About Us

I’m Amanda, the owner of Signed Sealed Delivered Events! I’ve been celebrating love-filled days for almost 20 years (and let’s be real, basically since birth when I held imaginary weddings in our basement between my OG 1983 Cabbage Patch and whichever Barbie or action figure that still had a head after brothers and dogs got their paws on them)! I’m a hopeless romantic, lover of anything that involves sugar or sparkles, and slightly – ok, totally – obsessed with my two tiny pups named Pancake + Waffles.

When I say I’ve done it all in the events industry, I mean it! With the exception of being behind the camera or making the cake, I’ve pretty much done it all. I started my career in events in Los Angeles, circa 2005 – cue the nostalgic music and outfit change montage – curating and coordinating red carpet galas and fundraisers up the west coast and in Viva Las Vegas. I planned seating arrangements for feuding celebrity clients, assisted with silent auctions that had everything from priceless sports memorabilia to international trips, ate more chicken wrapped asparagus than I had ever before, and gleefully watched runway shows, musicals, and pet carnivals from the wings as we raised millions of dollars for charity.

I moved back to STL, married the best man of the first wedding I ever coordinated, and hit the ground running by co-owning an Event + Wedding Coordination and Floral Design company called Lucky You Productions. Here we designed and coordinated countless weddings, learned how to fast open peonies and how much water hydrangeas really drink, and jumped head first into managing big events like Saint Louis Fashion Week, Pride Fest, LouFest, and many a chilly NYE with Grand Center’s First Night Festival. This is also where I got my first taste of destination wedding planning and wowza, is it fun! #WillTravelforCake

After that, I assisted in managing public events at the St. Louis Zoo – a job with the best perks I’ve ever had, penguins that would randomly be walked through the office to get their steps in – before moving into the catering world. Being a catering manager is fast-paced hard work, but oof, you learn SO MUCH! This position gave me the behind-the-scenes knowledge needed to truly understand how every type of vendor best works, best receives information, and most importantly, best receives vendor meals during the reception. Here I learned how to train and lead a team, and I gotta say, I’ve worked with some of the most dedicated and hard-working people in the industry. I’ve helped design venues, toured and tasted with hundreds of couples and their VIPs, snuggled with llamas, and hid in the corner with happy tears in my eyes watching Father-Daughter dances.

One of the best parts of my career so far, and one that will continue into the next chapter of SSD Events + Weddings, is officiating weddings. Words can’t express how much I LOVE officiating weddings! It’s truly an honor and one of the best experiences in the world to have a front row seat to two people sharing their love story to the people that mean the most to them and starting the next chapter of their lives. Additionally, I’ve managed a rental company, seeing every side of managing inventory, deliveries, staff, and customers. Heck, I even learned how to stage houses and do interior design. So when I said I’ve done it all, really… I’ve pretty much done it all.

So when the Queen of Sparkle, Ashlee Erlinger, told me she was ready to pass over the SSD tiara, I knew this would be the perfect thing at the perfect time. Taking SSD through to the next chapter is giving me the opportunity to utilize all the experience I’ve collected over the years and share that with happy couples! So now that I’ve told you what I’ve done, let’s see what we can do together!