Wedding Consulting
in Dallas-Fort Worth

Being a self-proclaimed control-freak, I was hesitant to turn over any aspect of my wedding to anyone else. But, on the advice of those who love me, I decided to go ahead and hire a day-of coordinator. One of the best decisions I made... Jennifer was phenomenal!!! Not only did she help get things set up for the ceremony, she did a tremendous amount of work in getting the tables ready for the reception. Plus, she made sure the day ran smoothly into the night. That day was such a blur, but Jennifer helped make sure it was everything I wanted it to be. Trust me, ladies, do not try to go it alone. Let go of the reigns on your special day and just enjoy being the bride! Jennifer will make sure things are exactly how you want them to be.

Whitney - Wedding 12/17/11

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Jen is amazing! Probably the best money I spent on the whole wedding. I hired her for the rehearsal and day of. Even though I didn't hire her to help plan my entire wedding she would still keep in touch with me and answer any questions I had. The day of the wedding there were apparently a couple of issues, which I didn't know about until I got back from my honeymoon. It was so nice to know that she had everything handled and I could just enjoy everything. When I first told my husband that we were hiring Jen to help with the day of stuff, he didn't get it at all. He kept asking why we were spending the money. By the end of the REHEARSAL he completely got it! We were both so happy with everything she did!

Rachael A - Wedding 7/16/11

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WOW! It was such a great experience working with Jen. Everything went so smoothly and just as planned. I couldn't have done it without her. She was a great resource for vendors and a HUGE help on the day of. Thank you for everything.

Alisa M - Wedding 6/18/11

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Jennifer Ashford was awesome! Jennifer was my day of coordinator for the ceremony and reception. She did a wonderful job and made everything go so smoothly. She kept me calm, took care of all the little details, and reminded me that it was my special day. Jennifer is very friendly, professional, and very organized. I highly recommend her to anyone that needs a wedding planner and or coordinator.

Kara C - Wedding 12/18/10

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We were trying to keep costs down, but recognized the value of having a go to person for the wedding day-off...an extra set of hands to coordinate lots of moving parts. Not only was Jennifer professional, nice, attractive, quick (she knew who everybody was in minutes), she made the ceremony rehearsal and wedding day MUCH less stressful for both families. One of the first things my husband commented on the following morning was how valuable Jennifer's help was. I hope to be able to refer any and all business her way as I'm that confident she approaches every wedding as the meaningful and important event it is. There is nothing I could complain about or give constructive criticism about. As an example of her attitude to go above and beyond (in my opinion), the cake stand didn't get returned and when I sent out and email to the hotel (where the even took place), the florist, and a few other vendors, Jennifer immediately responded (although she and I never discussed returning the stand) by 1) apologizing and 2) tracking down the stand and getting back to the cake people. It's a choice she makes to take responsibility (even if it wasn't) for much of/all the logistics in advance and day of that make Jennifer the very best at what she does.

Wendy G - Wedding 11/20/10

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Jennifer was fabulous on the day of our wedding. Very sweet and always reminded me how it was my day. If anything did go wrong I was confident in her that I would not know about it to keep my day special. I highly recommend her. She is organized and does a great job planning.

Michelle P - Wedding 10/23/10

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I am the Mother of the Bride who hired, worked with, and paid for Altar Ego's services. I live in Houston and needed someone to work with me and my daughter throughout the wedding planning process. I did a little bit of research on wedding planners, their prices and services and found my way to Jennifer Ashford. Quite frankly, one of the reasons I chose her was I liked the name of her business and that it showed some personality.

My daughter and I met with Jen several times but most of my communication was via email. Jen was responsive, reassuring and professional. She recommended several vendors, some I used and some I found on my own. She attended several tastings with the bride and groom and helped the bride find The Dress and recommended a great alterations lady. I had a tendency to micro-manage the process and Jen was right there on task. She was organized, efficient and had my back to make sure I was familiar with the contracts, payment due dates, etc.

About 2 weeks before the wedding, we met with Jen again and she assured me everything was under control and presented a detailed timeline for all the vendors. She confirmed with everyone so there was no surprises or missteps. The church did not allow Jen to be involved there so she spent her time the day of the wedding at Winfrey Point orchestrating the set up - which is no small feat! All went perfectly with one minor exception and Jen was on the phone the following Monday to make sure we got a credit on our bill for the undelivered table.

Jen was on task, calm, organized, unobtrusive, pleasant and worked very well with all the vendors. She followed up with us to make sure the event was as we planned and it more than met our expectations! I sincerely and highly recommend Altar Ego to brides and to MOBs who have high demands and expectations. We are very grateful to Jennifer Ashford and her attention to detail, follow up, follow through, and professionalism.

