When your office has a hot pink front door, you know the ladies of Collins Coordination are all about creating an event unique to you. Owner, Katie McCann Crow, and her right hand woman, Kirstin Godat, are always greeting you with a warm smile and positive attitude while executing every little detail to perfection. Learn more about Katie below!

What is your favorite memory with Debby, or The Branch?
I had a client who showed Debby a picture of a vine that isn’t sold wholesale and Debby offered to drive down alleys and do a little trimming to get some. Fortunately we found an alternative vine but the offer was so Debby – always going above and beyond!!

Do you have a favorite flower?
Juliet garden roses

How did you get into event planning?
While at TCU I interned for an event company in Dallas and was offered a fulltime job upon graduation.

What do you love about event planning?
I love the combination of logistics with creativity. It really uses both sides of my brain!

Give us the story on how your company came to be?
After I left the event company, friends called me to help plan their weddings. I was working for an insurance company but missed the creativity of planning. I decided to take a huge risk (which is unlike me!) and start my own business. I was really fortunate at how quickly I started booking weddings but the first few months I was a little worried that I might eat Ramen noodles for the rest of my life!

Where do you find inspiration?
In the age of Pinterest, it’s easy to see the same ideas over and over again. I love pulling ideas from décor magazines, coffee table books, and traveling. A huge part of a wedding is the guests’ experience and hotels and restaurants are a great source of inspiration for a custom, luxurious experience. [Read more…]

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Located in Downtown Dallas, The Belo Mansion and Pavilion is another venue we work with quite often. This historic venue fits a variety of styles and can accustom up to 350 guests. With so many different spaces available including Colonel Belo’s study, the newest addition of the pavilion, and the bar, you are able to choose which will work best for your event! From weddings to corporate company dinners, we have styled out this space numerous times and loved the end result every time.

A little history about The Belo:

The Mansion was built in the late 1800’s by Colonel Alfred Horatio Belo. A little fun fact about this man – he also founded the Dallas Morning News! He wanted this home to resemble his family home in North Carolina as a tribute to his wife. Contractor Daniel Morgan, who also built the Dallas County Courthouse, or “Old Red,” made sure to finish the construction just in time for Colonel Belo’s sons wedding.  The house was sold to the Dallas Bar Association in 1977 and restored to perfection!

Here are a few of our past designs at this venue!

We are always talking about how we love the vendors we get to work with, and when it comes to Susan Cothern of Tabletop Elegance, there is no exception! You will always be greeted by her warm smile and positive attitude, which goes along with our love of southern hospitality. Learn more about this wonderful vendor below!

What is your favorite memory with Debby or The Branch?
I delivered candelabras to an event for Debby, but had never met her.  I liked her a lot when we spoke.  Meeting her in person is really special.  Setting up for an event is busy and there is never tons of time to chat.  However, Debby always takes the time to make you feel special and give you a big hug.  She is always the calm force and makes set-up tons of fun.  The first time we met, Debby had to leave the reception area and go to the church.  Before leaving, she stepped back, stopped, looked around the room, and then said, “Oh, yes!  This is beautiful!”  I was really tickled by her enthusiasm.  She was right.  When the flowers were placed on my candelabras I almost started to cry!  Her floral designs are exquisite.  I thought, wow, she really gets these candelabras.

Do you have a favorite flower?
I love all flowers!  I could never just pick one.  Flowers are one of my favorite things in the world. Let me narrow it to a few: hydrangeas, roses, peonies, tulips, anemone, amaryllis and greenery.  I am just crazy about filler flowers and greenery. [Read more…]

Founder of Stamped Paper Co., Jill Efrussy Sour, is a vendor we always love getting to work with.She gave up her advertising job to make her passion for paper a full time job. Being a past Branch bride herself, she knows exactly what to expect when working with us and we love to collaborate on many exciting projects here at the studio! She specializes in custom invitations and paper goods, and let me tell you, the end product is amazing.

Learn more about this amazing paper goods extraordinaire here!

What is your favorite memory with The Branch, or Debby? 
It’s been an honor to work on many beautiful weddings with The Branch, but my favorite experience was working together to plan the flowers for my own wedding. Debby, my mom and I had a blast working through some of my crazy ideas and scaling down to the most vivid, colorful, and cheeky flowers a girl could ask for. Every meeting was so fun, and all led to a final product of which I am truly proud.

How did you get into stationery and paper goods?
I used to work in Advertising as an Art Director, which means I worked on ideas for TV commercials and designed print advertisements, from magazine ads to billboards and catalogs. At the end of 2006, my best friend from high school, Dana, was planning her wedding, and as my gift to her, I offered to design her wedding invitations. The next April, my nephew was born, and I designed a custom birth announcement for him. After that, I was hooked on designing paper goods celebrating life’s happiest occasions. I worked on growing my hobby into a full-time business by working nights, weekends, and lunch hours for two years, and left the Advertising world in 2011 to launch Stamped Paper Co. as my full-time job! It’s been the best five years [Read more…]