I will begin by saying that our wedding was nothing short of a fairy tale. Although we found the…read moreperfect venue which happened to be on a beach, I still wanted a glamorous semi-formal Disney Princess-type of wedding. We live on the East coast of FL so having a wedding in Bradenton Beach was a destination wedding for us and although I had accomplished some things on my own, I knew I would need more help. I described what type of wedding I was imagining to our venue wedding coordinator and he pointed me to Priscila of My Storybook Party. I spoke to Priscila and the rest was history. She listens so well, is extremely organized, has many fantastic ideas, is kind, and truly cares about her brides (and grooms!). I don't know what I would have done without her. We traveled out to Sarasota at least 3 different times in the months leading up to the wedding and she would always coordinate appointments and meet or even drive us around the entire weekend. Yes, you read that right - she was with us the ENTIRE weekend from early in the morning until it got dark and that's in addition to spending hours with me on the phone. On to hair and makeup. Some would call me 'high maintenance' but hey, I know what I like. I have long curly hair that I'm used to spending 2-3hours washing, straightening then curling myself on an almost daily basis. I am also accustomed to spending around an hour doing my own makeup so a VERY good makeup and hair stylist were important to me and Priscila understood that. She found a lady that had at least like 15 years of experience in the wedding hair industry and booked me a trial. Initially, I thought I wanted a loose waterfall braid with hair teased at the top so the stylist tried, but she completely rushed through my trial and my hair ended up a frizzy mess. She said she would "practice" the braid since she was rusty and be better on my wedding day. Priscila paid attention, reassured me that I shouldn't just "go with" the stylist and that she would find someone for me because she wanted me to be confident that my hair would be perfect. She spent the next few months - YES MONTHS - searching for the perfect stylist. She called me to tell me she had found the perfect guy for the job and we made another appointment just a few months before my wedding. I sat in his chair and knew he was THE ONE that I could trust with my hair on our wedding day. We booked him and EVERYONE was impressed on our wedding day, but that's another review. Priscila also recommended a great makeup artist near our home on the East Coast that we ended up paying to come across the state for the day of our wedding. Décor - Priscila went out of her way to find rental companies for everything My Storybook Party did not have for rent. She tracked down so much - linens, tables, gold wood chivalry chairs (that would work on the beach), bling chandeliers, a tall chuppah, beaded chuppah curtains, tents, twinkle lights, and plate chargers. She also made sure to work with our venue coordinator to ensure we could get exactly what we wanted despite regulations/preferred vendor requirements/etc. Centerpieces - I looked everywhere and was on Pinterest for days looking for centerpiece ideas. I did not want the typical centerpiece with flowers and FINALLY found the bling pieces I had been looking for. Instead of renting I just bought everything I thought we needed, but we were short two big pieces due to last minute cancellations. Priscila spent hours going over options with me and taking pictures of how each table should be arranged. She also tracked down the last two pieces we needed - beautiful big bling candelabras that matched our other décor. She and her assistants set up the tables for us and broke them down immediately after the wedding. All of our pieces were neatly wrapped and packed in boxes and ready to travel. Every single piece I had was accounted for and unbroken. Day of - Priscila and her assistants ran around all day making sure everything was accounted for and in the right place. She also kept popping to check on me and ensure I was doing okay and everything was on schedule. She kept to a schedule and had every detail accounted for, down to the flip flop stations strategically placed for our guests to take their heels of if they didn't realize we'd be on the beach. The "extra" décor pieces we brought were placed around our reception area beautifully by Priscila. We had orchid strands on each chair on the aisle - she took them down and arranged the orchids around our beautiful cake after the ceremony. Did I mention our cake was just featured on Grace Ormonde Wedding Style? If you're planning a party big or small, call Priscila. She and her team will be right by your side every step of the way and ensure that you're 100% pleased with every single detail, whether you want to be as involved as I was in the process or if you trust her to run with everything. Our wedding was a dream come true & if you call her, yours will be too.

