With a father of the groom who worked in flowers his whole life, Kimberly and The Dainty Lion had a…read morehigh bar to contend with. She cleared it with ease, and affordability. Kimberly took the time to sit down with us and our wedding planners to ensure her vision matched not only what we had pictured for our wedding day but also what our planner was putting together. She brings a relevant style that doesn't surrender classical beauty for current fads. Her ability to provide florals for an immense variety of locations and needs is a testament to her skill and eye for design. Not only did she handle classic bouquets, center pieces, and boutonnieres, she also created beautiful flower boxes and a wonderful floral piece for the wood house we were married under. We highly recommend Kimberly for any wedding (or other event!) in Southern California.

I will not write a novel ranting and raving about how wonderful Kimberly is, even though I want to…read more I was married at Green Gables 10/09/15. She is absolutely amazing at being a wedding florist. Also, she's super sweet and easy to talk to. I told her the style I liked and she did the rest. Our wedding was beautiful. Much to my surprise she is very competitively priced without having to negotiate. I spoke with many florists trying to find the right one within our budget. I found Kimberly and thanked the other florists I spoke to for their time. They would email me back saying they could give me a lower price. Ok, why didn't you give me that price to begin with? Anyway, Kimberly is such a gem. She gave me a good price from the beginning, and I think that says a lot about her character. Check her out on Instagram. She has beautiful pictures of her work.

Tara was amazing. She made us both feel so comfortable on the BIG day!! Highly recommend her for…read moreany planning needs, so calm and organized.

Erin is incredible!!!! She was my wedding coordinator and she seriously ROCKED. Her expertise was…read moreinvaluable throughout the planning process. The week leading up to the big day, she took care of all those nagging little details with finesse. I had a couple of annoying vendor things come up and she stepped in and straightened everything out for me! It was great that I didn't have to deal with it when I had family flying in from all over the world! She has an incredible attention to detail and went through my catering contract with a fine-toothed comb, finding weird little mistakes they made that I never would have noticed! Awesome! She also has a very artistic/creative eye and set up my venue/ceremony spot beautifully. I was a total ditz on my wedding day, and she kept me on-track and on-time the entire day. It was so great to not have to think; she did it for me! :) I recommended her to a friend who is getting married and she is kicking butt on her wedding, too! To top it all off, you couldn't meet a sweeter gal. I just adore her. If you are getting married, I couldn't recommend Erin highly enough.

I rented 160+ Chiavari chairs for my wedding this past weekend and couldn't be any happier with the…read moreservice and communication. The reception hall of my wedding allowed a 4 hour window the day prior to drop off items and begin setup and their delivery drivers worked with the schedule and was there right when the hall was opened for us to setup. I also only had a 30 minute window for the hall to be unlocked for me the morning after the event for the chairs to be picked up and their drivers worked with my schedule. I was considering renting a box truck to pick up the rentals to waive the delivery fee but after seeing how large the load was and how hard the two delivery drivers worked, the delivery fee was 100% worth it and their two drivers did a phenomenal job. They did not have all of the chairs we wanted in their inventory on my event day so they subleased the remainder from another rental company for a very reasonable fee. They took care of the sublease for the additional chairs behind the scenes and it was so smooth that I wouldn't of have known it was subleased. All of the chairs were a perfect match and made all the difference in the overall setup of our wedding. Huge thank you to the two delivery drivers, they were on time and do some serious work unloading and loading the equipment.

Rented 3 tables, chairs & tableclothes for a family reunion. They delivered on Friday morning & set…read moreup for us because we're senior citizensGave us a two hour window for delivery. Texted about 5-10 minutes before pick up on Monday morning. Everything went smoothly & the extra tables & chairs were perfect for my family reunion.

