Pamela Barefoot Events & Design Reviews
Reviews
4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
35 Reviews
98% recommend it
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David Sent on 12/20/2022Pam is simply amazing!
We hired Pam because we had seen weddings she had planned at the Anderson House, and her design was exactly what we had in mind for our wedding. From the first meeting, we could truly tell how excited and enthusiastic she was about planning her clients' dream wedding. We were extremely worried about planning a wedding during COVID, but Pam made everything go so smoothly, and she was absolutely worth every penny. She could somehow picture everything we wanted before even saying it, which made our jobs so much easier in trusting Pam's vision. Even leading up to the day of the wedding, where it was raining in the morning and there were road closures/traffic due to a parade in DC, Pam was still unflappable in getting 1000 things done while still smiling and laughing with us. She was an absolute dream to work with, and we couldn't have asked for a better wedding planner! -
Lucy S. Sent on 05/02/2022
Cannot thank Natalie enough!
Words cannot express our gratitude to Natalie from Pamala Barefoot events – she is simply the best in every possible way! From the moment we hired her, she went above and beyond to make us feel special and important when it came to planning our wedding. When we hired her in Feb. 2020, little did we know that the world would change drastically in the coming months. We could not have weathered all the changes we made (date, venue, and vendor switches due to COVID) if it wasn’t for Natalie. Her guidance, thoughts, and compassion truly got us through one of the hardest periods for us. In addition, when we changed the total look and feel of the wedding to fit a new venue (went from indoor social club in DC to outdoor inn in Middleburg, VA), she didn’t blink an eye and went above and beyond to make sure we were happy. She understood our fears and anxiety (and sadness at times) and made sure that our June 2021 wedding would be special.
I could go on and on about how great Natalie is, but most of all, she is one of the kindest people I know. She truly cares about her couples and will do everything she can to make sure your special day is how you envision it. Our wedding was able to happen thanks to all the work Natalie did and we cannot thank her enough. If you are looking for an extremely talented wedding planner/designer and overall amazing person, look no further than Natalie – she is truly the best!
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James Sent on 04/03/2022Pam is a wonderful planner and is very easy to work with!
Pam is super personable and communicative! She is always willing to chat or meet to make sure she understands her couple's goals. She also has built many invaluable relationships within the wedding community and has great recommendations. She will do what it takes to make a beautiful wedding come together. -
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Kirsten L. Sent on 12/06/2020Natalie, simply the best
Hiring Natalie was easily the best decision we made for our wedding. Within the first few minutes of our initial phone conversation, I knew that Natalie would be the perfect match for us. She is incredibly graceful, thoughtful, organized, creative, SO KIND and always went above and beyond to make the wedding planning process completely stress-free for us. She made it a priority to listen to our wants and needs and was always available to us every step of the way.
Having had to postpone our wedding date and change venues due to COVID, Natalie was constantly in contact with our vendors and was able to transition everything so seamlessly. When the forecast called for rain on our wedding day, and having planned for an outdoor ceremony, Natalie put our minds at ease with not only a plan B, but also a plan C. Natalie's calm and positive demeanor allowed us to not only fully enjoy our wedding day, but also the process of planning! She is so incredibly talented, has an amazing eye for fine detail and design, always thinks outside of the box and was really able to bring our vision to life. In addition, she thought of every possible safety measure and executed a beautiful and safe event that our guests are still raving about. Our wedding was PERFECT thanks to Natalie and we could not speak more highly of her. She truly wants the best for her clients and we cannot thank her enough. Please do yourself a favor and hire Natalie, you will be so happy you did!! -
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Lisa Sent on 10/14/2019Loved our experience with Natalie :)
After interviewing many wedding planners & designers , I chose Natalie from Pamela Barefoot Events. From the start, Natalie was highly motivated, energetic, and excited to plan our wedding!
She was constantly available for questions from, me, my fiancé, and from our parents. She always kept me informed and on our timeline to ensure things went smoothly. Very organized to say the least.
Natalie took lots of time to show me a wide variety of possibilities to foster my wedding vision & design. The final look on my wedding day was unbelievable and absolutely beyond my wildest dreams!
It was stunning!
Besides planning our actual wedding ( 240+ ppl), Natalie planned our welcome party/ rehearsal dinner for us on an obscure rooftop in Washington D.C. Not an easy task. She seamlessly coordinated multiple vendors and the night was absolutely amazing for us and our 160 guests.
