Highly recommend Pearl Events! Jennifer Seals was our planner from Pearl; she perfectly balanced…read morestepping in when we needed support (flowers, lighting, draping) and letting us take the reins on things we wanted to handle. Our wedding was last night, and I really don't have words for how supported we felt. Jen was there every step of the way, making sure we were prepared, calm, and even that we had food and drinks any time we needed them. She managed all the vendor setups, and the execution was perfect. Truly, our day was amazing and we could not have done it without Jen!

Incredibly disappointing experience…read more My fiancé and I had gotten to the point of finalizing a contract with Madison at Pearl Events for them to only tell us at the point of signing they could not take us on a client because they booked another client the night before. They waited until the meeting to tell us, meaning my fiancé and I both took time out of our work day for something that could have been an e-mail. They offered to provide recommendations, they were unable to confirm any availability. All in all a disappointing experience and poor business etiquette.

We recently attended a party where Desiree from Mystical Mixology was bartending. The set up was…read moregreat with her mixing both the traditional mixed drinks but also some special concoctions she brought. They were creative and delicious. My favorite was the strawberry basil refresher followed by the blueberry coconut mojito, both with fresh fruit. I would definitely hire her for any event.

If you are looking for a bartender to make your event extra special, look no further than Mystical…read moreMixology. I was looking for a bartender for an event of about 50 people. I reached out to Mystical Mixology and Desiree, the owner, was great! She is good at asking the right questions to make sure a great plan is in place that meets your expectations. I love that I could tell her my flavor and alcohol preferences and she came up with some amazing signature drinks that were the talk of the party. She uses fresh fruit to make the syrups and infuses her own ingredients like the simple syrups. Above and beyond! I also liked that she arrives early to setup so I have one less worry!

Brook with Best Day Ever! made the preparation and flow of our wedding day perfect! We didn't have…read moreto worry about a thing, she was on top of it all. She is so easy to work with and just a wonderful, kind person overall.

Brook was fantastic! So organized, so experienced, so ready to do it all for a perfect wedding! My…read moredaughter's wedding went great and we couldn't have done it without Brook! I highly recommend her!

I generally don't write reviews but for Johnell I think she definitely needs an appreciation!…read more We reached out to Johnell for my 3 year old's birthday party recently. We hardly had two weeks for the event day and Johnell worked day and night to get everything planned and coordinated according to the theme of the party. She provided great suggestions like the claw machine, face painting and a magician. It was tough to get a magician in that short time period but she did her magic to find the best one for the event and it was great! All our 50+ guests who attended the party raved about how well the planning and coordination was done for a 3 year old's birthday. It wouldn't have happened without her! She also helped with my baby shower back in early 2020 when Covid didn't hit us yet. My husband worked with her to throw me a baby shower and it was amazingly done. That baby shower event has made us reach out to her again because we knew she will do an excellent job and can trust her because she puts her heart in every event that she takes up. Thank you so much Johnell for all the efforts and an outstanding work even with such short time that you had.

