If there is one investment you make in your wedding, it should be with Gabrielle and Black Swan Events. She was the saving grace of our big day, especially during COVID wedding times. This woman is more than a wedding planner, she is driven, organized, and the steady hand we all needed during the uncertain times. Not once did Jordan and I feel worried or scared about our wedding. If plans needed to change, she made sure to have multiple other solutions before we had a chance to panic. One thing that makes her stand out among everyone else, is Gabrielle cares. She deeply cares for her clients and puts you at the top of her priority list. She is extremely established and well versed and there is not one detail missed. She will take your vision and make your wedding dreams come true. If you are looking for a wedding planner, look no further Gabrielle is your girl.

Through this pandemic they managed to keep the magic of our wedding alive, giving us more than we could've ever imagined.

I don't know where to start because I am filled with so much joy when I think about our wedding day. We could not have had the wedding day we did without Gabrielle and Black Swan Events. She and her team were absolutely essential to not just our wedding day but the hours, days, months etc. of planning that went into it. We called off the original wedding due to COVID and pivoted to an intimate ceremony in my parents backyard -- when I shared this with Gabrielle she gracefully and very quickly supported us in executing a totally new wedding in a matter of 4 weeks. We had a traditional Hindu ceremony and wedding which Gabrielle has experience in -- it was amazing to bright together our desires and her ideas/experience. We really appreciated the energy, attention to detail, flexibility and personal touch that Gabrielle brought to our wedding planning journey and wedding day. Please please please have Gabrielle and her team be a part of your wedding planning team. You will not regret it.

Gabrielle was the perfect planner for our wedding, the second for us both. It was exactly what we had envisioned: simple, beautiful and intimate, at the lovely home of friends in the Colorado mountains.

Gabrielle came in and saved the day! We had been planning our wedding for over a year and we were determined to DIY it to simplicity and on a very tight. Although we thought we were on top of it, with wedding planning binders & blogs, we simply could not anticipate the complexities of actually planning a wedding… let alone planning during a PANDEMIC! One and a half months to the Big Day and we suddenly found ourselves on our THIRD venue and quickly had to reduce our wedding guest list from 150 (which was 200 to start) down to 25 to accommodate the county’s COVID-19 regulations. That’s when we requested some help from a Fairy Godmother, Gabrielle with Black Swan Events! You guys, she’s a miracle worker and a God send!!! With very little time to our wedding date, Gabrielle quickly organized our dreams and desires into our eventual Quaint COVID Backyard Wedding. Before I knew there was an issue, Gabrielle had a solution, blowing my mind away with its elegance, simpli... Read morecity, affordability and all done with grace. Gabrielle’s organization is impeccable and she is really on top of it. She provides lists and information that allow you to know what needs to be taken care of and will regularly check-in with you in case you get busy with other life events or work, just making sure the necessities are being covered. This truly reduces the last-minute stress we hear so much about. Gabrielle’s hard work allowed us minimal, if any, stress leading up to our wedding! She’s also very cautious not to overwhelm you and constantly reminds you that you don’t have to make any decisions if you aren’t ready. “It’s completely up to you” and “Whatever you choose to do” were repeated to me frequently. (Again, it was a quick re-plan of our previous 3 re-plannings!) In the end, she makes sure you know all of your options, even the ones you didn’t think about, so that you can make the right decision for you and your partner. Gabrielle is WELL RESEARCHED and EDUCATED in all of the rapidly changing regulations through this pandemic. This comes at no surprise because she is always on top of the situation and prepared for what is coming long before it becomes an issue. We had enlisted one of our favorite catering companies for our wedding at the beginning of our planning. However, with the pandemic going on, they were required to limit their services to drop-off services only. Gabrielle never skipped a beat and immediately devised a plan AND saved us money in the process. She has all of the resources for all of your rental and purchasing needs and she will never insist that you spend excessive amounts to make your dream what you desire! One of the toughest parts of planning a wedding is making every family member feel heard and showing them their opinions matter. For Gabrielle, this is no challenge at all. She kindly acknowledges your family member and seamlessly incorporates their dreams with yours without ever making you or your family member feel compromised. On the Big Day, Gabrielle was a wizard at with handling everything that was coming in and managing all of the details in the background all while making sure she was fully available for all direction and concerns throughout the day yet also nearly invisible during intimate moments with our family. She works well in the background and anticipates your concerns. In the end, we had a beautiful backyard wedding that honored our families that was better suited to our personalities and our dream than we had even imagined, even pre-COVID. We were able to live stream and record the event in order to include our loved ones that could not attend either due to health concerns, travel or county guidelines. It was the most beautiful and perfect event, more than we could have ever imagined. And this is all because of Gabrielle’s hard work (though, she makes it look incredibly easy!). This isn’t the first event organized by Gabrielle that we have been a part of and it certainly won’t be the last. She has a kind, caring and compassionate soul and her dream is to make your dream happen. You can tell that this is truly what makes her happy and fills her soul. With Gabrielle, your vision and your desire for your special event is the everything she works toward achieving.

