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    5.0 (139 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Stefanie is a very adorable, lovable person with so much positive energy! Priceless!
    Natalie P.

    Stefanie is an AMAZING wedding planner! We are professional wedding photographers and we had the privilege of working with her at a wedding at Red Rock Resort and Casino Las Vegas last weekend. To say that the day was a complete success, would be an understatement! She really shines with her attentiveness to the couple and all involved in creating a magical event. We sincerely appreciated how attentive she was to the wedding vendors. She kept bringing us water and snacks while we were photographing the day! How sweet is that?! We appreciated her friendly, kind approach and she is so easy to work with and communicate with. This really helps all of the vendors to work together to create a smooth wedding day. Her positive and fun energy is invigorating to be around. If you are a bride and groom and looking for a planner/coordinator to ease your stress and ensure for a seamless successful wedding day , then definitely hire Stefanie with Stellify Events!

    Jerry C.

    My spouse and I were able to host a terrific Wedding for our guests thanks to Stef & her wonderful team! Specifics about our event: Venue, Caterers, etc.. were all external. Around 200 guests, Chinese Tea-Ceremony, & Dinner Reception (no ceremony). Event time was 5 hours (though we probably ran closer to 7). Stef understood that our priority was making sure our guests had a great time, and that's exactly the feedback we've heard from everyone who was there! From the planning side of things -- Stef kept us on task and made sure we had our vendors lined up and ready. In fact, our Photographer, DJ, and Party Rental companies were her referrals and they were great. She helped us with the day of timeline and logistics. Behind the scenes we knew she was helping us put out fires with vendors or alerting us if something needed our immediate attention. Coordinating 7 different vendors (Venue, Caterer, Bartender, DJ, Dessert, Photographer, & Party Rentals) is no small feat. Her experience is an invaluable asset in getting ready for the big day. Day of Coordination -- Stef and her team were basically extensions of us and acted as our event hosts. They did an awesome job directing traffic for our guests. Their hard work allowed us to enjoy our party while they took care of the small details. This is why you hire a Day of Coordinator. Bottom Line: Our guests enjoyed a great party and we as the couple have a bunch of wonderful memories of our special day.

    Palms Ghost Bar

    We want to start off by mentioning that Stellify Events is absolutely outstanding. We love Stefanie, and her staff on the day of our wedding, Justine and Kelli. Our wedding was amazing and give a lot of credit to Stefanie as she was on point in coordination with all the vendors. From photographers to the Cirque and Tahitian performers we hired, she was very organized in managing all the moving parts that happened in our special day. There were several times in the actual day of our wedding when we wanted some things changed, and with her keen experience and skill, she was able to deliver impeccably. With her charisma and passion in wedding planning, her energy was and is infectious. From day one when bringing her on board with us in planning our wedding, she was always looking out for our best interest. The way she works is trying to figure out all the desires and wants for our wedding from day one, and then finds out how to make our wishes happen. This includes budgeting, scheduling, coordination, etc. She also went as far as reviewing our vendor contracts to make sure we are receiving what we'll be paying for. Stefanie worked with us for about 5 months before the big day, trying to puzzle together our dream wedding. With her experience, she had many suggestions and recommendations for a perfect wedding that only she can provide. I mean, she's really good at her job. We loved so much the dedication and effort Stefanie gave to us, and surely the diligence she's given to each of her clients. She exceeded beyond our expectations, and we thank God she had been a big part of making us so happy on our special day. We love her so much that 5 months after, we still keep contact and are currently friends. She is so good at her craft, and we hope that if you are seeking someone to help put your wedding together wrapped up with a pretty bow, Stefanie and her company Stellify Events would be the best decision.

