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    Mallory Sent on 07/06/2021
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    Barbara was an amazing coordinator!

    We hired Barbara as a "day-of" coordinator for our wedding, and it was certainly one of the best decisions we made. Barbara knew the venue really well, had everything planned out several weeks in advance, put together a timeline and shared it with our vendors, AND kept us all on that timeline throughout the wedding day! As an added note, we had to postpone our wedding twice because of Covid, and Barbara was flexible with us both times. She didn't charge any rescheduling fees due to the pandemic circumstances outside of our control (like some other vendors did) and helped us get everything back on track. One of our vendors even went out of our way to tell us how nice Barbara was when speaking to her. You won't regret hiring her for your wedding!
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    Anthony D. Sent on 06/28/2021
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    Barbara is the absolute best!

    Barbara was an outstanding individual to work with, from our earliest meetings for planning and scheduling, all the way to the day after the wedding, Barbara was so helpful. She knows what she is doing and she does it so well. Our wedding went smoothly from start to finish, and with her there I was stress-free and was able to focus all of my attention on the real reason of the wedding: my beautiful wife and the celebration of our love!

    Barbara was very professional when working with all of our vendors. She created a clear and concise timeline for our wedding, shared it will all pertinent parties, and also helped to ensure that everyone stuck to the schedule. Multiple vendors directly commented to us that they had a great experience working with Barbara during our wedding.
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    Laura L. Sent on 06/06/2021
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    Barbara is the BEST

    Wedding planning ended up being way more stressful than I expected and having Barbara's help was so amazing. She is extremely responsive, kind, helpful, and creative. Feeling so lucky to have found her!!
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    Elizabeth B. Sent on 06/02/2021
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    Calm Organized Kind Wedding Planner

    As the mother of the bride, Barbara's calm presence and effectiveness were wonderful on our daughter's wedding day. She is an excellent communicator and was able to resolve any last minute considerations that came up. Barbara worked well with the wedding venue staff, vendors, and family. I highly recommend her services!
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    Becky B. Sent on 06/02/2021
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    How to relax the day of your daughter's wedding

    Choosing Barbara to be our wedding day coordinator was one of the best choices I made for my daughter's wedding. She worked with us to determine what was important to us and designed a timeline based on our input. She was flexible and made changes as we went along. She worked with all of our vendors to make delivery and set up the day of the wedding go smoothly. All I had to do was relax and enjoy the day. One of the best investments you can make for your wedding is to hire an experienced planner and Barbara is an excellent choice.
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    Mayra Sent on 12/17/2020
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    Nothing but AMAZING!!!

    Barbara rocks!! She went above and beyond to make our day even more special. She took care of many details that my husband and I had forgotten to consider. Nothing escaped her keen eye. With her coordination our wedding ran very smoothly and all unpredictable events were taken care of without notice. She was always available to use before and during the wedding. Her caring nature always made me feel like everything was going to be perfect even when things got a little stressful.

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    Mayra,
    It was my honor to be a part of your wedding day! You are such a sweat couple and so easy to work with! Congratulations!!!
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    Kasie J. Sent on 08/31/2019
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    Creative & Perfect

    Working with Barbara was amazing! She guided us to ensure we had a beautiful wedding that was within our budget. She hand made our decorations and they turned out perfect. She has an eye for detail. She made our vision for our wedding come to life! My husband and I have only been married three weeks and I’ve already recommended her to a family friend.
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    Mary B. Sent on 06/10/2019
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    Batbara is Amazing!

    Barbara did an OUTSTANDING job on our wedding! She comes across as a low-key person but is a total DYNAMO on event day! The venue was decorated beautifully! Leading up to the wedding, Barbara was so responsive and helpful with planning, contacting vendors, and offering reassurance to this nervous bride, and keeping the evening running smoothly. All the guests raved about how beautiful the venue looked. And most of all, this micromanaging, nit-picky bride was overjoyed at the end result! Hiring Barbara was a great decision! Even if you are a DYI kind of person, you need Barbara so you can enjoy your event. Worth every penny! Thanks so much for making the day/evening so beautiful!!
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    Jennifer D. Sent on 06/14/2019
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    Barbara was so helpful!

