AK Brides -

Jane Anderson

Anita is fantastic! We started working with her about a year before my daughter's wedding and from the very beginning, Anita had a schedule and kept us on track (when to get pics and send save the dates, etc). As a leader in the business, she knows everyone and was able to narrow the infinite number of vendors to a few that she knew could achieve my daughter's vision. As we got closer to the wedding date, Anita made a precise schedule, kept us on track for payments, and made floor plans for the venue for the wedding and the reception. She worked with all the vendors to coordinate and to get the decorations just right. (The flowers were phenomenal as well.) I can't even list all the things she handled, but I will say that I never felt stressed! The wedding was everything my daughter wanted.

Kelby Roth

Would highly recommend AKBrides! Anita planned my New Year’s Eve wedding at Pursell Farms in 2023. Anita understood my vision from the very beginning of the planning stages to the big day. She connected us with all the best vendors and made the planning process much less stressful! Anita has such a calming and graceful presence and is a great person to have by your side for the planning process and your wedding day!

Taylor Meredith

Anita is truly amazing! I got married around the same time as many of my friends and my experience was 10x better than everyone around me because of Anita! She is professional but also will talk to you about every detail as much as you need (something I had no idea I would appreciate so much)! My husband and I both agree that the best money we spent on our wedding was having Anita, hands down. She is so experienced and knows so many vendors that it puts you at ease before and during the whole process. Her organization was unmatched with an extremely detailed timeline planned out months before the big day! Day of, our wedding day schedule had to change because of rain and it went off without a hitch because of her previous attention to detail and communication with vendors. I cannot say enough good things, you will NOT regret booking with Anita, it'll be the best money you spend on your special day!

Pooja

We found Anita via a recommendation from a friend, and I can’t say enough how much I recommend her! She was incredibly understanding during the stressful planning process and made herself available for spontaneous calls or evening meetings with both my husband and I and both sets of parents. Anita has years of experience with wedding planning and already has working relationships with many of the large vendors in the Birmingham/Huntsville area, so she knew who would be able pull off an event of our scale and our vision. She made recommendations for vendors based on her experience but was not pushy if we wanted to go in another direction. Anita was understanding about budget constraints and helped us brainstorm where we could cut back.

We decided to go with Anita after trying to plan our event on our own for a couple months and had had several setbacks working with vendors. Constantly contacting vendors during business hours was interfering with my work and adding too much unnecessary stress. If you are on the fence about whether to go with a wedding planner, I highly recommend giving Anita a call!

Kristen Funchess Thurber

Anita was hands down the easiest and best decision we made during our wedding planning process! After interviewing several wedding planners, the moment mom and I spoke to her on the phone we knew she was our person! She listened to our wants and needs and put us with the best vendors to make our vision become a reality! Anita went above and beyond helping me when my wedding dress came in wrong. If anything went wrong the day of the wedding, I have no idea! She is professional, organized, detail -oriented, and so, so kind! We are so thankful we had Anita!

Perianne Roth

AKBrides (Anita) is a wonderful full service planner and has the most pleasant , can-do attitude. Leading us through the process and thru all the many decisions, she helped make our daughter's wedding dreams come to life. It was Joyful, Beautiful, and Fun in all ways from start to finish. We could count on her to do whatever was needed at anytime. Stress at times? Yes , weddings can be, but she takes care of that too! She goes above and beyond. Always reassuring, kind and organized, she managed the many details that needed to happen. She is a multi-tasker , problem solver, counselor full of grace, and has a smile that never leaves her face. You will make a friend for life with Anita!
From the first phone call and meeting, she knew all the right questions in order to put a plan together and get the wedding on track. She worked within our budget and needs without any pressures and led us to amazing vendors. Anita had and kept our Best intentions and Desires at the heart of it All.

Melinda M Bond

We were so happy to have Anita as our wedding planner. Anita made the wedding come together just as my daughter had envisioned . Anita is professional, organized, calm, kind and patient. She was just what we needed during the planning process and wedding weekend . Anita was always there to answer call, texts and emails and to calm us down and let us know that all was taken care of. Anita set us up with excellent vendors who all were wonderful . Thanks to Anita we were able to relax and enjoy the planning process and most importantly the wedding weekend.

Tiffany Howard

Hiring Anita Kanellis was one of the best wedding planning decisions that I made! She is professional, responsive, calming and has great ideas. She knows the business and directed me wisely with budgeting decisions and had great ideas for how to achieve our vision!! The wedding and reception were beautiful and fun!!The wedding week and day went so smoothly and I credit her with that. As mother of the bride, I didn’t have to worry about anything. Not only is she talented, she is kind during what can be a stressful although wonderful season. I cannot say enough good things about Anita!