Words cannot begin to describe how much I appreciated having Gabrielle be apart of our big day. Planning a wedding is no easy task to begin with, let alone planning a wedding during Covid...in less than a months time, yet Gabrielle handled it with such precision and professionalism. Due to Covid restrictions during the early stages of our wedding planning I thought “it’s a small wedding, there will be no need to hire a planner” but that could not be further from the truth, and I was so thankful that Gabrielle was there to help me. Not only is she so well educated on the wedding/event industry, she has built relationships with countless vendors to ensure everyone you hire for your big day is well vetted, professional and reliable. However, if you have chosen your own vendors she is more than willing to accommodate and help ease their way as well. One of our main concerns while dealing with COVID was ensuring the guests we invited all felt comfortable and were still able to enjoy t... Read moreheir time. Gabrielle thought of everything! we had “social bubble” seating charts, our dinner was served in the most elegant picknik wine baskets, and all of our cutlery and dinnerware was all disposable. Gabrielle went out of her way to source all of these materials and even brought my fiancé and I a trial basket before the big day, Just so we could get a feel of what it would be like for our guests. Your wedding day happens once, and truly goes by in the blink of an eye. You can trust that Gabrielle will ensure the whole event runs seamlessly and on time. Do yourself a favor and make the whole experience more enjoyable, and let Gabrielle worry about the details, you won’t regret it! https://youtu.be/VQZ0oimtMhM

HIRE GABRIELLE! I planned a wedding of 35 people at the end of August 2020 during all the corona virus craziness. Gabrielle was fantastic to work with. I was very skeptical that I needed a day of coordinator but once we hired her we decided it was the best decision we made. Her communication was top-notch, very consistent, extremely detailed. Her knowledge and advice about weddings was incredible. She brought things up that I would never think about, down to the very last detail. Gabrielle went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of and our wedding went extremely smooth. When you hire Gabrielle you are hiring someone who truly cares about you and your wedding, you will not regret it!

Gabrielle from Black Swan events was a partner from the beginning. We always knew that we wanted a wedding redo with an intimate feel and hosted at our home, because when we originally go married we just eloped. She listened to us, and did amazing things with the parameters we gave her. A formal sit down type reception wasn't our style. Gabrielle helped us create a flowing open house reception, which was just perfect for us. The planning process was extensive, from figuring out parking, where and what seating we could have, menus, decorations, and music. She helped us solve every problem and anticipated others before they even happened. Gabrielle has a seemingly endless supply of vendors, all of whom love to work with her, and she had wonderful ideas for getting the most out of our budget. We loved every idea she proposed, and she was so good working with us for tweaking any ideas so they fit for us. We wanted to take a really active role in our planning. Gabrielle c... Read moreompletely respected that and worked with us along every step of the planning as well as on the day of the event. Her expertise and guidance allowed us do what we were comfortable with and she handled the rest. Our wedding revisited was exactly what we wanted and we could not have done it without her.

