With experience in over 100 weddings in North Carolina and Virginia, publications in Wedding Chicks and Virginia Weddings, and “Best of Weddings” with Wedding Wire and The Knot, our team of skilled planners is ready to bring your wedding dreams to life.
OUR WEDDINGS ARE THE LOVE LETTERS THAT OUR COUPLES WRITE TO GUESTS and
We make it our main priority to curate your wedding vision, to orchestrate the early planning details, and to ensure the day itself runs according to what we have planned together. When the inevitable questions arise, you will be able to continue sipping your mimosa, knowing that Sincerely Jane is representing you and your vision.
AS YOUR PLANNING TEAM...
We spent weeks laying the foundation that now supports a wonderful team of planners, and provides highly styled and unique weddings to couples across North Carolina and Virginia.
In 2019, we created Sincerely Jane with a vision & high standards for wedding professionals.
It’s 2008, Low by Flo Rida is at the top of the charts, two strangers meet through a friend of a friend, and a high end wedding planning business was born. Ok… so maybe we are omitting some key pieces of that story, but when we look back it feels like the years have flown by! Although our story begins over a decade ago, we can confidently say that our friendship blossomed in college (with a little help from the local cafe…if you know you know), as we found ourselves following our family footsteps and majoring in Hospitality Management at Auburn University. We knew from the beginning when we were interns for a national wedding planning company, that this was something we were going to build for ourselves one day. We always dreamed about “one day,” and then “one day” became “why not today and why not together?!”
How it Began
MEET THE OWNERS & LEAD PLANNERS
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The moment before the bride walks down the aisle
Amanda, the lead planner in Virginia Beach now proudly leads her team, and lives for the moments she is able to present design concepts, and show her couples the grand reveal come the day of their wedding! When she is not working with her couples you can find her swinging her feet over the water at The Back Deck with her husband sipping an orange crush, or spending time with their golden retriever, Barley.
Co-Founder, Lead Planner & Designer
Amanda Schwenke
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First look
Alexandra, the lead planner and designer for the Charlotte location, looks forward to all of the weddings already in the works for the coming years and the wonderful couples to come! She lives just south of Charlotte with her husband and lab mix, currently working through fun home renovations. On her wedding free weekends, you can find her and her husband at the Matthews farmer’s market in the mornings, or trying all the new restaurants and pop ups in South End in the evenings!
Co-Founder, Lead Planner & Designer
Alexandra Stephens
Kimberly Joined the SJE team in 2020 and has quickly blown us away with the love and care she has for our couples. She has an incredibly keen eye for the small details that ensure a flawless execution, and will take our couples aesthetic wishes to heart and drive the design home with her day of styling and oversight. We mean it when we say everyone that has ever met her absolutely loves her!
Kimberly’s favorite part of a wedding day will forever be all the special first looks that we are privileged to see. Wedding after wedding she always says “there is just nothing like the feels that are happening in that moment!” When Kimberly is not with her couples she is planning squadron events, spending time with her husband of 19 years, and loving on their two sweet children.
VIRGINIA BEACH
Aileen joined the SJE team back in 2021 after being an SJE bride, and is the MVP for knowing our couples next needs before they do. She is always quick with a cocktail, comfortable shoes for our bride to change into, and never lets a small detail fall out of place.
Her favorite part of a wedding day is when her couples decide to do a private last dance while we line their guests up for their exit. “They get to take it all in one last time and have such a sweet moment to themselves and I love to see the photos afterwards!”
When Aileen isn’t planning, she is spending lots of quality time with her husband & their fur baby while settling into their new home!
NORTH CAROLINA
Associate Planners
Julia joined the SJE team back in 2020 shortly after graduating from James Madison University. Julia brings her passion for weddings and making others happy along with her to every wedding day. You’ll see her doing whatever may be needed in the moment for you, your bridal party, family and vendor team throughout the day, and we love her for it!
Her favorite part of a wedding day is hands down the father daughter dance. Amanda can stand as witness, she always tears up and it’s the sweetest thing!
In Julia's down time she enjoys spending time with her precious pup and cat, and exploring the outdoors.
VIRGINIA BEACH
Cassidy joined the SJE team in 2020 after moving to Charlotte from New Jersey. She really takes the time to get to know our couples and brings so much joy and energy to each wedding day. You will 100% find her dancing with the wedding party before the night is over.
Her favorite part of the wedding day is definitely when the groom sees the bride walking down the aisle for the first time, the joy on his face really says it all!
When Cassidy isn’t planning with us she is dragging Alex on a Target run and waking up far too early for a workout.
NORTH CAROLINA
