Hi, we're Kayla & JD!
Made Better started long before we ever realized we were starting a business.
Somehow, at every event we attended, we ended up becoming the unofficial planners. A sister's baby shower? We were staging it. A best friend's wedding? We somehow ended up coordinating trash removal at the end of the night. A cousin's graduation? We were building the balloon arch. Dad's 50th birthday? We were making custom decals. A coworker's wedding? Suddenly, we were creating layouts.
At some point, we looked at each other and realized... no one was asking us to do this. We just genuinely loved it.
Our Story
We loved helping people. We loved taking someone's idea and figuring out how to make it happen. So, we decided to turn something we were already doing for the people we love into Made Better Events.
Today, you'll still find the two of us working most events side-by-side — planning, coordinating, building, decorating, problem-solving, loading cars and doing whatever else needs to be done. We were both raised in families that taught us the value of hard work, so cutting corners isn't really in our DNA.
And while we're usually your Made Better duo, we're incredibly lucky to have a team of talented, hospitality-driven people we can call on for larger events and installations.
Outside of Made Better, we're both full-time professional women with very full lives. JD is a wife and mom to two little girls, and Kayla is the very proud aunt to eight nieces and nephews — otherwise known as the future Made Better setup crew circa 2036.
For now, Made Better is something we get to build alongside our careers and families. But we have a big hope that one day this little business we started simply because we loved helping people becomes the thing we get to do every day.
Until then, we'll keep showing up, working hard, laughing through the chaos, and doing everything we can to make your special moments just a little bit better.