Kelsey with Aspen and Ivy was the best part of wedding planning. She made sure our minds were clear and directed our focus during the craziest times of wedding planning. As a couple she took a crazy weight off our shoulders and gave us the freedom to enjoy the fun parts of wedding planning and the event. Single handedly, she and her team made our wedding day 100% more fun and stress free. Kelsey and everyone at Aspen and Ivy were extremely professional, quick with communication and efficient in their requests. After going through the planning process, you should hire a wedding planner and the best I've ever seen is Kelsey.

As the MOB living in Connecticut, when my daughter let me know that she wanted to get married in the mountains of Colorado my first thought was panic! How was I going to help her plan a wedding that was not in her hometown in Connecticut? We definitely needed a planner to help.
We interviewed several planners and my daughter and now son-in-law felt that Casey was the only one we interviewed that spent the time to get to know them and find out what they wanted in their vision of a wedding verses just telling them all the services they provide. Casey was asking how they met, what they liked to do in their free time and what was the vibe they were going for with the wedding. I felt confident that Casey would help them plan a wedding that was perfect for THEM.
I wanted to be included in the planning process and Casey had no problem with this so I would be conferenced in on any calls and looped in on all the emails. Casey was very patient throughout the planning process from the number of site visits she went on to find the perfect venue to answering all the little questions we had. Casey helped us find the perfect venue that fit all the characteristics the B+G explained to her in the initial interview.
At first, we signed up for “day of” planning because of expense but added the “full service” planning when we decided the venue we chose would end up being like a destination wedding where no guest lived locally so the whole weekend needed to be planned from Friday through Sunday. I am so glad we did this because Casey stepped right in and helped us with all the details!
Casey is very organized and helped keep the B+G on schedule with their tasks so it never seemed overwhelming throughout the whole planning process. She recommended some great vendors! Casey went through each contract to make sure all contracts were good even before forwarding them to me to review and kept me on schedule with payments needed for all vendors so I never missed a payment. Casey was great with communication and would often answer an email on her day off even though I didn’t expect an answer right away. I think Casey really excelled with logistics and design so when the time came, the wedding was flawless! All of our guests commented on how well everything came together and how beautiful the wedding was.
The weekend of the wedding was amazing, the B+G and I showed up and were allowed to be just guests for the whole weekend! We did not need to worry about a thing because Casey and Jessica handled everything! It turned out better than I could have imagined! I did not find out about a problem that happened during the weekend until after the brunch when my sister let me know that she was having such trouble with the altitude right before the ceremony that Casey got her some oxygen and set her up in a place to see the ceremony where she did not have to walk. I did not even notice that this was going on. There was no doubt that Casey did not want the B+G nor me to be troubled with anything over the weekend and what a joy that was to not have that stress!
When first interviewing planners I thought they were, as a whole, expensive and was a little worried with the cost of them, however, I can honestly say Casey and Aspen & Ivy are well worth the expense! Casey, I really enjoyed working with you. I felt that through the process you became more of a friend than vendor we had contracted! We definitely could not have pulled off such a beautiful event without you!

Hello Everyone,
My wife and I got married at Devils Thumb Ranch on 10/21/23. We interviewed several planners and felt that Casey was the only one we interviewed that spent the time to get to know us and find out what we wanted in our wedding verses selling us on what they are capable of or their reputation.

Casey spent the time to listen to our vision and help us pull together a team that could make that vision a reality. Items that I appreciated: Casey did not nickel and dime us. She told us what her cost were and then took care of us after that. For example, we wanted a mountain wedding and Casey is in Fort Collins, CO. She would drive between 2-3 hours each time my wife and I wanted to explore a venue and it was included in the package we paid for. Most wedding planners charge a rate to meet you at these more remote destinations. To add on to this thought, Casey also took my wife and I on even when we started with a 50K budget. Which is low when wanting a mountain wedding. This was truly appreciated by us.

Casey was always taking notes. There were too many times to count where we would be on a call or in person and Casey would mention something I brought up in previous conversations and ask follow on questions to ensure we didn’t miss anything. Often, I had moved on from the comments I made, but always appreciated Casey for ensuring my voice was heard as the groom. Her ability to catch all the details and listen is phenomenal.

Casey is extremely generous and steps up to the plate before you ask. First example is being generous with her time. She never rushed my wife and I into decisions. She would be patient and allow us to talk through our thoughts during our venue visits or when picking a vendor. Another moment where Casey stepped up was when we had to swap locations for our Sunday brunch, Casey offered to cover the costs to change the stationary because she felt responsible for the change. She always had our best interest at heart and strived to give us the wedding of our dreams.

Overall, Casey has amazing bedside manner when supporting a couple through the wedding process, she is highly detail oriented, curious, has abundant access to resources to make many variations of weddings happen, great at communicating, phenomenal at solving challenges both proactively and in the moment, and thoughtful.
We were fortunate to have Casey and her team take our wedding on and will miss our time with her. A big thank you to Casey and her team for helping us celebrate lifes greatest accomplishment.
TJ