
Every wedding tells a story, and the way you choose to plan that story is just as important as the story itself. At Creating Moments Weddings & Events, we believe your journey should be just as beautiful, intentional, and joyful as your actual wedding day. But when it comes to how much help you want, two popular options often spark this question: full-service wedding planning, and month-of coordination. Knowing the difference ensures you select the experience that’s tailored to you, so you can focus on love, laughter, and legacy.
In this post we’ll walk you through:
Let’s dive in.
When you choose full-service wedding planning, you’re signing on for a deeply curated, start-to-finish experience that places your vision, story, and guest experience at the heart of every decision.
At Creating Moments, our full-service planning is crafted to reflect our brand promise of “intentional and meaningful experiences … special, unique, and beautifully designed.”
Month-of coordination (also sometimes called “day-of coordination” or “wedding-day management”) is a wonderful option if you’ve already done the heavy lifting of planning and just want expert support as your big day approaches and on the day itself.
Many couples come into the process thinking there’s a middle ground called “partial planning.” It sounds appealing at first. You picture a planner stepping in halfway through, taking over the things you feel unsure about, while you continue handling the rest.
But here’s the truth and a little bit of a Hot Take: there is no such thing as true partial planning.
Let me explain.
Every element of a wedding is connected. Design decisions affect rentals. Rentals affect logistics. Logistics affect vendor timing. Vendor timing affects budget. Budget affects everything. Once a planner steps into the process, they’re responsible for the entire structure, whether they were there from day one or day one-hundred.
You can’t “partially” design a cohesive wedding.
You can’t “partially” manage logistics that began months before.
And you can’t “partially” execute a day that requires full alignment between vendors, design, layout, timeline, and guest experience.
This is why at Creating Moments, partial planning naturally collapses into one of two categories:
Full-service provides the support, strategy, and creative partnership required to produce a cohesive, elevated celebration.
This gives you peace of mind in the final stretch, ensures every moving piece aligns, and lets you hand over the reins so you can enjoy your wedding day.
There’s no “in-between,” because the in-between always becomes one of the two.
When couples ask for “partial planning,” what they really want is one of these:
Once couples understand this, they feel empowered to choose the experience that truly supports them and it leads to better planning, better communication, and a more elevated wedding day.
At Creating Moments, we bring a blend of Southern warmth, luxury sensibility, and thoughtful detail to every wedding we plan, whether you choose full-service or month-of coordination. From the moment we connect, we commit to:
Whether you want us to craft every detail from concept to last dance (full-service) or step in to perfect the final stretch and your big day (month-of coordination), we’re here to make your journey not only seamless but joyous.
Here are some guiding questions to ask yourselves together:
If you answer: “I want someone in the trenches with me to craft the full vision, find vendors, manage budget and design so I can simply focus on being engaged and celebrating” → full-service planning is your fit.
If you answer: “I love planning, I’ve booked the big pieces, I just want expert help to bring it all together and make the wedding day flawless” → month-of coordination is likely the right choice.
No matter which path you take, remember: your wedding day is your story. The right planning experience helps you live that story, rather than simply managing it. At Creating Moments, we believe in crafting celebrations that are deeply personal, beautifully designed, and flawlessly executed.
Ready to explore which service best fits you (and your partner) and start making intentional moments you’ll remember forever? Let’s connect! I would love to hear your vision and walk through your next steps together.
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Created by Ribbon & Ink
Skeisler@creatingmomentsevents.com
Creating Moments Weddings and Events is an Alabama wedding planner who creates intentional and meaningful experiences that are special, unique, and beautifully designed for each client we serve.