The Otherside Creatives

I met Anna of The Otherside Creatives while touring a Baltimore venue - while the venue didn’t meet all of our needs, I walked away knowing that I needed Anna’s help with planning our wedding! In her role as a venue manager, Anna has exposure to some of the area’s best (and worst) vendors and how they work. We initially met with Anna and Jordan, discussed our vision, hopes, and fears, and from our very first meeting, I knew they just GOT IT. I had a very vague vision for our wedding, so not only did I need the creative help, but I also needed practical support, as I was planning a wedding two days after Christmas while both working full time and studying for my Master’s part time. I needed to hire someone I could fully trust, and I knew that I could trust Anna and Jordan from our very first meeting!

Anna and Jordan provided us with a vision board after our first meeting that captured everything we had discussed. After hiring for partial planning, they sent me referrals for amazing vendors at varying price points so we could decide how to allocate our budget. Anna and Jordan have excellent relationships with an amazing network of professionals in the event-planning business, and before this experience I underestimated how relationship-based this industry is. You’re not just hiring individual wedding vendors, you’re hiring the members of your interdependent wedding team. I couldn’t have been happier with our referrals. Not only did our wedding run like a well-oiled machine, but we felt like we were among old friends throughout the whole wedding planning process just by virtue of the relationships Anna and Jordan had with our team.

I felt like no concern or task was too big or too small to ask of Anna and Jordan. Anna checked in with me regularly to keep me on track with hiring vendors, reassured me when I was unsure about a decision, and basically held my hand through several appointments - selecting furniture, floral, venue walk-through, photography, tastings, etc. At every opportunity, Anna and Jordan went above and beyond to help me put together a wedding that surpassed my hopes and dreams. Anna gained the trust of the moms (mine and my husband’s) as quickly as she did mine, which was so essential to our planning process. Having Anna and Jordan’s support gave me the knowledge and confidence to make decisions based on what my husband and I wanted, not solely to appease others.

On the day of the wedding, Anna and Jordan joined our awesome vendors, my bridesmaids, and I bright and early in the morning and if there was any problem in our day, I hardly knew it. I could relax, have a good time, and enjoy the company of my family and friends with no restriction. Every element of the timeline was discussed ahead of time, and though we deliberately didn’t overload ourselves with to-do’s during our reception, we didn’t feel at all like we were getting pulled away from our party too often to enjoy it. We had so much fun at our wedding, and many of our guests remarked how they’d never seen a bride and groom have so much fun at their own reception.

I cannot possibly thank Anna and Jordan enough. They were easily and by far my best hire throughout the process - and that’s coming from someone who had an entire team of all-stars! I can’t emphasize enough how energetic, creative, thoughtful, ambitious, and FUN these professionals are! I am lucky to have gotten the chance to work with them, and hope to keep enjoying their company as friends now that our wedding is over.

Photo credits @urbanrowphotography