Lavender Crown Events

nd thorough when we spoke, and chatting with her was easy. We felt she’d be a good fit for our personalities. 

We hired Michelle for full-service wedding planning, including everything except for searching for a venue, as we had already selected a location. Michelle was able to provide valuable perspective and coordination and advice on making the best decisions! Having her along through each aspect of the planning process was more valuable than I could have imagined. Her attention to detail and ensuring everything is in place is fantastic. When the big day rolled around, Michelle and her assistants were amazing. They made sure that I only needed to worry about where to be and when to be there, and my husband and I were able to fully enjoy our day with each other and our wedding guests, which made the day even more special! 

I can’t say enough how thankful I am to have found Michelle and if you’re debating whether or not to hire a planner…HIRE HER!

wn the deposit and our increasing concerns over their ability to execute, we terminated and needed another provider in short order. I spoke with 4 firms and went with Lavender Crown. I spoke with Michelle (owner) for the initial meeting and to execute the contract/payments and worked with Hannah for the day of services. Both were very organized, thoughtful, and poised - a true professional business. For the month leading up to our event, we had the ability to correspond with any questions/concerns. They offered a meeting prior to the day (we ended up not needing to do so, but Hannah did travel to pick up our decor in advance which was incredibly helpful). The day went very smoothly with Hannah being the keystone. She did a wonderful job coordinating with the other vendors, organizing set up, ensuring we kept to the timeline, fielding family/friends, handling general questions, site breakdown + cleanup, etc.

San Jose area. We chose the full service planning option (Platinum Crown). Michelle did a great job, and helped choose the other vendors, which were all great. I visited about ten venues myself, and she helped us some on that, too. My daughter and son-in-law made the final decision on venue. We chose The Mountain Winery for the venue, and that was a great choice, too. It's all a complex process, especially since we had lots of out-of-town guests. Michelle was organized, experienced, calm, and competent. The result was an event that exceeded my expectations, and everyone seemed to have a wonderful time. Even more, my daughter and her husband got the wedding that they wanted. Weddings can be expensive and stressful as well as being very important to a lot of people, so it's important to hire people who know what they are doing. I am happy that we hired Michelle.

!! You will thank me later! Imagine not having to deal with anything but to get ready on your wedding day, That is a DREAM!!!!

s gonna go all going wrong totally vanished, Enter Michelle Lee, from Lavender Crown Events, She appeared & delivered more than what she promised , we still have friends asking about her. She truly is an amazingly focused person with an uncanny eye for the most minute details. My beautiful new bride said she wished she could do it all over again!

. I trust them fully and am excited every time I get to work with them. They make my job easier.

ant: organized! I could not recommend Michelle and the Lavender Crown Team with more whole hearted excitement than I currently am!

e wedding, Michelle was great and made me feel comfortable with her taking over our day. She was organized in communicating with vendors for me, brought a binder with everything printed out during our walk-through and knew her stuff. I want to preface this review by saying that maybe I wasn’t as communicative as I should have been leading up to the wedding, but I sort of had expectations from other weddings I had been to. I also want to say that I did not see all of this, so some of it is secondhand information from guests. I am going to start with the piece that still makes me a little upset to think about: 1. Our wedding was to start at 3 pm and when Michelle sent out the timeline to a few months before the wedding, the ceremony was listed at 3:30 pm. I asked her about it and she said she always put 30 minutes after start time on the invitation to give a buffer. I sort of understood that and figured she was the professional. I asked again to make absolutely sure she knew the ceremony was to start at 3 pm. I understand a buffer, but when a buffer is not needed, the ceremony should start at the time that is on the invitation. My sister found Michelle to ask and she told my sister that we would gather at the designated area at 3:15. I was STRESSED because that was 15 minutes after the ceremony was supposed to start. We made our way to the gathering area and 3 pm rolled around and all guests were seated, and all the wedding party was gathered and waiting. My sister found her again and Michelle said she’d meet us at 3:30 and my sister told her she needed to come now. There was zero reason to start 30 minutes late. Our poor guests waiting at the ceremony for 30 minutes! 2. I did not see Michelle basically my entire wedding day, except for processional line up. I thought she would be following us or checking to make sure the timeline was followed and we were taken care of. 3. I do not know where she or her assistant was when we were taking photos, and our photographers needed help gathering people. Again, I didn’t specify this with her before the wedding, but I figured it was something that would occur. A guest was the one who was telling the DJ what to announce to get people over to the photo area. We lost even more time during cocktail hour because of this. 4. 15 minutes before we had to line up for the ceremony, our bartender came to find me and asked where the cups were, I don’t think he could find Michelle. We were supposed to have 2 glasses per place setting, which I think Michelle hadn’t done yet. My sister said, this is what she was still doing 15 minutes after the ceremony was supposed to have started. 5. She told the DJ to announce that a shuttle would be leaving over an hour before the reception was to end. The shuttle had just come back to wait before pick-up. My wedding, which I had planned for months and paid a lot of money for, was being announced as over way too early. A couple of my bridesmaids found her and asked her not to announce yet and they told me that she asked THEM to go tell the DJ! That is not anyone’s job but hers or her assistants in my opinion. 6. My family had to help my cousin (dessert vendor) set up desserts because she couldn't find Michelle.

