Deborah Sawyer from 11th Hour Weddings & Events was the essential element in our perfect wedding day! Deborah and her team are the consummate professionals. They are highly organized, very responsive, with an amazing attention to detail. No task was to big or to small.

Deborah is exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced. She has great instincts for matching needs and people offering services from finding a babysitter to caterers. In particular, Deborah coordinated our floral decor (which was perfectly gorgeous) and the musicians (who were fantastic - a shout out to Michael Oberdorfer and Andrea). She spent most of the day before our wedding setting the tables, transporting flowers and keeping them cool, putting up our little photo display and making sure everything was ready for the big day. Deborah had a timeline for the wedding day and made sure everything happened just as it should. Not an element was missed! Beyond, that she served as our photographer. The pictures were great but just importantly, she made sure that the process was well organized.

Deborah is a great communicator and works very well with others making the planning process an absolute pleasure and holds people accountable, when they fail to deliver on promises. Deborah’s assistant, Holly, was tireless in service and execution of details on the wedding day and does everything from set up to take down. When event staff were short in delivery, she stopped forward to fill in without blinking.

Deborah made our wedding day perfect with her impressive attention to detail, phenomenal effort, calming and organized demeanor and wonderful sense of humor ! Thank you Deborah, I will be forever grateful.

Deborah and her team are amazing to work with! We traveled to NC for our wedding celebration. When I contacted Deborah she put me at ease on how the process works and designed a package that met our needs for a small intimate wedding celebration. Deborah and her team ensured that we had everything we needed the day of our wedding! The florist did a spectacular job on our flowers! The day of our wedding, Deborah was there early and helped us every step of the way. This team is professional and talented! Everyone worked very hard to ensure that our day was amazing!
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Our wedding day was absolutely beautiful, and honestly the day was as smooth as it was because of 11th Hour Events. They allowed me to truly enjoy my wedding day instead of worrying about logistics, because they were there overseeing every single detail.

They made sure our table settings, gift table, cake table, welcome sign, seating charts, ceremony setup, and so many other details were perfectly in place. They also directed our rehearsal minute by minute, which made the entire process feel organized and took so many nerves away going into the wedding day.

Throughout the reception, they kept everything flowing perfectly, from the bouquet toss and cake cutting to the send-off, setting up the dance floor, managing supplies, and making sure everything happened exactly when it needed to. We received SO many compliments from our guests about how smoothly the wedding flowed, and they truly helped bring my vision to life!

And they went above and beyond in ways I will never forget. Right before the ceremony, one of my sleeves broke and Hollie literally helped me pin it back on! 😂 My hair extensions also kept coming out throughout the day, which is laughable now, but I honestly don’t know what I would have done without Hollie there to help me through those little wedding-day emergencies.

Ava and Hollie are absolute professionals. Ava was their bright and early I snuck to the venue to get the feels and she was already there and helped me unload some items. Her warm smile set the tone for the day! They were smiling, welcoming, and kind to our guests all day, and they made everyone feel taken care of. Everything looked beautiful, both inside and outside.

And Deborah has been in this industry for years, so you know you are in incredible hands with 11th Hour Events. From the planning process to rehearsal to the very last moment of our wedding night, they were phenomenal.

Go ahead and book them! Your wedding day will be amazing. I am SO grateful they were part of ours. They all are basically my best friends now❤️

