Skip to main content
Weddings

About

A. Renee Weddings & Events is a wedding and event planning, design, and coordination team located in Bellevue. Owner and lead planner Amber Renee Sooter has a unique eye for detail, incredible organization, and experience to bring your big day to life seamlessly. Amber enjoys making the planning process fun and stress-free for her couples. A. Renee believes every wedding should tell a story and are eager to write yours!

Services Offered
A. Renee Weddings & Events has a number of wedding planning services available from Full and Partial Planning & Design, Limited Planning, and Final Month Coordination. We handle all of the details, so you don't have to! We offer:

We specialize in one of a kind, thoughtfully curated and effortlessly perfect events.

A. Renee Weddings & Events offers following services and more:

  • Vendor recommendations based on style and budget
  • Contract negotiation and lead vendor communication
  • Timeline creation and management
  • Budget creation and management
  • Personalized planning checklist
  • Attends venue and vendor meetings
  • Shared planning platform access
  • Full-service design - floral, rentals, paper goods, linens, lighting, etc.
  • Layout and flow management
  • Detailed ceremony and reception details management
  • Rehearsal management
  • Flawless execution with a planner and day-of planning assistant
  • Woman-owned
illustration popular

Vendors you may like

See other vendors that are popular with couples right now

Frequently asked questions

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Elopement
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

2

Reviews of A. Renee Weddings & Events

We're all about trust. Our community relies on honest reviews to help you make those big decisions with ease.
5.0 out of 5 rating
5.0 out of 5 rating
39 reviews
100% recommend it
  • Quality of service
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Average response time
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Value
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    5 out of 5 rating
This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Review summary

Powered by AI

Amber, from A. Renee Weddings & Events, is highly praised by multiple reviewers for her exceptional wedding planning services. She is described as professional, organized, and creative, with a keen eye for design. Reviewers appreciated her ability to understand their vision and bring it to life, as well as her attention to detail. Amber's communication and responsiveness throughout the planning process was highly valued, and she was noted for her ability to handle any mishaps or changes with grace. Overall, reviewers highly recommend Amber as a wedding planner, emphasizing her talent, professionalism, and ability to create a stress-free and enjoyable experience.

Review summary

Powered by AI
This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Amber, from A. Renee Weddings & Events, is highly praised by multiple reviewers for her exceptional wedding planning services. She is described as professional, organized, and creative, with a keen eye for design. Reviewers appreciated her ability to understand their vision and bring it to life, as well as her attention to detail. Amber's communication and responsiveness throughout the planning process was highly valued, and she was noted for her ability to handle any mishaps or changes with grace. Overall, reviewers highly recommend Amber as a wedding planner, emphasizing her talent, professionalism, and ability to create a stress-free and enjoyable experience.

Lizzy
Lizzy Sent on 08/31/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Simply, The Best

Where should we begin? Since the very beginning, Amber has understood our vision and brought our ideas to life in a way that we knew we were incapable of doing. She created the perfect wedding day for us! Not only is Amber professional, talented, and organized, but she is also creative and able to think outside the box. Our entire experience with her has been nothing but positive and enjoyable! Thanks to Amber, we felt virtually no stress throughout the entire planning process. We had complete trust in her and we have no regrets. It is evident that she is passionate about her career. She becomes excited when discussing color schemes, design layouts, and focal points. We remember during some of our conversations, she would have a certain twinkle in her eye and display enthusiasm for specific ideas, and it was clear that she could envision the entire wedding in a way that we could never have imagined. Not only did she help us find vendors that met our stylistic needs, but everyone we spoke with agreed that she was the best of the best. She also introduced us to professionals whom we genuinely enjoyed getting to know. She handled any mishaps or detours with grace, persistence, and innovation. When our venue notified us late in the process that there would be a concert on the same day as our outdoor wedding, Amber advocated for us. She battled through countless emails to ensure that our ceremony would not be disrupted by the noise from the other establishment. On the day of the wedding, she ensured that everything came together seamlessly and truly orchestrated a wedding that surpassed our expectations. We are incredibly grateful for her and her talents in helping us create a memory that will last a lifetime.

We enjoyed our time with Amber so much that when it all came to an end, we found ourselves
missing her! We truly believe that we have made a lifelong friend in her, and I cannot recommend her services enough.

With heartfelt thanks,
Lizzy & Amanda
Brilliana
Brilliana Sent on 08/12/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic!

