Ashlee at Smash Events is really one of the best wedding coordinators + planners in the Colorado Springs/Denver area -- even if you are a do-it-yourself bride who thinks you don't need her.
Our wedding was in June 2010 and as a bride, I was of the DIY, on-a-budget, but make it look amazing camp. So, I really didn't even consider having a wedding planner or someone who could handle things the day of.
Thankfully, Ashlee at Smash Events rescued me from what would have been my biggest mistake ever.
What you don't consider when you are handling all the details is all the things you either don't know to think about or that can come up in the weeks preceding the event and on the day of. Ashlee not only thought of ALL of them, but took the time to understand me, my aesthetic, my desires and needs enough to be able to make a trillion decisions for me that I would have never anticipated -- and made them the way I would have. I cannot tell you how much I would have sacrificed to make hiring her possible -- except that she's exceedingly affordable compared to what I found. All of our time and effort would have been wasted if I had not had her to be my wedding planner and day-of coordinator -- we even had a guest break an expensive piece of art at our venue, and yet Ashlee single-handedly diffused the situation so we never had to deal with it -- and we didn't know about it until months later. Is that alone a superpower worth hiring? ABSOLUTELY. She's also fun and easy to be around--I actually looked forward to our meetings.
Hiring Ashlee was one of the BEST decisions I made about the wedding. read more