We hired Shannon for full service wedding planning and also used her for the florals for my…read moredaughters wedding. We worked with Shannon for almost a year planning the big day and finally this past weekend it was wedding day! Shannon and her team completely knocked it out of the park! The wedding was absolutely breathtaking. Every single detail was absolute perfection. The florals were stunning and we could not be happier with her service. I will most definitely use her for my other children's weddings and events. I read the other review on here about her being pricey, but I say you get what you pay for. If you are looking for perfection she is definitely going to provide you with just that.

I'm really having a hard time writing this post because I just don't like to be negative. I like to…read morelearn from experiences and move on with my life. My intentions for this post are to help other brides learn from my experience. Since this vendor does not allow reviews on her Facebook page and another bride told me her yelp review was somehow removed... I'm going to go ahead and write my review here with hesitation. Our (my fiancé and I) had an amazing first meeting with Shannon Lee-Hough (shannon Hough Events). We were very impressed with her ability to just pick up the phone and call vendors when she found out we needed a DJ for our wedding. We ended up hiring her and put a deposit of $2250. We were looking forward to having less stress with this planning process. Well, she gave us two quotes over the next couple days which were both $5k or more for deejay services. We thought that was quite high and even joked that possibly she was marking the prices up. Then I went to her about cake tastings and invitations. While she was pressuring me to use her for floral services by telling me that she had another bride interested. She set up a cake tasting for us. I thought she was setting up two, but she only set up one and had the baker dropped the cakes off at our house. (She blamed this on me.) I had told her I don't know what I need to do and I wanted to be treated as a 5 year old because I want my hand to be held, but she still thought it was necessary to ask if I just wanted the cakes dropped off. I said dropping off is fine. I was currently stressed about her doing florals for another wedding. My wedding was at 11 am. How could she possibly do floral for another wedding? The cakes were dropped off at a different time than she told us and we were at another appointment. (Invitations, again another vendor we found on our own and made our own appointment). She's texting us asking why we aren't there? Uhm, because they aren't supposed to be there for another two hours. When I asked about invitations she literally sent me contact info for two invitation vendors for me to contact on my own. That's frustrating, but okay. So I get in contact with them but I'm annoyed by the questionnaire. Can I just see some samples? We decide to just walk in to a local vendors to see what they had. They were the sweetest mother and daughter and were just extremely helpful! I saved the best for last!!! Floral... I set up a meeting with her and she did a beautiful mockup. Just gorgeous! We were excited to have our wedding planner and florist all in one. One less vendor to have to find! A couple of days after our appointment Shannon sent us a PayPal request for $5,500 for our floral deposit. That seemed quite high so we asked her for an estimate on our floral and she said she couldn't give us one because we didn't know all the details yet and she wanted to do another mockup for $300. Wait... what? So again, I request an estimate. The response was $18,000 + so I talk to a friend of mine and they were shocked too. She doesn't have a store front and all the overhead that comes with that and they told me I needed to ask for a breakdown. They were actually shocked that she didn't send one. Well, being that our big centerpieces were almost $800. Shannon sent another PayPal request for $4,000. (She was lowering her deposit amount) I got a gut feeling. Something I couldn't explain. we decided to tell shannon to go ahead and let the other bride know she's available to do their wedding. This was stressing me out. We finally went to shannon and expressed our concerns. I was feeling like my wedding planner was more concerned with getting hired for floral design than actually planning my wedding and relieving stress. To our surprise, she offered a refund. We sat down that weekend and thought: we don't have a wedding planner, we don't have florals, we haven't decided on inviatations. We are more stressed now then before we hired her. It's probably best for us to take that refund, move our date, and move forward from there. We expressed this to her over text (that's her preferred communication method) she tried to call me but my tonsil was swollen and it was difficult to talk. Monday morning she sent us a text letting us know she will not be refunding us. WHAT?! She proceeded to tell us why we should be happy with her. No matter what I said she argued with it. Finally, I told her that if she wasn't going to give us our money back then she needed to call our vendors that we had already called and set everything back up. I don't Think she was expecting that. I think she thought she was just going to walk away with $2250. Things got really ugly from there. I'm sure she can say plenty of bad things about us, but she's supposed to be a professional and she certainly DOES NOT behave that way. There are many other things I could say, but my energy is gone. I can't put any more into this person.

