Our history
From one wedding in Osu
Twelve years, three hundred and forty celebrations, and two decisions that cost us money at the time and paid for everything since.
Twelve years
Seven moments that changed how the studio works. Two of them cost us money at the time.
2013
One couple and a rented compound
Adjoa planned her sister's wedding in Osu because nobody would take it seriously at the budget she had. A friend called in the March, and a stranger in the June.
2015
The commission decision
Turned down a standing arrangement with a large caterer, wrote the no-commission rule into the contract, and lost about a third of that year's income doing it.
2017
Naa Dedei arrives, and production splits off
The first year somebody other than Adjoa ran a site. Tents, power and deliveries stopped being an afternoon problem and became a department.
2019
The Boundary Road studio
Out of a spare room and into East Legon, with somewhere to lay a table properly and show a couple what a scheme actually looks like at full size.
2021
Forty guests, and a better way of working
A season of small weddings taught us more about detail than the six years before it. Half of what we now do as standard came out of 2021.
2023
Rites brought in-house
Akos joined and the customary side stopped being something we coordinated around. Both families now meet us before a single supplier is booked.
2026
Three hundred and forty celebrations
Six planners, fifteen celebrations a year, and ninety-four per cent of them arriving from somebody who had already been to one of ours.
12
Years planning
340
Celebrations held
6
Planners on the bench
94
%Booked by referral
“They ran a three-day weekend across two towns and I did not hold a single phone call after the Thursday.”
Afua Boateng
Married at Aburi, 2025
What has not changed
The first question in the first meeting is still what the day should feel like, and it is still asked before anybody says a number. Everything else on this page is a consequence of keeping that in the right order.
Adjoa Mensimah · Founder