Barbara (mother of Kathryn S) - Wedding 9/25/10

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Jennifer Ashford did a wonderful job as our wedding planner. While we knew we needed more than the "Day Of" coordination, we really didn't need the "Full Planning" either. Jennifer worked with us to come up with a package of services that we really felt addressed all of our planning needs.

During the planning process, she stayed a step ahead of us to make sure everything was done on time; she was always punctual and very responsive to email.

By the time our wedding day came, Jennifer made sure that we didn't have to worry about anything - and everything went beautifully!

I would recommend Altar Ego Weddings to anyone!

Rosemary W - Wedding 6/26/10

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Thanks again, Jennifer! Great job keeping us on track and making it possible for me and Rosemary & John to relax and have fun. We especially appreciate your calming sense of order when faced with the unanticipated. You and Jason [DJ] seemed to work well together...& the candy buffet, pictures and other decorations were so nice. Great job & thanks again.

Noel (mother of Rosemary W) - Wedding 6/26/10

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I cannot say enough about Elicia with Altar Ego Weddings. She was much more than just my "day of wedding coordinator," also the keeper of sanity. Elicia was on top of everything from vendor timelines to wedding party timelines. My wedding was at a very DIY venue (The Filter Building) and there were so many vendors and moving pieces, having Elicia there helped me have peace of mind and if anything went awry, I certainly wasn't aware of it on the night of the wedding! We also rented our linens through Altar Ego because their prices were better than most rental companies in the area.

Hiring Altar Ego Weddings for day-of-coordination was definitely the best value for the money that I spent on the entire wedding.

Donna C - Wedding 5/22/10

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Jennifer is very easy to work with. She has great knowledge of what is needed to plan a wedding, an outstanding list of vendors, and can make anything happen. She helped me plan my destination wedding along with my reception back at home.

Theresa J - Maine Wedding 10/6/09 and At-Home Reception 10/16/09

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Jennifer was by far one of the best vendor choices I made for our wedding.

She was very quick to respond by email / phone and always had an answer for my answers.

She was on time for our meetings and always helped me realize what was worth worrying over and what wasn't.

I was lucky enough to book her as well as a few vendors she's worked with previously, which left me feeling VERY comfortable that all would go well.

On our wedding day, she quickly calmed me down when I had a flower emergency and made sure things went off without a hitch.

Thanks Jenn!

Amanda - Wedding 8/30/09

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Altar Ego Weddings was one of the best decisions I made for my wedding day to go smoothly! I hired Jennifer for day of coordination which included rehearsal coordination. Her organization methods were very impressive when we met to go over order of the ceremony. My actual wedding day started off disasterous because it was supposed to be an outdoor ceremony, and it happened to storm on that day! Jennifer was so calm in helping me come up with a last minute backup plan and also with helping me come up with ways to move my outdoor decor inside and make it look like it was supposed to be there in the first place. We were supposed to leave in a gondola, but they wouldn't do it since it was raining, and she made some last minute moves and had a luxury suv pick us up instead. She was wonderful!!!! I can't say enough good things about her!

Emyli S - Wedding 5/2/09

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I booked Jennifer 4 months before my wedding to serve as my day of coordinator. She was very thorough with all the questions she had prepared, things I never thought of, and was maticulus when following through with what you asked her to do. I never had to worry if she would actually remember to do something, she was just that organized and on top of things. This is exactly what you want from someone who you are hiring as your day of coordinator to turn everything over to!! She is GREAT and worth every penny!!

Danielle G - Wedding 4/25/09

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Jennifer and her assistant were lifesavers. I don't know how we would've pulled off having the ceremony and reception in the timeframe we wanted without them. Totally worth every penny!!

Jennifer N - Wedding 3/21/09

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Jennifer helped me plan my husband's 40th birthday roast. I live in Houston and was planning the roast in Dallas. Jennifer scoped out the location and caterer for me as well as suggesting a wonderfule DJ. Without Jennifer's direction and footwork, the party would not have been nearly as successful. She was the perfect combination of fun and professionalism before and during the party.

Kerry G - Party 2/21/09

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Jennifer was my wedding planner in November and she helped me make my big day the best day ever. She thought of things that I didn't even think of that needed to be taken care of. Her experience with working with various vendors help me make the right decisions when I needed to. You can't go wrong with choosing Jennifer, she is professional, patient, and punctual (and doesn't get mad at you if you aren't :) ).

Angie V - Wedding 11/8/08

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Jenn was absolutely wonderful!! Our wedding would have been a mess without her help! She saved the day in many ways! Highly recommend her!! Easiest vendor that we booked, hands down!

Tambi O - Wedding 10/25/08

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Hi Jen,
I just wanted to give you a great BIG HUGE ENORMOUS THANK YOU for everything you've helped me with throughout these two years of planning!  You managed to pull off the wedding PERFECTLY!  I can't believe how stress free and how much fun I had on the wedding day and I have you to thank for that!  You were the best investment that we made with the wedding because you took the stress and worry away from me and I was able to absorb everything that happened and enjoy myself. 

