"The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards® recognize the top five percent of local wedding professionals on WeddingWire who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. Winners are determined by reviews from over a million WeddingWire newlyweds."
-Wedding Wire 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! 
We had an incredible year in 2017 growing our business and serving all of our wonderful couples.  We are so thrilled and honored to be in the top 5% of local wedding professionals serving our community for the second year in a row. Thank you to Wedding Wire for honoring us and showcasing our work on your website and a huge thank you to all the amazing couples we had a chance to meet, work with, hug it out with, and share the love with over 2017. We made so many incredible memories working with each and every one of you and it has only taught us how to better our services so we can help create lasting memories for each and every one of you. We are looking forward to 2018 and have been diving head first since the year started. We can't wait to see what comes our way along with all the couples we get to meet and the love we get to share. Thank you!
-The Sweetly Paired Team

Our philosophy is that our clients are not JUST the host of the event, but they actually feel like guests the day of. This level of service puts ahead of our competitors, because the taken-care-of feeling that our clients end the evening with is such a great experience! We make sure you and your family are not working the day of the event... not even to move decor, handle gifts and personal items at the end of the night, or make sure food and beverage service is flawless for the guests. We work with you throughout the planning process to make decisions that impact guest (and host!) experience the day/week/weekend of the wedding. We've outlined the steps below for ensuring the wedding day is as smooth as possible, and stress-free for the couple and their family, friends, and guests. 

Often the Mother of the Bride (and sometimes the groom!) is the most emotional person in the room. Managing her needs not just the day of, but all the way through the planning process is something wedding planners have a ton of experience doing. 

My first bit of advice is simple. COMMUNICATE. Your mom truly wants you to have a fabulous day! She's worried you'll make mistakes, have stress on your big day, and wish you had made different decisions. She IS concerned about your happiness and well being. She is just trying to help you get the most out of the experience in the best way she knows how. 

• Talk about the budget up front... make sure you know what she wants to spend (assuming she's paying for this big ole day!) and be respectful of it. 
• BEFORE you book anything (except maybe a wedding planner) - Sit down with all your major players - moms, dads, fiancee, etc... and come up with a list of the most important things to all of you. Figure out what those non-negotiable line-items are before you get too deep. That way you can predict things as they come up! If she absolutely MUST have cake - and you and the fiancee are gluten free - you'll know what the issues are before you get into a dessert throwing match at the bakery!
• Ask her how she's feeling. She's probably stressed about things from HER wedding 30 years ago... and doesn't even know it! Take her to happy hour, have a glass of wine - and TALK about it!

Wedding planners are some of the hardest working people in the world! A wedding planner's wedding day starts at the moment the clients open their eyes, and finishes long after they leave the wedding! Our pedometers often read 15 or more miles, walking around the venue, moving from ceremony site to ready rooms, to reception site, back around again, making sure all of the people working to make the event go smoothly have all the info they need to be successful. But it doesn't start or end there!  You should expect to spend $1100-1800 on a day-of coordinator, nation wide. For a full wedding planner, you can expect to spend TYPICALLY 10% of your budget... Usually $4000-10,000 plus, depending on your event and its needs! 

Is it Scale-able? 
An average wedding in Colorado is about $31,000, according to The Knot. Weddings that have a wedding planner are typically $40,000+. Sweetly Paired's average wedding for our full planning clients is about $60-70k. Our Day of clients range from about $30k, to 50k, typically. When the budget is higher than that, you need someone for more help than a day-of typically gives. 
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Sweetly Paired is a Colorado wedding planning firm, working in Denver, Boulder and (loving to plan in...) the mountains! We work very often as a Vail wedding planner, and even work in Aspen and Beaver Creek. We love working at the Donovan Pavilion in Vail! We offer full service wedding planning, as well as day of and month of wedding coordination. Don't hesitate to reach out to us at lilli@sweetlypaired.com or 303.995.2867 if you have questions! ​