I hired Priscila from My StoryBook Party as a "month of" coordinator for my daughter's destination…read morewedding at the Crosley Estate in Sarasota, FL. What initially attracted me to Priscila was her calm presence and soft-spoken voice. I was primarily looking to hire someone to keep my daughter relaxed prior to the ceremony, as we have a handful of family members who can be quite stress invoking! What I soon found was that I had hired so much more than a "bride-sitter" and "stress guard". Priscila is focused and driven. She truly knows the wedding business inside and out. I found that she could be firm and authoritative when necessary. While gentle in demeanor, she's no pushover! Priscila was quick to reply to phone calls, email, and text messages. She is full of interesting suggestions - things I never would have thought of. She referred us to several local vendors, who were not only professional, but I found to be very reasonably priced. She gladly intervened with a couple of issues that cropped up last minute, keeping the stress from my daughter. She coordinated with all of our other vendors, and created a master timeline for the entire wedding day. We were able to drop off all of our wedding items with Priscila in Sarasota a week prior to the wedding; so we didn't have to run anything to the venue on the day of. She and her team set up all of our wedding décor for us, and had all of it repacked and in our cars by the time the reception was over. Priscila truly understands that a wedding day is so much more than "just another day". With the timeline in place, there were no worries for any of the bridal party on the day of the wedding. Everyone was notified where they needed to be and at what time, and from there, Priscila and her assistants took over. Our only job on the day of the wedding was to be present. My daughter's wedding day was seamless, allowing everyone to focus on what was truly important - FAMILY! I would only do one thing differently if I had to do it over. I'd hire Priscila to handle to entire affair, instead of just the "month of" coordinating. I now understand that the money that you spend on the right wedding coordinator actually saves you so much in the long run! Thank you, Priscila Radke-Neves and My StoryBook Party! You were a breath of fresh air and felt like family by the time the wedding rolled around. You were a joy to work with!

Our florist, Julia's Floral Design, suggested farm tables for our November wedding and dinner…read morereception at Bridle Oaks Barn and then referred us to Special Event Services. SES (IAmEvents.com) ended up being much more affordable than others available. We reviewed multiple, popular rental companies and found Special Event Services to have the best prices and the quality of the tables was excellent. Amy Monday, our account manager, was great to work with and made the rental process very easy. We LOVED having the farm tables and they were the perfect addition for our dinner reception. So glad we made the decision to splurge! Highly recommend!

From the owner: Special Event Services is a professional event rental and production company. We value the quality…read moreof our equipment and strive to provide the best customer service that our clients deserve. Whether you are in need of tables and chairs for a backyard event or all of the bells and whistles for a wedding or large corporate event, SES is up for the challenge. Our team is not only interested in providing a great event, but also in building lasting relationships for years to come.

Short N Simple Events did an amazing Job decorating for my daughters 1st Birthday! Very…read moreprofessional, on time, and cleaned everything after . All my guests were so impressed with the decor. Balloon colors were just perfect. I will definitely continue to recommend. Thank you so much for making this day memorable

Events 356 did such an amazing job with only 4 weeks till my wedding that I hired them again to do…read moremy baby showers. Kathy really gave me what I asked for and my guest for the wedding wanted to know how did my planner get everything done so fast and everything came out beautiful. I am definitely hiring her for my daughter's Quinces without a doubt. Thank you Events 356.

I bought this for my daughters sweet 16 in quarantine. She love it and the service is amazing. No…read morecomplications at all!

We ordered a two tier cake for a baby shower. To the guest it looked pretty…read more To my husband and I who ordered it and paid for it it was a disappointment. It was a pink cake with a Halloween theme. We spoke to the Julie about what we wanted. I told her we wanted a cake with pastel pink, lavender and orange pumpkins. Julie said that she would do a vine on the pumpkins and that they would do the pumpkins right, left, right ,on the top ,middle and bottom layers. It was probably my fault for assuming the decorations would be piped with icing. What we got was a two tier cake with pink and white Pumpkins. They were on the top and then the bottom on the right and left side. There was no vines or leaves and the pumpkins was make of rice crispy treats that was just laying on top and around the bottom. My husband went to eat one of the pumpkins but said it was horrible cause it was so sweet. The actual cake tasted good but the filling we ordered was suppose to be strawberry but it was buttercream with specks of berry and no berry taste!

We used sprinkles for our wedding cake. It was part of our citrus club wedding plan…read more We had a lot of fun trying all the flavor options and for our wedding we had a three layer cake which we were able to get 3 different flavors. We picked out how it would look and it was of course beautiful! It tasted great! One special thing sprinkles does is provide you with a small cake at 1 year anniversary so you don't have to save the top tier