If you are planning a wedding, read this FIRST!…read more I am a high functioning OCD type of person, and when we decided to get married with only 2 and a 1/2 months notice I went into overdrive planning. We identified a location and starting tasking friends and contacting vendors within a week, but I quickly started to get overwhelmed with the amount of effort. I was trying to juggling working full time, traveling for work and planning a wedding with next to no notice when my best friend begged me to find a day-of wedding coordinator. I turned to trusty Yelp to help me out and was sad to see the lack of reviews for wedding vendors. However, I did find one review for Buffee Ann and saw I could contact her for a quote. She quickly replied and when I decided not to move forward was sweet in her response to my poor life choices. Only a few days later I changed my mind and she encouraged me to skype with her before making another bad decision. I am so glad I did! From the start Buffee was energetic and encouraging while also allowing my strong personality to dictate as much as I could of the planning process. I have to say at the end of the day, hiring Buffee to help me out was the BEST IDEA EVER! If you're planning a wedding, get help from the very start. Buffee offered suggestions for vendors after we ran into challenges with a few of ours, and we realized she would have been a savior if we had used her from day 1. She worked with our bartending service to help resolve a difficult issue and found me someone to help with my hair (which received numerous compliments). Buffee even offered to add some much needed make-up to my very ungirly self. To say she was a fairy godmother would be an understatement. If you're looking for help with planning anything, go no further. Buffee Ann will take care of you, be your cheerleader, and provide excellent suggestions for local vendors.

Our experience was amazing! Both me and my wife were so overwhelmed by the idea of trying to plan a…read morewedding. We looked into finding someone to help us but even that alone is pretty daunting. But finding Buffee and Magical Moments was a huge stroke of luck. She helped us figure out exactly what we want. It was the perfect mix of making sure we got the wedding that we specifically wanted but she also knew when we were unsure about something and she always pushed us in the right direction. We both really cannot say enough good things about Buffee. She made our wedding, something both of us always dreamed of but figured we could never have, the most amazing day of our lives. We're an LGBT couple and especially living in the midwest you never really know how people are going to be or if they'll even want to help you, but Buffee and Magical Moments made our wedding seem so important to them and made sure we found the vendors who would best serve our needs. If anyone ever asks me for advice on wedding planning I'm sending them to Magical Moments immediately.

Amy was amazing... She was professional, sweet, sincere, and had every last word down perfectly…read more She made a wedding inside our apartment feel 10 times more amazing then I would have ever guessed it would be. I highly recommend her. I felt like everything was top notch with her service... Felt like an amazing wedding.

We found Amy online to act as officiant for our wedding and we could not have been more satisfied…read more She was flexible and calm during our somewhat chaotic moments and the ceremony was performed beautifully. She was professional and engaging and made us feel very comfortable. She was very willing to tailor the ceremony to what we wanted and to make it our own. We would highly recommend her!

Jenna and the entire Foundation Event Space staff was amazing! Jenna responded to every email I…read moresent and answered all of our questions, regardless of how minuscule they were. She even offered her floral services after hearing of our lack of motivation with doing more research on top of whats already a time consuming event. Our night was flawless and better than we imagined. By the end of the night I thought of Jenna as more of a friend and less of a venue coordinator. I was sad to say goodbye to her and the venue!

Wonderful rustic event space! The company I work for held their annual holiday party here, and it…read morewas fantastic - bright/cozy lighting, spacious seating (for nealy 100 people), and an amazing open bar! Horduerves ranging from spinich dip to mini cab cakes to stuffed mushrooms served as tasty snacks. Parking was very accessible. The only fault I find is a dent in the dancefloor that I (and several people) tripped on throughout the party... but that also kind of added to the night's merriment.

I can't recommend Decemeber from Soirée Event Designs high enough! We were planning our wedding…read moreceremony and events on our own up until a month and a half prior to the date. As the date became closer, we started to feel a bit overwhelmed with all the details. I received Decemeber's information from a friend, and from our first interaction, she was a true professional! Because we were less than two months from our wedding, Decemeber moved to schedule our face-to-face meeting quickly. The introduction discussion was well organized and she walked me through all of our vendor details, wedding party, must-haves, etc. My fiancé and I thought we had covered all our bases, but it was obvious after our discussion that there were many other details we needed to address. Decemeber made this feel like a breeze, and immediately helped wrap up finishing touches and assembled a "day-of" timeline. She began coordinating directly with our vendors, to eliminate the stress from the groom and me. Because of all the work Soirée did up front, the day of our wedding was well executed, relaxed and most importantly fun! As the bride, I didn't have to worry about who needed to be where and when. Decemeber had all of this outlined for us. She even found a new hairstylist two weeks before the wedding, after I decided to make a last minute change! From the first phone call with Decemeber to giving her a hug at the end of our wedding reception, she made wedding planning a stress-free process and our day was executed to perfection! (And if there was a hiccup, she handled it and we never knew) On top of her professionalism, Decemeber is a joy to work with to plan a major event.

