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Katie H. Sent on 07/28/2024July Wedding
When we first began planning our wedding, we quickly became overwhelmed by all of the little details, the (often unsolicited) advice people shared with us about what to do and how to do it, and the cost. Having never planned a wedding before, I didn’t know what I should be investing in versus saving on. And, as a result, we originally selected a different planning team (earlier in their career, less knowledgeable, less expensive, etc). Dear reader, this was very much the wrong choice and did not go well for us but there is a happy ending! And while this is a very long review, I hope to impress upon you that investing in a team like Aspen & Ivy is an investment in the elements of your wedding that *actually* matter: the joy you will feel on the day, the experience you share with your guests, and your peace of mind leading up to it.
We hired Casey and the Aspen & Ivy team about six months before our wedding, after our original planner shared that she had over extended herself and would need to shift us to someone else on her team. That, along with a general lack of communication, compelled us to find an entirely new team to work with. We hired Casey two minutes after first speaking with her - she was compassionate, professional, and friendly. But what I most appreciated about her was her honesty - she completely validated that our instincts were right and that despite what our original planner was telling us, we were quite behind. This transparency gave me the confidence that when she committed to helping us, she would successful help us get to where we wanted to go.
On paper, our first planner committed to the same suite of full service planning that Aspen & Ivy offer - from design, to coordination, to execution. However, the reality is that our original planner wasn’t able to do any of those things because she was constantly focused on triaging the most imminent wedding she was planning. We were the ones pushing to get vendors locked in and then when she would finally share options, it was under researched. At one point, her team tried to present that the cheapest transportation option for our guests was $8k (note we ended up spending closer to $2k). Other vendors of ours even began reaching out to us because she wasn’t answering questions they had. It became confusing to keep track of who had been told what, and how we should even help.
After we hired Casey, we never had to manage any of the vendor research, communication, logistics, or coordination. In fact, the only time vendors ever reached out again was to share how much they enjoyed working with her. Beyond all of the logistics, she completely redid our design and went above and beyond to make it perfect. Following the trial with the rentals and florals, she went back a second time (a 1hr+ drive each way) to take pictures and propose some new combinations she thought we might like better. This blew my mind because we liked the options from the first trial! Anytime we had an idea, a proposal, a rogue comment from a parent, she responded with recommendations, options, and solutions. Her communication was unparalleled - she responded to emails/texts within the same day, she sent meeting notes, clear follow ups, and even zoomed us at midnight her time while on a work trip to Italy. Although we had more to do, the last six months of planning were by far the most enjoyable part of the process for me and my husband.
To be clear, there is a sizable difference in cost, but the investment is worth it. Weddings are a huge milestone - they are the first (and often biggest) “group project” you tackle with your partner, they symbolize the commitment and love you want to honor and safeguard together, and they provide an opportunity to celebrate the community that has supported you (as individuals and as a couple). Ultimately, with our first planner, we didn’t have the confidence that her team would be able to pull it all together to make the day special for our guests and easy for us. However, with Casey, the weekend of our wedding was something I could sink into and enjoy - I knew everything was totally handled and if/when we ran into obstacles they would be taken care of without me being involved.
An immense thank you to Casey - Jake and I felt so present on our wedding day and we are so grateful for the Herculean amount of work and effort she put into the day to help us get there! -
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Kora Sent on 09/13/2024Casey Muller, the MVP of our wedding planning!
We are based out of state and wanted to have our wedding in Steamboat, CO. Planning a destination wedding can be a big undertaking, but Casey with Aspen & Ivy was the solution to all of our problems. She was organized, honest, thorough, responsive, and extremely professional. I would absolutely recommend hiring her as your wedding planner. Since we were out of state, we didn't know much about the local vendors. Casey had many resources and recommendations for us, and even when told that the initial recommendations weren't the right fit, she made sure to find us something that worked for us perfectly. We even had to change our venue in the middle of our planning process, and Casey handled the situation so well. Casey helped us to find another venue in a matter of days. Rather than having a major disaster on our hands, it was merely a small hiccup for us!
