I had such an absolute wonderful experience with Sophia from Blush as my planner. She was quite literally AMAZING! I cant rave about her enough. From the start, Sophia had excellent communication and I loved our sit down Zoom chats to discuss wedding ideas, visions, timelines, expectations, etc. I am someone who is super organized and has planned numerous events for my friends and family, and finding someone just like me in a wedding planner was such an amazing gift. Sophia and I genuinely felt like friends because our conversations were so organic. Even my fiance (now husband) commented how fantastic she was with everything! Truly, truly thank you so much Sophia, you made our wedding experience such an easy, smooth, and fun time. You deserve all the vacations and raises in the world! xoxo Side note -- Blush's planning pod "To-Do's" was an amazing idea to help keep things on task! read more

I wish I could be writing a great review on Blush, however our experience was terrible from the start. We had Deirdre and from our first meeting with her she didn't have any wedding ideas or visions. She basically went through a timeline and asked a bunch of questions, most of which we couldn't answer because my daughter has never had a wedding before. We hired a planner to do just that, help plan and guide us. We had a bad feeling about Deirdre and contacted Blush hoping they would give us someone else. They stood behind her. I wish we pushed it because our concerns showed up on the wedding day. Deirdre was hardly around at all during the entire wedding. Apparently she had an assistant whom we never met or saw. There should have been three people from Blush for a large wedding. We communicated to her that the couple wanted to attend the cocktail party doing photos before so that could happen. Deirdre escorted them to a room for a private cocktail time, which was nice, however she never went back to get them. They finally left on their own with little time to visit with guests. My daughter kept looking over her shoulder for Deirdre, as she witnessed during her friends weddings their planners were at the brides hip most of the time. During the ceremony she wasn't behind the bride to fix her dress before walking down the aisle. It was off to the side for the pictures. Worst bride nightmare! After picking out a perfect train and veil to have it crumbled up walking down the aisle. She also didn't come the rehearsal so Blush should have replaced her then with the planner who did, as that Is part of the reason things went wrong. Things happen so I understand her not being able to make the rehearsal, however there should have been someone at the wedding who did make it to the rehearsal. This totally falls on Blush. Deirdre gave the band and the DJ the wrong opening songs. We were never introduced to the catering manager, which I shouldn't have needed, but our table was out of water and wine during most of dinner and we had to get up and find a server because I couldn't find Deirdre. She should have pointed out the host table to the manager at least. The cake was cut and served on a side table but she didn't tell the band to announce it so the majority of the cake went to waste. We extended the after party and the bus to take people back to the hotel's till 12:45. At 11:30 she announced the LAST bus was leaving so people panicked and left. She was in charge of getting the card box to my car, however the box was a little small and some cards were left on the table. There are a handful of cards guests left that never made it back to us. BLUSH single handedly ruined much of the wedding that took over a year to plan, not to mention the expense. You rely on wedding planners to help make your dream wedding a reality, not to be stressed the day of and very disappointed. I called and left a message with Brandee a couple of days ago asking to return my call, but I haven't heard back yet. read more