Absolutely LOVED working with Karleigh and Glynn for my wedding. Highly recommend - they are my…read morego-to planners! We originally hired them for our March 2020 wedding. They were extremely communicative and outlined a great timeline for planning. They were always a text or call away for even the smallest question. Their knowledge was far beyond what I got from googling or asking around. They attended venue meetings and coordinated with the on-site coordinator without any prompting. It made my life so much easier. Once Covid hit, we had to cancel our wedding and they were extremely understanding even though their business was also being affected. Come 2022, we re-connected to have them help coordinate our reception do-over. They were, yet again, amazing to work with. On the day of, they had things done before I even thought of them and truly made my day just enjoyable. They thought of the little things and the big things for the event to go off without a hitch. I had so many compliments on the flow of the event and I credit those two for making it happen. Thank you to Karl and Glynn for being so incredible at what they do. Hire them for your next event - you will only be thankful and appreciative!!

Karleigh and Glynn were one of the best decisions we made, and we could not have been more…read moreimpressed by the two of them! Initially I had looked into wedding planners that typically did Middle Eastern weddings to make sure everything went smoothly, but everyone I was finding seemed to copy and paste the same 4/5 styles, and I wanted something much more unique. That's where Karleigh and Glynn just made me fall in love with their ideas, and they were so excited to learn about our culture and asked so many questions, we knew it was the right decision. We did the full planning service even though we had a lot of details down on our own, but we wanted to make sure that Karleigh and Glynn were informed every step of the way. There were so many things I would have never thought about that they made sure to check in about while planning, and then once we had everything planned they had a timeline broke down to the minute I swear. It was so relieving knowing from the moment we got to the venue Glynn and Karleigh were not just on top of everything, but had such good relationships with everyone it just put everyone in our family at ease. K&G really gave me such a unique wedding we will never forget.

The entire Epic Events team, especially Julie, Laura, Mary, and Drew--were incredible! Drew, our…read moreday-of coordinator, kept everything on track and running smoothly all day without us ever feeling overwhelmed. As a very type A bride, I was especially impressed by the attention to detail at our event and how he anticipated our needs throughout the day. Our grand exit was even way more fun than we imagined--they had our guests create an arch with their glow sticks for us to run through! Our DJ was also fantastic, keeping the energy high and the dance floor full all evening. We really got the best of the best!! I highly recommend Epic Events Group for your wedding day!

Everything! Epic was incredible!! Kimberley as well as the photographers and videographers were…read moreamazing!! (Michaela and her partner, Eric maybe? And Kayley I believe were their names?) I'm sorry I'm not the best with names but I can tell you for sure epic was and is AMAZING and very professional! I would highly recommend them. I am the mother of the groom and was intimately involved in all of the planning and the day of and cannot recommend them highly enough!

I can't begin to say enough good things about Elena Donnelly and the staff at Before I Do events…read more Elena was the sweetest person to work with and worked so incredibly hard to make our wedding the day of our dreams and go off without a glitch! She worked so well with all of the vendors and just made the whole experience so much more pleasant. She was like having a little buddy to conquer the world with those last few weeks! I'm so incredibly thankful to her and her staff (who were all total sweethearts too) for making everything perfect!

Being a Project Manager in my every day life, I very much handled my wedding in the same manner. A…read moreproject. However, even good project managers know good delegation skills... Since I already had my vendors and most major details sorted out, I was strictly looking for a coordinator to help me the week/day of our wedding to make it all come together and to relieve any internal stress/anxiety I was surely about to have (note: we had recently moved cross-country from San Diego to FL months before we came back to SD for the wedding...thank you, U.S. Navy.) I was recommended Before I Do Events from a fellow friend and was lucky enough to meet Elena Donnelly. To echo a lot of the other reviews, I cannot say enough great things of Elena and her team for what they did for us that special day. While I'm sure we were not their most complicated, I'd like to think our traditional Catholic and Military wedding put some curve balls into the mix. Elena and her team did an exceptional job from prepping the church, to working hand in hand with each venue coordinator, to making sure the vendors and guests had seamless access to the military base (where our reception was held) to dealing with a difficult reception room layout/setup, transporting/setting every table center piece since I shipped most of it and had it staged in our hotel room (and yes, I did my own flower arrangements because I'm insane!) down to the littlest details of making sure we and the bridal party had sandwiches for lunch on the trolley as we ran around SD taking pictures in between the ceremony and reception. The timing of the day was tight and it went in a blink of an eye but it was flawless and for the first time ever (it's hard for me to not be in control of everything) I handed over command to someone that I truly trusted and felt confident would excel in executing every last task of our big day. Elena, you handled everything with ease and you did it with class...thank you again to you and your Before I Do Events team for making it memorable!

