2009 Bride's Choice Award

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that In Awe Weddings and Events has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards™! In its inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and honors vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. This year’s recipients represent the top three percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which includes over 100,000 wedding vendors from across the US. That means In Awe Weddings and Events is one of the very best wedding planners. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews. “We are excited to launch this annual award program to honor high-performing vendors based solely on the experiences of our WeddingWire community,” according to Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “This year’s recipients have set the bar high, exhibiting excellent service and expertise in the wedding industry.” Sandy Walker and Kelsey Murrietta would like to thank our past clients for speaking on our behalf and helping us win the 2009 Bride’s Choice Award!

Danielle and Nick

Danielle and Nick just have to be the sweetest two people I have ever met. Their ceremony and reception was held at Bentley Projects in downtown Phoenix and it was all a reflection of them and how much fun they are.

The wedding colors were black and white with a touch of red from the flowers, the linens were alternated between a floral pattern on some of the tables and black on the rest in which the vases were lighted and varied as well.

The brick walls of the gallery were gorgeous for photography purposes!

A graffiti "LOVE" theme was carried into all the details, from these escort cards to a guest sign in to pillows and on and on, so cute! Thank you Kelsey of Flossy Stylish Design for all the fun paper products.

The Flower Studio designed the unique vases and beautiful centerpieces and all of the personal flowers. Special thanks so Emily of EME Photography, I know she had fun photography this one!

I miss planning with you Danielle, it was so fun!

Mary and Patrick

This is one of my most favorite photos, Mary looks so beautiful as the finishing touches were put on her.

Mary and Pat were married at a church in Tempe then had their reception at Tempe Mission Palms Resort this past October. Almost all of their guests came from out of state so it was a fun weekend with numerous events planned for them.

Mary and Pat met on an airplane so their cookie favors also served as each guest's placecard.

The Flower Studio designed beautiful fall centerpieces that made the reception room come alive with color. Mary's bouquet was amazing as well.

Congrats to a wonderful couple! Thanks Emily Estfan once again for sharing your wonderful talent in photography

Keisha and Darrin

Keisha and Darrin were married on October 3rd at Keisha's grandparents home in North Scottsdale. Their home is amazing and makes for a wonderful wedding location as you can see by the photo where the ceremony was held.

Arizona Taste prepared a fabulous meal for the dinner reception. The beautiful table decor was provided by Sherrie Husband of Flowers with Flair.

Thank you Emily Estfan of EME Photography for your truly wonderful photography to document the day!

Keisha and Darrin live in Texas but it was so fun to plan with them even from far away, best wishes Keisha and Darrin!!

Julieann and Michael

Okay, this wedding was actually my first wedding in 2008 (January). Julieann was so sweet to send me these pictures a few days ago so I wanted to share them with you. They wanted their ceremony in a circle which was perfect for the ceremony location at the Biltmore Resort and Spa.
Julieann and Michael following the ceremony. Julieann was lots of fun to plan with, she was really busy with her job so when she had time to work on wedding plans she got a lot of things accomplished in a short amount of time!
The ballroom was gorgeous! Once again Sami Hansen was the amazing florist. The beautiful chocolate linens and chair covers are from Chair Covers and Linens, my local contact is Debbie Polley, she is so great!
My talented daughter, Kelsey of Flossy Stylish Design designed the invitations and paper products. Thanks Kevin King Photography!

Dot and Chris

Dot and Chris were married this past July on a very warm day in Arizona. Despite the heat they had a fun day. Their wedding colors of tiffany blue and strawberry red were perfect for the season and made the reception venue look so amazing! The linens and sashes were from Chair Covers and Linens, thanks Debbie!

Cute little candle favors that said "something blue"

Congrats to a cute couple!!

I love this photo of Dot's dress so beautiful. This was my last wedding of this past season. Thank you Reeves Photography for the great photos!

THIS season started this weekend and I have vowed to post those weddings as they happen weekly!! Watch for cute photos of Keisha and Darrin in the coming days.

Thank you Jenna!!

After I had posted Jenna and Travis' wedding to my blog, Jenna emailed me this fabulous review I just have to share it, thanks so much Jenna!!

Sandy Walker you are a dream come true!
When Travis and I got engaged we knew there was no way around it – we had to have YOU planning our wedding.
After watching you do a fabulous job with my sister’s wedding, we knew there was no one better suited for the job.

Not only were you always organized and creative, but your vendor recommendation lists were top-notch!
It seemed like every vendor we met with would say how they would love to work our wedding, because you were our wedding coordinator. Those comments say a lot about you and the positive way you run your business, and that made us more than confident for a beautiful wedding!

With Kelsey by your side, we couldn’t have dreamed of a more successful team!

You truly made our wedding wishes come true!
Thank you so much!

Jenna & Travis Wodiske