Before I even got engaged I knew from the get-go I would hire a full-on wedding planner. My husband knew and completely agreed, as I've planned and coordinated events and a few weddings in the past. Especially, since we lived in Michigan and were planning a SoCal wedding where all of our friends and family were.
After our initial consultation with JenSo, my husband and I decided to go with her because we clicked. She's warm, calm, and got our jokes. She absolutely took care of us throughout our very long journey together, because I hired her late summer of 2019, and my wedding was in Dec.2020. As we all know now, that big wedding did not happen because of Covid-19.
We really felt so blessed that we had her, especially during the pandemic. I cannot emphasize enough how much she helped us navigate in contracts, a lot of decision making, and overall reminding us of our original vision. She's patient, and always in your corner. I already knew she's amazing, but when you have a venue manager who keeps complimenting and praising your wedding planner, you know you found a great one.
She helped us plan our micro-wedding on our original date 6 weeks out, because that's how last minute we made that decision. It was absolutely beautiful in my sister's backyard. And the very few guests who came kept saying how they didn't think it would look that great and all deck-out for a backyard wedding.
Because we didn't want to start up planning unless we knew we could actually have the wedding in 2021, we didn't start wedding planning again until 6 months before the wedding. I did voice my worry about getting the right vendors we hadn't hired yet in our price range, but she reassured me that there's no need to worry. And she was right, I did not worry. We hired our Florist 6 weeks before the wedding, the DJ 4 weeks before the wedding, babysitters 2 weeks before the wedding, and I had a videographer I hired the year prior go MIA, and she found one for us who could give us almost the exact package at the same price who we hired 5 weeks before the wedding. And they were all top notch vendors in my price range. Honestly, it's hilarious how "last minute" we hired these vendors, considering I started with a mindset to hire everyone ahead of schedule. With JenSo, I never felt that I was competing against the myriads of wedding couples out there.
My wedding weekend was intense, with a long morning and afternoon of tea ceremony with two different traditions on Friday, and then the Saturday wedding the next day, I never had to worry about anything. JenSo and her team were awesome, and they were super organized, calm, and happy for us.
I wanted to feel calm, happy, and just focused on the many pockets of happy moments created that weekend, and I got that because Campfire Events made it happen for me. Hands down the best decision we made of our whole wedding planning. read more