Wedding of our daughter on June 20th was a very special day of our life. The planning was in process for over a year and then Covid came with all the new normal changes to our lives. Gabrielle and her partners were with us in our journey as it changed from exhaustive celebrations to moving the wedding to our backyard. Transformation to the new plan was the best thing that could have happened within the limitations and Gabrielle was crucial to all what finally took shape. She made it special. She was there in every details of the plan, single handidly steered it to become grand. We want to thank Gabrielle for all what she did, her professionalism, her energy that was evident all throughout and making it the most special day for us. Her planning was immaculate and all the work she did in collaboration with Royce Prop Shop was fabulous. Thank you Gabrielle!

Gabrielle Lennartz with Black Swan Events was so professional, knowledgeable, and personable. She supported us each step of the way, brainstormed ideas to create the wedding that fit us, thought of so many details, and handled vendors before and day of wedding to make it all go seamlessly. We got to just be immersed in the moment and didn't have to worry about anything. It was the perfect day. I would highly recommend Gabrielle to anyone planning a special event. She is also very reasonably priced, and makes herself completely available.

With COVID in mind, we wanted a small wedding with our closest family members with plans of a bigger celebration to follow in 2022. We hired Gabby for the 2022 celebration but as she said in the very beginning when we hired her: "I do it all, from now until the big day. It's all inclusive." She is a true professional and helped us bring this intimate backyard (and very impromptu wedding) to life -- and in a matter of weeks! Her genuine character, passion for her work and the extra effort she always puts forth is immeasurable. We feel like the only couple she is working with and are consistently comforted with her full-undivided presence and attention. More than just doing the job effectively, her way of relating to love is touching, real and remarkable. She brings that touch and intention into her work and it shows. Moreover, her ops and logistics trained brain helped us tremendously to stay on top of our timeline and responsibilities. Gabby/Black Swan is not a flashy or super... Read more branded company but rather is someone who will be your true partner in making your day a wonderful memory for your lifetime. You won't regret working with her!

Gabrielle from Black Swan Events was an amazing guide to all that is needed to plan a wedding, especially one not hosted by a venue. From the other side of the country, she helped us find and coordinate the vendors needed to have our wedding at our own 253 year old farm house. She reviewed each contract and on several occasions kept us from spending extra money in areas where vendors overlapped such as glassware and linens between the rental company and the caterer. She also gave us a ton of great decoration ideas since we were starting with a blank slate in an open field, she threw everything that came to mind out there and we chose or modified her ideas to make a truly beautiful setting. Gabrielle is a go-getting, she gets stuff done! On the day of, she was way ahead of schedule and knew what to delegate to whom in the wedding party to get the decorations assembled, and the flowers from our garden arranged on the tables. Weddings can be stressful, and when we expected the morning to... Read more be the worst, we actually found ourselves relaxing with our friends and a drink because it was all taken care of. You only get married once, and we found the best planner for any wedding!

Gabrielle Dowding and Black Swan Events were crucial to our wedding planning and execution process. Gabrielle has so much energy, and she leverages that energy to drive many intertwined pieces of the wedding planning process. I appreciated her attention and availability every step of the way. I never realized how many details go into planning a single event, or even a single moment, of the wedding. Gabrielle’s expertise, skill, and efficiency led us to identify all the pieces we needed to make the wedding such a beautiful and everlasting memory.

Gabrielle was great to work with, especially since we were planning our wedding from Chicago. We dealt with COVID-19 postponement and changes in guidelines constantly, and Gabrielle was so helpful as we navigated these changes. In addition, our wedding venue had never organized a Hindu wedding ceremony. Gabrielle educated, informed, and coordinated so much with the venue. It was so valuable! She was particularly great when it came to day-of coordination. I was truly able to enjoy every moment of my wedding day!