With full-time jobs and hectic lives, we needed a full-service wedding planner and a seasoned…read moreprofessional. Knowing that this was going to be one of the most important days in our lives, we did a lot of homework and interviewed several planners. In addition to experience and strong references, the single most important factor to us was chemistry. Warm and genuinely caring, we connected with Carisa from the start and knew we didn't want to entrust our wedding to anyone else. The other factors we considered: 1) clear, reliable communication skills - including the ability to listen and really understand our vision and intention for the event; 2) strong organizational skills and follow-through; 3) established relationships with the best vendors; 4) clear design inspiration and passion; and 5) a game-day MVP who calmly directs the show behind the scenes and makes everything run smoothly. Carisa delivered on every criteria, and, in fact, exceeded our high expectations. It has now been over a year since our special day, and we still get compliments from our guests who tell us it was the best wedding they've ever been to! The whole experience was truly joyous and magical, and Carisa and the entire Adornment Events team were essential in making our dream a reality. The financial investment in hiring Carisa and her A-team to seamlessly orchestrate our big day was worth every penny, and we could not have done it without them. We cannot recommend Carisa and Adornment Events highly enough!!!

Best wedding and event planning company! The team makes it an enjoyable and fun experience…read morethroughout the entire process, and they delivered on the most wonderful experience ever! Look no further, you've found the best!

Emee was an essential part of our wedding planning and execution, start to finish-- she paved the…read moreway to creating the best weekend of our lives. We wanted an event that brought our community and family together to celebrate love, bikes, and camping in the stunning Columbia River Gorge, and it felt like Emee truly understood what was important to us from the start. There were so many tiny details she caught and helped us navigate. I particularly appreciated her calm support when we had a potential catering issue just three days before the wedding. She talked me off the ledge of worry and was willing to think through a full backup plan with me, before the issue resolved on its own. There were countless other instances of Emee handling things on the day of the wedding that let me, my husband, and our family just enjoy our time together. Thank you Emee, we saw your tireless effort to pull this event off for us, and we are so grateful for all of your work!

I worked with EJP Events on a 450-person gala fundraiser for the nonprofit that I work for, and it…read morewas a wonderful experience working with EJP! They were thorough, prompt, professional, and good at creatively solving problems as they arose. I would recommend EJP Events to anyone who is planning a large event - the experience was wonderful and my staff colleagues, supporters, and donors were all very impressed with the quality of our event. Emee and her team had great staffing at the event and skillfully coordinated all of our many shifting logistics for months leading up to the event. When we encountered obstacles, they handled them. When we needed to make changes, they cheerfully accommodated them. EJP has a "Can-do" attitude and they're both pragmatic and realistic about setting expectations while finding a way to get everything done. I'm so glad that we worked with EJP and they're at the top of my list for event planning in the future.

We hired this company for my friends wedding. They were…read moreamazing! Dani went above and beyond and her whole team was amazing! I couldn't believe all the amazing details that went into the wedding. They not only handled each inch of everything handed to them with perfection but they also referred us to great vendors as well. We used Mobile Beauty Team for hair and makeup AMAZING! Floral sunshine for flowers and some others but I forget the names. Either way we were very happy and you will be too! They were quick with responding to emails and even quicker on the day of with everything. Thanks so much!

Dani arranged a COVID safe backyard birthday party for my kiddo in May 2021, soon after I had a…read morebaby. I just didn't have it in me to deal with the details but Dani was all over it! From sending invites to decorating, and remembering COVID safe snacks. She was very cost considerate and offered ways to keep within budget. She is smart and a delight to work with. Excellent communication skills. Highly recommend!

I wish there were two rows so I could give Whitney 10 stars! She is absolutely fantastic. Whitney…read moreworked with my daughter, my wife, and I in planning our daughter's wedding for over a year. She was with us every step of the way.....bringing creative ideas, recommending vendors who could best provide what my daughter wanted, managing the budget and plan to ensure we were making the best decisions. Most importantly, the wedding was spectacular! Whitney took care of everything and ensured it exceeded all expectations....DJ, catering, floral, lighting, linens, ceremony.....all were terrific. My daughter was over the moon and many guests talked about it being the best they had ever attended. Much of that credit goes to Whitney.....and she is a joy to work with. If you need a wedding planner, I can't imagine one who would be better.

A second-person review, but valid, I believe. My nephew and his fiance just (two days, as of this…read morewriting) finished their wedding event. Having engaged Whitney from overseas, and having the added logistical complication of attempting to plan and coordinate the component wedding events via email, it's insufficient to say that Whitney managed to produce what turned out to be the perfect wedding. From planning through execution, the event was executed beautifully. Communication was excellent, any "hitches" were dealt with swiftly and with zero issues. All involved parties - and there were a LOT of us - were calmly managed by Whitney and because of that, we knew our roles to a "T". I don't know what her services cost but whatever they run, I've got to believe that they're worth it. For an event of this importance in your life, you can't go wrong working with Whitney.

Oh how we love Storybook Memories! We have used them twice for both of my daughter's birthday…read moreparties and we couldn't be happier with the service they provide. Last August we hired Princess Ariel to come to our Pirates & Princesses themed birthday for a group of 4 year olds, and the second time, we hired Princess Snow White to come our Royalty themed party for a group of 3 year olds. At both parties, our hired princess was mind-blowingly engaging, absolutely spot on in character oufit, voice, and singing skills. I love how gentle and loving the character always is. My girls were completely mesmerized and to this day, constantly chatter about how much they love "snow white/ariel their best friend". This little company is truly above par. Even when you call to make your appointment they are in character. On the phone and in e-mail I was referred to as "Queen Liz". Truly, everything about Storybook Memories is charming, good, and has a fairy-tale ending. After each visit from our princess, our goodbye hugs, and blown kisses leave my children excited and joyful (happilly ever after, some may say). We eagerly await our next Storybook Memory party . I wish every success on this business.

