My specialty is bringing to life extraordinary, nondramatic experiences that inspire weddings that are well planned and executed. For me, it's about listening and communicating what is important to both of you and what you value in the details of your wedding day - so you can experience the joy you deserve. I'm here so you can allow your loved ones to see your love for each other and for them to arrive on your wedding day, to enjoy your family and friends, with an extraordinary wedding experience - holding lifelong memories of so much more than just a party. 

Creating beautiful weddings with you in mind - no detail spared, candlelit conversation, crying the tears of joy, laughing through memories, dancing through the night, the passion that I am so proud to pour into my work. But at the heart of it, it's even deeper than that - I want your wedding to feel like you like this is the day that you have dreamt of for years, where you want to share stories and freeze time.

 I'm here to make sure you can make your dream a reality and to avoid you from having to call on other family members or planners to answer your questions, get vendor referrals or even calm you after you were made so many promises and now at the last minute those promises have changed causing stress and extra expenses. I have created an all-inclusive wedding package to avoid this from happening.  Please read all the details and confirm they are in righting before contracting venues, wedding planning companies, and vendors for your wedding day.

At the end of the day, it is all about giving you the freedom to enjoy both the wedding planning journey and the wedding day to their fullest and partnering with the most exceptionally talented suppliers to build you

a team you trust and respect!

Barefoot Beach Bride is a Full-Service Wedding, Event Design, Planning Company with Venue founded in 2011.

Our founder, Jodie Noonan

Our story began years ago, as a teen I loved to sew, bake, design floral arrangements, custom make furniture, and home décor. Years later my hobbies allowed me to escape from my career in the Automotive industry.  I started working for a General Motors dealership in 1983. Starting as a service file clerk advanced into every position in the service department up to the Service and Parts Director. My departments received top awards for customer satisfaction throughout the years. 

General Motors’ mission is: “To earn customers for life by building brands that inspire passion and loyalty through not only breakthrough technologies but also by serving and improving the communities in which we live and work around the world.”  Barefoot Beach Bride mimics this mission.

I retired from the industry and started designing, weddings, events, home décor along with doing interior designing. I enrolled in Professional Wedding Institute for Wedding and Event Planners through Thomas Education Direct. Became a member of the highly accredited Association of Bridal Consultants and opened Amber Nicole’s Bridal Salon in Salisbury Maryland. We did not just sell the dress, we assisted our couples with design, coordinating colors to recommend day-of logistics. And yes, full wedding planning when we could fit it in.

The internet became the way of ordering wedding gowns and attire we needed to make a change while we could.  I started planning beach weddings for a few couples.  The entrepreneur that I am giving thought to the idea “could this be a service we could offer in my hometown Ocean City MD?  Yes, this is when Barefoot Bride was started.  I started thinking of what I had heard repeatedly from planning to the wedding day realized that couples were working with smaller budgets and just could not plan the wedding they wanted without breaking the bank. Most didn’t know where to start or realize how much time, moving parts, or the number of details were involved with planning their wedding day. They thought they could it all themselves or with the help of family, friends, or in some cases an untrained planner.  By the week of the wedding, they were so stressed out and wishing the day would just get here and be over with. This just broke my heart; I knew there could be an easier way

I decided to write my own planning system which did not include a lot of tradition or the way everyone thought they were supposed to plan and timelines for the wedding day.  We needed to offer affordable weddings with the most important details and would allow the couple to envision the final day and to enjoy every minute.  I created wedding packages with pre-designed details, decorations, and timelines at the most affordable price we could offer with all the vendors and details needed for the wedding day. 

In September 2014. I sold Amber Nicole’s Bridal, focused on ways to make the business better, and put 100% of my time into what is now Barefoot Bride Wedding Bride! I developed the BBB Management Planning System, a custom-built and comprehensive set of event management tools with interactive communications and tailored applications. Our Management System allows our clients to constantly stay updated on the logistical elements of their wedding. Including Itineraries/timelines, guest lists, budgets, task lists, and more, our Management System ensures that no detail is overlooked during the planning process. Every element, from the design, finish of the hand draped fabrics, decoration placements, to the final itinerary, is carefully composed. We want our brides to look back at their weddings years later and feel that their wedding was timeless.

2020 is the start of a New Decade and the start of Barefoot Beach Brides Full-Service Planning Company and Wedding Venue!

My dreams and visions are now complete and real. We have Relocated to 5909 Coastal Hwy. Ocean City MD. We have added a 2000 Square foot Venue Space. And a full-service Floral Shop Owned and operated by My daughter Amber “Thistle Flower Bar”  

With over 10 years of wedding and design experience, Amber is here to offer fresh flowers and design services for your wedding day.  All our packages can upgrade to fresh custom flowers. Add beautiful fresh bridal bouquets and bridal party flowers. Choose from our pre-designed or request custom to complete your vision. She is not just here for Barefoot Beach Bride; she will work with all wedding requests.  Barns to ballrooms. 

Our NEW Venue Space Coastl 59 Venues! 2000 square foot venue space focuses on a design that has a different twist than any other venue in Ocean City MD.  The industrial style lends itself to even more beautiful styling.  Warehouse-style windows, Neutral tone, painted brick walls, visible pipes with steel beams overhead and throughout the room, these previously unsightly elements are now revered for their charm that adds a sense of timelessness to a modern wedding day.

It has taken more than 7 years to grow the business to where it is today. Feature on the season finale of Gypsy Sisters in 2012 chosen by the directors for my design. Barefoot Beach Bride has been also named a top wedding planner, received couple’s choice awards, local and international reconditions. 2018 International Wedding and Honeymoon Abroad Magazine named Jodie Noonan one of the 50 top wedding planners in the world, in late fall we were given the Rose Award, for the best wedding planner in the North East. We are honored to have received these awards and recognitions but only you can decide if we are the best planners for you.

These accolades are special, yet the most meaningful parts of our business are the incredible people we have met along the way. We wouldn’t be where we are today without these people, we have had the opportunity to work with.

It is rewarding to look back and see how far we have come over the years, but it is even more exciting to look towards the future. The best is yet to come.

This is our story.

We look forward to using our story to create an experience and for you to trust us to design and plan your wedding!

Jodie Meeks

Formally Jodie Noonan in November of 2020 (yes 2020) I married the man that stole my heart and fills my life with joy, and keeps my heart beating.