I write this in case it's helpful for others. I sincerely wish I'd have known what I was getting…read moreinto before I entered into a contract with Johnell. If you're not inclined to read the entirety of this lengthy review, I sum my experience up in the last two paragraphs. My wedding was only 1.5 months away. I chose the full package option. As a full-time professional & graduate student, the idea of a wedding planner sounded like heaven. Her reviews were phenomenal. I thought we'd get timelines, help with our vision, several vendor options with differing price points. Instead we got snarky eye rolls when we'd ask about details, sarcastic jokes about us needing to book marriage counseling, disinterest in getting us what we actually wanted, and extremely abbreviated access to her at her convenience. Honestly, it was devastating. The most stressful part of our wedding planning became my interactions, and oftentimes lack of interactions, with Johnell. Price points and vision would continuously get lost in translation. The pattern: Time would pass despite our requests for input on selecting vendors (for example, 3 weeks for florals) and then we'd get an almost finalized contract from a single vendor we hadn't vetted. In the case of florals, at a price of $11K when we'd explained our floral budget was $3K. She was extremely dismissive. Even requests for a quick 15 minute check in call could go ignored. Her preference most of the time was to send emails during peak work hours. And her emails, most times, left things unclear. We explained several times that a weekly 15 minute call was what we needed. But she was extremely resistant. We had, at max, 2 to 3 such calls and then she refused to participate in any others. It was maddening with our 6 week timeline as we felt like our hands were tied about really understanding the status of and options for things. My fiancé and I defaulted to doing the legwork ourselves. When we did, vendors were LOVELY. Bending over backwards to assist us. Supplying us with multiple options and ideas. They took the time to hear us and ask about what we did and didn't want for our day. I was overwhelmingly grateful for their support and availability. I was stunned when Johnell sent an angry email chastising my fiancé for calling a vendor. She reminded us that we'd have to pay her even if we were doing the work. I reiterated to her that this had nothing to do with payment. We'd started doing the work ourselves because we felt handcuffed and limited w/ her at the helm. Over and over we'd discover her "no, that's not possible" would become "sure, we can do that, and here are several other options too" once we'd finally talk to a vendor. The most important thing for me: the wedding to have our unique imprint and flair- were in direct odds with Johnell's priorities. Her priority was the path of least resistance, what's easiest & most convenient for her. Things came together beautifully. But it really was in spite of and not because of our planner. With the vast majority of vendors, we elected to go with others that we'd vetted. This brought on its own drama as we then witnessed Johnell being cold and dismissive with these individuals when they'd attempt to ask questions or share options. I made several attempts to explain to her how poorly we felt we were being treated - via several emails and voicemail when she wouldn't answer or return my call. She would eventually respond in an email days later with a dismissive, "everything will be fine" one-liner. The last straw was her denying us a 15 minute phone call the week of the wedding. Four days after we requested the brief call with her, she emailed, "No, I've done my job already. See you at the wedding on Saturday. Email me a list if there's changes." This transpired despite her contracted description of "unlimited phone calls and emails" and us only having had at most three direct phone calls with her. At that point, we decided to cut ties with her completely. It was an extremely high sunk cost. One that benefitted her (she was paid in full despite not working the week of or day of the wedding) & would cost us greatly. It was worth it though as the thought of this, in our experience, truly unprofessional coordinator running our special day was too disheartening. In sum, I felt trapped in this working relationship. I wound up having to expend more time and energy on fixing things vs had I not had a planner to begin with. All the while being made to feel like a huge annoyance during the brief times when we would have access to her. Her communication style is one tailored to meet her needs and convenience rather than the client's. In hindsight, I never should have hired her. It was the poorest decision of my wedding planning process.

Wendy and Kelly are two of the most down to earth, fun, professional women to work with. My husband…read moreand I were so blessed to receive their help a few weeks before our wedding. They organized our big day, and reminded me of last minute details that I would of most definitely forgotten. We had 24 people in our bridal party and on the rehearsal day these two women were able to run a smooth rehearsal and somehow keep 12 drunk groomsmen attention the whole time, along with everyone else!! Our wedding day was flawless!! Everybody knew where to be and what to do... and that is all because of these two women! Lastly, our driver for after the wedding backed out on us and we had too much to drink to drive, so Wendy drove us back to our hotel, and Kelly followed! Oh my goodness, I could go on and on! I feel like we made 2 great friends, and I literally cannot say enough great things about them! If you are looking for event coordinators you MUST chose Life Styled Events, they are phenomenal and you will not be disappointed. Thank you Life Styled Events for helping to make our wedding day the best day of our life. -Marlee and Nate Gitlin

Kelly and Wendy were fabulous the day of the wedding! They are lovable women who know what they are…read moredoing. The day went smoothly: they coordinated the wedding party, orchestrated the vendors, kept track of decorations, and most importantly told me and my groom what to do and where to go. I loved that during every transition they would offer us whispers of advice and hand us a glass of wine or whatever we needed. The were professional and gracious.

