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Butterfly Brides wedding planning & design is ready to help you execute the wedding of your dreams. My goal when starting Butterfly Brides was to assist brides with their vision no matter what the budget, it can be acheived. Planning a wedding can be very stressful, time-consuming and overwhelming. During the planning process, I want my couples to be energized, relaxed and happy to make these very important decisions. My name is Brandy Baker-Lynch and I am the owner/ principal planner at Butterfly Bride's.

My goal when helping couples plan is not to take over the planning process. These will be your decisions that you have to live with. I would like to be your guide in steering you toward the best decisions for a memorable day. Most of my clients hire me 6monnths to even the week of the wedding. Yes, I said the week of.

As a planner it's my job to help you receive the best deals, service and for you to feel like a guest at your own wedding. By this, I help you as little or as much as you like. You decide how many hours you need me and what you would like for me to help you with, we design and customize a package to fit all of your planning needs as well as the budget.

In October 2009, I acheived my Professional title as a member of the Association of Certified Professional Wedding Consultants ( ACPWC.com) and in February 2010 became a Board Member. I am currently working towards acheiving my Certified Title.

My educational background is in Interior Architecture & Design from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco. I found that there was something missing and I wanted to explore more aspects of design and creativity. I've planned my own wedding nine years ago and helped many friends and family plan theirs. Planning a wedding is my passion, just to see a love so strong and healthy is my hearts desire.

  • Black-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

What is the starting price for day-of wedding coordination?

$850

What is the starting price for partial wedding planning?

$1,100

What is the starting price for full wedding planning?

$2,250

Do you offer an hourly rate?

Yes

What is the hourly rate?

$75

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
Double Weddings
Eco-Friendly
Military
Non-Religious
Religious

Reviews of Butterfly Bride's

Toria
Toria Sent on 11/15/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Truly made our night beautiful!

Both Brandi and her husband were truly amazing. Brandi was able to assist in making our day run smoothly when it came to set up placements being my eyes ears and even brains throughout the entire day was truly amazing. When it came to the reception space she brought to light a vision that exceeded my expectations. If you need someone to help you throughout the planning process or someone to be your eyes and ears day of with you best interest at heart this is where you need to start! Thank you so much Brandi!!!
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Dylan Sent on 07/18/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic coordinator!

Brandy was excellent to work with, from our first call through the wedding itself. We hired Brandy for day-of coordination, but she had a few calls with us in the months prior and came to a venue walk through. On the day-of, we were so concerned about all the set up and clean up, but we didn't have to do a thing! She organized everything, handled all the clean up, and went above and beyond (our whole car was packed up for us, and she made sure to save a few desserts for us since we were too busy dancing!). She kept everything organized behind the scenes, worked seamlessly with our vendors, and made our day so incredibly easy. We're so lucky to have worked with her, and highly recommend!
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Sarah Sent on 10/24/2022
5 out of 5 rating

First time planning such a big event

Brandy was superb! Made me and my wife feel at ease during some of the chaotic planning with multiple moving parts (guest list suddenly increasing by 20!, weather , vendors, seating arrangements) .She navigated is with ease and helped us have a memorable wedding A real professional at heart and highly recommended at an incredibly reasonable rate!! SM and SR
Michelle
Michelle Sent on 11/20/2019
5 out of 5 rating

We loved Brandy!

I hired brandy only a month before our wedding as I had come to realize I needed a day of coordinator. I had done all the planning myself but had underestimated just how much goes on during the actual wedding and I didn’t want to have to worry about any of it. Thankfully Brandy was available and her and her assistant (her husband) did AMAZING. She met with me once at a Starbucks for about an hour, then again the night before the wedding to do a final walkthrough and rehearsal with us. I was honestly a bit worried because we hadn’t gone over everything in as much detail as I would have liked due to time, but somehow she understood my vision and made my wedding day absolutely perfect. She set up all the decor just as I had hoped, and didn’t come to me with any hiccups though I’m sure there were some, she must have just handled it. She ended up staying and cleaning up the venue afterwards and put all our decor away per the venue contract and it was all set aside ready for me to pick up the next morning. I am so glad I hired Brandy. I would have been a mess without her!!

