Blush by Brandee Gaar

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!

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!