ay-of coordinators was a little over $2k. We did not think it was necessary to pay the extra $500 to hire the business owner, Michelle and instead hired her assistants: Sara & Hannah. Our thought process was that people who are part of a company are people the owner trusts and who reflect or imitate excellent work. This was our big mistake. Both Sara and Hannah were friendly. They read all of our vendor contracts & created an online timeline that the vendors can edit or add comments to based on their services. Their organization for all the vendors was a huge relief, however I believe ANY day-of coordinators who are hired to do so, should be able to do their job. To give them the benefit of doubt, perhaps our overall experience with them would have been better had we hired them sooner, but everything about our wedding was last minute. We planned a 200+ person wedding in 6 weeks. Additionally, if they were uncomfortable with this short timeline, they did not have to accept the job. At the time of hiring them, we had already created a wedding timeline & a full floor plan of the reception so that aspect of their responsibilities was done. We hired them to get all of the vendors on the same page and to handle the minutiae of when rental arrivals/ departures etc. We can happily say that Hannah did a great job of handling those small details. We are overall unhappy and dissatisfied with their services and wanted to express the lowlights: 1. Michelle missed or forgot about our initial meeting (before we hired them). Ultimately, she rescheduled and we were able to meet later, but it was not a great first impression. 2. Sara was 20+ mins late to our rehearsal the day before the wedding and when she arrived, she had no clue about details of our wedding including the timeline of our wedding and who we wanted to include in the processional etc. These details were already discussed via their online timeline and a previous zoom meeting we had with both Sara and Hannah. Even though she was there, we organized and ran our own rehearsal. She just followed us around & wrote down the decisions we made like the order of the processional. 3. Sara walked down the aisle behind the bride on the wedding day and is seen in the background of all of our photos during this time. This is especially heartbreaking. You can only do your wedding once & cannot take back or re-do anything. We do not recommend the services by the assistants of Lavender Crown.

the day of our wedding, it was good to know we could count on their team. The emails and coordinating with vendors seemed so overwhelming until it was time for the team to step in. For reference, we had a small wedding of 50-60 people at a historic home in Mountain View, CA. We opted for the silver package with month prior planning. Leading up to the wedding Hannah handled things with the coordinators and whatever issues came up. We had a virtual meeting with Michelle and Hannah where we ironed out the details and regular correspondence with Hannah leading up to the wedding. Having the month of planning was worth the money. My husband and I are planners, but having a team with experience in weddings helped the planning and wedding go more smoothly than if we had done everything on our own. Working with them prior to the actual wedding date helped build trust and establish our expectations for our big day. On our actual wedding day, Hannah was ready at the venue coordinating everyone. My husband and I felt a sense of calm knowing that all the preparations were in good hands. Although the actual day went by so quickly, we actually got to enjoy a majority of it because of our trust in Hannah and her team. They really took care of us and our guests. We can not express our gratitude for Hannah and Lavender and highly recommend them.

nt with us! She is very prompt and responsive which makes it easier for us to connect to other vendors that we want for our wedding. We truly appreciate how calm she is which makes us believe that everything will be okay (even though we had a couple of hiccups due to having a pandemic wedding). She truly is the best there is! We are so forever grateful to her for helping us plan the most beautiful wedding we could ever imagine ❤️

the stress of planning a wedding. We had a non-traditional wedding and Michelle was completely adaptable and supportive every step of the way. Make your life easier - hire Lavender Crown and they will not only help you bring your vision to life, but make it even better along the way!

remained magical! We would definitely recommend her!!! We will be reaching out to her again when we throw our big party in 2022 when covid is hopefully over! Thank you so much Michelle if you are reading this the day could not have gone any better!

to get a wedding planner but I can sincerely say that reaching out to Lavender Crown Events was one of the best decisions that we made while planning our wedding. Michelle is worth her weight in gold and in my opinion under charging for her services. I cannot recommend Michelle and Lavender Crown Events highly enough.

e wedding planning and she even came to Montana for day-of coordination! She was with us every step of the way making the planning so much easier. She sent us weekly updates so that we would not be overwhelmed with daily details. She was always available to chat. We had a beautiful wedding and could not have done it without Michelle. She exceeded our expectations and great value as well, worth every penny. I cannot recommend Lavender Crown Events enough!!

dding from out of town and was not confident that my venue would do everything as directed, so having a coordinator oversee tasks was extremely helpful. Michelle was on top of it the entire day; she came early and stayed late, handled the decoration setup and cleanup, and most importantly made sure we stuck to the timeline perfectly. She also oversaw our wedding rehearsal the day prior to the wedding and coordinated it beautifully. There were hiccups on the wedding day that I knew nothing about thanks to Michelle – our caterer was late for cocktail hour and Michelle personally went to the store to secure and plate hors d’oeuvres prior to our guest’s arrival. Thanks to Michelle our wedding day went smoothly and perfectly!

of, I didn’t want to worry about anything and I didn’t. Michelle knew what I wanted and what I cared about most and she made sure it happened. I was even made aware of a mistake at one point by the caterers, but by the time my brother told me about it, Michelle had already fixed it and made it work for us. Bottom line: You can’t go wrong with Michelle. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

about how I was going to get everything to the venue, but she showed up to the rehearsal with a truck big enough to fit all the alcohol, decorations, and favors we had prepared. And I love the way she took the box of decorations I gave to her and decorated our reception area perfectly. I would highly recommend her for your wedding.

ly capable and came out during my wedding rehearsal so don't the I'd and cross the T's making sure everything would go well on the big day. I highly recommend going with Michele for any coordination needs, she is fantastic!

ng! The day of the wedding she was an incredible one woman team, with no complaints or signs of stress. She was so chill and in control the whole time, helping me to relax!

was delivered and set up on time and was quick to find alternatives when we were a little short on flowers. Everything came out beautiful. She had all the answers about the venue and possibilities of the event before we committed and gave us suggestions on things that we were unsure about. She was dedicated to our specific needs while working with us and went above and beyond. Thanks so much for helping us with our special day!

ust being there to coordinate the day of! The first step to planning your wedding should be to book Lavender Crown Events.