We had a fantastic wedding planner, Katie, who has done more than day-of planning for us. She is…read moreexactly the type person you want to be your wedding planner: detailed-oriented, RESOURCEFUL, responsive, nice and polite but makes sure things are done the way they should be done (esp. when the bride can be a little particular at times), all around wonderful to work with. The record high flooding in Chicago happened on our wedding day. Yes, our venue flooded. With the generosity of our caterer who had their own venue and Katie's help, we were able to move venue, get everything setup, and had the best wedding ever! Katie took care of the entire move! I didn't even break a sweat through all this all because I know I can trust Katie to get the job done. Katie was so helpful throughout the wedding planning process and very good with what she does: making sure your day is as perfect as it can be for you!

Our Wedding Coordinator was Kara Superfine, of Bliss Weddings & Events…read more. I cannot say enough how amazing she was to us! Our wedding felt flawless thanks to Kara.. if anything went wrong, she fixed it, and we knew nothing about it.. she did everything in her power to make our day go smoothly and look beautiful... In the weeks prior to the wedding she talked/met with all of our vendors, and caught possible gliches before it was too late.. Above all this, she is a lovely person, and great to work with.. all of our family kept telling us how amazed they were with how organized she was, ( Even with my big crazy family lol) HIGHLY RECOMMEND KARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Swetal and team helped make our fairytale wedding a success! They were incredibly easy to work with…read morethroughout the entire process, inclusive of providing budget friendly recommendations of how to dress up our space for the sangeet, ceremony, and reception. Swetal was also accessible in convenient ways -- I knew if I texted or e-mailed her, I wouldn't have to worry about constantly having to follow up to get an answer. We received numerous compliments on our wedding decor, and I would definitely recommend working with this team!

Swetal and her team did an amazing job for a last minute engagement party! She was helpful and…read moreworked within our budget to create this beautiful stage within 1 week.

I hired Alexis Kolpak at Imagine Events as a day-of coordinator for my July 2011 wedding and…read morecouldn't be happier with the service I received. From the moment I first met Alexis until the day of my wedding she always conducted herself and her business with an impeccable level of professionalism and grace. She was extremely organized, insightful, creative, and an all around go-getter when it came to tackling problems and working with my vendors. Although she was only contracted as a day-of coordinator, Alexis went above and beyond and offered me valuable advice throughout my entire wedding planning journey. In fact, of all of the vendors I used for my wedding, the ones recommended by Alexis turned out to be the most reliable, the easiest to work with, and the ones that produced the best product overall. Looking back and reflecting on all of the added value Alexis brought to the table--including her strong work ethic and her positive relationships with vendors--I should've hired her services full time! I found Imagine Events through a recommendation and would recommend their services to anyone else in a heartbeat. I truly could not have pulled off my amazing wedding day without Alexis Kolpak!

I recently worked with Alexis on a promotional bridal event and it was a true pleasure. She is so…read moreeasy going, yet professional and very organized. I felt like we were in very good hands throughout the entire process. Alexis also suggested several talented vendors that executed the event flawlessly. I would highly recommend Imagine Events to others. Thanks, Alexis!

Choosing Prim & Proper Events to be our planner was the single best decision we made about our…read morewedding. After we had made the decision to work with Mel from Prim & Proper Events, the most amazing things followed, and we had her with us every step of the way to help us decide how to make our wedding the most beautiful day in a way that represented us as a couple. She truly loves what she does and this was immediately apparent from the first moment I spoke with her (after which I immediately hung up and told my fiancé that I needed her in our life). She is an incredible listener and has a very beautiful and unique ability to take a vision and immediately know how to execute on it in the most stunning way. Breathtaking ideas seem to constantly flow from her mind. As a bride to be, having a true professional run point on every aspect of the planning, presenting gorgeous ideas for you to consider (when you didn't even know these ideas were possible!) and having someone available at any time to make you feel that everything is being taken care of without issue is what you want and need. Mel loves romance, beauty, love, intricacies, details, elegance and luxe touches; everything she does reflects this. Never once did Mel tell us that something we wanted couldn't be done. Her energy is contagious. Mel knew which vendors would deliver on what we needed - and she nailed it. We were so happy with everyone that she introduced us to and that we used for the wedding. From décor and flowers to the DJ everyone that Mel brought into our world was amazing. She kept reminding us to enjoy the planning, and that was so easy to do with her leading the way. She made it her mission to plan the most gorgeous day for us - mission accomplished and more. She even surprised us the day of with some incredible touches to the reception (when I saw what she had done for us, it really challenged my ability to hold back the "ugly cry", but I successfully did). It was the best day of our lives and still now, months after the wedding, our friends and family members still gush about how incredible the day was. Mel is an impeccable wedding planner who will plan the wedding of your dreams. Just say yes!

