Erika made wedding planning an enjoyable, stress-free process. She invests into the unique vision…read moreof each event with meticulous attention to detail and works with you to bring your vision to life. I really wasn't that into wedding planning, but Erika brought all the details together perfectly and our wedding was absolutely perfect! It was better than I even imagined it would be. She is amazing!! I've also worked with Erika on a professional level and am nothing short of impressed with her talents and abilities every time we work together. I highly recommend Erika Amalia Events for your event & wedding planning needs!

From the owner: Erika Amalia Event Design & Planning is a boutique event design and wedding planning studio…read moreservicing Central California and beyond. Our team will professionally help you plan and design your corporate, social or wedding event from start to finish through our design, styling, planning and coordination services. We produce unique and meaningful events that are complimentary to your personality, style and budget. From selecting the very best vendors to managing your budget and timelines, we take care of the nitty gritty details behind-the-scenes, so you can concentrate on having fun! We have a passion for design, and in our opinion, no detail is too small enough to overlook. So whether you're throwing an event for the first time or simply need assistance in styling or sourcing vendors, let us take the lead.

JANICE is completely amazing! We got married 1/28/2017 and everything went smoothly and with out a…read morehitch (that we knew of lol) thanks to her! I couldn't have imagined it any other way. She was there every step of the way from, vendor appointments to helping with ideas that I had and turning them into a reality. She is extremely passionate about what she does and you feel it while working with her, she honestly makes you feel like you are the only Bride. I would recommend her to any and everyone!

Janice planned an event at our studio recently and we were blown away with not only her design, but…read morehow much she truly cares for her couples. Janice truly goes the extra mile to ensure her couples have exactly what they envisioned on their big day!

I cried for weeks. What was supposed to be an eventful day for my guests turned to catastrophe…read more Eclectic Events failed to set up on time, failed to hire enough staff, and failed to clean up the party. And that is only the beginning of the nightmare we experienced. Not enough food for our 30 guests when we ordered food for 50...the flowers never arrived...and after crying, I was left with gossip from the party goers that I put on horrible parties. I will never believe yelp. Eclectic had to have paid people to write nice things. The party for my husbands new job and employees was just awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are looking for a person with attention to detail not only for decor, but to overlook the…read moreentire process from the contractual phase with various vendors to the finish product of ensuring an awesome and stress free evening for my husband and I and making sure the guests had a great time... Then Cindy with Eclectic Events is your planner. Cindy accompanied us throughout the entire process from meeting with vendors and making sure we weren't taken advantage of. Though all our vendors were great, the added experience of Cindy ensured a positive wedding planning experience. She covered all the minuscule details and our agenda was kept on track! From the girls hair and makeup, to the grooms haircuts, limousine pick ups, church photos, the various photographers involved, and the time schedule for the reception events including our sunset pictures, everything went off flawless! Cindy stayed in contact with us the entire wedding process. She might have drive some vendors crazy, but she knew what she was doing and looked out for us, her clients. Overall, Cindy was very professional and very gay friendly. She didn't make us feel different not once! We are grateful for kind-hearted professionals like Cindy. Her ideas and contacts are amazing! Thank you for making our evening memorable!

dream venue !! My husband and I just got married here on 4/24/26 and it was the most perfect day !…read moreOur family and friends would agree as they loved all the food, venue, music, & staff. We are extremely grateful for the team at Fresno Fields and how the whole process and the day of was sooo perfect ! Big thank you to our coordinator Lizzy, our reception coordinator, bartender, and our DJ Daniel as well . It was perfect!

Excellent work! They took care of everything. All we had to do was show up for our appointments…read more Lizzy was a wonderful coordinator! Highly recommend them for weddings or any event. The venue is beautiful.

We had a fun 4th of July lunch at our clubhouse in Stonebridge. They decorated so patriotic with…read moreflags, flowers, tablecloths and everywhere you looked red, white and blue. The food was picnic style. Hamburgers with all the fixings, huge hot dogs with all the fixings including beans and pasta salad. The wait staff was very attentive, courteous and friendly. Everyone had a great time. Thank you Painted Table!

Working with Vanessa as our wedding planner was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding!…read moreFrom day one, she made the entire planning process smooth, enjoyable, and completely stress-free. Beyond the logistics, she was such a joy to work with! We can't thank Vanessa enough for making our dream wedding come to life. If you're looking for someone who's organized, passionate, and genuinely cares about their clients, look no further. Vanessa is an absolute gem!