Brandee and Abbey from Blush are fabulous. (I only specifically worked with them but I hear all the ladies are excellent) I started working with Brandee in January 2015 for my October 2015 small styled elopement ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort at Disney in Orlando. We always knew it would be at the Four Seasons because my husband and I love visiting that resort so I planned everything around that and found Brandee with high recommendations via The Knot as a local Florida wedding planner. I was only having 6 guests but I knew I wanted to style this wedding as if everything were huge. I wanted custom menus, lighting, flowers, cake, music, etc. You name it. I wanted to do it right. We're from Virginia Beach so I was hoping Brandee would be able to assemble a team of trusted vendors to take care of everything for me. When we spoke initially I told her that I had a few style musts that I wanted but otherwise I wanted to provide her the links to my Pinterest idea board and let her go from there as far as style and arrangement. She was perfectly OK with that and we were off and running! We talked via email and phone for several months and I planned a trip to lock down the important details at the end of June to the venue. We had a slight hiccup at first because we weren't going to do a cake tasting or act as if this was the real deal - but we were planning to spend A LOT of money on this event so Brandee and I had to rework the plans but she did so and we were able to get a lot accomplished. She brought a florist and some cake flavors as well as some style ideas and we walked the resort to figure out exactly where I was having my ceremony, rehearsal dinner and reception. Once that was all figured out the rest was up to Brandee. She asked me for some approval on some things but for the most part she ran with my ideas and I was left out of major decisions aside from working on the styled paper items and selecting dessert flavors. I was asking to add things up until the last minute - like a videographer and violin player - and Brandee and her team easily found me someone and made it happen. They decked out my rehearsal dinner space and came to do a rehearsal walkthrough and finalize last minute items. On the big day - they arrived and took care of everything - really all I had to do was deal with friend and family drama and get my hair and makeup done at the spa. They coordinated with all the vendors and made sure everything was going according to plan and everyone was in place while I spent 3 hours in the spa. Win! The wedding was beautiful - everyone who has seen my video and photos have been blown away by the elegance of it - Brandee nailed the style and décor and look I was going for - the dinner table was beautiful and I got my intimate glam wedding. Abbey - who helped with coordination and planning in the lead-up and took over the night of the wedding as Brandee had to leave - was wonderful as well. She answered my questions, kept the ball rolling and made sure everything was taken care of that needed to be. She's a sweetheart and I enjoyed working with both of them. Couldn't be happier - this was my second wedding and hiring a professional wedding planner was a no brainer - I didn't have one at my first wedding and I can absolutely tell you - you want one. They make the day so much easier and fun. Who wants to deal with vendors and décor and clean-up at their own wedding?! Thanks Brandee and Abbey! read more

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I began planning my wedding fall of 2014. Newer to Florida, I was looking for a wedding coordinator to both give me vendor recommendations since I was not familiar with local business but also for day of coordination so my family could enjoy the day too. I met Kyle Grafton (one of many planners/coordinators available with Blush) through another vendor and knew instantly from her calm and friendly personality that she would be easy to work with. Throughout the entire planning process Kyle and Blush were there for me. They gave me recommendations when I asked for specific styles of vendors and helped me stay in my price points. Day of, the big day, everything went perfectly! Kyle handled everything--planned and unplanned. She was quick to step in for any problems that came up but also to monitor the days events and adjust details as needed. I was so glad we went with Kyle and Blush for our wedding! read more

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I loved working with Blush to plan my wedding! We had Jess and she was so helpful. She really got to know my fiancé and I and she was always response to emails and texts. She thought of everything and would do things or have things before we could even ask! She really made the whole day go so smoothly. Also, she's just FUN to work with!! read more

There is a LOT of planning that goes into a wedding, especially when you live three hours away from your venue and you're planning it during COVID. We knew we needed a "day of" coordinator as a requirement from our venue, but we wanted an "event coordinator" for the peace of mind it brought. Blush by Brandee Gaar was able to take all the craziness of our Hindu-American wedding and turn it into pure perfection. We met or interacted with almost the whole crew at BlushBBG, with Brandee herself taking lead our wedding weekend. Hindu-American weddings are something else; they are colorful, boisterous, intricate and loooooooooong. Our events included a welcome party the night before our wedding, a morning wedding ceremony (including a baraat, which is a parade for the groom), a luncheon, a cocktail hour and a reception. Like I said, they are long! Nothing we wanted or needed was too big or small for BlushBBG, and the attention to detail was on point. There were hiccups during the wedding weekend, as there always are. Brandee was able to handle them with grace and never made anything feel overwhelming or rushed. Changes were approved by us prior to her bringing them about, and the couple of more serious issues she was able to get under control quickly and efficiently. As the bride, I had never been to a Hindu wedding and was relying heavily on my now-husband and his family to cue me in to details. The BlushBBG team was able to bear with me while I made one change after another as I learned more about the wedding and its ceremonies. They really did beautifully and our wedding was a massive success thanks to their hard work. If you are looking for an event coordinator, especially for a wedding (and if it's a Hindu-American wedding even better), Blush by Brandee Gaar is your team! read more

The best decision I made for our wedding! Jess was the absolute best, and I don't know what we would have done without her! I am so grateful we had her. She made sure everything ran on time, went smoothly, and thought of every little detail that hadn't even occurred to us. read more

Alexis was amazing from the very start. She was sympathetic and professional during the whole process and really worked to make our big day go smoothly. The day of we hit a bit of a bump with one of our vendors and she handled it with grace and made the day extremely stress free for us. She kept us up to date on everything during the initial planning process, and we couldn't have been happier the day of! read more