Smooth as Butter Weddings Reviews
Reviews
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Sarah Sent on 06/03/2025Brandy made everything flow so perfectly!
Brandy from Smooth as Butter Weddings was our day of coordinator and she was truly the MVP of our wedding day. Starting weeks out from our wedding, she was organized, down-to-earth, and so easy to work with. Our wedding day had a number of moving parts with a first look, ceremony, and reception happening in three different locations and Brandy handled it all with ease - coordinating a perfect first look, setting things up at our church for our ceremony, and then setting up our reception space PERFECTLY. Of note, on our wedding day Brandy was actually rear-ended driving from the first look location to our church and yet she arrived at the church early, made sure everything ran smoothly, and put us and our bridal party at ease. Rest assured that if Brandy is on your wedding day team she will be able to handle any hiccups thrown your way! -
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Sonja Sent on 05/07/2025Your only regret will be not booking them!!!
We cannot recommend Candace and her team highly enough! From our first conversation, Candace dramatically lowered our stress about planning our wedding. She frequently checked in, and made sure our vision for the wedding was being fulfilled. Whenever we were discussing hiring or renting something, she provided sound council. Every decision was made with great respect and care for our budget and we never felt pressured to spend more than our budget would allow. Her guidance was greatly appreciated.
One specific example of why Candace and her team are the best happened on the day before our wedding. The forecast had suddenly changed, and major rain was now scheduled for our completely outdoor celebration. We had been nervously watching the weather all week, but we felt reassured that we were in good hands with Candace which allowed us to enjoy quality time with our family and friends. On Friday morning at 7am, we texted the team that we decided we wanted a tent, and within 2 hours Candace replied with a contract for a tent that was affordable, beautiful, and the perfect size for our guest count. We were blown away! As evidence of her incredible attention to detail, she knew that our venue allowed us to stake the tent instead of using weights, saving us a few hundred dollars. That’s just one example of the level of detail and perfection you can expect from Candace and her team. We cannot stress enough how much knowing we had Candace handling everything made all the difference.
When it did rain in the evening, Candace’s team onsite, Hayden and Macey started to dance in the rain outside of the tent, providing such an incredible and carefree energy that others joined them. Soon enough, we were all dancing in the rain. Frankly, after that experience, we were glad that it rained! It added such a joy to our wedding, and we think her team deserve credit for making that happen. Even when it was pouring rain, they elevated our event and helped make it better than we could have hoped.
The week leading up to the wedding, Candace and her team coordinated with all vendors and checked in with us frequently to make sure our vision was being executed. When we shared that we were using all compostable dishes, she made sure that our caterers disposed of everything properly without us even asking. Her team led the ceremony rehearsals, and setup all decorations exactly as we had envisioned. Some adjustments had to be made during the wedding day, and Hayden ensured we were informed and made great calls every time to ensure we were having the best experience possible.
The best way we can summarize our experience working with Smooth as Butter is that your only regret with hiring Candace and her team will be if you try to book them and it turns out they are unavailable. -
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Nichole Sent on 04/25/2025Truly Smooth As Butter!
Could not reccomend Candace and her team enough. She helped us plan every step of the way, even a few out of the box things like throwing an entire welcome party at our home for 100+ people and how to bring in a chef, bartender, rental furniture, decor etc to make our vision come to life.
She has a great team of vendors for reccomendations, understood our vibe to translate into logistics and design choices, helped us source so many things, made the day of run seamlessley and truly brought the magic to life. Very well run with great energy every step of the way! -
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Stacie Sent on 04/08/2025Still floating from a perfect night!
As a mother of the bride, and Type A personality I have to say Candace went above and beyond all expectations and made my daughter's wedding seamless and incredible. My daughter had a vision of what she wanted and Candace executed that to a "T"! My heart is full! My husband and I highly recommend Smooth As Butter Weddings 100%++ -
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Zach Sent on 03/31/2025Wedding February 2025 with Smooth as Butter
We had Brandy Carney as our Day of Coordinator for our Wedding February of 2025, she was an amazing help! She was there for all our meetings with vendors month of, checking all the boxes. The wedding day was 0 stress for planning and setup on us and it was even better than we could have imagined! She and Smooth as Butter made the day worry free and it was amazing, would recommend to everyone! -
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Angela Sent on 02/26/2025Highly recommend Smooth as Butter!