    Stef and I
    Eliza C.

    my then bf (now husband) and i went to a wedding half a year or so before we got engaged. our friends' wedding was put together so well that when we got engaged and wanted a wedding coordinator, we asked our friends who they hired. with high remarks, we were excited to reach out to stellify and we were not disappointed. i've looked around and the special thing about stellify, among many other things, was that they are with you the moment you sign on with them. most wedding coordinators only work with you 3-4 months before your wedding, but stellify is with you since day 1. since the beginning, stef was super friendly and supportive. i don't know about the rest of the brides but i am a type A kind of gal who wants full control and stef complemented that so well. i truly believe she can adjust to whoever you need her to be and for my experience, she was the perfect balance of letting me take the lead while guiding me when she felt it was needed for her to step in, which is what i needed. i do events professionally but i have never thrown a wedding, so there are things here and there specific to weddings that i would've missed if not for stef. her professionalism, thoroughness, and support made planning a wedding so much easier. we hired her in spring 2019 for a summer 2020 wedding, when the pandemic hit, she reached out to talk with us about how we would like to handle it. she would suggest things but always say she will support whatever we decide, and with the ever-changing rules of the pandemic, we pivoted together so well that she truly made planning a wedding EVEN IN A PANDEMIC less painful. i've moved my wedding twice and it was relatively painless. we didn't have our wedding until early 2022 and let me tell you that our day could not have been more perfect. my husband and i kept saying to each other at the end of the night that it went better than expected. my mother who is hard to please and quick to judge told me that she thinks stef is great and asked me where i found her. my dad said that the wedding went well and it was perfect. a lot of my friends said that it was a great wedding and one even said it was the best one he's been to. we had two guests who werent comfortable eating in such a big crowd bc of COVID and rsvp for the ceremony only and not for the reception. but by the time our wedding came, numbers were low and they lifted the mask mandate. after the ceremony, they asked if they could stay for dinner. all i had to do was tell one of stef's girls and they got it handled. stef made sure we were hydrated, that we got something to eat, and any time I needed anything or had any questions, stef and her team were quick to act and on top of it. they even provided little snacks for our photographers. i couldn't be happier. i cannot stress this enough, even for someone like me who throws parties professionally and well, you dont want to worry about logistics the day of your wedding. you want a good team behind you on your special day. get a coordinator and get stellify early as they get booked up quickly.

    Thank you for the great event Stef! Looking forward to working together again in the near future!
    Jonathan T.

    tl;dr: Stef and her team are A+. I had a last minute happy hour I wanted to sponsor with my startup and Stef helped pull everything together. I reached out to Stef on a whim 2 weeks before a conference at UC Berkeley. I told her about my company, the industry we were in (robotics) and how we wanted to host a happy hour after the conference for the attendees. I told her that the happy hour I went to the year prior was hosted by a major banking institution in the Silicon Valley and that I wanted to throw the same event but as a smaller 10 person startup and a quarter of the resources. She was supportive, empathetic, and genuinely excited for me! She told me the time line was short but she knew that we could get it together. Working with her throughout those 2 weeks was such a stress relief for me. She was very responsive, took calls after hours, and even worked through the weekends with me. I felt like I could've texted her at any time of the day or night and she would've responded immediately. A few days prior to the event, we hopped on a call and she presented me with a breakdown of the day, down to the half hour. She had everything planned out and worked out every single detail with me. During the event she and her team helped out wherever I needed them to and went above and beyond my expectations. The real value in having them there was that they coordinated with the venue and took care of issues before I even noticed them (food was running out, cups and plates needed to be bussed). All in all, I would definitely recommend Stef and her event planning team. We will definitely work with them again in the future.

    Photo by Kandace Photography and flowers by S&V Collections
    Katie L.

    If you're looking for a wedding planner, Stef is the one you want! She made sure my wedding day went off perfectly. I first reached out to her almost in tears because I'd spent 6 months looking for a wedding venue I could afford and felt like I was getting nowhere. She was my cheerleader from day 1. Stef helped me find an amazing photographer, florist, and DJ. She made sure to check in with me regularly and brought up all kinds of things I of course had no idea I should be thinking about. I'm a chronic worrier and knowing that Stef had my back the whole time allowed me to relax and enjoy my wedding day. I also came down with a cold 2 days before the wedding and Stef and Shelby made sure to keep me hydrated, fed, and rested as much as possible so I didn't look like a zombie in my photos! I can't thank these ladies enough!

    This whole space was a result a of Stellify working w/ us to come up w/ solutions after learning that the venue had parts under construction
    KT C.

