Whilst wandering around one of the many bridal shows I attended while engaged, I came across a…read morephoto of the perfect cake--a simple but beautiful three-tiered white cake with a cluster of roses at the top, cascading down one side and a surrounded by a pool of rose petals. I had to have it! The card said it was made at Sugar and Spice. I called them up and made an appointment for the following weekend. Jennifer is one of the owners and also responsible for making the cakes. She invited me to her shop in Parkville for a sampling of the cake. I'm no good with tasting wedding cakes simply because I love cake in all its glory, and it's hard for me to find one I don't like. Jennifer's cake was light and fluffy, and not overly sweet. Perfect for me! We sampled a couple of flavours (all very nice) and I settled on the plain white with buttercream frosting. The cake was reasonably priced (competitive if not less than most in the area) and the pricing included a silver cake tray for the table top. A $100 deposit was required and the remainder had to be paid in full by the day of the wedding. If the cake tray isn't returned, she keeps your deposit. Easy system! The cake was delivered right on time on the morning of the wedding. We had to order the flowers ourselves and have them ready to go. Jennifer set to work on decorating the cake with flowers and within 10 minutes it was finished and was every bit as beautiful as the photo from the bridal show. I got tons of compliments throughout the night on the great cake.

We have had the best experience with sugar and spice catering. They provided our wedding cakes for…read moreour wedding and did a fabulous job. We decided to do small individual cakes for each table, and they delivered a delicious and elegant cake. Fast forward to a year later, we just picked up our anniversary cake, which is as fabulous and tasty as a year ago. I would highly recommend them for your wedding cake and catering needs.

Our ceremony was yesterday and today I'm just so overcome with joy that I had to write my review. I…read moreloved the small ceremony we were able to pull off at this BEAUTIFUL venue. The staff is amazing and actually did a great job of helping me feel calm right before my ceremony. I wish I could give them a 25.star rating. It was just absolutely amazing. We have a go-to photographer of our own, but really wanted a secular ceremony without all of the fuss. I didn't have to worry about a thing. Tell your guests where to go, when to show up, and they do the rest! You just get to show up and look pretty. Everyone was great about contacting us and they were able to play my music of choice at a reasonable volume. The ceremony was beautiful, the officiant was great, and the event host made everything run beautifully. My husband and I are so happy we found The Vow Exchange. It made the day virtually stress free!

Just got married at their sight in Liberty. My now wife and I were very happy and impressed with…read morethe venue, flowers l and everyone. Thank you sooo much.

The ladies at the Hawthorne House are helpful and fantastic to work with. I am a photographer so I…read moreget to see lots of wedding venues, I (personally) love the charm that this venue has to offer. Outdoor weddings at the gazebo are lovely and so are the indoor weddings in the chapel. The bridal suite is spacious and has and area dedicated to hair and make-up. If I were a bride, I would just soak it all up - take breakfast and eat on the balcony outside of the bridal suite, in the morning and enjoy every moment of my time there. I haven't even talked about the food yet... Lets just say, AMAZING! I've had Chicken Marsala, Parmesan Crusted Tilapia, Sirloin Tips (my personal fave) and that's just the entrees - the mashed potatoes. The roasted red potatoes, the steamed broccoli, the glazed carrots... There is nothing that I've eaten there that has been less than fantastic. They had an appetizer item at the last wedding I shot there that was so good I looked it up to pass it along because I wasn't sure of the name - it was the Rosemary and Parmesan Shortbread Crackers with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Feta Cheese the crackers were heart shaped and looked awesome on the tray. The ambient light from the chandeliers at night is stunning in the reception area and the natural window light flooding the room during the day is a photographer's dream! If you are looking for a classy, elegant, charming chapel or a floral picturesque outdoor wedding this is definitely worth your time checking it out. Irene and her staff will take very good care of you :)

So, I'm not planning a wedding, or a wedding planning business, so I might not know the specifics…read moreof what a bride is looking for. But I have definitely been around my fair share of event spaces. And Hawthorne House seems like a good one. There is a nice little chapel. It's crisp and clean and bright. Also, I appreciate that it's a "chapel" but it's not remotely religious. It's basic, to be sure, but I think there's a lot to be said for simplicity. My only complaint was that the acoustics here are ROUGH. Plan on adding some sound absorbing features if you want people to actually be able to hear what's going on. OR, ban loud, noisy children from attending. Seriously, I couldn't hear a single word of the ceremony because of a few irritating babies. You cross a nice little bridge through some trees, and then you're at the reception venue. I was quite impressed. The aesthetics match the chapel in that it's simple and clean. There are quite a few windows and the lighting is fancy without being overly ornate. The bar is completely adequate, and has room for 8 taps of beer, if that's your thing. Around the front of the house is a wraparound porch that just felt great to be on, as if you were at the house of some wealthy relative. And the front lawn is expansive with a pretty nice little gazebo. Not sure what you'd do there, but I'm sure it would fulfill your gazebo needs. My only complaint about the reception hall itself was the limited number of bathrooms. I can see with a larger event how there'd be a line for the facilities. The staff was all friendly and helpful, an stayed out of your way. The food was provided by the venue, and it was alright. It wasn't all totally to my liking, but that could be the menu the couple selected, or the cooks could have had an off night. But they kept the buffets filled and hot and did a good job otherwise. I can't say that I was OMG blown away by Hawthorne House, but I was certainly impressed. Any bride-to-be that chose this venue would be making a wise decision.

