This review is from the husband. A guy who cant even plan what he's going to wear tomorrow, much…read moreless a wedding.
There is no review that could do justice to Amber and her team. We consider ourselves so lucky and blessed that we were able to find her and that she was willing to work with us. There is just no way our wedding weekend could have gone so smoothly and have been so much fun without her. Miller Lite is the best beer, the Boise State Broncos are the best football team, and Amber is the best wedding planner. Way it is.
We originally called Amber saying that we needed somebody to plan a wedding in 7 months, for 500 invites, most from states up North, in Texas, in June, in 2000 degree heat, and that we had no idea what the heck we were doing. Some wedding planners we had talked to before told us that it just was not going happen, or that it was going be damn near impossible. When we asked Amber if she could do it, it was like we asked her if she could drink a frozen rose and enjoy a free week in Bali. We knew after talking to Amber for two minutes that we were in good hands and that she was going to make it work.
I think Amber works for the CIA. She knew the ins and outs of every single wedding vendor in the area, all of their strengths and weaknesses, and had worked with pretty much all of the popular ones. We had so much faith in her that we considered letting her just decide for us. She was always very respectful of our budget, making both expensive and more cost-effective recommendations for everything. She was even willing to meet the vendors for us if my wife and I couldn't make it to an appointment.
Amber brought to out attention and handled all of the little details that, I don't care who you think you are, just don't occur to regular folks during wedding planning. Safe places to store bags and purses at the venue, the venue's possible security guard requirements, how to get the items to the venue the morning of, how in tarnation to get the gifts and cards home the night after the festivities when most of your friends can't even stand up straight , baby sitter options, and tons more.
If you recall, we planned our wedding for June in Texas. Also, our reception started at like 3:00pm. It's hot in June in Texas at 3:00pm. Much of the venue that we decided on was outside. We really wanted people to be outside enjoying the ranch, but knew that the heat might get the better of them. Amber helped us out so much with tent rentals, AC units, fans, and making sure that there was plenty of opportunity for folks sit in the shade during the day and night. Luckily, we had a nice breeze all day, but it was such a relief knowing that no matter the weather, Amber had pulled all the stops to keep our guests comfortable, cool, and pleasant to be around.
Of course, all of the typical Harrison wedding incidents did occur during our reception. A sizeable group of loud uncles from the Northeast started yelling about where the playing cards went, my little sister had too much to drink, some folks got cut off from the bar before 9:00pm, one of my firefighter buddies was found by security passed out in a bush at the end of the night, the bathroom was up to the ceiling in girls trying to fix my wife's dress for about an hour, I lost my sunglasses, and my Dad called my wife by the wrong name during his speech. None of this falls on Amber, however. We are still being told by friends and family how amazing and fun and special our wedding weekend was, and thats all thanks to Heavenly Day Events.
At around 11:00pm during our wedding night, I considered asking Amber to come on our honeymoon with us. I thought to myself "If this is what Amber can do with one weekend to work with, imagine the fun activities she could plan if you set her loose on a whole week." Then I realized how weird that would sound to my wife so I didn't ask. Our honeymoon was still an absolute blast. We bought a cool cowhide rug for our new house but won't put it out until we change the floors. We bought Amber a few little thank you gifts but we haven't given them to her yet. But we will.
We could not have been happier with Amber and her team. Our wedding weekend was perfect and exactly what we had hoped for. Please do yourselves a favor and choose Heavenly Day Events if you're fixing to get hitched in the Texas hill county.
