Peonies and Perfection

t she made it all flow so easily. Truly professional and a huge part of our special day!

d daydream about my perfect dress, color schemes, food, ceremony - anything, perhaps in fear that the most important day of my life would not live up to what I might have wanted. My husband and I had picked a wedding date and a venue. We felt like we were on the right track. With the venue locked in we thought, “Ok phew, that’s a big thing off the checklist,” but then with him finishing up training and the world continuing to turn upside down from the pandemic we found ourselves discouraged from any further planning. We ended up changing our wedding date to later in the year. It was at this point that we realized we couldn’t plan this on our own. Then Lauren happened. Out of desperation I posted to a wedding group on Facebook that we needed some help, and fast. The wedding was less than 8 months away. She reached out and we met with her the next day. She came prepared with notebooks, vision boards, photos and package information. After chatting for just a couple minutes my husband and I quickly realized her expertise was exactly what we needed. We hired her as our full time planner. Just like that she had vendor meetings lined up for us over the following weeks. We hired each vendor she recommended. They all blew us away, we didn’t need second opinions. After working with her for just a short time I really started to feel like a true bride. Her attentiveness, encouragement, and creativity was inspiring. Thanks to her, I finally found myself having those visions and imagining what our day was going to look like. Our day came and went, it was absolutely amazing. We couldn’t have done without her. Her communication skills and ability to direct throughout the day allowed us to truly be present with our family and friends. If there were any issues behind the scenes, we never would have known. To help you understand how passionate Lauren is about her work I wanted to mention some specific instances. She came with me to my last dress fitting to learn the bustle. She let us store a couple of bins of our decor at her home as we were in the middle of a big move. I was also told that she helped cut and serve the majority of our cake! Oh and we can’t forget how she relentlessly and successfully hunted down a Taco Bell that would agree to make us hundreds of tacos for our late-night snack. Wedding planning should be an enjoyable experience and having Lauren was the best decision we made. It’s called Peonies and Perfection for a reason. Thank you Lauren for the most perfect day.

t for Lauren. From the start of planning, I was overwhelmed and did not know where to start. She was very organized and helped me with various things I did not even think about such as what to throw for our exit (that's also eco friendly and make it cute), helping plan my rehearsal dinner and Sunday brunch after the wedding, accommodations for my out of town guests, my seating chart etc. There were so many different components to keep up with for my wedding and everything leading up to it, I could not have done it alone and she was the perfect addition to guide me through it all. She was very responsive and would always be willing to answer my questions and communicate with my other venders who she had also recommended. She was an advocate for me when my wedding venue wanted to change our ceremony site to a less desirable area three days before the wedding. Thanks to her, we had it in our dream spot in front of the lake as planned. The day of the wedding she coordinated and ensured my other vendors were on time and did a proper job setting up, helped my wedding party and family stay on time with the schedule as well as ensuring I got all the photos I wanted for my photographers. There were so many little things that happened on my wedding day that were fixed and I never knew about them until after the fact. I was actually able to enjoy my day instead of worry about making everything perfect because Lauren did that for me. She helped make my venue so beautiful and made my wedding day so much fun for my friends and family!