In the beginning we had a great partnership and my wife and I were ecstatic to work with Victoria…read moregenesis master of events. She was the Knots top wedding coordinator for the past few years so we couldn't wait. We hired her very early on in the process one year and a half to be exact because we wanted to be stress free and we wanted things to be taken care of which she seemed like she would do that for us. However during that year and a half little did we know that nothing would really be getting taken care of . In our meetings with her she would constantly assure us that things were fine however we saw no real result of things being "taken care of" no venues were booked there was no money being put down to any vendor . My wife and I were the ones who were making the phone calls to ask for prices , setting up meetings with vendors we wanted and so much more we were doing . This was the reason we hired a wedding coordinator was to handle these things for us . The meetings after a while seemed to be pointless . We found out no information about our wedding from the meetings we would have with her . She was Also never able to give us an exact quote or even an estimate of how much our decor would be which she was also in charge of. It was extremely hard to get ahold of her . She would take days to respond to texts, phone calls , and emails. Finally when we did get a price from her for her decor ONLY she quoted us $22,000. Which we at the time did not know any better and did not know that her decor prices were extremely over priced . The decor we had picked out was decent it was not top of the line it did not look like it was 22,000 worth . We had to take many many things out of our wedding that we had originally dreamed of having and it was beginning to not feel like the wedding we wanted . We began to question what she had exactly done for us this past year and a half as far as "planning " and taking care of things for us. Our wedding is only 5 months away and she has only made two deposits with the money we had been giving her . We had been giving Victoria thousands to hold for us and distribute our money to the proper vendors and only a few hundred had been distributed . Mind you we are 5 months away from our wedding . As we began to get suspicious of her pricing and intentions for our wedding we decided to look around and get other decor pricing . We found an amazing lady in Sanger Ca who would give us everything we wanted for about $14,000 LESS. How is that possible that she was going to charge us $22,000 for decor not including food, not including her planning services , etc. just $22,000 for decor . Yet we looked around and added everything we originally wanted and dreamed of and found it all for $8,000? It seemed to us that we were buying her decor for her and not renting it . I had also made it crystal clear in the beginning that I did not want a church wedding . And come to find out later that Victoria put a $500 deposit of our money down for a church for our wedding .... I was mind blown. No one ever told her to do that we did NOT GIVE HER PERMISSION TO PUT A deposit down with our money for a church . she clearly was not listening to our needs and wants and doing what she felt was best for us . We did in the end up parting ways with her and got all of the money back we had been giving to her besides the $3500 we owed her she kept that which we also felt was wrong considering she did not do one bit of the planning . We are now 5 months away from our wedding and are now scrambling to do all of the things victoria said she would "take care" of . She really tried to take advantage of us by charging us $14,00 more than what she should have. She is unreliable and unprofessional . She did things with our money we DID NOT approve of . I would recommend you run as far away as possible from her and her company if you want your wedding to be a success . Do not let her fool you . My husband also left a review below with pictures to prove it .

It was recently brought to my attention that GMofE wrote a response to my review on the Wedding…read moreWire website. We did have an exit meeting with Victoria and Kevin where my mother went over all the details that they missed and described how unhappy we were. I normally would feel confident handling the issues myself, but I was too upset, I felt duped. Victoria thought that everything with the wedding went well, but apologized that we did not feel the same. Yes, my husband and I hugged Victoria and Kevin at the end of the night. Victoria is a "hugger" and hugged us at the conclusion of every meeting. When I first arrived to the church I even told her how thankful I was for her and that I could not have pulled off my wedding without her. But that's when I was under the impression that everything we discussed was going to be taken care of. During the exit meeting, Victoria asked me why I did not tell them on my wedding day about my unhappiness. I told her that I did not want to discuss all the issues during my reception as I was not going to allow all of the things that they missed or that were wrong, ruin my day. GMofE knew we weren't happy because my mom continued to ask Victoria's staff why she wasn't at the reception. When Victoria arrived my mom did discuss immediate concerns with her. I don't understand why they would have video of my husband and me hugging them as I did not have a videographer at my wedding or reception. Seems odd to me that they felt it necessary to need video of us hugging them. There were so many details missed and because the Wedding Wire site limits the number of words in the reviews, I only included those that I felt were more significant. I didn't have space to write about the wild goose chase we went on for an alternate venue because Victoria thought that our 1st choice venue was already booked. She didn't tell us this and we followed her to several potential venues. When Victoria finally disclosed that our 1st choice venue was already booked, I didn't understand how this was possible since I had a signed contract and had already given a deposit. I can only assume that she wasn't aware that WE were the ones that booked the venue on my date because she never got back to me about my questions regarding the venue's contract. I didn't get to include that all several of the corsages and boutonnieres were never given to the people that they were intended for. At the end of the wedding ceremony, they were still lying on the banister at the entrance of the church. In our pictures G'Ma has a corsage, G'Pa has nothing. My aunts who we wanted recognized as being special to our wedding were supposed to have big beautiful orchids ... they received nothing ... must have been left on the banister. My brothers were my honor attendants and I wanted to make sure they ha nice orchid boutonniere's. They received the ones with the small, ordinary looking chrysanthemums ... one of my least favorite flower. I told Victoria that I do not like centerpieces with all the greenery filler, that I like all flowers. My centerpieces were lots of green filler leaves and chrysanthemums. I did tell Victoria that I was starting to like the unique look of spider mums. These were not spider mums. I didn't get to include that we specifically gave Victoria my "guest book" plate so she could make sure it arrived at the ceremony. She didn't bring it to the church, only the reception. The candles down the aisle were not lit after specifically discussing with her the look/feel we wanted for our ceremony and if the church would allow the candles to be lit. I'm sure they don't light the candles so they can charge someone else to rent the same candles. The point is that my mom and I thought of all of the details, but just needed someone to execute them. We had several meetings where were assured by Victoria that the details would be taken care of. Victoria told us over and over "I can see it all in my head." I agree with Betsy J.'s review (in the filtered Yelp reviews) that at the beginning, they promise you everything. They make you feel all warm and fuzzy. You feel good and confident so you give them yours or your family's hard earned money .... $2,000 cash and sign their contract that says that they can fire you, but if you want to fire them you lose your $2,000. You're still feeling warm and fuzzy and think, "They're great! I'm not going to want to fire them." And then after some time passes you begin to notice that things aren't going as you were told that they would. You are afraid that by expressing that you aren't happy with their services they will execute the clause in the contract where they can fire you, and you're going to be out $2,000. If you chose to hire Gofer for your event, I hope that you have a better experience than I did.