    Barbara was so helpful! She was always prompt to respond to email communications and made my wedding day flow so easily. Her pricing was also very fair. Thank you Barbara!
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    Lauren Sent on 03/24/2019
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    Our wedding was amazing thanks to Barbara!

    Barbara was amazing! Everything ran so smoothly and she went above and beyond to make sure our big day was flawless. She even blew up every single balloon for our exit to make it easier for our guests. I don’t think we could have done it without her.
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    Krystal Sent on 03/15/2019
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    Highly recommend!

    My husband and I were VERY fortunate to have hired Barbara as our Month-of-Coordinator. We were looking for someone who is a good listener, responsive, organized, and affordable - Barbara was all of those things. Honestly, we didn't know where to begin with planning and she really helped us step back and see the whole picture... and at the same time be able to help us iron out the details. I would 100% recommend her to anyone who is having a wedding. Thank YOU Barbara for making our lives so less stressful :)

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    Krystal, it was such a pleasure to work with you! That is my goal to make the planning process less stressful for you. Thanks you so much for trusting me with your beautiful wedding!
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    Haleigh Sent on 01/13/2019
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    Barbara took care of day-of-details and allowed us to enjoy the entire day!

    Barbara was so very helpful as our day-of-coordinator. We took care of the details prior to the event, but it was wonderful to have Barbara as our day-of-coordinator so we could totally enjoy the wedding and reception. She kept everything on schedule and helped make our daughter's day extra special. She also had an assistant join her. Although she was our day-of-coordinator, she got copies of all of the contracts that we had signed prior to the wedding and contacted all of the vendors prior to the wedding to ensure that we didn't have any "day of" issues.

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    Thank you so much for allowing me to be a party of your family's big day! It was one of the most perfect weddings with the weather, sunset, decor and a wonderful family!
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    Tayo O. Sent on 12/04/2018
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    The best coordinator for real

    I can't even begin to describe how wonderful and awesome Barbara is! My wedding vow renewal ceremony and reception was so perfectly coordinated and everything went very smoothly and seamlessly. Barbara went above and beyond in executing my vision, she understood just what I wanted and her helpful suggestions really made a difference. Several times she came up with things I didn't even think of. I consider myself very nitpicky and also a bit of a control freak, but with Barbara, I never had to worry for a second. I could just relax and enjoy my day because I was in the best hands possible. The reception and ceremony area looked so elegant, I couldn't stop looking around in amazement and gratitude. I got so many compliments on every bit of the event, the decor, the organization, the seamless transition, everything. It might seem cliche to say my wedding renewal was perfect, but I promise you it was perfect and Barbara was a HUGE part in making that happen!

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    You and your family were so sweat and great to work with! I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to be a part of your beautiful celebration! Thanks so much!
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    Connie Sent on 11/20/2018
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    Great Experience

    Barbara was wonderful to work with! She has a lot of experience working at Camp Lucy where our daughter was married. Barbara was familiar with many of our vendors and that was very helpful. Barbara is organized, friendly, easy going and most importantly calm. These are all necessary attributes of a successful wedding coordinator. Thanks so much for all your assistance on our daughter's wedding day!

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    Thank you so much Connie! I could not have asked for a more wonderful family to work with. It was such a pleasure to be included in you daughter's big day!
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    Karolina Sent on 11/13/2018
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    Amazing Wedding Coordinator

