This review is so hard to write because there was so much detail into what Erin did over the past year, to make our wedding super awesome. I'm sure I've missed a lot of it, but tried to capture what she does in the best way possible here.
I first found Erin, through a wedding she did at the Parker Palm springs. I interviewed her and 3 other event planners. Since I am in LA and my wedding was to be at the Parker in Palm Springs, I thought I should go with someone local, but after speaking with Erin and 3 other local companies, it was obvious Erin was the one. She completely understood what kind of wedding we wanted (even though I barely even understood what I wanted), on top of being so sweet, professional, and easy to talk to. Over the year to follow I learned how incredibly creative and hard working she is, paying so much attention to detail. She made sure everything fit our vision, yet was tasteful and well put together, knowing when to interject her ideas and opinions (which I loved). She involved me (and my mom) in the entire process, yet I could have comfortably handed it all over to her too had I wanted to. I can't even imagine how many hours she spent hand-crafting all of our place cards out of these cool geometric plastic shapes. They were such a hit and something never been done before (they were so professional and modern too, not crafty looking). She also hand made a bunch of large paper gems for our dance-floor ceiling installation. Everything she does is inventive and new, yet cool, professional, and tasteful. Other than that, Erin took care of EVERYTING so that I didn't have to: vendor coordination, event design, mailing invitations, etc. She even offered to accept and keep record of our RSVP's, but we wanted to do that part. Weddings inevitably come with some stresses and Erin did everything she could to take them off of our shoulders. She contacted all of our guests, who did not RSVP, to see if they were attending (taking the pressure and awkwardness off my husband and I). No matter the situation, Erin handled it. Anytime I had a question, idea, or concern, I could just call her up, (she always answered) and handled whatever I had to say with professionalism and an upbeat attitude. She really doesn't skip a beat, and when the wedding got closer it was comforting to know I could hand everything off to her, and just enjoy the fact that I was getting married. I didn't want to make any more decisions that last month, and felt so confident that the little that was left to do, I could leave up to Erin.
Our wedding was a whole weekend in Palm Springs. Erin flew out multiple times, for a venue walk-through, and meetings with the florist, hotel, and rental companies. The weekend of our wedding, Erin and her assistants, delivered all of our welcome bags to our guests, who were staying at a bunch of random different hotels. She took care of everything from the timeline, to setting up every design detail, to making sure all our vendors, hairdressers, makeup artists, and all, knew where to be and when, and that our guests did too. Erin did a good job of keeping some surprises from me as well. She personally created and surprised us with a dance-floor decal, that was SO US! We loved it. She also had been coordinating a surprise with my then-fiancé, which was executed so seamlessly and he felt comfortable calling Erin with any questions or ideas he had too.
No matter what your vision is, Erin can really make it happen. She has incredible taste, and has a way of making your own vision come to life flawlessly, beautifully, and creatively. She knows how a wedding should run, what's appropriate and what is not, how to make sure your guests are comfortable and how to make sure you have the wedding of your dreams. She has amazing ideas and will also run with your own ideas as well, so that your event that is not only gorgeous, but personal too. My mom and I planned this wedding together, and Erin had no problem answering to, and going back and forth between the two of us. I know it can be confusing and cumbersome to deal with 2 women with 2 different brains, but Erin had no issue with it. My mom and I miss working with Erin a lot and feel like we became friends with her throughout the whole process, because that's just the kind of person Erin is. She has a very approachable and understanding personality, and just gets along with people, vendors and all! I can't imagine having a better wedding planning experience than I did with Erin (or a better wedding for that matter). Worth every penny. Erin, I miss you!! read more