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Designing coastal custom weddings with tailored hospitality. NC based wedding designer and wedding planner, destination wedding designer.

 

With over 13 years of experience, our weddings have a nod to the fun flair that the occasion deserves.

Relaxed composure, collaboration with passionate creatives, and partnering with like-minded “yes people”, can make for some pretty remarkable moments.

At the end of the day, we want you to recognize yourself in each thread of the event details, as we elevate your unique story to embody the soul of the event experience that is unmistakably “you”.

Our connection with each of our couples is vital to the impact and personalization of the elements that create these impeccable events. We can’t wait to meet you!

 Personality matters when talking about an event so authentic and intimate.

Let’s have some fun while you kick it with Kickstand!

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Courtney Stone

Co-Owner & Creative Director

Courtney has more than a decade of design experience in the wedding & event industry. She takes the threads of the couple’s story and design spirit and translates it into their wedding day. Her favorite elements of a design are speciality linens, custom lighting installations, and tucked away lounge nooks for conversation.

Courtney lives in Wilmington with her husband and two children, Kelsey & Harlan. She just built a house and is enjoying every minute of it!

When she’s not attending to every design detail for Kickstand’s couples, you can find her organizing, cooking, or sipping on a mimosa!

Sally Lindroos

Co-Owner & Planning Director

Sally has been infatuated with themed social plans & smooth, relaxed hospitality for as long as she can remember. She’s had over 15 years of experience working between the coast of North Carolina to the city of Boston, and constantly has her heart strings pulled by the shared, secret moment between bridal party right before they walk down the aisle.

She doesn’t believe in coincidences— but knows that God’s provision over our unique gifts, life experiences, people in our lives, and places that we encounter, have purpose that can create beauty every single day if we let it.

Everyone has magic that is all their own- and she finds purpose in evoking this magic throughout each couple’s incredible story celebration.

She loves a freshly ground cup of coffee, a perfectly timed reference to The Office or You’ve Got Mail, the giggles of her son, Oliver, and a long firepit & wine date with her high school sweetheart.

She feels most happy after a long run, a Duke win, a conquered task list, and during that sun-sleepy feeling after a full day at the beach with friends who feel like family and family who feel like friends.

 

Joanna Marshburn

Event Planner & Creative Assistant

Joanna is a graduate of East Carolina University with a degree in Hospitality Management, concentrating in Special Events. Her love for design started at a very young age, and combined with her slight OCD tendencies, no detail will go untouched. She takes pride in curating elements that make a couple’s day unique to them and their sweet love story.

Her favorite part of the wedding day is watching the father daughter dance because it always reminds her of the close bond she shares with her dad. Yes, she cries every time!

When Joanna is not designing your special day, you can find her cozied up with a good romance novel, rewatching How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days for the millionth time, spending summer days at the beach, chasing sunsets, antique shopping, and spending time with the people she loves most.

Michele Upchurch

Operations Manager & Great Day Soiree Rental Manager

Michele has always had a love of styling - whether it be filling her own home full of colors, patterns, and treasures or finding the right accessory for a special outfit. Her love of mixing textures, color pallets, and bits of nature is artful - an expression of her love of the beauty that surrounds us. She believes that design should be an expression of warmth and hospitality.

When meeting with a new client, Michele is looking to best understand their personal style and vision. Her goal is to help her clients find a way to communicate this through their unique table scape design. 

As soon as Michele opens her eyes in the morning, she wants a cup of hot coffee and for happy hour, a chilled glass of Chardonnay sounds perfect. Michele loves a good play list - anything disco works!! When not in work mode, you can find Michele hanging with her high school love (technically her husband of 30+ years) or one of her two adult kids - both local to the area. And very soon, she will have a grandson to love on too! 

 

Ready to roll?

We can’t wait to learn more about you & your dream event day.

 
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