Natalie has chic sense of style, listens to her clients, and executes absolutely beautiful events. I would highly recommend her and I am so thankful we chose her for the wedding weekend. Thank you Natalie!! -
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Leah Sent on 01/28/2019
The absolute BEST
I wish i had the words to adequately review Natalie, but I don't think I do! I have never met someone who is as good at what they do as Natalie is. My husband and I moved to Charleston, SC 7 months before our wedding, which was a bit overwhelming to move 8 hours away during the height of wedding planning. Working with Natalie made what I presumed to be an extremely stressful situation just the opposite. The process was fun and exciting and there was never any doubt that our big day wouldn't be perfect. Natalie executed my vision PERFECTLY and was such a delight to work with. The best part about working with Natalie is her calming and upbeat demeanor--she had a perfect solution to literally every question or concern I had. Our wedding day was without a doubt the best day of my life--filled with so much happiness and zero stress--I owe pretty much all of that to Natalie. She is AMAZING. If I could offer any newly engaged couple one piece of advice it would be, HIRE NATALIE. -
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Pam Sent on 11/24/2017From the viewpoint of the Mother of the Bride I couldn't have done it without Natalie of Atrendy Wedding. We planned a wedding located on the eastern shore in Chestertown. A 2 hour drive from our residence so we knew nothing about the area but fell in love with the venue. The venue did not have any type of package deal for caterers, staff, etc. so we were on our own and the tasks for a wedding of 200 and all that goes along with it was overwhelming to me. We decided to hire a wedding planner. Natalie helped our daughter and husbands' dream come to fruition. Her knowledge of the business, vendors and organizational skills helped us get thru 9 months of wedding planning relatively stress free. She took the time to listen to us, my daughter and her fiancés visions. She found an amazing caterer, photographer, make up artist, band, calligrapher, flower company, lighting specialist and added all the special little details to make it absolutely spectacular. And the bonus of all of it was that I was able to enjoy time spent with our family and guests. I didn't have to worry about the vendors, timing, potential hiccups along the way. She was the conductor of the most beautiful event for our daughter and her husband. I highly recommend Natalie. You won't be disappointed.
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Rachel Sent on 11/18/2017I have nothing but the best to say about Natalie. From start to finish she made the wedding planning process easy and fun (yes, I used the word fun in reference to wedding planning)! We opted for the full planning and it was worth every penny--easily the best money spent on our wedding. She had excellent recommendations for vendors that we wouldn't have known about otherwise and she kept us in the loop every step of the way.
Our August wedding was outside in Chestertown, MD and, with the weather being unpredictable, Natalie advised us on how to approach every scenario (storms, heat, both). She even managed to make the week of as painless and headache free as possible. On the day of, Natalie made our vision come to life. Every little detail was perfectly executed and more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. The whole day had such a relaxed feeling to it, which is exactly the vibe we were going for. My husband, not being one to show much emotion, couldn't stop gushing over what a perfect wedding Natalie had orchestrated. Many of our guests said it was the most beautiful wedding they had ever been to.
When you hire a wedding planner you are essentially bringing a third person into your journey down the aisle. You want that person to be one who you can easily trust and will take time to get to know you and your partner so he or she can get a clear vision of what you want the happiest, most important day of your life to look like. I can honestly say that I don't think I would have found someone to help make our dream a reality quite like Natalie did.
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User2605937 Sent on 05/12/2016Natalie at Atrendy Wedding was amazing! She really helped create a vision for our wedding and thought of small details that gave it a beautifully personal touch. She always made sure we were on top of deadlines. She has great connections and was able to recommend wonderful vendors that we would not have found without her. -
User2616192 Sent on 05/21/2016I don't know what we would have done without Natalie on our wedding weekend! We hired Natalie for the month-of service with a couple vendor add-ons. She made sure our wedding weekend went off without a hitch. We didn't have to bother any of our guests with helping out, everyone was able to relax through the weekend. Natalie also has great insight and advice, things we would not have known otherwise. We had to deal with rain on our wedding weekend and Natalie provided great rain alternatives for pictures. As the bride, I would have been much more stressed out leading up to the wedding day without Natalie!!! -
User2646509 Sent on 06/14/2016My husband and I absolutely loved having Natalie as our wedding planner in September, 2015. Throughout the entire process she listened to our wishes/needs and keep us organized and on track!! The week of the wedding was seamless and so enjoyable thanks to her coordination and attention to detail. Our families knew exactly where to be, and all vendors executed according to plan thanks to Natalie. I have already recommended to her to a family friend's wedding that I got to be an attendee at, and she knocked it out of the park too! She is just the best at what she does! -
User2287786 Sent on 08/26/2015Initially, I never thought I needed a wedding coordinator-- I was super organized, detail-oriented, had a great team of vendors, a long engagement to plan, etc. but in the 6 weeks leading up to the wedding I realized it would be so helpful to have a professional opinion on some of the last minute design details. On a whim, I reached out to Atrendy (after finding them on a local wedding blog) to see if they could help, and after one conversation with Anne, I knew hiring her would be a smart decision.