    Highly recommend having a day-of coordinator, and hiring Stef's team to do it. We had a commitment ceremony of around 70 people, two separate locations, and a whole lot of DIY decor stuff. Even with the small guest list and what I thought was a pretty chill low-maintenance event, there were still moments during the day (and leading up to the day) where issues arose, and SE quickly and cleverly addressed and came up with solutions. Just some specific highlights of what SE helped us to work though: - Ran into a big issue with the ceremony venue where it had to partially go under construction. What was a giant headache actually became a blessing thanks to SE's planning, communication, and problem-solving with with the venue, and with us. We ended up at the same venue with better space layout, and more flexible venue schedule. - Had a lot of DIY decor, and everything was set up perfectly and logically. SE helped us with breakdown as well and what a relief was it to see everything worked out so awesomely. - Bit of an emergency with our cake delivery and pick-up where the vendor got the order wrong and wasn't ready for pick-up. SE was in contact the whole time with our Task Rabbit, the venue, and the vendor. Didn't even know there was a problem until afterwards. It's also a people business! And all points of the process, we felt like we were being taken care of and being heard, and that even though I know Stef probably had a lot of weddings this season, it always felt like we were priority. Stef and her team were on top of it while still being very warm, thoughtful, and always communicative; stern and decisive when needed. So if you are wavering between investing in a coordinator or not, I recommend going for it. It is just such a relief to not worry and enjoy the event!

    Photo Credit: Christine Diaz Photography
    Rhodale A.

    I'm a catering chef. I've done many weddings. There's event planners. There's wedding coordinators. And then there's Stef. My wife and I got married in March 2018. I thought I knew how to plan a wedding because I've been in the industry for so long. Apparently this is not the case. Stef helped us from start to finish with all aspects of our dream wedding. She and her team were on the ball every step of the way and they went completely above and beyond to make sure everyone was comfortable and having a great time. While professional, they were also super upbeat and energetic. From making sure we had water to having a breath mint at those right moments, they made sure we had everything we needed. Needless to say, having seen a wide variety of wedding coordinators, I was impressed by her and her team. My wife and I were blessed to have Stef and our wedding definitely wouldn't have had the same vibe without her. I will continue being a catering chef. Not only because I love my job, but because it'd be great to be beside Stef again to make another couple's dream wedding come true. I highly recommend her to anyone that wants the best of the best. Her heart, her spirit, and her passion for what she does is what makes Stellify Events great, Oh...and it was supposed to rain during our wedding. Instead it was beautifully sunny. Stef probably did that for us.

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    Looking for a wedding coordinator? Go DIRECTLY to Dreams on a Dime without any hesitation. Brenda…read morewas our Month of Coordinator and she went ABOVE AND BEYOND.First of all, they did not oversell themselves...I told them what I had already accomplished before even calling them and they said, "you only need month of coordination. you've got this." However, a few months before the wedding I was so overwhelmed with all the detail that Brenda offered to meet and she just helped me organized my priorities and made me feel really good about the progress I had made. She did the same 6 weeks later. OMG, so helpful to keep me going and manage the overwhelm. As the date grew nearer, she started leading more to ensure we took care of those horrible details (seating charts, signage, communication with vendors, table set ups, and the timeline, etc). At every moment she was calm, lovely, relatable, fun, reassuring, and extremely competent. The week before the wedding she came over and took ownership of all the "stuff" (candles, ceremony items, decorations, etc). That felt sooo good. She was great at the rehearsal and made sure "all the cats were herded"so we got through the rehearsal and worked out all the details. The day of the wedding? We were so relaxed and didn't think about a single thing. The tables were set exactly as we had discussed, the ambiance was amazing, every little detail she had taken care of. and then she cleaned up and stored everything for us and then brought it back to us a couple of days later. During the wedding, Brenda was a total ninja....I barely saw her at the wedding as she was in the background making it all happen so we could enjoy our guests. A guest even took a picture of her that makes her look like the super hero she is, LOL! You will LOVE working with Brenda. I cannot recommend her more vigorously. She is amazing.

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    We hired TDE for our wedding and were impressed by their patience and helpfulness. They listened to…read moreall our ideas, answered every single question promptly with extra advice and made us feel so so relieved. Their professionalism and attention to detail were evident from start to finish. Highly recommend if you are looking for a reliable one stop wedding shop.