Dario is top notch! We've been using his company for several years now from tables and chairs to…read morebouncers and snow cone machines. Great prices and amazing service. He's always on time and will pick up when convenient for you. I've recommended to all of my friends and family and they get the same results. Thanks for your service and see you again soon!

i highly highly recommend for all your rental needs!! i'm very satisfied with this business and i…read morewill be renting jumpers, tables, chairs, from them from now on! super grateful for them, i contacted them super last minute because another company had cancelled and cali bounce rental did not disappoint, they hooked me up with everything i needed plus more!

When I think of a local business I'm most thankful for, the list is rather lengthy. But one…read morebusiness that deserves all the gratitude in the world, especially with this last year being so difficult, is Simply Chic Events. It all started with a cold call requesting Santa for an event. Yes, folks - Irma has the power to summon the big jolly man himself. This Santa was 100% the real deal and even made an appearance with Mrs. Claus! To see adults enjoy the spirit of Christmas like that was an absolute treasure. I knew Irma was my 'event-planner for life' when I hired her to help with a company holiday party a few years ago. Between multiple reschedules and last minute changes she remained kind as ever. What she managed to pull off in such a short time was a magnificent wonderland of a party. The details were nothing short of magical. I'm so thankful for Irma and her crew of superheroes. Her passion for event planning and helping people is why I'll continue to support her business. And also because I can be confident my event will be perfect.

Irma and her amazing teammate, Evelyn were phenomenal!!! The attention to detail, access to…read morevendors, and overall ability to execute every task made my daughter's wedding a dream come true!

Tracey did an AMAZING job coordinating my wedding making it a day i will forever remember. It was…read morebeautiful and everything ran smoothly. Thank you Oh So Purdy Events for your great services!

This husband and wife team djed my wedding recently and I can not say enough good things. From the…read morecommunication before hand, the very helpful planning and tips along the way, and the night of they knocked it out of the park. They made sure the ceremony was flawless kept the vibes through the reception and made sure to get and keep the party going once it was time. They were both extremely personable and friendly through out the whole process and i recommend them for any event. I will definitely be using them in the future !

Very professional and on time , reasonable prices , crew came out quickly , great customer…read moreservice definitely recommend for future services

Definitely recommend this business. Very professional and great service. Showed up in the time…read moreframe quoted for drop off and pick up. Jumper was in great shape and clean. We will definitely be using them in the future. Thank you guys.

They had REALLY good service and their set up is very beautiful! I really loved the props as well…read more I had so much fun using their Photo Booth and it was really easy to use1 I really recommend their service! 10 out of 10!!!

I hired Manny to be the DJ for my birthday party not knowing if the music was going to be good or…read morebad. I was really surprised and impressed by his set and his music selection. At first people weren't dancing simply because they were still enjoying the food. The music was still good while it played in the background and made you want to take those shots at the bar early in the day. As soon as he started to play some bangers that's when people quickly jumped out of their seat and hit the dance floor with no hesitation, and just like that we had a party. The party had all types of music such as Reggaeton, Top 40's, Rock en Español, Cumbias, Salsa, 80's and Hip-Hop. What I really liked was that the dance floor was never empty which means the music was good and people were having fun. I would definitely recommend Manny for all your upcoming events. I would also book him again for my next event. I give Manny 5 starts because they were well earned. He showed up way earlier than expected, set up quickly and even started playing before scheduled. Not to mention his set up was great and definitely gave the party a different vibe with the light show he provided. Thanks again Manny!!

DJ Manny did such an incredible job for my daughter's quince. He had the dance floor filled the…read morewhole night. He definitely knew how to read the room and played constant hits. We also got the fathead "Turn Up" show which was a huge hit with the teenagers and adults. Lastly, his lighting and monograms were the perfect touch that brought the space to life. Would definitely recommend DJ Manny to all my friends and family and look forward to working with him again.