As cliche as it sounds, our wedding was perfect. It was the best weekend of our lives, and it wouldn't have been possible without Casey. She is quite honestly amazing at what she does, and she truly cares about your wedding as much as you do as the couple! -
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Chloe J. Sent on 09/13/2024Queen Kelsey!! 100000000000% recommend!!!
We loved working with Kelsey from Aspen & Ivy for our big day! As the bride, I was consistently asked “how are you not stressed right now?” And I owe this all to Kelsey! She was absolutely amazing from being organized, making sure I was informed, handling anything with vendors the month before. If there was anything that went wrong (which I don’t think there was) I had no idea about it and was able to enjoy our absolutely perfect wedding day.
When we were picking a Coordinator it was a bit overwhelming. Weddings are expensive and as we were choosing our vendors all I could see were massive dollar signs and not really knowing how a coordinator could help it was an annoying (at the time) requirement from our venue. However, it was THE BEST investment and I would recommend doing at least the package where you start working together two months out to anyone. Kelsey took the time to get to know our wedding, us, our vision etc and helped keep all the ducks in a row, making sure we were missing deadlines, keeping other vendors on time, timelines etc.
One of the biggest things that stood out to me is Kelsey handling all the changes of people not making it last minute. This will inevitably happen and instead of being stressed about table arrangements and venue communication she was able to handle it so I could enjoy all the events leading up to our wedding. Invest in a coordinator! Because even though you think you may be able to do it yourself, it gives a professional helping hand and allows you to enjoy your big day and build memories that last forever. -
Mikaela F. Sent on 09/04/2024
Recommend 10000%
Casey and the entire Aspen & Ivy team were amazing to work with! When we first got engaged we were thinking that we may only need a day-of coordinator, but we got so overwhelmed with planning very quickly. Before hiring Aspen & Ivy we spent multiple hours reading reviews of different vendors but made no progress because we were so overwhelmed by the often conflicting opinions online. When we first met with Casey, she helped us allocate our budget, talk through our goals, and set a timeline. Then, at the right time, she would give us a few suggestions for each vendor that was in budget, provided the services that we were looking for, and she could recommend. This helped relieve so much of the mental load of wedding planning, so we were truly able to enjoy our wedding planning experience and didn't feel like we were constantly behind. Additionally, Casey got us a discount with our band because she has such a good relationship with them. The investment was so worth it!
On our wedding day there was rain in the afternoon - our ceremony was supposed to be outside, so Casey figured out all of the options that we had, which made making the decision so much easier. I trusted Casey and her team every step of the way, they truly made our wedding day as perfect as it was. Could not recommend them more! -
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H & Sent on 08/22/202410/10 don't consider anyone else
We worked with Aspen and Ivy for a June '24 wedding in the Colorado mountains. We are a couple from California, and having an in-state wedding planner was critical for our wedding. Aspen & Ivy absolutely crushed it- thank you, Casey & Team!
They were exceptionally well organized, super responsive and diligent with planning even when our wedding was >12 months out. We really appreciated the periodic status calls, wedding planning software and collaborative technology to make tracking and decision making easy and convenient especially when synching offline. The team was also great with working within our guidelines and setting expectations with us, and working with them felt more like a partnership vs any sort of taxing service. Neither of us had planned a wedding before as we were the first to marry from each of our respective families but never felt like we were flying blind in the process working with Casey and co.
The team was absolutely critical to our wedding success and we could not have achieved half the wedding without 10x more stress. Our guests and family had an amazing time and we wish we could relive that day over and over again. We highly recommend Aspen & Ivy for any wedding or event, and have recommended them to friends as well. We feel very lucky to have found them via Instagram and fully expect they'll be a massively successful business that makes every couple happy with their product. Thank you guys, we wish you the best and continued success in your work and partnerships! -
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Jessica L. Sent on 09/04/2024Highly Recommend!!