Warning: LONG review. I truly cannot say enough good things!…read more Michael did a wonderful job coordinating, planning and DJing my April 2014 wedding reception. Yes, he played music, but even more, he performed the role as our reception coordinator. Like many brides, I originally thought that I needed to hire someone who could just play music. After seeing many positive reviews of Michael's services online, my fiance' Justin and I met with him in person. During our meeting, we realized that Michael was the real deal and that we needed to work with him. Michael explained how he would do much more than just play music -- he would help with planning the reception events with us, he would routinely meet with us throughout the whole planning process, he'd make sure the flow of the entire event made sense, etc. And he did exactly that! We Skyped with Michael on one occasion and also met in person on a few occasions. We also met at our reception site with Michael so he could plan out the event details, the location of the grand entrance, etc. Throughout our planning, Michael also was very prompt to respond via email whenever I reached out with questions, ideas and concerns. Michael told us time and time again that our job as the couple was to just enjoy our reception; his job was to make sure that it ran smoothly. And Michael kept that promise. Justin and I danced, mingled, enjoyed our food, and had a wonderful time at our reception. We never had any question about what's next, where do we go, aren't we supposed to cut the cake at some point? When we needed to perform a specific task at our reception, Michael found us and briefly gave us a reminder. On the music side of things, our dance floor was crowded the entire night. Of course as the bride and groom, we were busy talking with so many people, so we were not on the dance floor too much. Following up with one of the bridesmaids next day, she said, "I was on the dance floor the whole night!" Michael's planning and organization services combined with his DJ expertise was worth every penny. I would absolutely recommend him to any bride and groom looking for a DJ -- and then some. We will forever be grateful for the contribution he made and the hard work he put in on our very special day.

From the owner: We provide elegance and excitement for your wedding day! No stress, no worries. Just happiness…read moreand fun as we DJ, MC, and coordinate your celebration.

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.

Hello! I would like to be transparent and say that I did not end up using Brandi all the way to…read morecompletion, but I will say that from our first call we connected and I can tell that she is a really good hearted person that means what she says. I am in California, so not super close to her (haha) but she assured me that it wouldn't be an issue. I needed some help for my husband's 50th birthday party. I have 3 year old twins so I wasn't sure how much I was going to be able to do on my own. She immediately sent me ideas for a theme on his birthday and discussed finding venues. I also started going to work looking at venues because I was nervous she wouldn't really know the area out here. I ended up finding a few and she called on them immediately. She booked me a tour of two of the venues I wanted. I ended up picking one quickly and she immediately put down the deposit for it. At the same time as she and her team were working on my event, i was working on it too coincidentally. I guess I had more time than I thought I did! I ended up really enjoying the process of researching vendors, reaching out to them and then when it came to booking them, I would kick them back over to Brandi. That's when things got a little slow and I jumped on them. She did let me know that she's not slow, I'm just really fast lol... I guess what I was really in the search for was a day of coordinator because I LOVE doing the planning (I hadn't realized that before though). I asked to cancel the contract for the reason that I was really just doing it all myself. No testament against her! She did have files and files of things she was working on for me. I just am a rush rush get things done now kind of person. She has a good heart and will make events beautiful I'm sure! Very willing to work with the client as you can see from below!

