Weddings are becoming more and more involved as years go on and there is no reason to take all of this on by yourself. You as the mother, you as the groom, you as the bride have one job... Enjoy every moment. The last thing I want for my brides is for them to remember the work that went into it; that's my job.
On your wedding day I will be there for you every step of the way from dawn till dusk. I started this business with one goal, to give every bride the wedding day of their dreams. Now with a team of planners you can rest assured no matter what happens we will have one of our expert planners at your side no matter what.
A wedding is your time to tell your story. It isn't just a party or cookie cutter event it is a day meant to bring together your loved ones so they can bare witness to what makes the two of you special. We work with our clients to ensure that each part of your wedding is a reflection of you and what is to come.
This is our full time job, this is not our past time. We take your wedding day just a seriously as you do. Let us work with you to ensure that you are going to have the wedding you've been dreaming of.
Midwestern Bride will serve brides and grooms anywhere in the Midwest and beyond!! New to Chicago? New to Madison? Take the stress out of planning by having someone else there to lean on who knows those territories. Check out our website www.midwesternbride.com
Email me at ashleyk@themidwesternbride.com, or call me at 312-810-6768 to get more details about my business and pricing. Also, check out the bios on our other planners to see if we have the planner to fit your day.
If you are planning a destination wedding bring a planner with you as your assistant for the weekend so that you can truly enjoy the destination you find yourself in. We love to travel alongside our brides!
Happy Planning!
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We worked with Megan Tomke for our month-of/day-of coordination, and I can honestly say once she came on board that month prior, I could physically feel my stress melt away. I am very much a planner, and I was initially worried about handing over the reins to someone else, but once we had our first call with Megan and saw how capable, knowledgeable, organized and dog-loving she was, I was SO glad I had found MB and trusted them with our big day! Megan took over communicating with all the vendors re: logistics (including our pet attendant so our two pups could be a part of our day!), and it really allowed me to focus on the fun details the month before the wedding. She was there when I needed advice on various things leading up to the wedding and helped us navigate some last-minute changes that needed to be made the day before and the day-of. I am not exaggerating when I tell you that my wedding weekend would have been 100x more stressful if I did not have Megan there to help. Book Midwestern Bride -- you won't regret it!
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Aislinn Sent on 08/17/2023
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Best wedding decision we made!!
We are so grateful to have had Ashley as our wedding planner!! We were able to put our complete trust in her and actually enjoy the wedding planning process. She went above and beyond to help us secure room blocks during an unusually busy Milwaukee weekend, and she helped us assemble a team of the best vendors. She helped us make design choices and worked with our amazing florist to create a wedding even more beautiful than we imagined. When an unexpected rain shower threatened our outdoor ceremony, Ashley guided us confidently. She helped us make the decision to do 30 minutes of cocktail hour and then head outside to do our ceremony when the rain passed. And when the rain began again in the middle of our ceremony, she rushed out with umbrellas and got as many guests covered as possible. My husband and I were able to stay present in the moment knowing Ashley had it handled. It ended up feeling so magical. We absolutely recommend Ashley and the Midwestern Bride team!!
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Katherine Sent on 08/12/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Megan was amazing!
Although our wedding venue provided a venue coordinator, we felt that it would be helpful to also have a wedding planner to coordinate moving parts outside of the venue and we are SO glad we did! We worked with Megan for the final month of coordination and she truly did a phenomenal job! She is kind, detail-oriented, has exceptional communication skills and went above and beyond to make sure any loose ends were tied up among vendors- I felt totally confident that she could handle anything thrown our way on the day of. Overall, our wedding day was a HUGE success and we surely have Megan to thank for it :)
Samantha Sent on 07/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Lauren is simply amazing!
Lauren is simply amazing! We hired Midwestern Bride for the month of coordination package. I consider myself an organized person and I handled all the planning up until that point, but I am so glad we invested in a planner. The final month leading up to the wedding is stressful even for the most organized bride, and having a person to help alleviate some of the burden and be a sounding board is worth every penny! We had originally picked a different planner, but due to unexpected life changes, we were assigned Lauren a few months out. I'll be honest, being Type A and a slight control freak, I was nervous but she knocked it out of the park! Lauren's main goal was allowing the bride and groom to enjoy the day and not be bothered with any questions or issues. I felt so at ease the entire day and knew she'd handle anything that came her way. You'd be surprised how many people come up to the bride to ask questions and it was such a stress reliever to just say, "Can you please go ask Lauren?". I would HIGHLY recommend Lauren to any bride considering a planner!
Erin Sent on 09/21/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Worth Every Penny
We hired Ashley a few months before our September wedding for both design and coordination. Ashley went above and beyond to help us find the perfect vendors during a difficult year. She also helped with almost all design components. Ashley worked with our florist to create such a beautiful vision. She was worth every.single.penny.
Ashley also made wedding planning fun. Most of the process up until we began working with Ashley was overwhelming and completely outside our comfort zone. Our discussions and planning with Ashley made the process enjoyable.
Ashley also made everything seamless on the day of. While a few things went wrong, she worked to make sure we didn't realize it (and we didn't!) The day was executed perfectly and it was a relief to be able to leave the venue that night knowing she was taking care of everything. We cannot recommend Ashley & Midwestern Bride enough.
Jessica Sent on 09/09/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
The best!!
