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Ashley Marquardt
1 reviews on 1 places
Could not recommend Anna, Jordan, and Team Otherside more!!! A&J, as we would lovingly call them as my husband and I are also an A&J, were an absolute delight across all phases of our wedding planning process and we felt so lucky to have them on our team. We felt such security knowing that TOC had everything handled for our wedding day – they really are true professionals – and that was worth its weight in gold.
The biggest piece of advice I was given upon getting engaged was to hire, at the very least, a day-of coordinator. My now-husband and I also felt some anxiety about honing in on and achieving a vision for the design of our wedding. Neither of us has a very creative eye, and I felt so overwhelmed every time I looked at Pinterest or the wedding Instagrams that we felt we could really benefit from some additional support. TOC worked with us to customize a package for coordination services and design help/consulting, which was exactly the balance we were looking for – having A&J’s guidance, valuable insight, and support while still feeling like we were in the driver’s seat for our day. I have to be honest that when I first found their site, I worried that we weren’t “cool enough” for TOC (lol!) but we felt incredibly welcomed and encouraged by both Anna and Jordan across our entire experience with them.
Over the months we spent in the planning phase, A&J provided super helpful suggestions as to vendors that they worked with frequently. We felt confident just going with their choices for many of the smaller vendors, which saved us a ton of time (in not needing to search for and interview a ton of different options) and also money, as these vendors often offered a discount since we connected through TOC. As our wedding approached, A&J helped us work through many iterations of a design board for our day. They were incredibly patient, understanding as we sometimes went back and forth on design decisions, and provided lots of invaluable inspiration. I can sometimes be paralyzed by choice, and I felt that A&J helped give me the confidence that I needed to hone in on a vision for our event (which wasn’t even that complicated, but I had just felt so much pressure for it to be right and not ugly lol!) and make the decisions to achieve that.
We really felt the strength of TOC in the final weeks of our planning process. We had our final walkthrough meeting at our venue with the venue manager, our catering manager, and A&J, and watching the four of them work was like watching a symphony. A&J have clearly worked with our venue & catering managers many times before (as they have with so many vendors in the area), and that experience really showed as they ran through all the countless details of our upcoming day with ease. My now-husband and I really felt like every single detail was attended to, and it was really incredible to experience that level of preparation and care. Jordan and others on the TOC team were with us on our wedding day (and ran the rehearsal the night before – useful!) and that same care and compassion was evident. Our wedding day went so smoothly and it was such a joy to get to enjoy it fully without any stress!! The ultimate gift – we couldn’t be more grateful to Team Otherside!
The biggest piece of advice I was given upon getting engaged was to hire, at the very least, a day-of coordinator. My now-husband and I also felt some anxiety about honing in on and achieving a vision for the design of our wedding. Neither of us has a very creative eye, and I felt so overwhelmed every time I looked at Pinterest or the wedding Instagrams that we felt we could really benefit from some additional support. TOC worked with us to customize a package for coordination services and design help/consulting, which was exactly the balance we were looking for – having A&J’s guidance, valuable insight, and support while still feeling like we were in the driver’s seat for our day. I have to be honest that when I first found their site, I worried that we weren’t “cool enough” for TOC (lol!) but we felt incredibly welcomed and encouraged by both Anna and Jordan across our entire experience with them.
Over the months we spent in the planning phase, A&J provided super helpful suggestions as to vendors that they worked with frequently. We felt confident just going with their choices for many of the smaller vendors, which saved us a ton of time (in not needing to search for and interview a ton of different options) and also money, as these vendors often offered a discount since we connected through TOC. As our wedding approached, A&J helped us work through many iterations of a design board for our day. They were incredibly patient, understanding as we sometimes went back and forth on design decisions, and provided lots of invaluable inspiration. I can sometimes be paralyzed by choice, and I felt that A&J helped give me the confidence that I needed to hone in on a vision for our event (which wasn’t even that complicated, but I had just felt so much pressure for it to be right and not ugly lol!) and make the decisions to achieve that.
We really felt the strength of TOC in the final weeks of our planning process. We had our final walkthrough meeting at our venue with the venue manager, our catering manager, and A&J, and watching the four of them work was like watching a symphony. A&J have clearly worked with our venue & catering managers many times before (as they have with so many vendors in the area), and that experience really showed as they ran through all the countless details of our upcoming day with ease. My now-husband and I really felt like every single detail was attended to, and it was really incredible to experience that level of preparation and care. Jordan and others on the TOC team were with us on our wedding day (and ran the rehearsal the night before – useful!) and that same care and compassion was evident. Our wedding day went so smoothly and it was such a joy to get to enjoy it fully without any stress!! The ultimate gift – we couldn’t be more grateful to Team Otherside!