XOXOX,
Farrah

We cannot say enough wonderful things about 11th Hour Weddings and Events. From the very beginning, they made the entire wedding planning process feel easy, and most importantly, personal. Throughout the year leading up to our wedding, Deborah and her team was incredibly kind and genuinely invested in making our day special. I never felt like I was just one of many brides during a busy wedding season. One of the things I appreciated most was their ability to help us create a beautiful, meaningful wedding while working within a more limited budget. They helped make things possible that I initially never expected we could have, like an acoustic guitar for our ceremony music and a beautiful driftwood arch. They also had excellent recommendations for other local vendors, including Sweet Sun Flour Bakery for our wedding cake and The Pointe for our dinner reception. Those recommendations made such a difference and helped us find vendors who were a perfect fit for our day. Their professionalism and care were especially evident when rain was forecasted for our wedding day. As the forecast got worse, they were incredibly proactive about creating multiple options in case we needed to move the ceremony indoors. They worked with us right up until the latest possible moment, closely watching the radar for even a small pocket of dry weather so we could still have the beach ceremony we had dreamed of. And when that window finally came, they executed everything flawlessly. I want to give a particularly special thank-you to Ava. Making those decisions while it was pouring rain on our wedding day was emotional and Ava was so incredibly kind, patient, and reassuring throughout all of it. She helped us navigate a very difficult decision and I will always be grateful for that. And Caroline, the 11th Hour florist, deserves a special mention of her own. She was truly an angel on earth and created the most stunningly beautiful flowers I could have imagined. She took my inspiration photos, listened to me, and somehow turned a vision I wasn't even sure I fully had into something even more beautiful and personal than I could have dreamed. The flowers felt completely me and were so much more beautiful than anything I could have shown her in a picture. Caroline also helped me recreate an incredibly special moment from my parents' wedding. She figured out how to make two roses from my bouquet removable so that I could give one to my mom and one to my mother-in-law as a surprise when I got to the end of the aisle with my dad. It was a small detail, but it meant so much to us, and the fact that she took the time to make it possible is something I will never forget. Our wedding day turned out to be everything we hoped for and more, and so much of that is because of Deborah and her team at 11th Hour. They brought creativity, expertise, kindness, and so much care to the entire experience. If you are planning a wedding in the Outer Banks, I cannot recommend 11th Hour Weddings and Events highly enough. They truly went above and beyond to make our day feel uniquely ours, and we are incredibly grateful for everything they did for us.

We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful wedding day, and 11th Hour Events made it all possible! They helped bring our beach wedding to life, and every detail was absolutely perfect. Everything was beautifully set up, stress-free, and exceeded our expectations.
Their professionalism, creativity, and attention to detail made our day even more special. If you're looking for someone to make your event unforgettable, I highly recommend 11th Hour Events. Thank you for helping create memories we'll cherish forever! 💍🤍🌊🐚

11th Hour Weddings and Events did an amazing job making my wedding everything I wanted and more! Despite the weather, their team rearranged everything to be better than expected. We were so happy with them and definitely recommend!!

Working with Deborah from 11th Hour Events was one of the best decisions we made for our destination, beach wedding in the Outer Banks. From the very beginning, she brought such calm, confidence, and creativity to the planning process—exactly what we needed in the midst of all the excitement and chaos.

Deborah’s attention to detail is unmatched. She thought of everything before we even had the chance to ask, and her ability to manage timelines, vendors, and logistics was nothing short of masterful.

On the big day, everything flowed seamlessly. From the ceremony to the reception, it felt effortless—because Deborah, Courtney & Ava were behind the scenes handling everything with total grace and professionalism. We actually got to enjoy our wedding without worrying about a thing.

If you’re looking for planners who genuinely care, go above and beyond, and execute your vision flawlessly, look no further than Deborah, Ava, and the team at 11th Hour Events. We are forever grateful for the unforgettable day they helped create

Deborah and her staff were absolutely wonderful to work with. When problems arose that had nothing to do with 11th hour, Deborah and her staff jumped in to make everything run better than we could have hoped. Everything was top notch and we couldn’t be more grateful!

My daughter had a destination wedding at the Outer Banks and Deborah from 11th Hour Events was our wedding coordinator. She was amazing! She spent time with us before the wedding to go over ideas, suggestions, and help us have the wedding my daughter dreamed of. On the day of the wedding she made sure that every detail was taken care of from coordinating with the vendors, decorating the room, and making sure we were all where we were supposed to be. If you are planning a wedding in the Outer Banks reach out to her first! She is very knowledgeable about venues and vendors and can help you have the wedding of your dreams too.

From start to finish, our experience with Deborah and the staff at 11th Hour Events was absolutely flawless! We hired them for our destination wedding, and they truly went above and beyond. The team was not only professional but also incredibly thoughtful, attentive, and supportive throughout the entire process.

We were impressed with how organized everything was and how every detail was executed carefully. Deborah and her staff perfectly matched our vision and looked even better than I imagined! The entire staff was so friendly and helpful, and they made us feel like we were the only couple they were working with, which made our wedding day even more special.

On the wedding day, everything ran smoothly thanks to their seamless coordination. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better team to help make our day perfect.

If you’re looking for a company that delivers exceptional service with a personal touch, I highly recommend 11th Hour Events for anyone planning their big day!

Thank you again, Deborah and staff- you made our wedding unforgettable!