Your Premiere Ocean City Wedding Planners
Alison to the Altar is a wedding and event design team based in Ocean City, MD, passionate about helping clients create beautiful, unique events that make lasting memories. With ten years of being in business and a combined 20 year experience in the industry, we have had the privilege of working with countless marriers to bring their dream weddings to life. In addition to providing superior design services for marriers throughout Maryland's Eastern Shore, we also offer floral collections with your style in mind. Our vision is to be a trusted guide throughout your wedding experience, from finding creative ideas tailored specifically for you, curating delightful experiences on your big day, helping you navigate obstacles, and ensuring your magical moment will be an unforgettable part of history.
Meet Alison Sappington, the heart and soul behind Alison to the Altar, your premier OCMD Wedding Planner. With a decade-long journey in the wedding industry and a particular focus on floral design for the past 3.5 years, Alison brings your dream Ocean City Wedding to life with her creativity, passion, and unrivaled expertise. Her extensive life experience allows her to navigate the fast-paced and emotionally charged world of wedding planning with finesse and a smile.
A self-proclaimed, energetic, and talkative personality, Alison is driven by her love for transforming spaces with the magic of fresh flowers. When she's not orchestrating the perfect wedding, Alison relishes life by the beach or expresses her creativity in everyday life. Although her current reading is not a book, but mainly floral orders, she does take a break and enjoys an espresso martini or crisp, chilled glass of champagne when happy hour presents itself.
Her favorite flowers, the Clooney Ranunculus and garden roses, symbolize her love for textures and colors, much like her diverse and vibrant career. Alison is well-respected in the wedding industry and holds a special place in the Tiffany Circle for her substantial fundraising efforts for the Red Cross.
Warm, approachable, and brimming with infectious energy, Alison is revered among her colleagues as a loving, creative, and fair leader. She's not just the Owner of Alison to the Altar but the Director of Design, ensuring every Ocean City Wedding she undertakes is a seamless, luxury experience. Her advice to any prospective marrier is simple and reflects her work ethic, "Find a wedding planner who shares your vision, brings creativity to the table, and most importantly, is someone you can trust. After all, the best weddings are not just events but experiences that tell your unique love story. It would help if you remembered to be flexible and open to possibilities, and of course, bring lots of coffee!".
Alison is proud of her journey, her four grandchildren, and her enduring 39-year marriage, which not surprisingly had its inception on a boat. With Alison, you are not just hiring a wedding.