My husband had doubts about having a wedding coordinator because he didn't understand how WE couldn't handle everything the day of the wedding, but after we left he was like wow!   I can't believe how much fun we have and that hiring Jennifer really was a good idea!  LOL  Everyone else now realizes what a good idea it is to hire a wedding coordinator so of course I'll be recommending you! 

You're so awesome!  Thanks Jen!

Thankfully yours,
Lillian M - Wedding 9/6/08

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Jen,

WOW!! It was so amazing last night. Everything was perfect and more than we could've ever dreamed. Thank you so much for all of your hard work. You did a wonderful job. And all the vendors...WOW!! the DJ was so good. I mean really, really good! Everyone keeps on commenting about him. And the photographers were amazing!! They were everywhere! Everyone kept on saying, "he took a pic when I was doing this" or "he got so and so doing that." I can not wait to see them!!! Flowers...WOW!! She went way beyond what I thought it was going to be. Food, everyone said the cocktail hour was sooooo good. It was just so good. I'm kinda sad it's over, but I'm so glad that you were with us the whole way. Like I said, you were the wedding "god."

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!

Miranda U - Wedding 8/9/08

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Jennifer was absolutely more than we hoped for and we had an amazing time at the wedding. We had very high standards of what we wanted but were never disappointed and were always impressed with her responsiveness, professionalism, and genuine concern for the bride and groom. Every detail that we requested, Jennifer made sure our request was honored.   Jennifer left us with no worries, allowing us to enjoy each moment. Our wedding day was beautiful and it was so nice to be able to relax and enjoy our own wedding day.  We are constantly receiving complements on what a beautiful event we held.  We highly recommend Altar Ego Weddings.

Lillian W - Wedding 8/2/08

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Jennifer was awesome. We had one long meeting a couple of weeks before the wedding going over each and every detail. Then she also came to the final reception site meeting so she was also on the same page. She made a very detailed timeline with contact information and sent it to all of the vendors and anyone else involved. Jennifer also came to the rehearsal and helped get everyone lined up correctly (although our church's coordinator was in charge of the rehearsal by contract, it was great to have Jennifer there to keep things organized). On the wedding day, all I can say is that I didn't have to worry about a thing. I had Jennifer go to the reception that afternoon to make sure everything was set up and all the vendors showed. All I can tell you is that my cell phone didn't ring once that day. Thank God - I really didn't want to deal with annoying questions, people needing directions, or having to wonder if the cupcakes had arrived, etc. We arrived at the reception and everything was perfect. It was beautiful, people were already going nuts in the photobooth, everyone had drinks in their hands and were going to town on the mashed potato martini station. It all just went down flawlessly and it is all due to Jennifer. A Day of Coordinator is one of the best investments you will make - I highly recommend you get one and you go with Jennifer!

Erin G - Wedding 7/5/08

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Dear Jennifer,

Thank you so much for everything that you did to make my day run smoothly.  I was totally happy, and I think you did an amazing job. 

Anna H - Wedding 2/16/08

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Quite simply, Jennifer was my right arm during my year long planning process for my wedding and invaluable support on my wedding day.  I would not have had the peace of mind that I did walking down that aisle if it wasn’t for her.  She was attentive, committed, calm and always available.  I would recommend her to anyone and frankly, do not think I could have gotten through this wedding process without her!

Brandi R - Wedding 9/8/07

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Dear Jennifer,

I noticed right from the start when we had our first meeting that you had the perfect personality for this job.  I was actually surprised when you remembered certain things I said, only because I was quite jumbled and excited.  But you picked out the important things in my rambling, remembered them, and brought my vision to life!  I am so impressed at how you remembered names of my family and wedding party after just once.  

With grace and good skills you created open lines of communication and maintained them through to the very end of the wedding night.  My vendors, family and wedding party felt very comfortable should they need to come to you, and that in turn made me comfortable!  I knew from the start that you understood where I stood on the “vision”, and it made my life so much easier knowing that I could trust you and your decisions.  And more than once you were there to save the day in my mix ups, vendor’s crazy requests, the florist running late, chipped frames, unruly pew bows, and my very dirty dress. 

My mom said you were invaluable and without you she wouldn’t have been able to enjoy herself.  My sister said you were right there anytime she needed anything or had a question.  You organized my timeline from rehearsal to reception exit, and because of that…I could breathe.  You executed everything with poise and gathered everyone’s attention without a drop of insecurity.  I wouldn’t change any part of my wedding night.  It was the night I had always imagined and it couldn’t have been done without you. 

Best Wishes Always,
Heather B, Wedding 2/24/07