We couldn’t be happier about our decision to hire Candace with Smooth as Butter for our wedding on 2/22/25 at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta. Thanks to Candace and her team, our day went perfectly! The timeline she created was super detailed and helpful. She did a good job helping us stick to it! Our guests had a great experience. It was incredibly helpful to have someone who knows our venue so well. Candace’s experience really showed.
Candace is not only incredibly sweet, but she’s also a total pro at what she does. Her team was responsive to emails, and I felt confident and supported throughout the whole process. She offered great suggestions but never pushed us to do anything a certain way.
We collaborated with her and our talented florist, Caroline Worth, to help us choose some of the design from colors to linens to vases, and the end result was absolutely stunning. They set everything up beautifully on the day of the wedding. We were truly blown away!
Everyone we talked to had nothing but amazing things to say about Candace, and we were so happy with all of the vendors she recommended. Our wedding would not have been the same without Smooth as Butter, and we can’t recommend them enough! -
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Jon A. Sent on 12/15/2024Amazing to work with
Excellent communication from Brandy made everything run smooth. She gave us all of the information we needed with great detail and puctuality. Thank you! -
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Rêver Sent on 10/02/2024Wonderful to Work With
Smooth as Butter is highly recommended by our photo and video team! Candace communicates wonderfully during the planning process and works throughout the event day with a smile on her face. She knows how to make the couple, guests, and vendor team feel important + well taken care of! We highly recommend Smooth as Butter for your planning and day of coordinating needs!
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Jacob Sent on 08/21/2024Smooth Fundamentals and Adapted to Crisis!
Candace and Brandy were fantastic in the month leading up to our wedding, as well as on the big day itself. The SABW team was responsive and attentive to details, often one step ahead of us as we emailed about questions or concerns in the final month. The morning of the wedding, SABW was on-site coordinating vendors and rolling up their sleeves to get everything in order far ahead of "go time." Candace even helped load very heavy boxes of alcohol from our car to the venue's kitchen. Beyond all of the prep, the actual wedding offered quite the curve ball: shortly after our ceremony, a flash summer storm resulted in the entire venue (a 1920s Tudor style mansion) losing power entirely. SABW assured guests the power would get back on, ensured the agenda continued, and worked closely with other vendors (e.g., catering) to keep the show on the road. They also contacted a generator company to provide backup power should the full block not resume during our reception. Finally, when alcohol was running low, Candace made a personal run to the liquor store to grab what we needed and replenish. To have a power outage during your wedding not really throw anything off track is proof of a fantastic coordinating team. We are very thankful! -
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Celia Sent on 08/13/2024Loved working with Smooth as Butter!
Candace is a superstar. She handled all the details and made the day go as smooth as butter.
Her husband did the wedding video. The couple did not want a Hollywood production, and he captured the joy of the day perfectly!
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Emily Sent on 01/02/2024Angel from Heaven
My husband and I had a courthouse elopement and once we came clean to friends and family decided we wanted to do something small and casual (and inexpensive!).
As this was my second marriage I knew how quickly expenses can get out of hand but I was candid about my budget and never felt pressure to go above it. Candance kept my needs in mind and managed to plan the most magical day. We picked a venue at Oakland Cemetery and a few weeks before the wedding she noticed that bell tower has not been rented out for the day of our wedding and convinced them to throw in the extra space for no extra charge.
I wanted the wedding to feel easy and casual and she delivered while still making it look anything but. Everything was so beautiful.
Her husband was our videographer and while I didn’t know if I wanted a video- I’m SO glad we have one. It’s so special and helps me remember all the little details I forgot in the busy bliss.
