How Hiring A Wedding Coordinator Saved My Teeth!

Hey all,

So I'm a pretty good DIYer, have coordinated special events professionally in the past and coordinate people for a living, but soon realized that there is a REASON that wedding coordinators exist and do so as their full-time jobs!

Our wedding was fast approaching, time was slipping away and my 60hr+ week job didn't allow for much wedding planning/coordinating time, let alone sleep. I knew I was behind, but wasn't too worried...we were still 6 months out right.

Then the friends that have already gone through this process began to send emails and phone messages asking me a gazillion questions about details that I hadn't even thought of yet, what is the order of the procession, what are we serving for the rehearsal dinner, what are we doing for our send off, what about favors, what can they do to help....I DON'T KNOW!

Jaw on FIRE!

I soon found myself floundering between a crazy work schedule, less-than stellar exercise plan (mainly due to lack of time), and trying to cram in little bits of wedding planning here and there. The stress was setting in. My eyelid began twitching everyday. I soon broke a tooth due to grinding my teeth while asleep (I found out this out after waking up Mr. J with the noise). Metabolism slowed, positive attitude plummeted, and depression began to rear its ugly head. Sounds awesome right?! I'm so glad that I'm getting married.

Although I'm not new to high stress situations, the demands of wedding planning on top of my everyday life were taking it's toll on me emotionally as well as physically. After biting Mr J's head off for the 20th time and breaking down in tears, we finally decided that we needed some professional help.

After doing some research online, reading reviews and such we decided to reach out to The Attic Owner and Wedding Planner Alisa Lewis. Unfortunately due to a family obligation on top of her currently clients and knowing how much help we needed she realized she didn't have the capacity to take on our wedding, but referred us to another angel!

Enter Ali Messer and Soiree Event Design. Ali is AMAZING. She is very detailed and has a great network of professionals she's created along the way. Although we live such a far distance I know that she'll make sure everything is taken care of and that is a weight off my shoulders and hopefully off the rest of my body including my teeth!