Hiring A. Renee Weddings & Events was the best decision we made during the wedding planning process. We did partial planning with Malea. Malea was easy to talk to, professional, and has a great eye for design. We knew our wedding was in good hands after our first meeting with her.

There are so many moving pieces with wedding planning and many things that we did not think of, but she made it easy for us to know what we needed to do. It was also very helpful that she communicated with vendors for us during our planning months. I can’t imagine how many emails she saved us from. She is also very responsive and answered any questions we had. She helped immensely with the design portion of our wedding. She curated a beautiful vision from florals, linens, signage and more!

On the wedding day, Malea made sure that everything ran smoothly, and we could just enjoy the day worry free. As my new husband said, “We couldn’t imagine the hours of therapy we would have needed without Malea.” Thank you, A. Renee Weddings & Events!
Jacqueline
Jacqueline Sent on 10/01/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Truly the BEST

Working with Amber was hands down THE BEST decision we made for our wedding. We were one of the many pandemic couples who ended up having to postpone our wedding date twice between 2020 and 2021. Amber was there every step of the way, handled everything seamlessly, and went above and beyond to ensure we ended up having the best wedding. When we were first interviewing wedding planners after we had gotten engaged (2018), Amber came extremely prepared with examples of her work and sample files of how she plans/executes weddings. She was head and shoulders above anyone else we interviewed and we immediately knew she was the one.

During the planning process, Amber was always there to answer my endless amount of questions and help me with my extreme indecisiveness. She is very organized and kept us on track for all things for our wedding (both financially and timeline-wise). She is very honest and all her recommendations for vendors were the absolute best/you couldn't go wrong with any of them. We were able to put our full trust in her very early on.

When it came to design, Amber is very creative and has a great eye for everything. We had a very unconventional vision to capture the surreal vibe inspired by a horror movie called Annihilation (very colorful florals that don't exist in real-life and kind of have a weird/creepy vibe about them) and Amber was completely on board. We also added the extra complication of having so many different hanging installations for the florals and the lighting (a big disco ball installation with chandeliers) . She recommended the vendors that she thought would go best with our vision and we really ended up with the ultimate dream team. When finalizing design, I had a couple reservations about some of her color choices, but we ended up going with it and it couldn't have been more perfect. She is truly an expert!

With the pandemic, she seamlessly handled coordinating with our vendors and was completely there for us even though she had the busiest wedding season of all time this past summer (2 wedding seasons in 1). We are truly grateful for all the work she had put in when her bandwidth was spread as thin as it was. In our final coordination meetings with all our vendors leading up to our wedding day, she really showcased her expertise by asking all the right questions to ensure everyone was prepared to have things running smoothly the day of. Without this, we honestly would have missed so many things and not have been able to enjoy our wedding day ourselves.

Fast forward to our wedding day, her day of coordination was impeccable. I was relaxed the entire day and knew I could trust her with everything. We fully enjoyed our entire wedding day/night and were able to eat and party without any concerns. With the amount of coordination that was required from the many different vendors and the countless amount of installations that had be installed that day (lighting, SO many floral installations, etc.), it truly was executed perfectly. She was also just the best energy to have around and I cannot think of a single issue that happened.

I highly recommend Amber as a planner, designer, and/or day-of coordinator for any of your event needs. She is very knowledgeable, organized (a perfectionist!), creative, responsive, and just an overall wonderful person. She goes above and beyond for all her clients and has a great eye for any type of design. Having her be in our lives for the past 3 years has been the best and we are so grateful to have met her and worked with her on our wedding. Our guests have all commented that our wedding is the best they've ever attended and we'll remember every single detail for the rest of our lives.

Professional Network & Endorsements

3 Endorsements
MonroePhoto MonroePhoto Wedding Photographers

Full service planning and event coordination...what more can you ask for? We have heard so many great things about this company.

From the Ground Up Floral From the Ground Up Floral Wedding Florists

Amber is an amazing planner! She gets all the details checked off the list. She is easy to communicate with and not only understands the small details but the big picture as well. I enjoy working with her, everything is always put together and smooth.

Luma Weddings Luma Weddings Wedding Photographers

As a wedding photographer (Luma Weddings), I work with many planners and coordinators. Amber from start to finish was a true pleasure. She had a calm, cool, and collected demeanor while maintaining an outstanding attention to detail. Her planning was so helpful to help me capture the couples' wedding day with the attention it deserved. Hire Amber. You won't be disappointed.

Map

Addresses map

Other vendors in Seattle for your wedding

Wedding Vendors