If you are on the fence about hiring a coordinator I say do it!! I was definitely on the fence till a friend told me this: you are already spending so much money to make your wedding beautiful and memorable, you want to be able to sit back and relax on the day of and enjoy it. You won’t be able to enjoy it if your worrying about coordinating everything yourself. Just go ahead and spend a little more in order to thoroughly enjoy all those other thousands of dollars spent.
Kimberly
Kimberly Sent on 11/05/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Most wonderful coordinator!!!

Brandy was wonderful!! I whole-heartedly thank her for hard work, calm and professional demeanor and overall awesomeness. She did day of coordination but was so much more than that. She handled moving items to the venue site, decorating, moving decorations after the ceremony, coordination during the ceremony itself, removal of items (and clean up—gosh!) after the reception. She was also a great value. I recommend her without reservation. We were lucky to have her on our special day. THANK YOU, BRANDY!!
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Melissa Sent on 02/15/2011
5 out of 5 rating
Brandy is just wonderful; she stepped up to the challenge of working with me long distance. We had unique requests and she came through for us with flying colors. We really couldn’t have had much of a wedding at all if it wasn’t for her. She stayed in contact with me and kept me on track with our timeline. She made our table settings just beautiful and even dealt with a last minute beverage issue. Her warm and professional demeanor was very comforting during the stressful times. If you want someone who really cares about you, will listen to your needs and execute it all with complete professionalism then Brandy is your lady.
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Julia Sent on 06/28/2010
5 out of 5 rating
We came to Brandy with very unique ideas on how we envisioned our wedding. Brandy was so supportive and flexible - she was with us every step of the way, helping and inspiring us to stay true to our vision. She is creative, organized, and very professional- always getting back to us quickly, yet also very calm -- this is SO important in a coordinator!!! On the day of our wedding, as soon as I saw her - I felt my entire body completely RELAX! This was priceless! I just knew that she would take care of all the details. I can not recommend Brandy from Butterfly Brides enough!!!
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Quyen Sent on 05/12/2010
5 out of 5 rating
Brandy of Butterfly Brides was there for me 110%! Of course on any wedding days there tends to be some little mishaps here and there, I think without Brandy there as my day of coordinator, I would've stressed out more than I was already as a bride. Thank you Brandy for making my wedding day more special than it already was! I definitely recommend all brides to Brandy!
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Danielle Sent on 07/06/2009
5 out of 5 rating
I booked Brandy as my day-of coordinator about a month before the wedding. During that month Brandy checked on me frequently making sure I was okay and if I needed anything. On the day of Brandy and her team definetly took the stress of the wedding off of my shoulders and handled everything beautifully. Brandy set the site up exactly how I pictured it. It was GORGEOUS! They handled the rehearsal the day before and everyone knew what they were supposed to do the day-of. She handled the decor, cueing the DJ, keeping the wedding moving along the timeline and much much more! I couldnt imagine my day without Brandys help!
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Sandy Sent on 01/29/2023
4.8 out of 5 rating

Winter wedding

Brandy is very warm and friendly; she was easy to communicate with (via email and phone) and to schedule meetings (in person and by phone). I really appreciate Brandy helping us at our wedding by setting up our signage, photos, guestbook, lunch for family, and Chinese tea ceremony. She and her husband (assistant) helped take things down, box it up and pack our cars. She made sure our wedding schedule was in order. Tell her your vision and she’ll replicate it.
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11

Professional Network & Endorsements

1 Endorsement
Bloomies on Main Bloomies on Main Wedding Florists

Brandy is a delight. Great person and she really cares about the people. Would have loved having her work for me on my wedding.

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