I cannot recommend these two enough. -
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Chloe Sent on 08/26/2023Fabulous Day Of Coordinator
Candace was a phenomenal day of coordinator and her assistant was fabulous! They were both an instrumental part of our big day. Candace brought my vision to life and used her expertise to make sure everything looked flawless. Her organization and attention to detail made our wedding day go so smoothly. All of our guests and family raved about the amazing day of coordinator we had. Candace kept everyone and everything on schedule. She was kind, responsive, and professional throughout our planning process and wedding events. We are so grateful for everything Candace did for us and would recommend Smooth As Butter to anyone! -
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Susan Sent on 11/09/2022Incredible Experience
Working with Candace and the Smooth as Butter team was easily the best decision we made in planning our wedding! Candace thought of so many details we couldn't have foreseen, and she made sure everything and everyone was where they needed to be, when they needed to be. Candace was as kind as she was competent, and her graciousness and encouragement were a huge help to me throughout the entire process. I have already recommended the Smooth as Butter team to several friends, and I would commend her to anyone else looking for excellent, uplifting coordination work at their wedding. Can't say enough great things! -
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Emily Sent on 10/28/2022Made our dream wedding possible!
Candace was an absolute dream to work with, and helped to make our dream wedding a reality! She was organized, kind, professional, and kept us on track with planning. She offered creative ideas and added thoughtful details that made our wedding even more perfect than I could have hoped. Candace also has connections to all the best vendors in Atlanta and helped us to assemble a wedding dream team. We literally couldn't have done it without her! -
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Shelby Sent on 08/17/2022Couldn't have done it without her
Candace was integral in making sure we got sll our ducks in a row and all details in order for our big day. She made the day of our wedding move smoothly and was there to help out with last minute details (including picking up our wedding cake from the bakery herself and running to the drugstore during the event to pick me up some eyelash glue when my lashes started to separate during the reception!!!). Any issues that arose during the night, she took care of. And she was also full of amazing ideas that really helped us out during the planning process! We literally could not have done it without her. -
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Gianna Sent on 07/24/2022The best wedding planning decision we made!
We hired Candace a year & a half before our June 2022 wedding for partial planning services and it was the best wedding decision we made! On our initial call, I told Candace about the vibe I wanted & she immediately knew of a venue (that I didn't) that was absolutely perfect, and I knew it was the right choice to hire her! She was wonderful to work with throughout the entire process, and was in lockstep with me & my vision the whole time. Plus she didn't balk at my more wild ideas! She has a list of incredible trusted vendors that was a lifeline, and all of her recommendations were perfect. She handled the logistics (from proposals to load-ins), which let me have the most enjoyable & fun wedding planning process imaginable. The day went off without a hitch & our guests couldn't stop talking about how enjoyable our event was. I was so sad when our wedding was over because I didn't get to work with her anymore! I can't thank Candace enough for all of her hard work on our day. -
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Michelle Sent on 07/06/2022Couldn’t have done it without her!
We could not have done this wedding without Candace. She was basically our month of coordinator. We really had a dream team and Candace made everything go as “smooth as butter” “Day of “ she was particularly AWESOME! -
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Terri Sent on 04/13/2022Seamless, perfect, truly smooth as butter!
I can't begin to formulate words to describe how great Candace and her assistant are! Candace was responsive from our very first phone call. She is detail oriented and made sure to ask what services I needed. I must also mention how affordable her services are. I utilized her coordination services only. Her method of organization is genius and made it easy to communicate all my wants, vendor information, and day-of decisions. She communicated effectively and efficiently with me and my vendors and made sure our final walkthrough was smooth. She listened to my dreams of a somewhat DIY wedding and helped make it come to life! She was so kind to all of my family and friends in the wedding party, She went above and beyond to be sure both me and my husband were taken care and and without any stresses on our wedding day. I would choose her over and over again and can't wait to work with her again. -
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Brittany Sent on 02/21/2022Best Decision EVER
Candace at Smooth as Butter hands down is the reason my wedding was such a success. From the very beginning, she is responsive, friendly, full of great advice and creative solutions to any wedding dilemma. She is also so fun and just a super nice person. I decided to handle a lot of decor aspects myself, had a very specific grand exit, and had many many vendors. She perfectly planned the logistics as well as gave me style advice for everything (she has flawless taste). She is a dream to work with! We had some last minute vendor issues and she solved the problem before I even knew there was one. She is the person you want confirming, planning, and handling every aspect of your wedding. Candace went above and beyond for us. She is 5 steps ahead every step of the way so your wedding day is a stress free dream. I say that as a type-A control freak bride. This is truly the best money you will spend for your wedding. -
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Jaimie Sent on 01/21/2022She is an incredible planner with tons of experience to boot!