    I had a very positive experience working with TDE. It was easy to schedule a free consultation,…read morewhere we first spoke with Otis, and could ask many questions up front before deciding to move forward. Otis was kind with great attention to detail from the start. Ultimately, we decided with the glam package and our contract was very clear to understand with cost breakdown for removal of specific services / add-ons. I updated it many times with Jessica, our planner, as we made changes throughout the months, and she was always so patient and clear. Our MC Otis did a wonderful job with maintaining flow of the program. Otis was also working as DJ for a good portion of the evening, so props to him! We had closer to an hour compared to 1.5 hours of open dancing because we were behind schedule, but everybody was on the dance floor and he kept the party going seamlessly. Weddings are hectic and there are so many moving parts; we did get behind schedule but we were still able to do everything we wanted to do. Our photo & video services were set to end, but Otis was very professional in discussing with us if we wanted to extend our video services, communicative on additional cost, at the moment. Our photographer, Ben, along with the team Stanford and videographer, Christina, were so fun to work with. Ben was great at providing direction, which is especially helpful since we were not used to posing. I have not received photo & video yet as it has only been a week, but from an experience standpoint, they were attentive to detail, communicative, and glided effortlessly through the event. My makeup artist, Vivi, is the sweetest person. She was super attentive to detail and my particular skin type. I was worried about makeup because I don't wear heavy makeup often. I ended up paying for a make-up trial, and I was so happy working with Vivi that I had no worries for the wedding day. We also added-on make up for our mothers, which Vivi did the morning of. The reception decor turned out so pretty! Everything was set-up as scheduled. I was really happy with the welcome backdrop and name sign. It was also great to take pictures with guests with the backdrop since we had time during cocktail hour. We asked TDE to incorporate a large screen as the backdrop of our sweetheart table, so we found an example from a previous wedding they did, and it turned out exactly as expected. We added the photo-booth, which was so popular with the guests! There were so many cool props and our guests were having tons of fun with it. I also sent TDE a custom drawing that I wanted for the photo strips- and it turned out just like I imagined. We chose Grand Dynasty as our reception venue, and TDE communicated set-up details with our restaurant event manager, Esmond, in the days leading up to the event. I highly recommend TDE and the team that we worked with! Thank you for making it an unforgettable experience.

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    My fiancé and I were planning a large wedding with family and friends, but then settled for…read moresomething a lot more intimate as we didn't have time or desire to plan it on a large scale. In our search for the vendors we found My City Hall Wedding which happened to be perfect for us. They provided a full package that included highly rated professionals - from hair/makeup stylist to photo/video. Instead of communicating with 5 different vendors we worked with 1 single point of contact - Tej from My City Hall Wedding. She guided us through everything we would need on our wedding day - hair, makeup, flowers, limo, photo and video. All in one single package. Tej helped me chose a hair and makeup style as well as flowers. And we completed trusted MCHW with their choice of photographer and videographer - look at their website - the images speak for themselves. On the day of the wedding everything went smoothly without a single worry. Our stylist was on time and was great. The florist delivered the flowers to our hotel room. The car was waiting for us, the photographer and videographer met us at the entrance of the City Hall and guided us through the whole process. Can't thank Josef (our photographer) for incredible photos. Alex - the videographer - captured very intimate and personal moments. Can't thank My City Hall Wedding and everyone involved enough. I have heard lots of stressful wedding stories and have been to a few of these myself. That was not our experience.