I am so incredibly grateful we had the opportunity to work with Aspen & Ivy for our wedding! I consider myself a fairly organized person, and certainly one who gets a kick out of planning, so I was excited to take on the task of planning our wedding when my now-husband and I first got engaged. The venue we decided to have our reception at is a la carte, which meant hiring a day-of coordinator was something to seriously consider. Doing so turned out to be more imperative than I had initially expected. We had the pleasure of working with Kelsey, who is simply AWESOME. Even with my passion for planning, I truly don't know how we would have gone through our wedding day without her! She is organized, punctual, on-top-of-it, and most importantly, very kind and easy to work with. I really felt like she had our backs throughout our entire time working together, and she handled day-of hiccups with so much grace. Even our other vendors told me how much they enjoyed working with her. We felt supported every step of the way—even post-wedding. She and the entire Aspen & Ivy team really went above and beyond to ensure our wedding day went smoothly, and we are so grateful they enabled our wedding day truly be the happiest day of our lives. Thank you, Kelsey and all of Aspen & Ivy! -
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Gwynn T. Sent on 07/11/2024Thank goodness for aspen and ivy!
I cannot begin to tell you how amazing Jen was with Aspen and Ivy. She was a rock during the planning phase and ensured everything was absolutely perfect on my wedding day. I cannot recommend this company enough!!! -
Thomas H. Sent on 11/27/2023
Exceptional Fall Wedding - Casey at Pink Diamond Events
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
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Lisa S. Sent on 01/17/2024The Best Decision!
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!
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Madisson Sent on 03/10/2024Best decision we made
We truly cannot say enough good things about Jessica at Aspen & Ivy (formerly Pink Diamond Events). If you're wondering if you need a planner for your wedding, my humbly biased opinion is that you probably do - and you need Jessica. And this is coming from someone who considers herself to be highly organized and loves project planning (my wedding planning spreadsheet has 40 tabs, and the bridal party-facing version has 11 tabs), and yet I STILL firmly believe that partnering with Jessica was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding experience. Here's the thing: you can be incredibly detail-oriented, organized, thoughtful, and even enjoy doing it all yourself - but there's a big difference between thinking it through and pulling it all together / pulling it off. There are just always going to be things that a pro like Jessica can help you think about that you wouldn't have ever considered - and instead of kicking yourself later and obsessing over the "what-if's" and "could-have-been's", you can rest assured that Jessica will be there to kindly and gently remind you of things, consult on challenging decisions, and often just straight up take care of things and get sh*t done so you don't have to worry. A big selling point of our decision to partner with her and her team is their ability to deal with the unexpected. I've been to my fair share of weddings and though thankfully the guests often don't see these things, I'm sure any bridesmaid or bride can tell you that there is ALWAYS something unexpected that crops up last minute. Personally, I didn't want to be the one to have to deal with last-minute would-be mini (or big) catastrophes like rampaging drunk uncles, dropped wedding cake, broken heels, forgotten speeches, vendors running late, missing jewelry, etc. etc. And thankfully, we didn't experience any of those issues because we had Jessica keenly looking out for us and proactively preventing any issues (and if she did deal with issues day-of, then I was blissfully unaware).
The BEST gift we got on the day of our wedding was the ability, time, and mental space to be fully present and mindful during the entire thing - to enjoy every moment and truly let it all sink in. Everyone says the day will flash by in a blink, but to us, it was gleefully long, and we have solid memories of so many once-in-a-lifetime moments. And a big part of why that happened was because Jessica and her team were seamlessly and skillfully steering the ship; we never had to wonder or worry what was going on, if we were on time, where we were supposed to be, or what was supposed to happen next because they let us happily glide through the day while they took care of so much. Jessica is incredibly kind, knowledgable, and compassionate. Her expertise is solid, her communication style is thorough, she's detail-oriented, and she has the most amazingly calming presence that brings an stress-free element to the entire experience. -
Rachel Z. Sent on 01/28/2024
Best planner ever!
