Stacie + Co Design and Events -

marline Culpepper

Stacie designed and coordinated our wedding in Columbus, GA and I could not have imagined a more beautiful and well thought out day. I was extremely thankful for how she handled all the details, both big and small, and made the whole planning process fun and stress-free. To all my future brides, do yourself a favor and hire a wedding planner. And not just any planner, but Stacie + Co -- they're the best there is!!

Sperry Tents Southeast

Working with Stacie was a dream!

Stacie was on the ball with every aspect of our clients Wedding. We seek to work with like-minded planners whose goals are to provide their clients with detailed oriented vendors. Quality is the main focus for us at Sperry Tents Southeast and Stacie did not fall short! If you are looking for a top planner Stacie is for sure to be the perfect fit!

Robbin Fowler

If you want a well planned, detailed, and wonderfully customized event, Stacie Hawkins at Stacie & Co Design and Events will take you from beginning to end in style! She is a joy to work with and knows how to take care of every aspect of your special day. She has a natural ability to help with unique ideas that will set your day apart and is quick to respond to all your needs or requests. You will find Stacie to be a kind, considerate, and professional person to work with and you will close out your experience with a genuine new friend. I have worked with Stacie doing wedding cakes for many years and recommend her highly for your special event!

Elizabeth Moore

Ohhhh the things I can say about Stacie, I have never felt more at ease my entire wedding planning process. I had a vision and we talked about it, I showed her some stuff and let her run with it, she nailed every single detail perfectly and made my dream even more than I had hoped for. She takes all the stress off of you. She is so easy to work with and really goes above and beyond. I am forever thankful for her!! It was the most perfect weekend with I'm not kidding no stress besides nerves because I had full trust in her.

Madison Vinyard

Stacie was absolutely wonderful to work with. I told her throughout the whole planning process that I trusted her and her vision fully! When she took my parents and I to the reception area to see it before everyone went in, I had tears in my eyes because it was so beautiful and so much more than I could’ve imagined. Everyone has told me that it was one of the best weddings they have ever been to!

Hannah York

I was a bridesmaid at a wedding that took place recently, and the wedding party's experience with Stacie was unfriendly and dismissive at the best of times. Despite being at the venue the day before for the rehearsal, she was two hours late on the wedding day. Additionally, she was supposed to bring the bouquets for the bridesmaids; however, due to her tardiness a bridesmaid had to retrieve them from the venue before any bridal party photos with the bride could be taken. After the ceremony during cocktail hour, Stacie banned the wedding party from taking lemon drop shots after seeing the wedding party throw two back (we took them with the permission of the bride’s father who joined us in the shot-taking). The shots were not poured with a heavy hand, as was expected, and no one was anywhere near drunk much less sloppy when she made several rude comments when we were lining up for procession telling us to "at least try to look sober" before we were all presented to the guests at the reception. She berated the bartenders against the wishes of the matron and maid of honor and actually bartended herself to make sure none of the wedding party could get any more shots. I was shocked at the un-Christian attitude she displayed, which was surprising given the number of good reviews that Stacie had; due to this, I would recommend against using her as your wedding planner.

Cheryl Corvo

Brides and families beware.
For someone who claims be a professional wedding planner, Stacie was inarticulate and aggressive towards friends and family members of the newly weds. Reading through on Stacie’s website I was stunned. the services describes you would receive were the opposite of what I experienced. “I know that your event isn’t just for you — they're also for the people you care about the most.” As I read her page I continued to be shocked and stunned. Clearly this isn’t the same woman the website describes I and the rest of bridal party had encounter.
As a bridesmaid, Stacie’s interaction with me and the rest of the bridal party were rude, unprofessional, fractious, and quarrelsome. She lacked communication, and had minimal interest towards the bride on her big day. She displayed the attitude that things revolved around her time. All the bridesmaids had our girl’s best interest at heart and were excited to help get her through the day. We followed the bride’s itinerary to the T. Stacie on the other hand did not.
She showed up close to two hours late the day of. No one could get in contact with her. Via website, Stacie claimed to be the person behind the scenes that helps things run smoothly but instead she would create chaos in her wake. She had either communicated wrong with vendors or didn’t bother to talk with them at all.
Three examples of this: she was texted twice from the photographer asking if she would bring the bridesmaids flowers up for photos with the bride, no response. So we called her with the bride’s phone a couple times, with again, no response. how does she not answer for the bride? The person who’s event is the reason she has a job in the first place. So myself and a few other maids walk down to get the bouquets to help the make things run smoothly, and cause less stress for the bride.
A second example: The bride had expressed she wanted to save the top tier of the wedding cake for the traditional 1 year anniversary cake eating. Stacie told the cater to cut it, since she had assumed the bride and groom already had a cake saved. The staff tried to tell her that the newlyweds got a little treat from the baker as congratulations. It was not an anniversary cake. She refused to listen, and told the cater she knew what she was talking about and to cut it. The mother of the bride later saw the top tier being cute.
Thurd example: Stacie appeared to be unaware that the bride and groom wanted to have a private dance before their sparkler send off. People start grabbing sparklers and waited for several minutes while they were passing the lighter around. A few people start to get some lit and she starts shouting at children and family to stop. She started snatching lit sparklers from people’s hand. Not three minutes later, only a third of the sparklers were lit and you can see Stacie rushing the bride and groom down the aisle. Not everyone even knew they were coming because we were trying to light the sparklers.
For someone that has been hired from the beginning of the engagement, she displayed like she had no idea what was going on, or lacked attention or drive to care. She didn’t know any of our names, which you can give some grace for since there were 10 bridesmaids. That aside, she didn’t even know the best man or maid and matron of honor, nor did she care to try to.
One final event from that evening was her obsession to control people during a celebration. She told the bartenders no shots after seeing the wedding party take one with the bride’s father. The shots were poured light handed, as was expected. No one was anywhere near drunk (or trying to for that matter) when she made the ban (against the FOB, MOB's, and MOH wishes).
Stacie is aggressive, difficult to work with, and unprofessional. If you are a bride reading of this, heed my warning. Find yourself another planner, particularly one that demonstrates by her actions that she “is a God fearing Christian”. A planner who “cares about the bride’s wishes, and treats your loved ones with respect and care.

Jenna Poole

Stacie is so wonderful to work with! She is kind and well organized. A top tier planner makes your big day a walk in the park and Stacie has it down pat. Highly recommend for brides and grooms on their big day!