This review is loooong overdue. Sorry, Michelle :)…read more I found Storybook Memories while doing a search for my daughter's 6th Birthday Princess Tea Party celebration last year and decided to go with them on a gut feeling despite the limited reviews I was able to find at that time. I was VERY pleased with the experience. One word to describe the experience with SBM is "Magical"! We invited Rapunzel and Belle (my daughter's favorite princesses) and Rapunzel was truly amazing with her signing ability. As it was a tea party, I asked the princesses to entertain the younger princesses with serving teas, princess etiquettes and singing and they were spot on! Communication with Michelle was all done via email and Rapunzel personally called me the night before the event to confirm the details. Wow! Let's just say I've been to other parties with Princesses and by far, no one can top the standard of SBM. One thing I must add is the personalized touches from SBM is the princess certification and the personalized thank you card from the princesses after the event. A+ for going above and beyond to make my daughter's birthday a truly a magical and memorable birthday. I'm still hearing from other parents how great the party was, despite the event was 9 months ago. I highly recommend hiring SBM for your next magical event.

I knew I wanted a day-of-coordinator from the beginning and Katie at Gather Event Planning was…read morerecommended to us by our photographer and thank god for that! The moment we met with Katie we knew she would be perfect for us. At the time of our meeting with Gather Event my anxiety was high. I felt like I had nothing under control and wasn't sure how I was going to handle everything, but by the end of the meeting I felt much calmer and confident that Katie would make our day run perfectly. Through the entire process she was cool, calm, and collected. Her team made sure every detail was covered, thought about, and managed. They helped create our wedding timeline and made sure all vendors were aware of timing and facilitated those relationships from start to finish. I didn't have to think about much during the last couple of weeks before the wedding and what a gift that was; to be relaxed and confident before the big day! I am so thankful we decided to have Gather Event Planning be a part of our day. I received so many compliments on how smooth everything ran, and how perfectly calm the wedding atmosphere seemed. That was all thanks to Katie and her team. I couldn't have asked for a better day. Do yourself a favor, and hire a day-of-coordinator and make sure it's Gather Event Planning!

I can't put into words how grateful I am that Katie Wilgus was our wedding planner for our wedding…read morelast month. After our first coffee meeting, I knew she is IT. She is super dialed into the wedding industry and was able to easily rattle off recommendations for vendors that matched our style, wants and needs. I also found her to be very thoughtful, strategic, smart, and extremely calm, not to mention super experienced. And the proof is in the pudding -- if you look at photos of her events, they are so incredibly beautiful, put-together and stylish. We were originally supposed to be married in May 2020, and having to put off our marriage several times due to the pandemic was a huge disappointment. But Katie stuck by us through two rounds of rescheduling and helped us through it ALL. She understands events and the industry so well that even though the pandemic was uncharted territory for all of us, her knowledge and gut instincts saved us many times. She was always quick to answer emails and phone calls, and there was never a loose end on her watch -- she is so organized and focused. And we could always count on her to be super honest and transparent with her advice; if spending money on something added a lot of value or made a lot of sense, she would tell us, but she would also let us know where we could easily save money. I was happy with every one of her recommendations -- vendors, decor, paper goods, everything! I will also never forget the many examples of kindness and empathy that Katie showed us, including literally HOLDING a plate of cheese and fruit for me to eat from between photos on my wedding day! Her compassion and positive energy are honestly humbling. When we were planning our event with all these masking and safety restrictions, I was worried that after all this work and all these postponements, the resulting event was going to feel like a compromise. But our day was honestly perfect and stunningly beautiful, and a lot of the credit for that goes to Katie. I am forever grateful and would heartily recommend her to anyone planning an event.

Nicole is amazing and really was responsible for making our entire event a success. She helped us…read morewith every step of the process from location to decorations to food choices and planning the flow of the event. She is creative, resourceful, thoughtful, and really a lot of fun to spend time with. We are so glad to have made this decision and are looking forward to planning our next event with Nicole.

I found Nicole and her team just doing a search on Google for party planning, specifically…read moreweddings. We spoke on the phone and I described my vision and what I was looking for as far as how I wanted our wedding and reception to look. I shared pictures of what items I had to set up before hand and the day of the wedding Nicole and her team set up everything beautifully! She also was available and present throughout the whole event and at the end of the evening took everything down and boxed it up great! I will definitely use Party to Go-Go again for any big events I need assistance with!

Matt at Elemental Events PDX was the best decision I made for my wedding. With event planning…read moreexperience myself, I was hesitant to hire a wedding planner, but after feeling overwhelmed, a friend and colleague recommended Matt, and I knew he was a necessity after our first meeting. Matt completely took the pressure off, helped me feel confident about my decisions, confirmed all details with every vendor, distracted "overexcited" guests from disturbing me on the big day, and was a much-needed comic relief. He was incredibly responsive, professional and my husband and I both agreed his support was worth every penny. I would highly recommend Matt and Elemental Events PDX for your event!

From the owner: Matt and Don, owners of Elemental Events PDX, each have over 30 years of food & beverage, event…read moremanagement & production, advertising, marketing and design experience in the hospitality and entertainment industry. Cumulatively, we've been an integral part of well over 1000 events including galas, fundraisers, weddings, seminars, conferences and trade shows of virtually every style, theme, variety and size. By partnering with us you'll be tapping into this wealth of event planning and management experience.