I hired The Eventful Life to do flowers for my wedding on June 6 and I am so happy I did! I met…read morewith a ton of florists, none of which I really grooved with and none of which that seemed to get my vision. Then I met Jess and everything changed. Our initial meeting was great; we grabbed a beer and talked everything through. Then, she sent me a Pinterest board with a bunch of flowers and visuals. I had no updates to make to the board, I just loved what she put together. We met again with Jess and Steph a few weeks before the wedding to go over details and make some adjustments because I kept adding stuff. I ended up accumulating most of what we put the flowers in (boxes, jars, bottles) and they let us drop those off a few days before the wedding. It was so nice not to have to deal with that in the last minute. They're so accommodating. It was also very exciting when I was at my rehearsal dinner and got a text of a picture of our altar arrangements. I want to point out that Jess and Steph are just cool gals! It was very important to my groom and I to have vendors that we'd want to hang out with, and these two are no exception. They are fun and a joy to be around. Not to mention they executed perfectly! The flowers were beautiful and looked great all night. I would absolutely hire them again for another event.

WOW! Steph and Jess at The Eventful Life are absolutely amazing. We worked with Jess for day-of…read morecoordination. From the very beginning, she asked great questions - some that we had answers to, and some that we weren't even thinking of. On our wedding day, she was cool, calm, professional and shared our excitement, making it an absolutely perfect day. She was always right there when we needed anything. We were very involved in planning every aspect of our wedding, and hiring friends whenever we could. Jess and Steph understood our vision perfectly, and made everything happen on the big day. They are excellent event planners and were tremendous resources to bounce off ideas about timelines, floor plans and vendor coordination. We would STRONGLY recommend The Eventful Life for day-of coordination, especially (speaking from very personal experience) for those lovely Type A brides with 15-tab spreadsheets, to-do lists and detailed plans. They make it all happen.

We knew when we met Krys that we wanted to work with her to plan our wedding at the Woman's Club of…read moreEvanston. She had a creative and energetic vibe and we instantly felt like she understood our vision and would help bring it to life. She really delivered - and was a pleasure to work with. Having her made all the difference in knowing that our event would run smoothly. It did of course, thanks to her, but along the way she provided so many great resources and suggestions, emotional support, and even items for the event (like table number holders). She's just a great, warm person who is fantastic at her job and cares about making your event special. She's an excellent day of planner, but she was so much more for us - helping us every step of the way. I can't recommend her highly enough!

I truly can't thank Joyce enough for all of her help, support and assistance throughout the wedding…read moreplanning and the day-of! She made the process so much more enjoyable because I knew I could rely on her whenever I had a question. She remained calm, which kept me calm, and always had really good suggestions for how to work with vendors or improve an idea. The day-of, she made everything run so smoothly, and it was a dream that I knew everything would be just as I envisioned with her at the helm. I couldn't recommend her more and am just so thankful that she was our wedding planner!

Thank you so much Joyce for all of your help the day of our wedding. It went off without a hitch…read morebecause of you. There were so many moments where I remember you saving the day. I could not have asked for a better wedding coordinator day-of. Thank you thank you!! :D

Last weekend was the first time getting to work with Mindy. I"ve always seen her around at industry…read moreevents and thought she was quirky and fun but only knew her for her as starting High Minded Events and not as a wedding planner. I met my clients from last weekend about 15 years ago when they were planning the brides mitzvah and the MOB (mother of the bride) kept my business card and called me ( full disclosure I think this is the most epic plug for designing nice business cards ever) She reached out to me a little over a year ago to plan her daughter's wedding. I normally do not take on planning clients anymore as we are simply too busy with multiple event decor setups every weekend and I knew this weekend we would have at least two if not three weddings so I told her that it wouldn't be in her best interest to hire us for planning so she hired someone I've never heard of (always a risk). Turns out it was kind of a S-Show for them and they had to part ways....several months ago my client told me they hired Mindy and I was so excited to get to work with her because I always see her out and she always has the best energy..... TAKE NOTE OF THIS WHEN YOU HIRE YOUR WEDDING VENDORS.... IT MATTERS!!!! Let me start by saying this.... MINDY IS OLD SCHOOL......So refreshing!!!! not many planners are like her anymore... My words to describe her are STEADY, LEVEL-HEADED, KIND, FUNNY, INCLUSIVE, AUTHENTIC AND EFFICIENT. She maintains the happiest mood while being completely engaged in what she is doing at all times. From the moment we started working together Mindy was F-ing amazing!!! She was so organized, and detail oriented while BEING KIND!!!!! not always the case for wedding planners these days.... She was an absolute dream to work with and I hope we get to do more events together and just get to hang out aside from work.. Hiring her is like hiring your best friend to plan your wedding.. they will move mountains to make sure your day is perfect. We knew from jump that she genuinely cared about every detail of the wedding from start to finish. If you are on the fence about hiring a wedding planner talk to Mindy and you might just decide that you need one... (EVERYONE NEEDS ONE) Derrick Taylor President TAYLOR&CO Events CHICAGO