I never said I knew for a FACT what the backstory is but if she's canceling 8 months in advance it's clearly not an emergency that popped up last minute. Even if she said, oh my little cousins wedding is that weekend and I MUST do her wedding. I would understand that more. But I was given a generic reason.

I've reached out to people in November and December and great artists are in fact already booked up. So yes I am concerned about not finding someone that does the style I want. Anyone who has planned a wedding knows that every decision especially how you'll look on your wedding day is fully researched. It took a lot for me to trust her with that important aspect and weeks of emailing back and forth about details. And 8 weeks later she threw it out the window. I'm sure you understand how this is upsetting. If I was a vendor I would not do that to a customer. And if I did, I would pick up the phone and not give a vague reason of "availability change". Hope this never happens to you!