Icing on the Cake Events

Abby at Icing on the Cake Events took my vision of a destination winter wedding and combined it with my groom's vision of a boat wedding. I never thought it could happen without looking totally cheesy; but what she helped design was elegant, comfortable, and affordable. Her ability to combine colors and textures with the pre-existing environment made our wedding look effortless and chic instead of contrived and posed. She helped keep me calm every step of the way. She had great advice on how to stretch my budget farther and how to handle the inevitable family drama that comes with getting married. She treated the other vendors with respect so all of them worked together to make our weekend perfect. There were a few last-minute hiccups due to my inexperience in planning big events and she overcame them flawlessly. I had no knowledge of her behind the scenes miracle working until after I got back from my honeymoon. Thank goodness she was there! She has a great sense of humor and a clear communication style so my groom got along with her very well. I would describe Abby as: stylish, efficient, affordable, and invaluable.

We hired Abby for our traditional, Montana, fall wedding of about 120-150 guests, which we (me mostly, alone) planned long distance from Alaska. We were both very busy, and my mom lives back East, so she couldn't really help me. I had never considered hiring a wedding planner, but my friends had had success with other ones, and Abby was reccommended by a friend. My husband and I worked with Abby for about 7 out of the 9 months we planned our wedding. I reccommend hirng her as soon as one can, so that she can help with budgeting and hiring vendors. As the wedding day approached, Abby became more involved and attentive, which was perfect. We only purchased her "Vanilla Package" of services, but in hindsight, we definitly should have budgeted for and purchased the full services package from her, because we ended up needing Abby more than we thought! There were many times throughout the planning process that I felt extremely relieved that she was involved. The money we paid her was definitely worth it, and the BEST money we spent on our entire wedding. I can't imagine not having had her for our wedding planning.I felt we received way more than we paid for, which is not something I can say for many of the other vendors we hired! Several times, especially the week prior to the wedding, and the day before, Abby went above and beyond my expectations and what was outlined in her written agreement with us. She did little things (that were actually quite time consuming) I didn't ask her to, and that was a wonderful surprise at our wedding! She did things that I had wanted to do, but had run out of time and ambition to follow through with (again, I didn't even ask her, I think she just read my mind somehow). We also hired her for our floral design, and she did a fantastic job. I know we saved a significant amount of money on floral design by hiring her for this as well. My bouquet was my favorite thing out of all the flowers, and exactly what I wanted and what I showed her in a picture, and I felt that Abby easily understood my "vision" for flowers. Our table arrangments were amazing, and all our guests complimented them over and over. She has great taste and helps bring together a look, making it elegant and classy. Abby's advice for hiring vendors and scheduling the day's events was sound, and extremely valuable. When I asked for her opinion on something, she was very honest, and gave me straightforward feedback if my idea was bad, or if it needed to be altered somehow, but at the same time, she honored my wishes and respected my taste and opinion. She kept everyone in line and on time at rehearsal and the day of. My husband was very happy with how she took over on the wedding day, and our stress level was dramatically reduced. She is very flexible and organized in all ways. She remains calm, cool and collected when faced with obstacles. She communicates well, and has a good knowledge base of Montana vendors, especially in Bozeman and Helena. Again, I wish we would have purchased her full package of services, we just didn't realize we needed it. My family was kind of left to their own devices for clean-up after the reception (with a rude vendor) and they were upset with me that Abby hadn't stuck around to facilitate clean-up, which is why I should've hired her for that service! That was a mistake of ours. We highly reccommend her, and feel like we also made a good friend. We were able to forget about a lot of things on our wedding week, and really enjoy the wedding day, thanks to her. I know I would have been far more stressed, and enjoyed my wedding day much less, had Abby not been so wonderful. My parents, and my maid of honor, would have had to do a lot of extra things, and they also would have missed out on enjoying the wedding. Highly reccommend!

Abby was the most wonderful planner. Abby thought of every detail and made my wedding turn out the way I had envisioned it. Her professionalism, organization and knowledge of the industry was so impressive. There were many things that she did that were above and beyond what I had thought her scope of duties were. I would highly recommend Abby to any bride and I do not know how I would have done it without her.

Working with Abby was wonderful! I was able to enjoy my entire wedding from rehearsal to the end of the reception because I didn't have to worry about anything- Abby took care of it all. I had not planned on hiring a wedding coordinator to save costs but it was by the far the best money I spent on the wedding. My husband and I have a day full of fun memories and none of them involve setting up, taking down, or worrying about schedules. It was perfect!

Abby from Icing on the Cakes was an incredible resource throughout the planning process. She was INVALUABLE in the week leading up to the wedding. I can't say enough about how much I appreciated her hard work--especially the day of the wedding. I showed up at our venue when it was time to get dressed and everything at the ceremony site AND the reception site was set up beautifully--exactly as we talked about. It was a restful day for me because of her.

The team at Icing on the Cake Events made our day so amazing. They helped us plan from step one, encouraging us to take control of whatever aspects were most important to us, but also stepping in and running the show when need be. They thought of details we never could have dreamed of that made our wedding seem intimate and unique. They were also able to do ALL of the flower arrangements for us using flowers that we purchased online...and they were magnificent! I would recommend them to ANY bride, whether you need help just the day of the wedding, or you need someone to plan the whole event. They do amazing work and we will certainly never forget how hard they worked for us!

I would highly recommend Icing on the Cake events to anyone I know getting married. The value for the cost was excellent and it was definitely the best money we spent on the entire wedding. I felt like a weight had been lifted once I hired them. They were willing to go above and beyond and take care of so many details and all of my family and friends who interacted with the coordinators loved them. They were great to work with, it almost felt like friends helping you, but professional friends who knew exactly what to do and how to do it and take care of everything to make our day beautiful.

Icing on the Cake events did a better job with my wedding day than I ever could have. Thanks to them, my day was stress-free and perfect! I could not have asked for better service.

Abby and her team did an AMAZING job!!! She made the day stress free for everyone. She not only helped us with the planning and communicating with vendors but she did a beautiful job on the the bouquets and decorating down to every small detail! I couldn't have asked for a better day, thank you so much Icing on the Cake!!

I was so impressed with this business that I do not recommend anyone else! They were so helpful and made sure that I didn't have to worry about anything on my wedding day. It's so nice to see people that actually care about making your wedding perfect as much as you do.

Abby and Sarah were very energetic, patient, and full of ideas - and they offer their services at a great value. We were not in Montana for most of the wedding planning, and we couldn't have done it without them!

Abby's services were an excellent value for the money! We felt that her strengths were in coming up with creative, personal ideas that made the ceremony and reception feel unique, and in managing all of the little details that came up close to the wedding. During the last couple of weeks, she really went above and beyond in several areas for us, and was invaluable to have at the rehearsal and on the wedding day. One of the best investments we made!

Abby was very very helpful but her business partner was rude to the wedding partying the guest . I think that she needs to work on her poeple skills