We have some big news!

Wish Special Events is excited to announce its new name: Blue Canary Events.  Over the past year we have expanded our team to include wedding planners not only in the Washington DC metro area, but also in Baltimore, New York City, Los Angeles and the San Francisco bay area.  While our website and blog will be moving, the people that make up our company aren’t going anywhere.

Our planners are now in the following spots:

• Washington, DC
• Arlington, VA
• Fairfax, VA
• Alexandria, VA
• Leesburg, VA
• Baltimore, MD
• Brooklyn, NY
• West Los Angeles, CA
• Mountain View, CA

If you’re already a client of Wish or Blue Canary, then you know that our contract and your planner are staying the same.  For any engaged folks who are considering hiring Wish, please check us out on the new Blue Canary Events website.  You’ll find that our packages and pricing are all the same.  Be sure you read our awesome reviews on WeddingWire.com.

For wedding professionals in DC, Baltimore, NYC, LA, and San Francisco, we have a wonderful team of planners who are looking forward to meeting and working with you.  Please email us some information about your business.

So – what are you waiting for? Check out our new website!  We even have a new blog post up on the blog today.

We all know that Wish Special Events gets some pretty freakin’ awesome reviews on WeddingWire.com.  Did you know that our colleagues, other wedding vendors, review us too?  Here are some endorsements we’ve received on WeddingWire:

“Rebecca, and I know Ryan as well, go that extra bit to make what needs to happen happen, and more importantly they do it smoothly, no histrionics, no drama, just smooth and efficient, it makes what I do a dream”
– Photographer Daniel McGarrity

“Laura and her staff are an absolute pleasure to work with and have a perfect “bedside manner” when helping stressed-out brides. She’s ALWAYS on top of the schedule for the evening and does a great job of keeping everyone informed and focused.”
–Evan at MyDeejay.com

“All of the team is very hospitable along with soothing, they bring peace of mind to any event or affair. We have had the opportunity to meet with each one of the Wish Special Event Coordinators and they all are simply delightful and well worth the investment of not having to stress about anything but saying your vows on the wedding day!”
– Amy at Regeti’s Photography

“She was one of the most relaxed and stress-free brides I’ve ever worked with, and I know it was because she had the peace of mind knowing that everything was taken care of.”
– Suzanne at Faces by SAM

Wish events are always beautiful, always memorable, and designed in amazingly thoughtful and charming detail. In addition to designing and coordinating amazing events, the Wish team are just plain old wonderful people, and we look forward to the next time we’ll work with them. Highly, highly, recommend!
–Tom & Ashlee at Documentary Associates Photography

It’s really wonderful that we have such happy clients.  In reality, though, these wedding vendors are the ones who see other wedding professionals every weekend.  They have the distinct opportunity to compare us to the rest of the coordinators in the area.  We’re so delighted that they rank us pretty high in their books too.

Getting letters like this one warms my heart:

“Just a note to express my appreciation for the great job Rebecca Dick did on my daughter Casey’s wedding! The wedding day was perfect and with Rebecca’s attention to detail my wife Connie and I were able to fully enjoy the day with no worries. Rebecca worked tirelessly with Casey over the months and took a lot of pressure off of Casey, Connie and me.

Best investment I made was a wedding planner through Wish Special Events! Rebecca did a tremendous job and Connie and I would be glad to serve as a reference for her!!

Thanks,

Jim O’Sullivan”

Thanks Jim, you made our day!!

To read more (non-solicited) glowing reviews, check out our page on WeddingWire.com

One of Rebecca’s couples made it in to The Knot Magazine!  Check out this great feature on Erika & Jamie’s wedding:

A big special thanks to photographer Kate Headley who submitted these photos to The Knot.  You rock!

Aww, I melt every time we get some nice feedback!  We received this sweet note from a mother-of-the-bride:

“Dear Laura,

Our sincere gratitude for all you did to make Amy & Alex’s wedding so memorable.  Working with you was always a pleasure and your guidance was a very valuable input.

Many thanks,

Trudy & Warren“

Guess who’s on the cover of this season’s Washingtonian Bride & Groom magazine?  That’s right — Wish couple Sarah & Jon!  These two love birds got hitched at the Meridian House last fall.  We haven’t blogged their wedding yet but here’s a sneak peek at one of the many cute details that Sarah came up with:

A very special thanks goes to Carlos Andres Varela who provided the stunning photo!

I know you’ve been to Style Me Pretty.  And I know you love it.  Don’t worry — your “doing wedding stuff at work” secret is safe!

We’re delighted to join Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book as a preferred vendor.  We were hand-selected by their team and I was thrilled when we received the invitation.  Click here to check out our page!

A big Happy Birthday to Wish, who is celebrating five years today.  We started out as Soiree Special Events in 2005 and have never looked back!  Over the years we’ve served over 200 couples in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland.  We’re so thrilled to have such wonderful supporters who have kept us in business through this economic craziness.  Thank you to all our past and future clients — we love you all!

xoxo,

Photo via The Washington Post

We’re so very excited that same-sex couples in the District of Columbia can FINALLY apply for marriage licenses, starting today. Of course they still need to wait until May 9th to actually tie the knot but today is a big day for the LGBT community! Click here to see some photos from the Washington Post on the activities at the DC Superior Court today.

Here at Wish we love to help all kinds of couples with their wedding celebrations. If you’re not quite ready to hire a planner but are looking for some advice, here are some wonderful same-sex-friendly wedding resources:

SoYoureEngayged.com
GayWeddings.com
GayRites.com
TheKnot.com’s Real Weddings
Rainbow Wedding Network

If you participate on Twitter, here are some great folks to follow:

SoYoureEngayged, resource
Bernadette Smith, wedding planner
Rainbow Wedding Network, resource

Of course don’t forget to follow me on Twitter too!

Congratulations again!

Reston, VA – February 26, 2010 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Wish Special Events has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Planning in the Washington, DC area!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Wish Special Events is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Wish Special Events is among the very best wedding planner within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today.