Let me be the first to say that I am a disgruntled bride; however, my review is an accurate…read moreretelling of the events of my wedding on 10/10/2020. I honestly hired the cheapest planner because I didn't think that I needed much help for a very small wedding. The first problem was the invitations, which were completely off-centered. I told her that she needed to call for a refund immediately, and she said that she would call right away, which never happened. I followed up with her, and she never responded. She insisted that she checked the first and last invitations and that they looked perfect, which seems strange since she must have seen all of them since she mailed them for me. I later learned that EVERYONE received a wonky invitation. Two invitations were sent to me because they didn't have stamps. Friday before my wedding, she picked up the cake from the baker, telling me that it looked "beautiful". A couple hours later, she sent me a picture - Oh. My. God. I thought that the picture was a joke. She then said "I didn't think that it was what you wanted" even though she confidently told me earlier that the cake was "beautiful" and then said "Oh I had only looked at the bottom tier". The cake was the ugliest, sorriest looking thing I have ever seen. Our cake was an important centerpiece as we wanted to display photos of our parents and grandparents at their wedding cakes. I told her to get my money back, and the baker didn't even hesitate to issue a refund. Brandi called in a favor at a local bakery, and the problem appeared to be resolved, but the second cake fell over in her car. Brandi said that she had been in a car accident, although the staff at the reception site said that they didn't see any damage to her car when she pulled up with the new cake. At the cake display, she didn't include any of the photos from my husband's family; only my family's photos were displayed, which really hurt his parents' feelings. I called her immediately, and she argued and insisted that those were the only pictures that I had given her. I told her to check again, and 10 minutes later, she was trying to sneak his family's pictures into the display. The most shocking moment occurred when we were about to cut our cake. I asked where the photographer was, and Brandi told me that she had left but that she (Brandi) would get some beautiful pictures on her PHONE. Standing at the cake, with everyone looking at us, I told her that I was really upset about the photographer, and Brandi responded-with everyone looking at us because we are IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CAKE CUTTING-"are you unhappy with MY services?!" I responded, "Yes!" Then, she started mouthing off until my husband stepped in and said, "we'll talk about this like PROFESSIONALS later." Later, Brandi would accuse me of "verbally assaulting" her in that moment - what?? Then, someone informed me that the second cake had never made it, so I told her that I need my money back for the 2nd botched cake, and she said "you have 2 cakes, you're FINE". Then, things escalated and she was fighting with me in the middle of my reception, accusing me of picking a fight with her! I told her to get out and escorted her to the door while she exclaimed to my entire family that I was "just drunk" (I had barely finished one drink because I was busy talking to my guests, so she was clearly just trying to embarrass me). My guests later told me that Brandi was still decorating the church at 5:45 for my 5:30 ceremony (yes, we were late). I texted her several days later to very inquire about my wedding photos, and I received an obnoxious influx at hate-filled texts disparaging me and several photos of her in the hospital because of damage that she claims that she sustained during my wedding, acting as if I had caused her alleged accident. She also accused me of forcing her to do things that wedding planners "don't do", as if I am some expert on wedding planner duties. If I had asked her to do something outside of her job description, all she had to do is simply decline politely. She was supposed to help me with a brunch the day after the wedding, and she carried on about how she was "doing the brunch for free"-again, all she had to do was say, "yes, I will do the brunch for a fee", and I would have paid! She said that she should have made me pay a $2k decorator bill rather than have her decorate because that's not part of her job, even though throughout our year of interaction, she never once indicated that this was an additional service and happily picked out décor with me. I finally texted her "Please just stop texting me". I contacted her once more about a $1600 charge, and it took 3 messages for her to respond, only because I finally threatened legal pursuit. She called me pushy and told me to stop harassing her, and I told her that if she potentially had $1600 missing, she'd probably want answers too. She accused me of thinking that I am the center of the universe and other nasty remarks.

Abby from A Wedding Come True is TOP NOTCH! As a KC wedding florist, I work with many of the best…read morewedding coordinators in town - and Abby's level of professionalism, attention to detail, and expertise make her one of the finest! She is a leader in the KC wedding industry, consistently bringing together the best talent, encouraging networking, and educating those around her.

From the owner: Making your wedding day dreams come true! A Wedding Come…read moreTrue offers services to brides, grooms and their families throughout the wedding planning process. We pride ourselves on building trust and open communication with our clients, to ensure you can relax and enjoy every moment of your big day!

Sarah did a great job organizing my daughter's wedding. She was present at all important times,…read moremaking sure the wedding and reception came off without a hitch. I recommend her highly.

From the owner: Iconic | Innovative | Awe Inspiring Event Planning and…read moreEvent Design If you crave original, enthralling, iconic moments that your guests will remember for a lifetime, you need Quintessential Events. For nearly a decade, whether it’s via our event design or bespoke planning, our energetic can-do attitude has made the impossible possible and our clients' wildest dreams a beautiful reality. Our insider knowledge is unmatched, and our reputation precedes us. Ask Kansas City’s top venues, vendors, and planners, and you’ll find our name is synonymous with elegance, edge, attention to detail, and intuitive service. As a powerhouse production company that executes events of all sizes, our bespoke strategic planning sessions keep you informed and inspired every step of the way. We have access to best-in-class resources and an esteemed team of the most innovative and artistic minds ready to make magic happen. No copy paste here. Let's create cool shit!

Chappelow Events offers the ultimate in client service. From planning to design to execution, Beth…read moreand the Chappelow Events team made sure that the charity event we were hosting was as perfect as it could possibly get. With creativity and an eye (and passion) for detail, Beth and her team work seamlessly to ensure that your event goes great from the day you start planning until the last guest has left. I cannot recommend them highly enough, and will certainly use them again for future event planning needs.

This was my first experience with an event planner and I couldn't have done a better job myself…read more The food was excellent and everything went as planned. We would definitely use Chappelow again. Several of our guests requested Chappelow's information for their next events.

First time here. I came here with a friend to see a band perform in The Alley. Cool place, friendly…read morepeople, good vibes, very reasonable drinks. I'm not a drinker, but I will definitely come back if I hear of a good band performing. I live close by and during the World Cup they wrapped the building in orange to represent the Netherlands. Loved that they did that!

Great bartenders. Always busy but always efficient! Drinks are real and modestly priced. Clean,…read moreolder building in Downtown Old Parkville.