Sloane & Ko Events

08/08/2024

Well KC, where do I start? I guess with the tale old phrase: It’s not you, it’s me.

Two years ago when I opened the doors to Sloane & Ko I was just entering my first months of motherhood. A new baby, a new business, and a lot to learn. In the last two years I have had the honor of being a part of over 30 biggest days of your lives - a privilege I have never taken lightly 🤍

Along with a growing business, our family has been growing as well! With our newest member making her arrival any day now, we had been praying for an opportunity to be reunited with our village back home to raise these sweet sisters around — and our prayers were answered!

The Staggs family will be relocating to Iowa this fall 🤍

So what does this mean for Sloane & Ko? Nothing for my sweet couples that remain this year! We will still celebrate their special days together just as active & attentively 🫶🏼 but after the conclusion of this year, Sloane & Ko will no longer be taking on events in Kansas City.

It’s bittersweet- believe me!! This industry has become my family the last 6 years; and I have built lifelong relationships from it! AND have no fear KC, because you are being left in the hands of the most unique, incredible, and creative industry FULL of talented vendor teams! I have absolutely no doubt that you have endless incomparable planners to take on your big days! ✨

Thank you for entrusting me with all that you have the last two years, let’s finish this year with a BANG 🧨❤️‍🔥🔥

04/20/2024

“So what were you up to in Branson?” — oh you know… just THIS MAGICAL THING 🤩

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04/19/2024

Let’s take a poll: how many times have you watched the series “The Summer I Turned Pretty”? If you’re anything like me, it’s not just once or twice!

I was convinced I needed a beach house on Cousins beach to raise my babies after watching. The warm homey feeling that you were left with watching their memories on that beach was something that stuck with me long after the show.

When I was approached to do a shoot at on the water, my inspiration jumped RIGHT to Cousins, and that is where “Cousins Haus” my latest styled shoot was born!

It has been a bucket list shoot to not only shoot by water, but to challenge myself to a destination shoot! I absolutely could not have done it without the dream team of vendors that shared their talents with the world for this shoot!

We brainstormed, planned, designed, implemented, laughed, laughed, cried from laughing, and shot for FOURTEEN hours — and I’m truly still on cloud nine that I get to call this “work”!

Until we meet again Cousins 😉💙

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03/17/2024

One of my favorite parts about my job is witnessing the love between my couples 🥹💛

Although Paige & Blake were happily married already, the moments caught between them at this shoot were as if they were experiencing their first moments as husband and wife ✨

I endlessly pray that every single one of my couples still look at each other the way these two do every single day 😍

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02/15/2024

It’s that time of year again — the proposals have popped, and you are ready to begin booking your dream team of vendors — so let me be the one to give you the friendly reminder that vendors are humans too 💕 we feel a full spectrum of human emotion just like everyone else, and our feelings get hurt when we are left in the dust!

When I do my consults with potential clients, this is a two-way consult. I am interviewing them just as they are interviewing me — sometimes things just aren’t the BEST fit, and guess what? GOOD 👏🏼 I want to hear no thank you sometimes; because I absolutely understand that my services are not best aligned with every single couple!

But don’t miss the key part in that: hearing no thank you! 🫶🏼

Please please please, if you inquire with, have a consult with, or simply any interaction with a vendor’s services, PLEASE also have the decency to let them kindly know if you go in a different direction! 🖤

We get it 👏🏼👏🏼 We don’t get never hearing from you again!

It’s not a break-up, we don’t need a full on speech hehe! A simple “we have decided to move in a different direction, thank you for your time” is PERFECT! 🤩

That’s all 🖤 just been on my heart as I have experienced it, and I have been chatting with friendors who have been experiencing it as well! I love my people - your KC wedding vendors are unlike anyone else - and I simply want them treated as amazing as they are 🥰

Happy Thursday friends 🖤

02/04/2024

Mr. & Mrs. Sloane & Ko made it out to celebrate my favorite night of the year — the .kansascity vendor choice awards gala ✨🤩🤍🥂

This is such a special night, because it is a night that celebrates all of the magic that each and every vendor creates together for each and every event!! ✨

I say it a lot, but that’s because it is truly THAT special of a thing that we are able to celebrate community over competition each and every day! This community collaborates, supports, and grows TOGETHER endlessly - and it’s just really really freaking special!

Tonight is a night where we get to celebrate that, celebrate events, and celebrate each other 💛

Congratulations to all of the nominees, finalists, and winners 🥂 You all are the reason that I love what I do so insanely much 🫶🏼

Cheers to another wedding season creating magic together 🥂✨🤍🫶🏼🤩

02/04/2024

Mr. & Mrs. Sloane & Ko made it out of the house tonight — for the biggest night of the year — the .kansascity vendor choice awards gala 🤩🤩🤩

Thank you to all of the sponsor vendors who made this night unforgettable (as always), and for making all of us feel SO special and SO celebrated!

