“We want you to have EVERYTHING you want!!” Katie would say this to me thru out the planning and execution of our wedding. This is the best way I can introduce the Katie Brooks team – they truly did EVERYTHING to give us EVERYTHING we dreamed! Hiring Katie and Anna Blue was absolutely the most important decision my husband and I made. I’m the mother of the bride and it is my honor to write this review. It’s been 60 days since the wedding day, and I still get chills when memories swirl in my head! Each of every memory would only have happened with the amazing creativity and expert coordination of Katie and Anna Blue.

My daughter got engaged right before she was moving for a new job in Nashville, TN. Her fiancé was working in Roanoke, VA. And we wanted to have the wedding in Charlotte, NC. Needless to say, we were starting this process with some unique challenges! Then, my daughter and I chose a venue which would require all vendors to be hired individually. We quickly realized we needed help, so I started interviewing coordinators. In our first phone call, I instantly felt a connection to Katie! Her enthusiasm and energy were a perfect match for us and our needs. When we met Katie and Anna Blue in person at the venue, the inspiration board they created allowed us to see the beginnings of what would ultimately be a wedding event that perfectly reflected the personalities of our daughter and son in-law.

Once the mood had been chosen with colors and overall concept, Katie and Anna Blue secured the vendors that would make the wedding event spectacular! They keenly matched us with vendors who would understand the physical vision we hoped to achieve. I craved the look of draping vines and lights to create a lush and romantic feeling. This was extra challenging in that the venue had restrictions on hanging items from the ceiling and the walls. Katie was determined to construct it regardless of the hurdles. She worked with the florist to design a custom sculptural installation of vines and flower stems that showcased the head table and served as the inspiration for the overall floral scheme. Then, Katie worked with the rental company to design a tent plan that perfectly complimented the patio area for the cocktail hour and thru out the evening. To achieve the final look, Katie designed a brilliant arrangement for the dining and dancing areas with such precision and creativity, the venue simply came to life! She and Anna Blue completed the design with beautiful table dressings set apart with handmade stationery and stunning accessories that captured the candlelight and florals just right. Katie’s dedication to deliver our vision was the key to setting the scene for a romantic, intimate, family and friends extra fun celebration!

Dinner, photography, and music were also extremely important to us. Katie encouraged us to consider a family style dinner with a caterer she thought would be our best option for a sit-down meal. Working with this caterer was a dream and we never would have found them without Katie – she has developed lasting relationships with vendors who deliver nothing but excellent quality, artistic talent, and personal care for their work. This was also the case with the photographer and the DJ. Both of these professionals seamlessly joined in our celebration while guiding us thru the event taking the greatest of attention to capture all the special moments Katie knew we wanted. The vendor team Katie and Anna Blue put together and led that day helped us give our daughter and son in-law a wedding event blessed with love, laughter, celebration, and magic! THANK YOU KATIE AND ANNA BLUE!!!

My husband Andrew and I got married almost two months ago now, and it has taken me this long to write a review because I cannot get over how absolutely magical our wedding weekend was - and so much of that is due to Katie, Anna Blue, and team!


Let me start at the beginning. Shortly after we got engaged in April 2023, I got to work to start researching planners in the Charlotte area. I did not grow up here, but live here now and it is where Andrew and I met - so we wanted all of our people to come be in “our city” for the wedding. My mom and I started setting up phone calls with different planners, and I vividly remember after getting off the phone with Katie that we looked at each other and said “wow, she is who we are looking for!” She was professional and kind, and really demonstrated that she knew her stuff from that initial call. It just felt like we clicked immediately! Not to mention she emailed us afterwards right away. It was basically a no-brainer that she should be the one planning our wedding.


Throughout the year, the whole team at Katie Brooks Event Co. were so on top of things - they are so responsive and kind! I had a habit of sending emails with 500 questions about different things in them, and they always answered back punctually and thoughtfully. When it came to the design, I simply shared my Pinterest vision board and the girls truly made it come to life - even better than I could imagine! They also managed vendors so well along the way, and made what could have been a stressful process juggling so many different moving parts just SO easy.


By the time we got to wedding weekend, I felt so at peace. I knew that if anything came up, Katie and team would 100% have it covered. In fact, one of my Bridesmaids who knows me extremely well kept saying “you’re so calm, it is freaking me out” - that is how uncharacteristic this was for me! Little things came up throughout the day, but Katie, Anna Blue, and team took control before it ever got to me to stress about. They handled both the Rehearsal Dinner and wedding, and I am so glad we had their help all weekend.The entire was so magical! The design was impeccable throughout, but the reception space is truly still so vivid in my mind. It made me feel like a Disney princess in an enchanted garden, and was just so stunning!


I am sad for the wedding to be over for so many reasons, a large one that I truly started to think of Katie and Anna Blue as dear friends throughout our year working together. I want to reiterate how incredible thoughtful, organized, creative, and so so so kind they are. They are truly gems in this space, and I could not recommend them enough! I can’t wait to see how they continue to shine in all of the weddings they plan!


Thank you for everything!!!!
Kristy & Andrew Guthner

Where to even begin with Katie... she is absolutely amazing and was clearly destined to be a wedding planner. When we had our first venue tour, our event manager recommended Katie Brooks Event Co. for both planning services and decor/furniture rentals (check out Bespoke Rentals if you haven't yet!). We initially wanted to hire her for month-of coordination but ended up going with a partial planning package, and she generously included a design board since that was an area where we needed more insight and expertise.

Katie and her team were so thoughtful and communicative throughout the planning process, even when there were complications with our venue. She hadn't dealt with a venue moving before, yet she and her team handled it so graciously and didn't miss a beat. Her vendor recommendations were fantastic and mindful of our budget, and the platform she uses (Aisle Planner) kept us organized every step of the way throughout our year of planning. It contained a to-do list, vendor contacts, budgeting tool, seating chart, and everything else you would need for your dream day.

We came into the planning process with a lot of ideas but weren't sure how everything would come together from a design perspective. Our theme/vibe was midcentury modern + boho with lots of color, florals, velvet, etc. Katie's design board brilliantly captured what we were envisioning, and seeing it come to life on our wedding day was incredible. Everything from the decor to the event flow felt so authentic to us and our vision. Our guests were gushing about how gorgeous, unique, and cohesive it was. It's like Katie crawled into our brains and created exactly what we were hoping for!

We can't thank the Katie Brooks Event Co. team enough for making our wedding so beautiful and seamless. It was a pleasure to work with them and we'd recommend them x100!