinda) fun situation that everyone will remember forever. Anyway, the basement is large, but so is the rest of the space! And it's beautiful and tastefully decorated, with lots of antiques and mirrors. We never really got to go outside because the wedding was happening during severe weather, but from that little I saw, the grounds were beautiful too. Also, the food here was some of the best food I've had at a wedding. I'm not sure if the food was from an outside caterer or what, but I want to say that it was in-house. And the open bar was nice, too, and the bartenders were quick and generous. I enjoyed myself as a wedding guest at this place. It was classy but comfortable!

Working with Love, Leon (formerly Krauter photography) was the most stressful part of planning our…read morewedding. We were profoundly disappointed with the lack of client-care, honesty and communication throughout the entire process, even in the delivery of photos. We hired Lauren + Casey because we liked their style, we wanted a husband/wife duo and we wanted Indy locals (we live in Los Angeles, our wedding was in my hometown of Indianapolis). We were happy to hear that Lauren, like us, felt it was important to meet in-person to talk vision + prep before the wedding. We agreed to meet in the June and July months when I was scheduled to fly home to Indianapolis. After hiring Love, Leon and putting down our 50% deposit, we felt that Lauren's interest in us and our wedding ended. At the beginning of June, I reached out to Lauren to set + confirm our first in-person meeting. Lauren informed us that she and her husband (2nd shooter) were moving to Germany at the end of the week and she would be unable to meet until the afternoon before my wedding day. As I probed further, she admitted that Casey was no longer available to shoot the wedding and she had already hired a new 2nd shooter. When I searched for this photographer online, I came up blank. There was no Instagram, no website, no reviews and no verifiable online presence of her work. Lauren supplied us with two private links to photos, but asked me to "trust her on this one" even though she had never shot a wedding with this person. We begged for our deposit back. Because so much had changed, we wanted to go with another photographer and part ways with no hard feelings. She refused to make an exception and informed us that she would be keeping our deposit regardless of our decision. We didn't have the budget to pay another photographer without getting that $1,650 deposit back, so we had to proceed with Lauren and try to make the best of this new situation. Her demeanor on the day-of was good and she handled herself well with our bridesmaid photos. The only thing that struck me as odd & unprofessional was when she asked the Matron of Honor to buy her an Uber home during the reception. After delivering the photo galleries, we noticed that a vast majority of the family and group shots were blurry. The trees behind us were focused, but all of our faces were out-of-focus. I reached out to Lauren asking for sharper versions that were suitable for printing and using in a photo book. At this point, she admitted that she had made a mistake with her camera during our group photo session and she did not have any in-focus photos of our wedding party, the bride's family, the bride + groom's family or my grandparents. I was stunned. I reached out to some professional photographer friends to see if anyone could salvage the images. I received an overwhelming response that this was not a camera setting issue, but rather a fundamental photography-skill issue. A photographer may occasionally slip into back-focus for one or two frames out of a hundred, but anyone who bills themselves as a professional would see this mistake after a shot or two and fix it immediately on-site preventing further blurry photos. They were all stunned to find out that she hadn't fixed it on-location, and further than she hadn't owned up to the rookie mistake upon delivery. She waited to see if we would catch it. The whole thing just doesn't sit well with me. All this to say - Love, Leon added stress to the wedding process rather than alleviating it. Maybe it was a one-time mistake, but I wouldn't recommend taking that risk on your wedding day. If you're a bride or groom who values communication, transparency and an overall positive experience in wedding planning, I would urge you to explore other photographers in Indy. **NOTE: As a courtesy, I let Lauren know in advance that we would be sharing our honest experience on this platform. In response, she offered + provided a 50% refund for the $3,600 contract and apologized as she understands that nothing can replace the fact that these images were not captured. She will "use this as an opportunity to learn and grow."**

Our experience with Love, Leon was exceptional, and we are so glad Lauren and Casey were with us to…read morecapture all of the amazing moments from our wedding day! From the very initial planning session, Lauren was knowledgable, professional, and passionate. They were well prepared and always seemed to know exactly what shots would work, which really helped us execute efficiently (that is saying a lot considering we took pictures with our family). Not only are they great photographers, they are also fun to be around! We appreciated their honesty, humor, and patience; characteristics we now value in an awesome wedding photographers duo and our marriage! The pictures are PERFECT. We absolutely adore them. Our wedding day was everything we could have imagined, and so was working with Love, Leon.

Jason was the best DJ/emcee we could have asked for on our big day. His knowledge and experience…read morewas evident in his flawless performance and execution during our ceremony and reception. He was the life of the party and our wedding would not have been the same without him. Jason was very easy to work with leading up to the wedding and made the entire process seamless and stress-free. He was also very organized and his online system made it easy for us to know what songs and information he needed from us beforehand. We 110% recommend Jason to anyone looking for a DJ/emcee.

