Bride's Choice Award 2011

We are a recipient for the second year in a row for Wedding Wire's Bride's Choice Award!

The WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards ™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards™ are determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. The 2011 award recipients represent the top five percent of WeddingWire's vendor community, which consists of over 200,000 local wedding professionals throughout the US and Canada.

Thank you to all of our past clients who gave us great reviews and allowing us to be a part of your wedding day!

Top 10 Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner

10. Saves time – Planning wedding takes enormous amount of time. In fact, the average couple spends well over 200 hours planning their special day. A good wedding planner will save you time and energy by researching vendors, taking care of the many, many details, and coming up with various creative ideas to make your wedding amazing!

9. Saves money – Weddings can be extremely expensive. However, by hiring a wedding planner, couples can save a great deal of money. Because wedding planners provide so much business to vendors, they are often able to negotiate discounts for their clients. Wedding planners are also well-versed at helping couples set budgets and sticking to them.

8. Saves relationships – Weddings are very stressful. This stress often results in many arguments for couples as well as with family members and friends. Wedding planners have been there time and time again and know how to avoid such problems before they begin as well as act as a buffer when there are conflicts. Wedding planners are also able to take on the responsibilities often assigned to loved ones so that everyone is able to enjoy the wedding. Remember, you still want a relationship with your mother well after your wedding!

7. Ensures dreams are made realities – Most have been dreaming of their wedding day their entire life. Wedding planners work for the couple and ensure that all desires are met (and often surpassed)!

6. Offers advice – Wedding planners have planned countless weddings and know exactly what works and what doesn’t. They are also knowledgeable on wedding etiquette. Furthermore, wedding planners are able to recommend competent vendors, based on personal experience.

5. Acts as the “go to person” – The average wedding has at least 22 different vendors. Combine that with the entire wedding party and all of the guests and that is a lot of people with questions and concerns! By hiring a wedding planner, couples can simply tell others “talk to the wedding planner!”

4. Creates schedules – There are so many events leading up to the big day! Couple that with the many things that happen during the wedding and who can keep track? The wedding planner can! Wedding planners are well-versed at making detailed itineraries for all involved (including other vendors) and making sure that everything happens on time!

3. Handles crisis – Whether we like it or not, most big events involve crisis. Who really wants to deal on their wedding day with the bakery not delivering the cake on time or the flower girl throwing a tantrum? No one! Wedding planners know how to handle all unforeseen circumstances.

2. Orchestrates from rehearsal through the end of reception – Do you want to be responsible for organizing rehearsal or making sure the bridal party is properly lined up? How about making sure that the guest who had a little too much to drink departs safely? Wedding planners orchestrate from rehearsal through the end of the reception, ensuring everything goes off without a hitch!

1. Minimizes stress and maximizes fun! – Hiring a wedding planner ensures that you will have a worry-free and stress-free day, thus, allowing you to enjoy your day like your guests!

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Written by Robyn Powell, founder of Robyn Plans.
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Themed Parties

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE parties, galas, soirees, and anything that has to do with celebrating! Themes are a wonderful way to incorporate all aspects of a celebration...from the invitations, decor, food, desserts and even down to the favors. Here are some awesome ideas:

Peacock Feathers or Purple and Teal Theme




French Inspired/Pink and Black Theme



These are some of my favorite ideas. Hopefully the next time there is an event a them an be the base for party ideas. Even if a theme isn't wanted, colors can also play a big role in the "WOW" factor.

Happy Planning!

Jocelyn + Adrian

Preview of a wedding we coordinated at the beautiful Venetian Terrace on Mandalay Canal in Las Colinas, TX last month.

Beautiful Door Decor made by the bride!

The venue was located on the canal...so romantic!


The reception took place inside of the restaurant. This was taken before the flower centerpeices arrived. The food was spectacular!!!

These take out boxes were filled with chocolate kisses for guests to take home.

The table setup before the centerpieces.

These pictures I've taken don't do justice. This is a MUST SEE IN PERSON location. Once I receive images from Chris Wilson of C. Wilson Photography, I will post them!

Cindy + Adan = Love Birds 10-09-10

Sneak peek of Cindy & Adan's Love Bird Theme Wedding.

These images were taken by us. Once we receive images from Amigo Video and Photography, they will be posted! But in the mean time, enjoy these:

Wish Tree

Tables were adorned with Lovebird/Bird Baths and Roses

Quiana + Charles = East Coast Meets the South!

Quiana and Charles wedded September 4, 2010 at The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas (Diamond Club). I was privileged to coordinate their wedding that was perfectly planned wedding. I think Quiana was probably my most organized bride since I've been in the wedding industry. She had everything labeled and ready to go when I picked everything up. She even gave me some decorations that she didn't want to keep, which is a plus for my future clients who can't afford certain decorations. THANKS QUIANA!

It was truly an unforgettable event, especially for her guests (99% of them were out of towners).

Here is a sneak peak of the wedding!






Some photos courtesy of www.evangodfreyphotography.com and some were taken by A La Mode Soirees.

Krystle + David

I finally got images to Krystle and David's wedding from June 2010.

Venue: The Atrium in Garland, TX.
Photographer: Amigo Video & Photography
Cake: Family Friend (Patty Medina)
Florist: Groom's Aunt (I'm sorry I forgot her name)

This was my first LIVE centerpiece! I did do a trial run before the wedding to make sure this would work and luckily, no fish were harm or died in the process.

Hope you like the pics!

* Not all images were by Amigo Photo, some were taken by A La Mode Soirees.