About this vendor
Lake James & Co. is an event planning and design consulting company specializing in weddings and social occasions. The creative designer and event planner behind Lake James & Co. will help you define your style and create one-of-a-king concepts to achieve your special day!
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- Honeymoon Planning
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelor Party
- Bachelorette Party
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.014 reviews
Originally, my now husband and I had not planned on having a wedding. All of the planning involved seemed overwhelming, and I had no idea where to start. Eventually, we changed our...
minds- but still had the daunting task of choosing a wedding planner. After deliberation, we chose Thao. I knew she would execute a beautiful wedding day, while sticking to my “off beat” taste. She was receptive from the beginning and was able to create a beautiful Tim Burton-esque environment in a venue quite opposite! Everyone was blown away by her work and I highly recommend to any newly engaged couple:)
I have LOVED working with Lake James & Co!
She is AMAZING at what she does. Super attentive and willing to work with you on anything. Her vision and style are the best. Definitely...
one of my favorites in the industry!
Lake James & Co. did a great job of keeping us on track during the planning process with friendly reminders and honest suggestions and feedback. I do think that there was a lack of...
communication between planner and other vendors on the day of as some details were poorly coordinated or executed.
My husband and I got married this year...along with 8 of our closest "couple" friends. So I had quite a few girlfriends who were planning their weddings when I was planning my wed...
ding. And because I had a few who were DIY'ers, I was thinking I would be able to do the same: plan my own wedding and make all the crafts for the wedding. Easy, peasy.
Of course 5 mins into planning, I realized WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING?! I'm not made for this! I don't even have a pinterest board! I don't even know what color scheme I want! I was never the type of girl who knew exactly what she wanted for her wedding day. To make it even more interesting, we were having a destination wedding in NOLA.
Long story short, we found Lake James & Co, and worked directly with Thao. I eventually had to create a Pinterest board and pinned things I liked on there so she would have some sort of clue about my preferences. Communicated with Thao mostly via emails, occasionally did have direct calls so she could clue us in on the progress of things. As a bride/groom who were really "ok with anything", Thao was sufficiently assertive (but not overbearing) and decisive for all of us when it mattered most.
Even though our wedding was in NOLA, we used Thao's network of vendors (outside of NOLA) for the flowers, videography, and photography. They were all remarkable to work with and costs were comparable (even though they were out-of-towners).
Needless to say, we had a wonderful, stress-free and beautiful wedding!! And we owe it all to Thao! We found out after the wedding that she had to take care of a few "hiccups" to make sure our wedding day was the most amazing day for us. We greatly appreciated the fact that she put out all the fires that she could on her own without concerning us and having us stress on our big day. Highly recommend!!
Thao is amazing. Her attention to detail, organization, and high level of creativity really made everything smooth. Despite the schedule being jam-packed, I never saw the bride or ...
groom stressed or freaked out because everything was well planned from the beginning and executed properly.
LJ & Co. is amazing. I have been in many many weddings and this one was easily one of the smoothest (and most gorgeous) weddings I've been a part of. They truly go above and beyond...
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Thao brought a formidable team that was super helpful and organized. During the planning phase, the bride constantly told me how on top of everything thao was and how she appreciat...
ed how much thao followed up and followed through with to dos. Thao is super sweet and very experienced. It definitely made the big day easier when none of the bridesmaids had to take care of anything.
She did an amazing job helping put together our team for our wedding day (April 2018), including the photographer, my hair and makeup, the florist and our baker! She ensured everyt...
hing went smoothly during the weeks leading up to the wedding as well as on the day of our wedding. She has great vision and gave wonderful advice and I am so glad she was there for us on our wedding day!!
Amazing to work with and affordable! Has great ideas and tries her best to keep you within your desired budget! Lots of DIY ideas which helps with costs and comes with a lot of her...
own material that was super helpful.
Lake James & Co. is so creative and detail oriented it's incredible! The fierce little lady behind LJC is just awesome to work with and she'll do what it takes to make sure your da...
y is perfect! Not to mention the services are affordable!
Ahhhhhh! Such a a pleasure to work with! Can't wait to see more of your work in the future because you are so on top of your game! Any bride looking for help in planning their wed...
ding and day of coordination should contact her for details! She's got the best eye for things when it comes to decor, being unique and just simply being pretty!
What an organized and amazing planner to be working with! We thank Lake James for always being so attentive and thorough throughout the entire planning and designing process! I don...
't think the day could have turned out better than it did. Without you we would have probably ran around like stressed out bridesmaids! Thank you for helping us with all parts of planning and assisting with our outfits, coordinating the whole event from beginning to end and being so affordable!
I had the opportunity to work with Lake James and we couldn't have had more fun. In all seriousness though, the experience was amazing and I never felt overwhelmed with things that...
had to be done. She helped me organize everything from the bridal shower to the actual wedding! Her creativeness and all her ideas were unique and our events turned out beautifully! Thank you for being awesome and there for us the whole way!
Thank you for all of your help and creativity in planning the best wedding ever. I couldn't have been more happy with what you helped me achieve. Everything from beginning to end w...
as perfect and you allowed me to have the most stress free day. It couldn't have been more smooth and successful! All of the design and decor was beautiful, and all of the food and menu planning you helped me create was a hit! My guests couldn't have been more satisfied especially with the signature drinks! Thank you for being super attentive, detail oriented and hands on! You went above and beyond and had it all together!
Contact
Houston, TX
Lake James & Co.