Hiring Katelyn was the best investment we could’ve made for our wedding. We started working with her as a full-time planner in July of 2021 for our wedding in October of 2022. By the end, I told all of my friends “if we could only have 3 people at our wedding, it would be me, my husband, and Katelyn.”


Her expertise in the planning process was invaluable, especially in helping us discern what was normal or abnormal in the wedding process. So many vendors are so pricey, and Katelyn came up with clever ideas to cut costs where we could. She suggested ceremony flowers that could be easily moved to our sweetheart table for decoration. She thought to move all of the flowers from our rehearsal dinner into my bridal suite so we had them while getting ready and on our wedding night. She thought to ensure the caterers gave us to-go boxes of extra food so we could eat it in the hotel after. She’s creative and I believe saved us much more money than she charges us in the long run.

Additionally, Katelyn is incredibly dedicated and creative. Our band was great performing, but their communication was terrible. Katelyn sent over 200 emails just to secure a pianist at our ceremony. If I had been in her shoes, I would have given up after 3. I’m a massive Taylor Swift fan, and when our band revealed less than a week before our wedding that they would not play any songs, Katelyn had the brilliant idea of doing a “Taylor Swift dance party” during their 20 minute break, where the band set up a Spotify playlist of all of my favorite songs.

Katelyn also put together and transported all of our signage and most of our decor. What would have cost $400 on Etsy, Katelyn made for the cost of the materials. She already had many decor items from other weddings that she let us reuse as well.

Beyond her skill as a wedding planner, Katelyn is incredible at conflict resolution and crisis management. I would hop on a zoom call completely distressed about family drama, or a vendor increasing prices, or my personal life, and by the end of the call Katelyn had a succinct plan to fix everything, or helped us view the disappointments from a new perspective. Truly more helpful than any therapist I’ve been to.

I can’t praise Katelyn enough. I could write for another hour about all of the tiny disasters that were averted because of Peonies and Pearls, but I think Wedding Wire does have a word limit.

Look no further, owner Katelyn of Peonies & Pearls Weddings is the wedding planner for you! The moment I had my first consultation meeting with her, I knew instantly that she was the right planner for us. She was kind, organized, and knowledgeable about wedding planning and everything that comes with it. Our wedding day was flawless! If there were any hiccups at any point, my husband and I would not know and will never know because she took care of absolutely everything. Qualities that Katelyn possesses: -Organized -Incredible time management -Gave appropriate advice that met with our needs and budget -Timely communication and responded back to emails within 24 hrs or less -Most importantly, she made us feel special and took the stress and pressure off of us in order to enjoy our wedding P.S. Because of Katelyn's recommendations, we found the right pastor to marry us and we finally have a church that we belong to.

Katelyn was everything we could have hoped for in a month of coordinator, and more! She went above and beyond our expectations. She was VERY organized, and on top of everything, and made us feel almost completely stress free. She was there to recommend vendors when we were struggling to find people. She handled ALL communication with all of our vendors during the month leading up to our wedding, and on the day of, and she handled all day of issues without alerting me or the groom. I highly recommend working with her!!