CONESTOGO - Some couples are without table linens, chairs and flowers for their upcoming nuptials as a local wedding planner suddenly shut down this week.

Parlour Soiree in Conestogo gave customers the news through its Facebook page, leaving 61 brides-to-be stranded.

"I'm angry and obviously upset," said Kayla Neves of Cambridge, who is getting married in September.

Neves claimed the wedding planner who owned Parlour Soiree, Amanda Seymour, owes her a $430 deposit for chairs.

"You're trusting these people for your big day," she said.

She is just one of dozens of brides, now unified on a Facebook page called Parlour Soiree Victims, who say they put down deposits ranging from a few hundred dollars to thousands.

Her friend, Courtney Smith, is also out $430 for chairs, it's claimed. She realizes it's not much, but it adds up when you're trying to plan a wedding. Smith said is worried Parlour Soiree won't be able to pay everyone back.

In an email to The Record, Seymour said her business model was not sustainable, forcing her to shut it down.

"Unfortunately, over the past two weeks, it became apparent that our current business model was not sustainable. As a result, and along with personal concerns, we are forced to close down the business. Just like so many other startups in the first 18 months, we were just not able to make it work."

She went on to say she will cancel contracts and issue deposit refunds, some of which will become available as soon as she is able to liquidate her business assets.

She initially told customers on Facebook that a combination of health and family reasons was the reason she was shuttering her Conestogo store front.

Now Seymour is selling off everything: rustic tables, chair sashes and table linens are up for sale on the wedding planner's Facebook page.

A vintage gramophone was also up for grabs. It was a star feature of a previous wedding planning business Seymour was associated with, Poetically Rustic Events, run out of Mississauga with a promise of vintage-style weddings.

When that business shuttered it also left behind unhappy customers.

Jennifer Henriques of Stoney Creek can attest to that.

The bride-to-be hired the wedding planner to take care of everything: decorations, flowers, invitations, you name it.

But Henriques decided to cancel the services after a series of alleged stumbles by the wedding planner over the course of eight months as well as reading bad reviews online.

She said Poetically Rustic Events did not return the $1,800 deposit for her 2013 wedding. Henriques said she eventually got a refund from her credit card company after Seymour allegedly ignored her constant calls, text messages and emails.

"It's horrible. It's supposed to be someone's magical day," she said.

When asked for a phone interview with The Record, Seymour replied: "Due to assumptions and false information circling the Internet we are only communicating via email at this time."

She did not respond to questions about Poetically Rustic Events.

Megan Smith (no relation to Courtney Smith) is another young bride left without flowers, linens, drapery, as well as chairs. She said she has given Seymour a deposit of over $1,800 for her 2017 wedding.

"I'm just concerned that when the time does come, she won't have enough money."

Scott Norris of KW Flowers also feels left in the lurch. Norris said Seymour owes him $3,600 for wedding flowers ordered from him over the span of six weeks.

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"She promised to come in and pay," Norris said. But she never did, Norris added.

He has offered to help several brides left without flowers for their wedding because of Parlour Soirees' closure.

"I have no problem doing it because it's what I do for a living, but I feel sorry for these brides," Norris said.

Like KW Flowers, several local businesses have jumped in to help stranded brides-to-be, like HR Entertainment in Guelph that took on a huge chunk of Seymour's accounts.

She gave three wedding planners all 61 of her client files.

Steve Roloson of HR Entertainment said he's never seen a sudden closure this big.

"When I looked at the files, I couldn't believe how many they were . and they are all over the place."

None of the deposits paid to Parlour Soiree were transferred to HR Entertainment, Roloson said.

He is busy organizing the delivery of chairs for weddings as far afield as St. Thomas, Barrie and London this weekend.

"It's definitely challenging," he said, but he added he was happy to do it.

Along with Betroth the Wedding Store in Cambridge and Fresh Look Design Event and Wedding Specialists in Kitchener, Roloson said the partnership of local wedding planners is there to help those in need.

"There aren't big bucks in it for us," he added.

Neves said Roloson was a huge help over her wedding that is just two months away.

"When he messaged me, I was in such a panic," Neves said. "I went from panic to feeling a little bit more at ease.

"It's amazing how the community has come together."