We knew we were in good hands from day one when Molly sent over a 15-page checklist...music to a…read moreType A bride's ears! When we say we had a perfect wedding day, we truly mean it. Every detail was thoughtfully handled, and nothing was overlooked. The level of care and attention they brought to every aspect of the day was incredible. Even the smallest details that mattered deeply to us were executed flawlessly. Throughout the day, we felt completely taken care of. Their calm professionalism allowed us to be fully present and enjoy every moment with our family and friends. Rachel even made a mid-dinner stain on my dress disappear as if it had never happened. And while we know they can't technically control the weather, we're still convinced they found a way to turn an 85% chance of rain into the most beautiful sunny day imaginable. We are endlessly grateful for the care, creativity and heart they brought to our wedding. It was everything we dreamed of and more, and we couldn't have imagined a better team by our side. Some people are meant for days like this, and Molly and Rachel are two of them.

We first found Molly and Rachel while touring what would eventually become our wedding venue,…read moreScripps Seaside Forum. They were setting up for another wedding there and I loved every part of it and had to get their card. From the very beginning they made the entire planning process feel easy and organized. Their use of Aisle Planner was incredibly helpful. We loved that it allowed us to have multiple logins for family members and let us keep track of all contracts, timelines, and details in one place. Molly and Rachel were always quick to respond to any questions we had and they kept us on track every step of the way. I never felt like I had to check in or worry about what needed to be done because I knew they would let us know exactly when something needed attention. They know Scripps Seaside Forum so well and gave us the best vendor recommendations. We truly loved every single referral they provided. Even once peak wedding season began, we never felt overlooked. They continued to be responsive and attentive, even on weekends when they were busy working other weddings. Molly and Rachel are professional, organized, knowledgeable, and have such a great eye for design. On our wedding day when the weather unexpectedly changed, they made the transition to Plan B feel seamless. They gave me their honest opinion about what would make our guests most comfortable and create the best experience given the circumstances, which I appreciated so much. I truly could not recommend Molly and Rachel enough. They made the planning process so much easier and helped us feel completely taken care of from start to finish. My mom and I are counting down the days for my little sister to get engaged just so we can work with them again!!

As our coordinator, partial planner, and florist, Melissa helped us manage our timeline and…read moreexpectations very well from the moment we hired her. She knew when to ramp up our frequency of meetings and she also knew when to tell us to relax and not worry about stuff. We like that she comes with the aisle planner software and lets us access it. She provided a thorough checklist for us with indications of when an item on the list should be completed by. She was very accessible and we knew we could count on her to respond quickly even if our question was not urgent. As our florist in addition to our planner, she helped a lot with some last-minute florals that we wanted to do and made sure everything happened very smoothly. When we couldn't find any freshly squeezed juice near me Melissa was eager to help and make sure we had that by the time of the wedding. Everyone was impressed at how quickly the venue was able to transform between the different stages of the wedding and how knowledgeable Melissa was. We really appreciated about how Melissa joined us in our vendor meetings and kept in touch with them for us. We definitely would've gotten overwhelmed if we did not have Melissa.

Jill helped coordinate my husband and I's dream wedding. She was extremely professional, organized,…read moreand knew all the steps to take to make our wedding the perfect day. We appreciate her attention to detail, communication, and most of all the amount of care she had for our family. I Do Weddings is a great company to work with, we highly recommend. - The Andersons