I came to weddings the long way around. A career in project management and events taught me how to hold complexity without letting it show. Years of teaching yoga taught me how to stay present when everything around you is moving. And becoming a mother to a daughter named Nora Birdie, who is the reason this business exists, taught me that the most important things deserve to be done with intention.

Birdie, Beloved grew out of all of those things at once. The rigour and the calm. The eye for detail and the understanding that details only matter in service of something much larger - the feeling of a day that was entirely, completely yours.

The philosophy

• I believe that the most beautiful wedding days are the ones that feel effortless for the couple and their guests - and I know that sense of effortlessness takes an enormous amount of behind-the-scenes work to achieve.

• I believe that every couple deserves a celebration that reflects who they actually are. That means I do not arrive with assumptions about what your day should look like, who should walk down the aisle, or what tradition means to you. I arrive with questions, and I listen carefully to the answers.

• I believe in being the kind of planner who solves problems before you know they exist, who knows your run sheet so completely that nothing catches her off guard, and who hands you a glass of water between photographs because she noticed you had not had one.

• And I believe that this work matters. Every couple who trusts me with their day becomes part of a story I carry with me. I do not take that lightly.

Birdie, Beloved is for every couple, every love, every kind of celebration. If you have found your person, I would love to help you celebrate them properly.