It ended up being one of the best decisions I made throughout the entire planning process. She was very accessible, responsive, just as (maybe more) detailed oriented as me, and patient the entire time. Anne provided advice on wording for programs and welcome bags, created our timeline, coordinated last minute details with all the vendors, and even changed my hair/makeup time from super early to just before pictures, which was so appreciated. The best part is that she had already worked several weddings at our venue, so she had a ton of great recommendations (inc. some I never would have thought of) for how to make the day run smoothly. She ran our entire rehearsal which never would have worked if I had tried to do it on my own, and could offer a professional, objective opinion when family members voiced concerns. And, she and Natalie even boxed our cupcake favors at the event.
The real best part is that I was able to relax and just enjoy the day without having to micromanage a ton of different details. I can't thank Anne enough for all she did to help make our day so perfect. I would highly recommend anyone who is considering a wedding coordinator to pull the trigger and book Atrendy. And, if you are feeling overwhelmed with the cost of a wedding (and unsure if makes financial sense to hire a planner), there is no better insurance policy than an experienced wedding coordinator to make sure all of the time and financial resources you have invested pay off. -
User2109438 Sent on 04/26/2015I'm the groom. I don't usually write reviews, but I do feel like A Trendy Wedding deserves all of the praises they've received.
Leading up to the wedding one of the biggest questions was if we needed a wedding planner. I said no, she said yes. I am really glad I listened to her. (She's usually right =)
My, now, wife chose A Trendy Wedding because she told me that Anne had such a good personality and she seemed to ask her questions that she had never even thought of, just in case. This was reassuring to me, because lots of the things she asked, I had never even thought about either. It was good to know she had been there before and scoped out our venues to overcome them.
As the wedding day approached, I would ask my fiancee if there were more things to do. She would calmly say, "No, Anne took care of it." I'm thinking, "hmm, ok. Maybe it was worth it to get a wedding planner." This allowed us to spend quality time with each other days before the wedding. Grooms, trust me, you DO NOT want to deal with a grumpy Bride-To-Be!! I've seen it in other weddings and it's HORRIBLE!!!
When the day arrived, everything just seemed to fall in place. Anne told me to just enjoy myself with the groomsmen and she'd let me know when they needed me. Anne directed the wedding party in a way that was instructive, but not pushy. This was awesome, because it didn't ruin the mood. I've seen planners that think getting things done means shouting and telling people to be quiet. What a mood killer. The party will end up hating the planner and it'll end up being an inside joke for years to come. "Remember your planner?"
What I found most amazing was that my wife and I got to enjoy our wedding day, because of all the behind the scenes work that they did. Not once did I hear about something going wrong or things running behind. I never had to deal with logistics. Everything was perfect. It was our special day and I am so glad we were able to enjoy it, this alone was priceless. -
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Vanessa Sent on 03/16/2015Pam and the Atrendy Wedding team made a tremendous difference in raising our event to the next level (without necessarily breaking the bank!) I booked Pam for my month-out coordination, but she was amazing at sending periodic notes before that point checking in and letting me know when she saw items that might be a great fit for our decor. Pam was always open to me asking questions, giving advice, and being honest when it came to her opinion. Honesty is an incredible helpful thing to have in a planner, and Pam was always great about sharing her feedback in a helpful, constructive manner. What makes a great event is picking an overarching theme and sticking to it, and adding your own little personal touches. Pam helped us think of all of the little things we would need and/or reminding us of all of the things we should think about. She gave us great advice about focusing our budget on items that most guests will get to enjoy instead of blowing money on items that aren't as useful/impactful. Pam took the lead on sending a schedule to all of our vendors, and touching base with them all the week of so that was off my plate. We purchased our differing decor items that fit our theme, and Pam and her team made it all come together so masterfully and perfectly the day of our event. Our guests were stunned with how amazing and personalized everything was, which we accomplished through Pam's expert guidance. Pam also worked tirelessly the day to make sure everything fell into place and kept on track. We also had a table number issue to figure out during cocktail hour before dinner, and Pam's quick thinking and solution helped us avoid any issues. I would highly recommend Atrendy Wedding to anyone who wants to work with a caring, talented team genuinely immersed in your wedding planning process to make sure you have the best time on your special day.
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