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"I'm sure there are ways we benefitted from the day of coordination services that I'm not aware of, which is why I give Your Special Day 3 stars. I was not overly thrilled with the services, which is really the only part of the wedding that didn't work out perfectly. The company came highly recommended from a fried who I love dearly and had a beautiful wedding. I had planned everything, but 3 months out and feeling overwhelmed we decided on a day of coordinator - which I actually think is important, I just wish we had used Rachel at "Bliss by Sam" - who I spoke with but didn't choose because of my friend's recommendation. I think in general my personality didn't jive with our coordinators -she sort of got on my nerves and irritated most of my family. Because I had planned most everything, she only gave me some suggestions on filing some holes in the planning - all of which I'm thankful I did not follow. One example is that she recommended a lights guy who wanted to hang 24 paper lanterns for $1200. My fiance and his his best man went out the day before and hung 45 for around less than $300 in supplies. 30 minutes before the ceremony she dropped both of our wedding rings on the outside deck, and 4 of my cousins had to spend 15 minutes under the deck in the 90 degree weather searching for them. Thankfully, one of my cousins found it between the planks of the deck - but for some reason minutes before the wedding the coordinator decided to tell my fiance the story, which did no good except to stress him out. We hired her to do the opposite. She seemed to do a pretty good job coordinating the buses we had running to and from the wedding. Generally speaking I think she tried hard, I just don't think we were a good fit."

"For the past 10 months, I have been obsessively focused on my wedding day. Making plans, calls, getting quotes, doing interviews, picking food, flavors, colors, etc. I thought I could do it all. A few months before the wedding - I panicked. I realized that in all my obsessiveness - I could not possibly do it all. I called Shawn Schindler at Your Special Day Weddings & Events. She gave me a lifesaver - Kristen Trexler!!!! Kristen researched my plan, fixed the problems, totally took control without hesitation. I was afraid to relax... but she put me & my fiance at ease. My wedding and reception were PERFECT -- and I have Kristen Trexler to thank for that! Everything was beautiful, streamlined, organized, problems were resolved without my knowledge of there ever being a problem. Kristen is AMAZING!!!! She did everything I needed and did it perfectly! My guests had a great time, and Tim and I had the most beautiful, perfect wedding day!!! Thank you Kristen!!!! You are the best!!!"