So I have been hesitant to post a review, but not for the reasons you might think...my procrastination was due to the fact that I wasn't sure I could write a review that would be good enough to express how freaking AMAZING, FANTASTIC, STUPENDOUS the Simply Wed team is!! But at this point, I am going to stop worrying about the quality of my "prose" (lol) and just get this out there, because this team is just so, ridiculously, AWESOME.
For our wedding two years ago (August 2013), we chose the day-of coordination package with Kirstie Warren of Simply Wed. It was obvious from our first meetings with her nearly half a year before our wedding that she was extremely organized, deeply knowledgeable, creative, and a very down-to-earth person. She was EXACTLY the type of person we wanted by our side on our wedding day. With her years of experience and numerous anecdotal stories, she made us feel that even if something major were to go wrong, she would have it handled gracefully and efficiently. When the big day finally came, she did all this and more. She and her team blew all of our expectations out of the water!!! I am a pretty meticulous and involved person when it comes to planning, and I had a million little details and ideas for that day that I wanted to be set up in a very particular way. She and the Simply Wed team executed everything flawlessly, and did it all with only a few hours to prepare. They were constantly working behind the scenes the entire wedding, so much so that we hardly noticed the team save to see that everything was gorgeous and in its rightful place at the right time! Before our wedding, we had meetings throughout the year to touch base and, although I only hired her for day-of coordination because I wanted to plan everything else myself, she was INVALUABLE in her input of what would work, what might be too much (I had a lot of those, insane with personalized details as I was, lol), and what would be tasteful and within our budget. She put together a timeline of the day and worked closely with our other vendors to ensure everything would flow smoothly. The week before the wedding, we transferred ALL of our various decorations, DIY goods, placecards, and what have you to her house, where she loaded them up into her van to bring with her on the morning of the wedding. It was amazing to see that mish-mash of colorful, fun stuff get turned into the elegant, vibrant, (But still quirky and "us"!) affair that her team pulled off.
We also hired Simply Wed for floral , and they had QUITE the job on their hands...I wanted a lush carpet of ombre flowers for the aisle, and let me just say, to pull THAT off as spectacularly as they did with only a few hours and in addition to all the other floral arrangements...our jaws and the jaws of our guests just dropped to see that. The word was "WOW." The flowers all over the venue were beaaaauuutiful, bursting with color and everything that I wanted! The only thing that wasn't, was the bridal bouquet, which Susan (the florist) must have put together early that morning or something because a few of the roses were starting to brown. I told Kirstie, she spirited the bouquet off immediately to Susan, and voila! The flowers were changed out and the bouquet was fixed, no problem. :)
We hired them to do our candy buffet too, and it turned out so gorgeous and adorable. The colors of the candy & sweets in the different shapes of jars looked perfect along with our two incredible cakes from the People's Cake.
If you want to see the details I'm talking about, here's a link to our (also incredibly awesome) photographer, Jenny GG's website for some pics of our day:
http://jennygg.com/weddings/woodinville-wedding-photography-delille-cellars-beverly-dennis
All told, Kirstie & team paid for themselves a hundred times over - her price point is so reasonable for what she accomplishes that day and leading up to the event. If you are thinking of hiring Simply Wed, do yourself a favor and JUST DO IT!!! :) read more