We used Blueprint Events planning services for our wedding in March 2015. We had 3 wedding events,…read morea Pakistani mendhi, American wedding ceremony, and a fusion reception.
As some background to us as a couple, we are a mixed/integrated couple that wanted a Italian/American/Pakistani wedding that had both touches of traditional and contemporary elements. Our wedding was in a small town outside of Austin, TX (Marble Falls) on a gorgeous ranch!
We initially started with the planning services with Satori (she is wonderful!) but ended up using other services through the company as well, linens, flowers, decor, etc because they a great service value price point.
My favorite things about Satori/BluePrint:
- Her high energy level, positive attitude, and creative thinking! She really took time to get to know me as a person and us as a couple when she recommended ideas for the wedding. It felt very personal, like she was my friend of many years.
- She is resourceful and honest, she appreciates your hard earn money and helps put every penny to work! She will tell you where its worth to put the extra money, extra time and extra energy in your wedding and on the flip side where you can get away with cheaper alternatives.
- She has the logistics down! She thinks of all the details, is organized, and makes a wonderful agenda for your bridal party, vendors, families to follow.
- She is great with people! Every family has a multitude of personalities and needs--she was able to navigate and communicate with everyone
- She always offered services through blueprint for decors, flowers, etc but ALWAYS gave me quotes for other companies as well. It was important to me to always compare market prices.
- My family has several creative people (especially my sister and mother-in-law) who were eager to help make items for the wedding. She really encouraged them to get involved and helped in whatever way she could.
- Her contingency plans are amazing! All along we had a 10-12% chance of light rain then the week of the wedding, it changed to 95% thunderstorm! She basically planned an ENTIRE new wedding in that week for us! We already had family in town and were pretty limited on free time. She knew us so well at this point that she knew exactly what we would like and not like. Our indoor reception ended up being GORGEOUS!
Two things that really stood out to me when I first met her:
- She was always accommodating to my schedule. She would do late night calls with me, meet me in Austin or Houston to help me minimize how much time I had to take off of work for wedding planning.
- Most wedding related businesses really push the "this wedding is the most important thing in your life" model, which in a way is great to see such passion in people who are in the business. Quite frankly, for me though, I entirely disagree. Weddings are important, they are meaningful, but they aren't the MOST of anything. I appreciated that Satori was very passionate about what she did but understood how I felt about weddings and respected it. I never felt pushed into decisions.
Ultimately, our 3 day wedding went amazing! Everyone was raving about beautiful everything was, how thoughtful and personality filled our wedding was, and how much fun and stress-free it felt! We are very happy we decided to have a planner and chose BluePrints/Satori!
