Melissa and The Knot Too Shabby team created absolute magic for our wedding day. Not only did they create a smooth for day of, their support and guidance through our year and a half of planning was phenomenal.
I plan events as part of by job, and I knew I needed a planner for our wedding to ensure that we were not the ones running around during wedding weekend. I cannot thank Melissa enough for how calm she kept us (and our families). Melissa allowed us to have as much free reign in the planning as we liked, and guided us through the final stages so we didn't have to wonder if any detail was missed. Beyond incredible organization, Melissa is just a joy to work with. We could immediately crack jokes and laugh about the funny little pieces that pop up during preparing for your wedding.
If you are considering hiring a planner, first of all just do it. Your wedding day self will thank you. Second of all, hire Knot Too Shabby. Melissa's organization and talent for planning coupled with amazing personality will leave you feeling supported and stress free.

Melissa and her team are absolutely incredible at what they do and fully deserve all of the amazing reviews that you see! We would have never been able to pull off anything close to the wedding we had without everything she provided for us. She is extremely organized and has so much material for you to review all the options that you have and be able to make the best decision for what you want at your wedding. We are very indecisive people so making decisions for your wedding is hard, but Melissa was always there to provide guidance and examples of what she's done in the past to help us lock in our choices. Every single vendor we had (florist, DJ, bakery, catering, EVERYTHING) was perfect and we did not stray away from any of her recommendations. Her knowledge of options to customize our wedding to our wants and needs seemed to never end and it made us so excited for the day to finally come. Our venue was Wrightsville Manor in Wilmington, NC and her expertise with how the venue flows on a typical wedding weekend really showed through our planning process and helped to make everything about our wedding feel so seamless. The setups of our ceremony, cocktail hour and reception were straight out of a magazine and everything we could have ever imagined!

Our wedding day went flawlessly! Melissa and her team are running around like secret service to ensure everything is going to plan and never makes the couple worry about anything - they're always ahead of it. However, they do it in such a discreet and welcoming fashion, our family and guests made so many positive comments about all the work that they were doing. Everything from helping the day before secure umbrella rentals with the threat of rain on our wedding day, to having all of our belongings packed neatly in our getaway vehicle after the wedding (because we had no idea where any of our stuff was by the end of the night) we couldn't have been more impressed by how well they can plan and run a wedding.

There is no better feeling than leaving your wedding knowing that everything went to plan and we wouldn't change a thing! That feeling is priceless and we will be forever grateful to the KTSE team for providing us with the best day of our lives. We cannot recommend KTSE enough for wedding planning!!!

Melissa is exactly who you want to have on your wedding day. I booked a year ago with her and she never stops communicating. Her attention to detail is incredible and treats you like a friend, not a client. She sticks up for you and advocates for what you want. She made our dream day come true and more. She is simply the best and so are all of her day of minions. The website was seamless, payments were seamless and she’s incredibly great at her job. She had everything taken care of and takes over a month out so all you have to worry about it is showing up. She’s so kind and funny and makes wedding planning not miserable. Melissa is the GOAT and the MVP of the wedding day. Tell all your friends and hire her!!!!