The main thing overall that you need to get out of this is that Katie and her Bella Destinee Team…read moreknow how to throw a very luxurious event. In my case it was a Sweet 16 for my baby sister. The theme my sister wanted was of all things a Masquerade Ball theme. If you don't know what that is, I must say I didn't know either when I was asked such a thing as well. I was asking planners for quotes on March 3, 2019 for an event date of May 26, 2019.
When I was searching for planners Katie answered back within the day of requesting quotes, and I can tell right away that she was very interested in being involved with the event from all the detailed questions she was asking during our VERY FIRST conversation. In all honesty I didn't have much planned and I was asking for this to be put together in a very short time span, 3 months. A very difficult and quite unreasonable task in my opinion. Katie was very accommodating with my busy schedule and was asked to do all the searching, quote gathering, and execution of all event tasks as I didn't have the time to be involved with the process.
She basically was the creative genius that made the event so memorable. At the same time there was nothing but open and constant communication with every part of the process. I was presented with multiple options when it came to making any and every decision regarding the event, whether it be something major like a venue I would approve to the photographer, lighting and decoration ideas, vendors, entertainers, to the minor details like center pieces of the dining tables (which all in attendance absolutely loved and many were asking to keep). Each time always looking to have a great event while keeping in mind what my concerns may be, whether it be the budget, number of guests, type of decorum, anything in particular was up for discussion and if there was even a hint of a concern Katie showed no hesitation to address it.
One thing I can say is that Katie is very organized and speaks with sincerity and clarity. She loves what she does and the passion shows in her excitement. For all who are thinking of working with her know that you will be as involved as you wish to be or as absent from the process as you would like, whatever you choose she accommodates. She does an amazing job in handling all the little things that a host would and makes things very clear. Anything comes up, an unexpected situation, and she is quick to address it, and very prompt in coming up with multiple solutions to please her client. Her and her beautiful team love what they do and have such amazing vision to see things beforehand, like an artist painting on a canvas, on how things are going to look and how the event is going to happen. The step by step process of what needs to be done before, during, and after to throw an event couldn't be in better hands.
There are many in my friends and family circle that specifically expressed how "grand the scenery" and how "lovely" the event was, "better then wedding receptions" and "better than what you see on TV." The words "amazing, wonderful, beautiful" were all said and there were many who were speechless saying phrases "wow, oh my god, that's crazy." Everyone that was there is talking about it to others who weren't and pictures are going all over the guest's social media accounts. Above all the birthday girl was almost in tears of joy by it (we had to try to get her not to mess up her makeup). My ENTIRE family loved it and are going to be talking about it for quite a long time. Many of the older members of the family never saw anything like it before and the younger ones are wondering how they can incorporate "Camille's Masquerade Sweet 16" to their own events in the future.
Katie was a most pleasing, professional and reliable planner to work with and quite frankly I have a sense of loss now that its all done. Until the next party Bella Destinee!!