There aren't adequate words for how awesome Heather is and how thankful my husband and I are that…read morewe booked Vintage & Lace for our wedding last month, but here goes! We were already leaning toward hiring a coordinator but then our venue (Ma Maison) required us to have one so we contacted their entire list of preferred vendors for coordinators and we are so glad we did because that's how we found Heather from Vintage & Lace!! Of all of the planners and coordinators we talked to, I was just immediately drawn to how warm, friendly, AND organized she is. Heather is an absolute pro with countless weddings under her belt, but still so kind and easy to talk to. Then, despite planning our wedding from another city, Heather made it SO easy and smooth. We technically only booked her for day-of coordination (with full communication/access the month prior) but from day one, she was still always available via call, email, text, whathaveyou, no matter when or what kind of (ridiculous, I'm sure) questions I had. We didn't actually meet Heather in person until our rehearsal the day before our wedding, and she was an absolute ROCK STAR the entire weekend. She managed to wrangle our large wedding party (14 bridesmaids and groomsmen) and all of our family (including bilingual and non-native English speakers, as well as divorced family) with both grace and authority. It's also worth noting we had several extras (a Chinese tea ceremony before our wedding ceremony, two large shuttles to transport our guests to and from Dripping Springs, getting Whataburger delivered to our venue for a late night snack) and Heather handled EVERYTHING seamlessly. Anything I thought of or had concerns about, she handled before I even voiced them to her! If anything went wrong on our wedding day, I have no idea what it was, because Heather was ON it. She was also incredibly thoughtful and adaptable, from my mom wanting to move the cake-cutting earlier, to making sure all of our belongings were packed away and that we had plenty of snacks and drinks in our getaway car. Her day-of assistant, Jasmine, was also so helpful and sweet. They both made the entire weekend just a wonderful, fun, amazing experience where we got to fully enjoy getting married and celebrating with family and friends. I can't recommend Heather and Vintage & Lace more highly -- BOOK HER NOW! I won't say "you won't regret it," but rather, you'll regret it if you don't! Heather, thank you thank you thank you SO much for all your hard work and support in making sure our wedding was an amazing, dreamy, unforgettable experience!

Six weeks before my wedding, I panicked and contacted a multitude of wedding planners and…read morecoordinators. Due to COVID, I was exhausted from cancelling an overseas wedding and dealing with two reschedules; I could no longer handle all of the logistics. Enter Heather. She was quick to respond and schedule a meeting with me and my then fiancee to discuss details. She was calm, interested, and prepared. She assuaged my panic and let me know that 6 weeks for a 30 person wedding was easy peasy. I cannot recommend Heather enough! With my hectic work schedule, she contacted me via email as my preference. We are based in Philadelphia, and while we didn't meet until the day before the wedding, you definitely couldn't tell as everything went off without a hitch. Well if there was anything wrong during the ceremony and reception, we had no idea. She handled all of our vendors seamlessly and made everyone feel safe during the pandemic. I definitely know now that we couldn't have pulled it off without her!

My husband and I chose James Simmons to marry us after one amazing meeting with him - we knew right…read moreaway he was the right person, there is just no one like him! He loves what he does with such a passion, and that certainly comes through as he brings a couple together in marriage. What a beautiful human being...he is so full of life, laughter and love! He even stayed for our reception, and everyone loved him so much - we had so many people tell us afterwards what a wonderful man he is and how impressed they were with him. However, WE were the ones who were most impressed and grateful beyond words. He made our wedding everything we wanted it to be and yet so much more. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, James!

James was an absolutely great choice for our wedding. He's knowledgeable, personable, patient, and…read moremakes you feel at ease in front of everyone during the ceremony. James has lots of examples of prayers, vows, and readings on his website so it makes everything very easy to plan the ceremony. I knew that I would have trouble reading my vows in front of everyone so James was more than happy to read them for us. When going through multiple websites, I noticed that the officiants are always standing next to the couple for their first kiss. James let us know ahead of time that halfway through the ceremony he moves to the side so that it will only be the couple in the first kiss pictures. I would never have thought about this and was so happy when he mentioned it. I'm definitely glad we chose James as the officiant of our wedding, and we would highly recommend.

Altared handled the lighting, sound, photobooth and DJ entertainment for our wedding on November…read more5th at Barr Mansion and it was a blast. Everything was perfect, exactly how we wanted it to be. They know their stuff and helped us conceive of the perfect look for our reception, which wound up including a beautiful layer of fairy lights hung from the ceiling of the venue. This required a scissorlift to come in and put up, which they also coordinated and made happen with no additional stress from our end. DJ Andrew worked with us to create the perfect vibe for the dance section of the reception that kept our dance floor full the entire evening. He was also spot on for the music cues during the processional, recessional and first dance at our ceremony and reception. All of the coordinators and administrators who worked with us to get everything set up correctly in the buildup to the wedding were very quick to respond to any of our questions via email within a few hours at most whenever we reached out. They were also proactive with reminders and questions of their own when deadlines approached or decisions needed to be made. We felt that they had our wedding logistics well in hand at all times. A great one stop shop for a big portion of wedding logistics. Well worth the cost for such a comprehensive service. Cannot recommend enough. Would use again if we get married again, though I don't think we'll be topping the last one thanks in large part to Altared!

I love the lighting options that Altared Weddings offers. My…read morefavorite id the festoon lighting on copper piping that can go over farm tables!