We got to work with Jen from Aspen & Ivy events and have nothing but positive things to say! Jen stayed on top of everything and kept us moving along our to-do list without us feeling overwhelmed. We always knew we were in good hands and would not forget any detail with her supporting us. My dress strap broke during our first dance and Jen was able to stitch it back on with no problem. She just does it all! So thankful that we decided to use a planner - couldn't imagine it without her. We felt cared for on a personal level and she was always calm, positive, and ready for anything. -
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Spencer C. Sent on 10/08/2023Casey & Team Are The Best
Casey was absolutely amazing. We did "day-of" coordination, which is a misnomer as she and her team started helping us a month or so out. We had a big backyard wedding which required 11+ vendors and a ton of logistics. Casey handled everything in an organized, calm, and gracious manner. Not only were we able to completely enjoy your wedding day & night without worrying about anything, but she also gave us countless pieces of advice that helped bring the event together in the best way. We went back & forth on needing a wedding planner and we are so beyond thankful that we chose to hire one— especially Casey! -
Janis B. Sent on 09/15/2023
Outstanding Wedding Planner
Hiring Jen Koerlin with Pink Diamond Events was easily the best decision we made in the entire wedding planning process. She not only took the stress out of planning but turned it into a fun experience. Jen treated our wedding as her top priority. Jen’s attention to detail was truly remarkable. Thanks to her meticulous planning and flawless execution, our wedding was everything we had ever dreamed of! -
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Kari R. Sent on 09/24/2023Highly professional, ethical, great to work with and and worth every cent!!
Casey, and her Aspen & Ivy event team, blew us away!
Casey had stepped in mid-planning, after my husband and I had to make the tough decision to let our previous planner go. Casey and her Aspen & Ivy team immediately put my mind at ease and I knew that in her hands we would have an amazing wedding day. Casey is extremely organized, replies quickly, keeps you on track with the process, deals with all the vendor negotiations and details, and truly saved us more than once. She actually found out that one of our other vendors was not being truthful, and helped us navigate out of a sticky and stressful situation only weeks before the wedding. Her team is extremely transparent, which was great for all the type A brides who want to be involved in the planning. My only regret is that we did not hire her sooner!
If you’re looking to have a stress free wedding day with all the details perfect… hire Casey and her Aspen & Ivy team! I can’t overstate her work ethic, attention to detail, and overall pleasure to be around.
Worth every penny!!! Thank you! -
Kyle L. Sent on 12/30/2023
Best Wedding Planning Team EVER!!
The level of support and service I received from Aspen & Ivy is unparalleled. My wedding planner Jessica was organized, professional & enthusiastic. Jessica & Casey’s knowledgeable insights helped to alleviate a lot of stress and gave me confidence the wedding events would go smoothly. If you are looking for assistance with any major event I highly recommend Jessica & team. You will not regret it! -
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Megan B. Sent on 09/12/2023
In Kelsey We Trust!!
We absolutely loved being able to work with Kelsey from Pink Diamond Events for our wedding day on July 15, 2023. From day one she was very timely with her communication with us, so understanding and helpful in the stress of wedding planning and was always very professional while also feeling like a friend when we were working with her. She took so much work off of my mom's and my hands which we are so grateful for. The wedding day went over perfectly because of the organization and hard work ethic by Kelsey and her assistant, Mikayla. We somehow had lost a portion of our napkins for the table set up and they went out to buy similar new ones so that all the tables would be exactly how I imagined them to be. And that is just one of the many things she went above and beyond for that day! Kelsey was always so respectful while working with other vendors and guests and she sure knows how to get things done! I can say without a doubt we would not have had such a seamless and amazing wedding day without Kelsey's planning and help beforehand and on the day of. I would recommend her to anyone, she is SO SO worth it! -
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Payton D. Sent on 07/26/2023Jen is amazing!
Jen from Pink Diamond Events was AMAZING! Without her, I don't think we would've had the perfect wedding we did. She's very responsive and made the crazy process that wedding planning is go so smoothly! We would 100% recommend Jen to anyone who's looking for a planner in the area!
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