James was absolutely incredible through every step of the wedding planning process from the first consultation to the wedding day itself! I especially appreciated his prompt communication, organization and professionalism. Anything we needed, James was able to procure. He has a great aesthetic eye and works with top vendors to ensure the best experience while being respectful of our budget limits. I highly recommend James Abel Events for all your wedding and event needs!

Right after we got engaged, we chose and booked our venue by ourselves and it was so overwhelming and stressful that we then hired James. As the year of planning went on, we realized how incredibly lucky we were to have found him.

James is a one-stop shop for invitations, paper products (signs, escort cards, etc.), and flowers. Having fewer outside vendors to deal with was a huge bonus. James was able to bring our ideas to life and would go back and forth with us as many times as necessary to perfectly realize our vision. In addition, his design instincts are flawless; multiple people reached out to us to exclaim over the Save The Date and the invitation he designed. From the beginning of the planning process, the floral design was the thing I was most looking forward to, and when I finally saw the arrangements in person, I was truly wowed. People are still talking to us about the flowers almost a month after the wedding.

The vendors that James recommended were all wonderful and we loved the ones that we ultimately chose. The only tricky vendor we dealt with was the hotel/venue, which we chose before we hired him. He was able to manage several situations with the hotel that, without his finesse and grace, may have become contentious. In particular, one of those situations was managing food allergies. The hotel, which was also the caterer, was incredibly unhelpful but James was able to diplomatically impress upon them the seriousness of the situation and provide us with the safe, worry-free wedding we had hoped for. He even found us an excellent nut-free bakery for our cake, which was delicious.

Throughout the many elements of the wedding, from welcome party to final party favor, James followed our lead when we had ideas and gave us expert advice whenever we needed it, which was often. He had solutions for every problem we presented him with and remained calm and confident in every scenario. He’s also just a lovely, personable guy.

My only piece of advice is to trust him implicitly. He won’t steer you wrong.

James was everything I could have ever wanted and more. He gave us our most perfect dream wedding. He had the perfect balance of involving me and taking on all of the work, so I could continue to work through the wedding planning. He made it so fun and easy. The actual wedding couldn't have been more beautiful. It exceeded all my expectations. It was an Alice in Wonderland dream world that matched my dress. Everything from the invites to the decor and food was perfect, and he was so mindful of budget and family dynamics. Can't recommend enough.