Jason was amazing and our wedding day ran seamlessly. Planning a wedding from across the country,…read morethe online planning portal was very helpful. Jason arrived on time to set up, was very easy to communicate with, and kept everything flowing perfectly from start to finish. Multiple people complimented the quality of the sound especially for an indoor/outdoor venue. Bottom line: would definitely recommend to a friend.

We had my daughter's 6th birthday there, it was 9 of her friends, it was such a fun time! All of…read morethe parents were super impressed with how efficient everything was. We had moved through most of the activities, and still had about 45 minutes for presents and silly-ness! Seriously, if your daughters are into nail polish, makeup, dressing up, look no further. We hadn't even pulled out of the parking lot before my daughter said, 'Can I have all of my birthday parties there?!?' Thanks again, staff at Darling Divas, while it was my daughter's party, all of the little ones were given such a wonderfully welcoming 'Spa-Tea Party'. We'll be back again!!

Absolutely hands down the BOMB.COM. Very intimate but roomy, the decor is eye catching and the…read moreroom can be arranged to accompanying up to 40. I highly recommend this establishment!

I just attended a wedding with this DJ and he had the people dancing 1/2 the time. Not the best.read more

Greg, aka Dr. Dance, is simply the best! Greg made the process of organizing every aspect of the…read moremusic for our wedding very easy. He was always quick to respond by email or phone to any inquiry that we had during the planning process. More importantly, he was amazing on our big day! We had an outdoor wedding and it rained putting a delay on the original timeline of our event. Without any prompt from us or urgency by Greg, he helped coordinate with our venue and us so that we could still accomplish everything we had scheduled. He kept our wedding flowing properly, made sure our guests were aware of every moment of the night with properly timed announcements and of course he kept the dance floor popping all night long! He even helped our venue find the charger to our Polaroid camera that we forgot to charge, so that our guests could take pictures to add to our guest book. If you are in need of a DJ for your wedding or event, then look no further as you will not find a better individual to handle your big day and you won't find a DJ at a better price either. We could not have been more happy with Dr. Dance as a DJ for our wedding!!!

The answer to your questions about hiring Stacy Able Photography is YESSSSSSS. When our destination…read morewedding was impacted by coronavirus we made the decision to get married in Indianapolis, alone, with our families watching over zoom and postpone our big wedding celebration for a year to April of 2021. One of the best decisions we made was finding Stacy and hiring her. We are SO grateful for her work, it made our makeshift elopement real and you will not believe how great the pics turned out. Stacy was recommended to us by a neighbor who knew she did wedding photography and I had not seen her work before but since we desperately wanted someone to photograph our wedding and she was willing to come, wear a mask and maintain a distance so we hired her. OH MY GOD WE ARE SO LUCKY. THESE PICTURES BELONG IN A MAGAZINE. I am not just saying this, she is so good. I have had pictures taken professionally before and it is so awkward, I normally feel so uncomfortable, hate the way I look, my poses, etc. The pictures she captured were flawless. Stacy was professional, prompt, helpful, and boy is she talented - just the best experience possible. It was beyond our expectations. People are still contacting me months after to tell me how great our photos look - like, friends of friends and beyond. People we don't even know are contacting me about these pictures. Hire Stacy! If you are looking at this and would like to talk to me, please ask Stacy for my contact information so I can answer any of your questions, I am happy to connect and give a glowing recommendation. This was the best part about our wedding.

Hiring Stacy for our wedding was the best decision we made. She came as a strong recommendation…read morefrom our planner and it is easy to tell why. Not only is she is incredibly kind, with a remarkable ability to put people at ease, but she also overdelivers with her images in every way. The way she captured our engagement session and a full weekend of wedding festivities blew us away and is something we'll cherish forever. Even our guests commented on how she really got in the action and captured the dance floor without impacting the vibe, and those are some of our favorite photographs from the night. My parents also could not stop raving about what a delight she was and how painless she made the process of many formal photos. It is true that you will spend more time on your wedding day with your photographer than anyone else - and there is not a better person to have by your side than Stacy.

We used Jen as the wedding coordinator for our son's wedding and as a result, we enjoyed the day as…read moremuch as the bride and groom! Jen had everything and everyone in the right place at the right time, reviewed and checked all our contracts and ran interference for all the little issues that crop up in between. I'm just sorry we didn't call her sooner. I would recommend her to anyone and I HAVE recommended her to many of our friends.

From the owner: Events by Design specializes in turning your imagining into a reality you will always remember and…read moretreasure. DESIGN is the keyword in our business name. Events by Design provides full-service wedding consultation with the focus on design with all its definitions - purpose, planning, style and flair.