    I highly recommend Barbara as a day of wedding coordinator. I was not planning to have a day of coordinator, but my venue, Camp Lucy required me to have one. So I started looking for a planner. Many of the planners charge over $1,500.00, even with a low guest count. Barbara was not only reasonable in price, but she executed perfectly. I am very organized, efficient with my time, and managing tasks so I had found almost all my vendors by the time I hired Barbara. She has a great network and was able to find me the final piece of my wedding puzzle: the officiant (who turned out to be amazing as well). She went above and beyond to help with picking up sparklers I purchased from someone in Austin (we live in San Antonio) and brought containers to set them in, which was not something she was required to do. During the meeting at Camp Lucy 30 days prior to our wedding she asked important questions that I did not think of and made excellent suggestions for questions I was unsure how to answer. Barbara has many years of experience and was very familiar with my venue and my Camp Lucy account specialist since they had worked together before. On the day of the wedding Barbara arrived before me and started setting up my personal items as soon I walked in with them. She coordinated with my vendors and everything ran very smoothly. I couldn't have been happier with how everything turned out and I am definitely glad the venue "required" me to get a coordinator. I could not have done what she did myself and also enjoyed my wedding. If you are looking for a perfectly executed wedding then Barbara is the best choice!
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    Melissa Sent on 10/11/2018
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    Barbara did a beautiful job on the decorations and exceeded our expectations. My Daughter, wanted simple, lots of lights and elegant. It was wonderful walking into the event (though we had to move everything inside the Zilker Park Clubhouse due to a huge probability of rain.) When I (the Mother of the Bride walked inside, it took my breath away). 2 recommendations that I would make as I learned this because it was my first wedding to plan; Don't leave the ceremony up to your coordinator. I wish I had paid extra to have Barbara at our rehearsal dinner (she does not automatically attend and you can't have the rehearsal at Zilker Park Clubhouse) so the ceremony itself went way too quickly due to poor planning on my part. One other suggestion is to make sure you have hired enough extra hands for clean up. Barbara will be ready and willing to help in any way she can, but don't expect her to read your mind.
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    Sheena Sent on 05/14/2018
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    Barbara was great to work with and helped my big day run smoothly! I was a DIY bride and she embraced my vision and executed it beautifully. I'd recommend her to any bride!
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    Alyssa Sent on 04/30/2018
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    Barbara is amazing. I cannot say enough great things about her. She is creative, smart, thoughtful, organized, and everything you need in a coordinator! She was very willing to work with our budget and needs for our wedding. She has a ton of experience and genuinely loves what she is doing. We were in constant communication throughout the planning, which I appreciated it. She is very transparent on what needs to be done. She is someone we could trust 100% to make sure our wedding day would go smoothly! We just needed to concentrate on having fun on the day of my wedding. And we did without a care in the world! It was perfect.
    It was great working with her and definitely looking forward to working with her in the future on other projects (kids birthday parties, baby showers, etc). :)
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    James Sent on 04/23/2018
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    Barbara was great to work with. Super knowledgeable, very friendly, and she and her staff did a great job.
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    Rachel Sent on 01/15/2018
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    I could go on for paragraphs about how great Barbara’s service was for our wedding. We hired Barbara as a day-of-coordinator about two months before our wedding when we thought we might need a professional to help with day-of logistics. In our first meeting with Barbara, we were totally sold - she is so experienced and had thoughtful questions for us that we hadn’t even begun to think about (and probably should have at that point)!

    Leading up to the wedding, Barbara was in frequent contact with me and our vendors nailing down the timeline and answering questions. She was helpful beyond words in answering questions like order of the processional, where we could get flower girl baskets at a reasonable price, the list goes on and on. You never think about how hard it is to plan a wedding when you haven’t planned one before, so it was extremely helpful to have Barbara - she knows her stuff!!

    Our wedding day itself was absolutely perfect, thanks to Barbara. She came to me with a few questions or updates on things throughout the day but already had a plan on how to handle them. I didn’t have to make any decisions or worry about timing of things at all during the day, which was amazing.

    To any bride who is planning their wedding themselves (like me), having a day-of-coordinator was 1000% worth it and Barbara is a phenomenal choice!

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    Thank you so much Rachel! You were wonderful to work with and so organized. I truly appreciate the opportunity to be a part of your big day!
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    Jenny Sent on 10/24/2017
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    Barbara is the coordinator you could only dream of. She is quick to respond (sometimes within minutes via email), and extremely organized. I had her as my day-of coordinator and she kept us on schedule and ran interference when need be! She was there for every request I had, and even came through with bug spray when I was getting bitten by mosquitos while taking photos outside. Now that's what I call being prepared. I really couldn't have done it without her.