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    Pacific Heights

    **UPDATE**: Lisa is now threatening me with LEGAL ACTION, accusing me of "defamation" when I've…read moreonly shared my honest experience on Yelp. I've had no updates from Lisa since our last email on Feb 21 (over a month ago). At that time, she replied she was consulting with "industry experts" and will get back to me. Rather than reaching out to me personally she hired a lawyer to threaten me in the hope I will take my honest review of my experience with Blooming Wed down (photo of legal letter attached). I signed a wedding planning contract with Lisa and found myself needing to terminate it merely two months later. The process has been incredibly stressful and disheartening. Throughout it, I had the opportunity to meet with ~15 wedding planners both domestically and internationally, and gained a lot of insight into the wedding planning industry and contract nuances. I'll start my review with objective observations and end with my personal experience. **Strict Signed Contract** Lisa's contract is one of the strictest planner contracts I've ever seen. It does not have an Act of God clause that protects clients, meaning if anything happens (the venue is destroyed, a hurricane comes, the couple is sick, pandemic round 2...etc) she will not refund for any reason. She did not even give out refunds during COVID. This leaves her clients extremely vulnerable to unforeseen circumstances. **Problematic Payment Structure** This is how Lisa's payment is structured: flat $15k fee or 15% of the total wedding cost, whichever is higher. It's not unheard of for a planner to request payment this way, but it's incredibly uncommon. This arrangement creates a conflict of interest, as it may incentivize steering clients toward pricier options. Also, she requires 50% upfront, while many planners I talked to only required 30%. **Budget Transparency** Lisa's services are not for budget-conscious clients, or even clients who have a budget at all. In the two months she was my planner, she failed to provide any estimated vendor costs and we never talked about my budget. I specifically asked her for a sample cost breakdown of a venue and waited a month for her response. I never received it. All of the other wedding planners I met with sent me a cost breakdown for FREE immediately after the intro call. They did this without being asked to. **Communication Challenges** I've experienced a lack of responsiveness from Lisa during our entire two months together, from our initial interest form (1 week delay) to our most recent email on which she said she would consult about our partial refund request (it has been a month without an update from her). Between her vacations and other wedding clients, I never felt my project was a priority for her. **Personal Experience** I'm deeply disappointed with the services provided by Lisa. Our decision to terminate our contract was difficult. Due to immigration issues, my father can no longer enter the USA in the foreseeable future so my partner and I have to relocate our wedding to a country unfamiliar to Lisa, rendering her services impractical. We signed our contract November 2023, encountered this problem in January 2024, and immediately let Lisa know of our situation. Despite our efforts with Lisa to find a amicable solution and many touch-points with her, my partner and I eventually landed on requesting a partial refund. Lisa refused to refund any portion of the $7.5k , even though it is written into our contract that she has the power to do so AND despite her agreeing verbatim that she did not provide $7.5k worth of service. At this point we have no date (we were considering years 2025/6/7), no venue, no vendors booked. We don't even have a budget breakdown. We have only had one venue tour with Lisa. It's evident that she has only completed a fraction of the work (2% to be exact), yet insists on keeping the full payment. I dislike posting a one-star rating to a small business, but I feel the need to be transparent and caution future clients about Lisa. It is crucial to choose a wedding planner who demonstrates flexibility, understanding, and a willingness to accommodate unforeseen circumstances. Unfortunately, Lisa's refusal to adapt to our situation and the issues outlined above do not align with her premium pricing. For me, Lisa has broken my trust and it feels like theft that she is keeping $7.5k for one hour of work. I urge potential clients to consider these factors carefully before engaging Lisa's services.

    We had the absolute best time working with Lisa! Hands down the best decision we made for our…read morewedding - Lisa helped my now-wife and I plan our wedding which took place in the fall of 2023 at Nestldown. Firstly, she knows Nestldown through and through as a venue - it has a bunch of uncommon and often difficult to navigate rules and restrictions. This meant that we didn't have to worry about surprise venue fees or fines, and instead could focus our attention on how we wanted to use the space instead. Lisa set month-by-month goals for us, which meant we were always confident that we were on track and didn't forget about certain things. This made the process so much less stressful for the both of us. She handled communicating with and following up with all of our vendors too - a blessing that can't be understated. Wedding planning is a constant stream of decision-making, which Lisa made so much easier by listening to our wants and needs and suggesting vendors, designs, timelines, hotels, and so much more. She made it so that our responsibility was to choose between a few, generally all great options rather than having to sort through the unlimited amount of choices. As an aside, Lisa has impeccable taste and knew how to execute our vision better than we could have dreamt of. We're still in love with our table settings! We were most impressed by the wedding day itself - Lisa managed all the stress of logistic so we could enjoy the day without a care in the world. Sometimes we could hear time-pressed questions being asked by vendors over the walkie-talkie, and Lisa responding to each of them expertly. None of those logistical challenges ever made it to us - and while with us, she and her team were focused on ensuring we had everything we needed and were having a good time. Our wedding went off without a hitch, and everyone had an amazing time!

    Stellify Events - wedding_planning - Updated May 2026

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