Unmatched communication. Literally, if you need clarification, etc. Beams is there! I never felt…read morelike was a pain, and I was lol. Out of all the event vendors that I have worked with this was the most seamless experience.

Maisha is the best. I have had the pleasure of working with her several times & she is great at…read morewhat she does Very helpful, creative, responds quick, & she made everything happen last minute for me. Her work is phenomenal def recommend her & I'll be hiring her many more times! :)

This vendor is careless and responded to negative feedback with a few nasty text messages…read more When I first talked to Heather at Simply Modish she was very nice but during the planning was least helpful in that department. She did not pay much attention to my budget and gave me suggestions of the highest vendors in town. A lot of which were family or friend owned. During my rehearsal she did not do her job at all. She did not have any control of my group and I ended up running my rehearsal because she did not have much of a voice. On my wedding day I was a bit late walking down the aisle. (Around 45 mins) she came up to my suite and yelled at me to hurry up and was saying people wanted to know where I was. At this point it was barely 6:00 and that was when my wedding was supposed to start. My cousin politely asked her to stop stressing me out and told her we would come down at 6:30. I walked down from my suite at 6:40ish and when I walked down the stairs my husband was standing there! I was so upset. When we texted after that day, she told me that since me and my husband were already married she assumed I was ok with seeing him. However she never asked me if it was ok for us to see each other. After our first meeting we met at her home to discuss planning and I noticed she had a sonogram on her refrigerator. I asked her if she was pregnant and she said yes and that she would be over 8 months during my day. Which was fine but I don't think she had any intention of telling me. She stated she would hire an assistant to help her for our day since she was going to be so far along. I wanted to meet the person so I knew that they would understand my vision for the wedding. She kept telling me I couldn't meet them and other excuses. On my day I found out that her assistant was her very own sister. She basically told me in the text that it wouldn't matter who it was since she didn't charge me for them. Which was not my concern I just felt like she was hiding it. After my ceremony my guests had no idea what to do or where to go next because they never made the announcement. My wedding party had to tell them to go up to the barn for cocktail hour. Her sister in my eyes wasn't clear on all the things that was going on because she failed to have her come to rehearsal. In the end she gave me her her vision of who I was and how I was going to be which was really rude. And I admit I never told her how unhappy I was because my husband was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt by telling me that she was going to be good on our day. However she managed to upset him too because of her careless attitude. I did hug her and and tell her thank you because I wasn't going to be mean or unprofessional to her on my wedding day but she said I was wrong for being polite. The things she messed up at my wedding were not things that she could fix. To me what's done was done. I was very nice when explaining to her my issues with her as to why I gave her a bad review and she did not care! She was rude and nasty! I advise all brides to pay a little extra for a planner. She took advantage of us and we cannot get our money back. She is a liar and will cheat you. She did the least amount of work for what we paid. My venue coordinator did more for me than she ever did. The bad part is my venue was basically all inclusive and we had under 50 guests and she still managed to mess up our day! STAY AWAY FROM THIS VENDOR!

Heather was very helpful in planning my daughters wedding. She was very nice, and easy to work…read morewith! She helped make the day run much smoother.

I am still in awe on how wonderful it was working with Lisa from Simple Elegance. She made sure…read morethat my wedding day was perfect!!!!! She was such a help with everything from finding vendors to setting up on the day of the wedding. My mom and I enjoyed working with her tremendously. Simple Elegance knows so much about weddings, I would highly recommend every bride to reach out to them before planning their weddings! It was worth every dollar spent!

The best of the best. This is coming from an art teacher and a perfectionist with a wild mother and…read moreeven wilder mother-in-law. They did THE BEST JOB YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE... please feel free to contact me to get all the wonderful, stress-free details. I was tempted to go with a funkier place, but thank God everyday for going with Kindra and her amazing team. They know exactly what they are doing. On top of everything. Incredibly responsible and proactive. Incredibly personable and in-the-know for all things wedding. I honestly dont think I would have survived my wedding if it wasnt for Simple Elegance... and I am completely serious... I had a dramatic ending to my wedding extravaganza! : )

Came out to help setup for a 50th celebration. 28 Event Space offered more than we could have hoped…read morefor. The event space staff was there to assist us with anything and everything we needed while setting up. The linens, tablecloths, chairs and tables were already in place as hoped for and everything was in top notch shape for any lavish event. And all was squeaky clean. I was pleased to find the ladies room tastefully decorated, inviting and sparkling clean. Highly recommend it for any event.

Great experience for a wedding! Was so gorgeous and employees were great. Lights were perfect,…read morespeakers were great and the outdoor area was so cute.