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    Jenny & Carter,
    You are such a sweet couple and a joy to work with! I am so honored I was a small part of your very beautiful and special day! Thank you so much and congratulations again.
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    Daisy Sent on 09/27/2017
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    Barbara is amazing!! From our very first meeting, I was so impressed by her organization and warmth. As our day-of-coordinator, she did a phenomenal job keeping things moving on schedule (even when there were the inevitable little hiccups or surprises) and working alongside both our vendors and friends and family who had volunteered to help. I only wish I had found her sooner! She is organized, detail-oriented, patient and calming ;) My fiance and I were so grateful to be able to turn to her for an expert's take at various points in the lead up to our big day.

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    Thank you Daisy! You were so easy to work with and your family was so kind and helpful! I loved being a part of your big day! Congratulations!!!
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    Orlando Sent on 06/30/2017
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    Barbara was amazing! She coordinated our event with precision and professionalism. We couldn't have done it without her. Big or small, I highly recommend Barbara and Austin Event Studio for your wedding.
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    Barbara at Austin Event Studio was EVERYTHING you could want in a wedding date of coordinator and more! She was extremely responsive in the wedding planning process, and even though she was only hired as a day-of coordinator, she was willing to help me with some of the more difficult decisions leading up to the wedding. She truly went above and beyond. Barbara was always an EXTREME pleasure to work with and her experience as a wedding coordinator truly shows!

    Leading up to the big day, she attended a final vendor meeting with my mother and I, and questions prepared for each of the vendors to iron out any wrinkles in the schedule. Then, she provided a detailed schedule (down to the minute!) for the actual wedding day. She was in contact with each of the individual vendors herself and reviewed all the contracts to make sure nothing had been missed.

    On the day of the wedding, her and her lovely assistant help to set up the tables, coordinate the vendors, and just make sure that everything was going as scheduled. There was so much to do that I know that without the help Barbara and her assistant, there is no way that everything would have gotten finished on time for the ceremony.

    I give the highest recommendation for Barbara at Austin Event Studio. HER PRICES ARE UNBEATABLE! I am talking, people were charging FIVE TIMES as much for the same services and not-so-hot reviews. This is who you should go with! Literally a life saver and I couldn't imagine my big day without her help. Thanks Barbara!!!

    Shannon

    Austin Event Studio's reply:

    Thanks so much Shannon! It was such a pleasure to help you with your beautiful wedding. All my best to you!
    Barbara
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    Amy Sent on 02/26/2017
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    We could not have made it through our wedding without Barbara Cooper, or Saint Barbara as I will call her! At first, we just hired her for our day-of coordination, but as the tasks started to pile up, my mom made the smart decision to hire her on as a full-time coordinator. It was one of the best decisions we made throughout the entire process! Barbara's calm demeanor, professionalism and positive attitude were the perfect match for this stressful time. She had many great ideas, design supplies and was very organized with To-Do Lists and Timelines that allowed our multi-day celebrations to run smoothly. Her decorations for our Meet and Greet and for the Wedding Day were perfect! I was so pleased with the way everything turned out.

    On the wedding day, Barbara was there from start to finish. We gave her a few items we wanted at the entrance for the guest sign-in and the display was perfect and really reflected our style! The table settings with burlap runners and small votive candles brought added romance to night. The biggest asset of having Barbara on our team was being able to leave the venue with our friends at the end of the night, knowing that everything was taken care of. All of the vendors had been paid by simply giving Barbara the checks with tips to hand out, all of the leftover food and alcohol was packed up and transported and all of our decorations, including flowers were collected and brought to where they needed to be. I have heard horror stories of couples celebrating their big day only to have to stay late to clean and tie up loose ends. Barbara ensured that all we had to do at the end of the night was walk under the lit sparklers held up by all our guests (which Barbara provided), get on our shuttle bus and enjoy the magical day that had just taken place.

    Hiring a wedding planner is the smartest thing you can do for your big day, and hiring Saint Barbara with Austin Event Studios is the perfect choice!
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