We had the privilege of working with Candace with Smooth As Butter Weddings on a recent wedding! She is an incredible planner with tons of experience to boot! The day ran like clockwork, and Candace made sure everything ran smoothly and on time. She was very easy to work with leading up to the wedding day and an absolute joy to be around on the actual day! We'd highly recommend her for all your planning needs! -
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Samantha Sent on 12/04/2021Flawless Experience
Candace was an excellent coordinator and I fully recommend her to anyone! She was professional, reliable, and responsive! She did her very best to make our day go literally smooth as butter! Our day was perfect thanks to her! -
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Brittney Sent on 08/11/2021One word, amazing!
I hired Candace as my day of coordinator for my wedding, and it was the best decision I ever made! Her and her team were so thorough, attentive and just all around awesome! I started working with Candace about a month out from the wedding day, and she took so much stress off of me as an bride. She handled the coordination of all vendors, the wedding rehearsal and just all the small details that brides normally stress about. I highly recommend Smooth as Butter for all your wedding needs. You won’t be disappointed! -
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Shelby Sent on 06/26/2021Wouldn't Choose Anyone Else!
I was recommended to Candace by my photographer, Authentic Collective. Candace truly made our day go so smoothly!
Candace managed all the details - from putting together a timeline and floor plans to ordering last minute high-chairs and executing our rain plan (which turned out better than I could have imagined)! She worked with all the vendors to make sure everyone knew when and where they needed to be so things were executed smoothly.
We even had one of those last minute problems you only see in the movies - we forgot our rings at the hotel!! ( This not due to her lack of reminding us, we were just distracted by a few too many celebratory drinks while getting ready.) Candace quickly and efficiently organized a plan to retrieve the rings all doing so without me even noticing or having a chance to worry about it! It was...smooth as butter.
I am so thankful to have Candace and the Smooth As Butter team support us on our special day. She's fun, thoughtful, dedicated and reliable. You can't go wrong with picking her to organize your wedding day. -
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Kelly Sent on 04/05/2021Really Lives Up To The Name
We hired Candace in 2019 for Month of Coordination for what would've been our June 2020 wedding. While it got moved back twice due to covid, Candace was there all along the way. She went above and beyond in helping us navigate rescheduling the wedding two times, which was really not her problem at all since we hadn't hired her for full planning. We had a very unusual vision for our wedding, and she was always super enthusiastic about it and never once scoffed at our crazy ideas or requests. She is extremely responsive and organized, and somehow manages to remember every single detail you tell her, whether it was through email or off the cuff in person.
When we finally got married this March, it was everything we had been waiting for. We ended up hiring her to officiate as well, and she did a great job capturing our vibe as a couple. Her assistant on the wedding day was fabulous as well. I anticipated being very stressed and overwhelmed as this is how I usually am on important events, but this was the first time where I felt like I didn't need to worry and could just relax and enjoy the experience. Guests commented that it was the most relaxed, calm, smoothly run wedding they'd attended. Highly recommend Smooth As Butter to anyone planning their wedding. Even if you only hire her for partial planning, it's worth EVERY penny for the peace of mind. -
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Christy Sent on 03/16/2021Book her now!
Candace and her team were the best planning team we could ask for! We signed up for partial planning because we had some vendors already in place. For the vendors we didn't have, Candace recommended amazing ones! She handled everything from top to bottom, including the little details like day-of lunches that we would've likely forgotten. We had our wedding during COVID, and she also adjusted flawlessly to our constantly changing plans. She was an absolute joy throughout the process. She calmed us down and was very responsive to our needs, fears, changes, etc. Cannot recommend Smooth as Butter enough!!! If you are hesitating, DON'T. Book her now!!
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