Expert Wedding Planner Tonya Edinger
Nine years ago I though to myself, self you should probably have a mission statement and some core values. I was in an SBA class and that is what they said you should do so I came up with this original post but today I am even more committed to these core values and my new and improved mission statement. I have also come up with the Tonya Promise
Found at the bottom of that linked page.
Mission Statement for Weddings of Pittsburgh
At Weddings of Pittsburgh we deliver luxury planning with heart. I don’t just plan weddings I give you mental insurance. From your first “YES” to your Honeymoon, I create seamless story driven celebrations where you feel cared for, your guests feel cherished, and every detail is handled with love, trust, and precision.
You are not just another client, you are my priority.
Take a deep breath, I’ve got this!
💎 Updated Core Values for Weddings of Pittsburgh 2025 version
💎 Excellence in Every Detail
We believe luxury is found in the details. From the first call to the final farewell, we bring precision, creativity, and intention to every touchpoint—because you deserve nothing less than flawless. We had a client, Jayme, a few years ago and she always said “details matter” and they really do.
“Done” isn’t good enough. It has to be extraordinary.
🤍 Unshakable Integrity
We lead with honesty, transparency, and respect. Whether it’s a vendor contract or a family dynamic, we protect your best interests like they’re our own, with professionalism and compassion.
Trust isn’t earned through words it’s built through every action.
🌿 Client-First Always
We believe in being your advocate, your calm in the chaos, and your behind-the-scenes magic maker. Your story, your joy, and your experience come first, always.
You’re not just our client. You’re our purpose.
This recent review is why I do what I do, why I am extra, bougee, and why I will always over deliver for you!
Sunshine writes:
Tonya and her team were beyond amazing. To say they helped with our wedding would be an understatement – we would have been dead in the water without them. Tonya is unbelievably kind, communicative, decisive, and talented. She went out of her way to make my partner and I feel stress-free and accommodated every step of the way.
My partner and I had a short engagement and when we hired Tonya and her team, we were so lost and terrified that we were doing everything wrong. Tonya was able to find us people to tailor our wedding outfits last minute, to get the perfect linens for our wedding, to coordinate both our non-professional friends who were doing our florals, photography, and cake and our professional vendors with grace, and was even able to save us money and help us navigate the contracts we otherwise could not have understood.
The chuppah and photobooth Tonya organized were so perfect and added so much to the wedding. She even coordinated our rehearsal dinner for us and it went off perfectly.
Before we had Tonya, my partner cried every day from how stressed they were and they begged me to call off the wedding and just elope with them, and I stayed the course with the grim determination of a person sentenced to death row. Once we hired her, my partner would get off the phone with her totally confident and centered and I got to say my favorite phrases – “I’m sure Tonya is on it” and “I don’t know, but you can ask Tonya” – every time my friends who were working the wedding had a question I had no idea how to answer. She took all of the scary, confusing, and hard parts off our plates so we could focus on the parts that were fun and allowed us to show our love for each other and our families and friends who came to celebrate with us.
She never made us feel bad for being underprepared – even for things we were beating ourselves up about procrastinating on. She just helped us figure out a way through it. Even when my partner’s mom was feeling left out and anxious that things were happening without her, Tonya was able to help her understand how loved, needed, and important she was.
Our guests had the most amazing time at our wedding – and so did we. So many of them even said it was the best wedding they’d ever been to. But the best part for me was this: in the months leading up to the wedding, my partner was convinced they were going to have a panic attack at the rehearsal dinner and the wedding and have to hide in the bathroom all night, but at both events, they were out and smiling and laughing all night, dancing with me and our friends. I’ve barely ever seen them so happy. It was the greatest gift in the world that all our friends and family got to see and spend time with the wonderful person I love so much, the way I get to see them: silly, joyful, and smiling. We owe so much of that to Tonya and her incredibly friendly, organized, and wonderful team and their many, many years of experience. Tonya promised my partner they wouldn’t have a panic attack and, like every other promise she made, she followed through and then some.
We can’t recommend them highly enough!
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January 31st 2016
Attention to detail – I believe in efficiency and I have systems in place to be sure we do not forget a thing. I believe that you should be guests of honor at your wedding. (This is very important to me and it should be to you as well, who wants to run around checking on vendors and dealing with problems when they should be blissfully looking into each others eyes, dancing, having fun, and making memories?)
Honesty/Integrity – I believe that honesty is the best policy and communication is key.
Reliability – Believe me when I say I have your back, you are my client and I will be right there the whole way through, being your advocate and making sure no one takes advantage of you. Sharing perks from a selection of vendors with you and staying committed to getting you the very best of everything. I believe you deserve to be pampered!
Respect – I believe in being available for my clients that’s why I ONLY accept 10 weddings per year. You deserve all of my undivided attention.
Creativity – I believe in finding a way to make your personal wedding vision come alive by showing you options that maybe you didn’t think of. I also, have a team that collaborates with me on design, just awaiting your approval.
I know this is the most important event in your life to date and emotions are running high, you can relax knowing I am available to answer any questions.
I provide high quality services at a fair price.
No detail is too small to be addressed.
I design your wedding until it is what you have dreamed about since you where a little girl as well as your fiancée’s desires and incorporate both of your visions to produce a day filled with both of the best of your personalities, love, and special memories!
I promise the day of your wedding, what we planned together, and you both envisioned is what you will see when you arrive.
Life is too short to stress over the details of Do It Yourself planning, let a professional, an expert wedding planner handle it. You wouldn’t fix your own car would you? Cut your own hair? I know I wouldn’t!! Let Weddings of Pittsburgh, having the knowledge, experience, and connections, treat you like royalty through your whole wedding journey.
Do you believe what I believe? Then we need to meet!
Contact me right now to set up a 20 minute phone consult, let’s get started making your vision a reality!