This service planned an amazing event for our family can of done it without her…read more Planning started a year ago. ELE took a detailed inventory of what was important to me for my event. My family is blended with two different cultures so things can get complicated. She gave me a follow up plan for our next meeting and let me know what was needed from me. As time permitted we spoke, texted, and face timed all the details. She gave me real time pricing and not one detail was spared. The venu, restaurant, decor, and all details discussed were completely present the day and time of the event. The whole thing went smoothly a she adjusted to all the cultural details with ease. My event was upscale and just magical. She arrived ready to work and made it look easy!

I can't explain how much of a positive experience working with Tuly and Charley were throughout my…read morewedding process. I never met Tuly in person because I was in Texas while working on my wedding in California, but that did not impact our communication or the wedding at all. The process was so structured (which I absolutely need) and the website Tuly used to was extremely helpful. As for Charley, WOW. Let's just say my entire wedding party and guests know who Charley is because she went above and beyond!!!!! For the initial venue visit with ELE, Charley came and took notes for me. From the beginning, Charley was wonderful. She is very personable and so easy to get along with. She always arrived before the scheduled time (which eased my anxiety a lot) and started on time with everything. On wedding day, same thing. She addressed questions for guests/wedding party to not interfere with me getting ready. She was so prepared and on top of it. There is nothing Charley did not do! She wasn't paid to decorate, she wasn't paid to serve and cut pie, she wasn't paid to offer water to everyone, she wasn't paid to pour champagne, etc etc etc. But Charley did it ALL!!!! Thank you so much Charley for being so perfect and the Charley that every girl needs on her wedding day. You are such a great person and remember, EVERYONE loved Charley!!!!

My husband and I got married on April 10, 2023 at the Brazilian Room at Tilden Park in Berkeley,…read moreCA. Ess was our day-of coordinator. There truly isn't a character count limit that would allow me to write all the amazing things I could say about Essence. She was phenomenal and really made for this job. From the moment I booked her she made herself available for any questions I had - anything related to the wedding - even if it wasn't her responsibility. She definitely went above and beyond what you'd expect from someone that was only contracted to support for one day. Every few weeks leading up to the event, she'd check in to see how things were coming along, which I really appreciated because I was planning pretty much by myself and had no idea what I was doing. By the time my wedding was a couple weeks away, Ess was totally up to speed on the vision we had for the big day, she was in contact with most of the other vendors supporting day-of, and most importantly, she was completely engaged with me and how I was feeling. On the day of the wedding she was SO on top of everything. She made sure we stuck to the timeline, also staying in lock step with my husband and me, and if we wanted anything changed last minute, she made sure it was done. Honestly, although I only met Ess like 7-8 months ago when I started planning this wedding, she made us feel like we'd known her for years. I would 100%, 10/10, recommend Essence for all of your planning needs. Thank you Ess for all of your help!

Essence was so much fun to have as part of my sister's wedding! She and her team were incredibly…read morethoughtful and amazing at their job. If you need someone to help ensure your event goes smoothly, you cannot go wrong with Essence. Highly recommend!