Having over NINE HUNDRED vendors in one room for the night, celebrating community over competition, and truly enjoying each other’s company is something SO unique to KC - and one of my favorite parts about it 💛

I am already counting down until next year’s celebration 🥂

02/01/2024

✨ ONE WHOLE YEAR ✨

Where do I even begin? 🥹

21 Weddings • 1 Quinceanera • 1 Bridal Shower
👆🏼👆🏼 Have all entrusted myself and my dream team with some of the most special & memorable days of their lives!

That is an honor that I do not take lightly, and truthfully a dream come true — that I still cannot believe I get to do! 🤍

I have learned SO much in my first year as a business owner, and it has only prepared me to be an even better owner, boss, co-worker, friendor, and planner in the coming year 🫶🏼

Thank you to all of my clients, my friendors, my cheerleaders, my supporters, and most importantly my family for helping me make this dream come true the last year! 😍

It’s because of all of you that I get to call this my job, and I can’t wait to continue making magic in year TWO 🤩

XOXO,
Andrea

01/23/2024

While we’re talking about all of the 🥶 & 🧊 we’ve been experiencing here in KC lately, it seems only fitting to flashback to the moment where Joi ICED all of the men in the bridal party when they thought they were doing a first look with her 😂👏🏼🤍

One of the biggest things I remind couples about their wedding days is to be sure they make it FUN 🤩!

While yes there are some more serious moments, for the most part, the day is about having fun and celebrating their love 💕

So things like this are PERFECT and most definitely MEMORABLE too ✨

Just make sure that your photographer is ready to capture all of these comedic and candid moments 🤍

01/16/2024

On one of the coldest 🥶 days of the year, it only feels appropriate to share photos from our hottest 🔥 wedding of the year to warm back up!

You could never tell from these photos that Bailee & Ryan got married under near 100 degree heat! ☀️ Their photos turned out beautifully, and so did their wedding day 😍

And now they’re going to be a mom and dad 🥹

It truly is one of the most special things when I get to be a part of multiple chapters of a couple’s life together! 🤍

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it a million times over, I have one of the coolest jobs in the world! 😍

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01/15/2024

I am in need of a few bridesmaid models for a styled shoot coming up on 2/23!! This is an all day shoot in the KC Crossroads! No experience required, just need to be comfy in front of multiple cameras :)! Hair & make-up will be provided; must bring n**e heels!

I am in need of (3) models that can wear a size 10 or a large bridesmaid dress!

If interested, please fill out the form below!!
https://forms.gle/vmZ5ZiVMpCB4pZEF6

XOXO

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11/29/2023

🥹 Kansas City 🥹

I couldn’t love you more, or feel more honored than to have received this nomination ✨ What started as a way to still use my creative brain + raise my baby has turned into a dream come true business; and this is icing on the cake!!

As I approach my last wedding of my first year of business, this honor truly encapsulates it all in such a special way 🫶🏼

I love what I do, and the people I get to do it with 🖤 Thank you X’s a million!!!

10/01/2023

For the fourth time EVER, allow me to introduce to you Mr. & Mrs. Ryan + Bailee COSTANZA 😍💍🫶🏼🤍

It was truly an honor to get to celebrate this special couple last night! They have been SO relaxed, loving, and FUN throughout the entire planning process — and they truly showed that to all of their friends and family as they celebrated together last night! 🫶🏼

THEY’RE MARRIED Y’ALL 💍🥂

⭐️Dream Team⭐️
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10/01/2023

09/26/2023

It’s a double post day when it’s AND your personal anniversary 🫶🏼🤍

Today and I celebrate three years since the best day of our lives! 🥰 In Steve’s words this morning, “man our wedding was so much fun!”

It truly was! I wish that we could go back and do it again every year. I know it’s so cliche, but it truly does go by SO FAST!!!!

So here is your reminder - soak it all in! It goes by so fast, but the memories last forever 🤍

Cheers to 3 years, babe 🥂 I love you!

09/22/2023

Another rainy day in KC has me reflecting on last weekend’s rainy wedding day ⛈️☔️🤍

They say rain on your wedding day is good luck, so hail on your wedding day must be lottery winning luck! 😂🤍

These two truly embraced the elements and said rain, (hail), or shine we are doing the dang thing…. And that’s exactly what they did 👏🏼

Stay dry out there, KC 🫶🏼

09/21/2023

Winning isn’t everything, but winning this trophy absolutely was to Kate & Conner! Unfortunately, only one team could win, and team BRIDE took the win this time 🤩

Grand entrances are the perfect opportunity to enhance your guest experience 👏🏼👏🏼

How about a game of flip cup team bride vs team groom? These two teams had people standing, cheering, and anxiously awaiting the win! 🏆

Now THAT is how to make an entrance 🤩

What other fun grand entrances have you seen before??