We had Ashley as our "month of" coordinator and if you ask me my biggest regret about our wedding, it would be that we didn't just hire Midwestern Bride to plan the entire thing from the beginning. If you are like me and get massively overwhelmed with all of the planning and coordination that comes with hosting an event… HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER! I felt like my life was just descending into chaos and then Ashley swooped in and lifted all of the weight off my shoulders in the last month - and so effortlessly! I have absolutely no idea what I would have done without her. She created a detailed wedding day schedule and coordinated all of the vendors using her years of experience rather than needing a ton of input from me (thank goodness because I was clueless about the timeline), but was always available to call or text if I had questions or changes. She also ran our rehearsal like a total boss and it was at that point I felt like I could breathe and just enjoy the weekend knowing everything would be okay. I am a person who constantly focuses on the worst case scenario so the fact that I could just relax and let go is saying a lot, but she was so comforting! If something went wrong, I definitely never heard about it. From our first interaction I trusted her fully and I'm sure the rest of her staff is just as amazing. Obviously all wedding vendors are important, but in hindsight I now realize that a coordinator or planner can be make or break. I have only incredible memories of my wedding day and I truly would not have enjoyed myself as much as I did without Ashley and Midwestern Bride. I can’t recommend them enough!
Jen J. Sent on 08/24/2021
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Book Kanoe as your wedding coordinator!
Kanoe was amazing as our "month of coordinator" and truly one of our biggest blessings looking back at our wedding. After a two and a half year engagement and an extra year postponement due to COVID, being able to off load the final month of wedding planning was such a gift. I am very Type A and organized, so I was a little nervous handing over the reins, but I knew after my first conversation with Kanoe that we were in great hands. She is extremely personable, detail oriented, down to earth, but at the same time very "no nonsense", essentially the perfect wedding planner. She does not push her opinions, but helps you make final decisions if you are having a hard time. She answered all my emails in an extremely timely manner and was even able to in the final week before our wedding secure our late night snack vendor that we were having trouble reaching for months. She was poised and in control our entire day and truly did not allow me to worry about anything, even if I tried! She kept in mind our hope to not spend too much time taking photos after dinner and came to get us for our first dances so our timeline did not get too thrown off. She also saved the day with a handful of safety pins when my dress broke with about an hour left in the night. I swear I had barely looked up after feeling it break and there she was already fixing the problem. We have gotten so many compliments about how beautiful our day was and I truly think Kanoe was a big part of that. She made our vision come to life. I would 100/10 recommend her to anyone.
Alexa Sent on 11/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
A Beautiful Intimate Wedding During a Global Pandemic!!!!
Brides (and grooms!), Stop reading and hire Midwestern Bride!! Ashley is worth her weight in gold! We LOVED working with Ashley. She is truly an expert at what she does. Throughout the whole wedding planning process, Ashley provided such a calming presence and a clear dedication to us, especially during a pandemic!!! She never steered us wrong or made us feel like we had to do something. My husband and I live in Milwaukee so we were planning this wedding in Minneapolis. Ashley communicated beautifully with us (bride, groom) and our vendors. She worked around our travel schedule and always responded to our emails promptly. She answered all of the questions we threw at her and she gave her opinion in a very professional manner. On the day of our wedding, Ashley helped in more ways than we even know. She prevented disaster, a few things came up with our vendors the day of and we did not even notice because she fixed everything. She allowed us to enjoy our entire day! If we ever needed anything, she was there and she always did it with a smile! Thank you, xoxo Alexa and James
Angela Sent on 09/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
So happy I had Ashley at my wedding
I hired Ashley a year and a half before my wedding, actually the week after my sister’s wedding when I saw her work first hand. She impressed me that much.
“Do I need a wedding planner?” a bride (or groom) may ask. Surely it is an added expense but the best way I can describe Ashley’s services is that she allows the bride and groom to feel like a guest at their own wedding. We had a meeting about a month before wedding when she went over EVERYTHING. She then followed up with all vendors to make sure everything was addressed and made a timeline (which is a lot harder than it seems). I had a lot of decorations planned and knew I was going to need someone to move them. A budgeting technique of mine was to reuse the ceremony decorations again in the ballroom. Ashley set up the ceremony and then moved it all to the ballroom. And not only was she spot on with decorations, she made sure the rest of the wedding went without problems. Once the wedding was over and guests were transitioning to cocktail hour, she was there asking us if we needed anything. She showed up during professional pictures outside of just the groom and I with waters (almost on que when photographer asked us if we had plenty of water during the day). She brought me appetizers and wine while my hair and make up got touched up. She came running into the ballroom to inform us of an unique photo opportunity (a rainbow). She was really there for EVERYTHING and I was almost stress free thanks to her and her team. Trust me brides (and grooms), her service is something that is worth it- I promise. Also, I commend her for her response to COVID and the postponement of our wedding. She allowed a change date without added charges or headache.
Emmalee Sent on 07/20/2020
5 out of 5 rating
5.0
Best Wedding Investment!
Today is my husband and I's 2nd wedding anniversary. To this day, we talk about Ashley and her company. Going into wedding planning we didn't intend to have a wedding or day of coordinator but I'm so glad our vendor, The Lageret, recommended that we do. From start to finish, Ashley was clear, helpful, accommodating, resourceful, the list goes on an on. Any concerns that I had, she was quick to help with or find solutions for. Even with issues that came up the day before/day of, she took care of with ease and made sure it was nothing that my husband and I had to worry about. We had so much confidence in her! She works with new vendors without concern and makes sure all the vendors and wedding party were on the same page. Even 2 years later, when people talk about our wedding, it is always mentioned how it flowed so well, how everything seemed taken care of before anyone noticed, all of this goes to Ashley and Midwestern Bride. We've recommended her to friends getting married in (and out!) of the area multiple times. She made our wedding more than we could've imagined!!
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We love working with Ashley at Midwestern Bride. This planner is probably the best around, she is so attentive to detail, puts the couples needs first, and treats all vendors as peers. Ashley and her entire staff are always easy to get a hold of and works as a team with everyone to make sure the day goes perfect.
