Lavender Crown Events

Michelle was our canine coordinator on our wedding day and she took care of our dog and made it possible for him to be a part of our wedding celebration. Michelle did a meet and greet with our dog and you can immediately see her love for dogs and also her experience working with them. Our shiba is a stubborn boy who can tune others out when he’s curious, but Michelle was able to get his attention when needed. She also took him back to our hotel and fed him and we were able to enjoy our reception without having to worry about who was taking care of our dog. If you are interested in having your pup involved in your wedding, I highly recommend Michelle. We had a worry free experience with her around because we knew our dog was in good hands. Another perk of having a canine coordinator like Michelle is that you know your dog is being handled by a professional and that none of your guests would have to step away and miss out on any part of your wedding should your dog get restless during your ceremony, etc. Easily one of the best decisions we made for our wedding :) Thank you, Michelle!

After attending a wedding expo, I won a planning session with Lavender Crown. I set up a time back in May to meet with Michelle and it was one of the most helpful and constructive sessions I have ever attended! Michelle asked questions to understand where I was in my wedding-planning journey, and she offered a myriad of helpful tips and tricks from her many years of working in the wedding industry. One of the best things I took away was a personalized planning doc made by Michelle herself that included templates for budgeting, guest list, timeline, checklist and MORE . If you're looking for any guidance on best planning practices, venues/vendors, work/life/planning balance or just someone to talk to who is familiar with the industry, I highly recommend Lavender Crown for all your wedding needs!

Can't express how grateful we are to have had Michelle as our coordinator for our wedding at the Westin St Francis in SF last month! Our wedding was a wonderful, fun day that we and our families were able to enjoy the whole way through, without having to stress/worry about anything, thanks to Michelle and her team. It’s clear she loves what she does, and several of our vendors commented to us how much they enjoyed working with Michelle as the coordinator. Michelle brings a level of calm and positivity that was an absolute game-changer for us. In the midst of all the decisions and family dynamics at play both during planning and day-of, she was a soothing presence, always there to ease any nerves and offer solutions with a smile. Michelle was super professional, responsive, and attentive throughout the process, and no request was too big or small. Grateful to Michelle for always going above and beyond. We also really appreciated Michelle’s dedication to understanding our cultural norms as a Latin and Jewish family. She took the time to understand our traditions and made sure that every aspect of our ceremony + party was appropriate and meaningful. Very grateful and highly recommend Michelle and the Lavender Crown team!!

We hired Lavender Crown to be our day-of dog wrangler so that we could have our dog in our wedding ceremony stress free. They exceeded our expectations! We had a meet and greet with our handler before the day so our dog could get to know her. On the day of, she picked our dog up, walked him around and cared for him at the venue, and helped handle him for photos and during the ceremony. We even got a text when he was safely back home. Lavender Crown made it possible for us to include our dog in our ceremony, something that was really important to us. I definitely recommend them for this service!

I recently hired Michelle Lew for my wedding and till this day, I cannot recommend her enough! From start to finish & till this very day, she stood out to me as a truly exceptional, amazing, all-around wedding coordinator. Her enthusiasm and passion for her work were evident in every interaction we had. She was incredibly understanding of our vision for our Big Day and worked tirelessly to ensure that everything went smoothly. Her extensive experience in the industry was evident in the way she effortlessly navigated any challenges that arose . She was always available to answer any questions we had and provided helpful guidance throughout the whole entire planning process. Working with her was a great pleasure - she was easy to communicate with, responsive and always had a positive fun attitude. On the day of our wedding, her and her team were outstanding! They helped managed everything from start to finish, leaving me and my husband feeling completely stress-free and able to enjoy every moment of our multi-cultural wedding. We had a guest count of nearly 350 folks and we had tons of comments from our family/friends who were very impressed of how organized yet fun it was. Michelle’s attention to detail was truly impeccable and she ensured that everything was executed flawlessly. Overall, I highly recommend her and her team. She is a true professional who is passionate about her work and genuinely cares about her clients. If you're looking for a wedding coordinator/planner who is experienced, easy to work with and dedicated to making your day perfect, look no further. You can count on Michelle Lew & her crew , to help you with your Big Day when you say “I do” 🥰.

We hired Lavender Crown ~2.5 months before our wedding for day of coordination. TLDR - we would highly recommend + would use again. I originally booked another firm ~6 months in advance, but due to their lack of communication after putting down 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.

I hired Michelle and her company for my daughter's wedding, with my daughter's approval. My husband and I are from out of state, as are our daughter and her (now) husband (they live in yet a different state). Her husband's parents are from the 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.

I had the pleasure of working with Michelle at Lavender Crown Events, I can not express how AMAZING she was. Not only was she the most reliable and kind person BUT an absolute pleasure to be around and work with. Look no further and 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!!!!

We were freaking out, the feelings before our wedding we’re worried about everything that a couple worries about …How will it all come out, will our special guests enjoy it, is everything going to go smooth or worst… go bad & the feeling of it’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!

By far one of the best event planners in the Bay Area. I run a production company so I've seen my fair share of wedding planners. The difference between a good and bad planner will make or break one of the most important day of my clients lives. I trust them fully and am excited every time I get to work with them. They make my job easier.

Without a doubt the most insanely talented planner on the market! Michelle has built an amazing Team of passionate professionals whom are not only incredibly talented from a design perspective, they are highly motivated, driven, and most important: organized! I could not recommend Michelle and the Lavender Crown Team with more whole hearted excitement than I currently am!

We hired Lavender Crown Events for the day of coordination services with Michelle and an assistant, we hired her because we wanted to make sure our day was taken care of and she had great reviews. First off, I want to say that leading up to the 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.

We were in dire need of a day-of coordinators and they (specifically Michelle) came recommended to us by our DJ. We hired them about 2 weeks before our wedding. They require you to hire one coordinator per 100 people. The total cost for the 2 day-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.

We had the pleasure of working primarily with Hannah, but also had help from Michelle and Sara. Hiring Lavender Planning was one of the best things we could have done for our wedding and sanity. With all of the craziness going on before and on 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.

Michelle is an exceptional wedding planner! You can truly see how passionate she is in helping couples plan for their most special day! She pays attention to details (details that we didn't even think about before) and she is so very very patient 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 ❤️

When my now-husband and I got engaged, finding a wedding planner was one of the best decisions we made.

 My fiancé and I interviewed Michelle among a few other planners, and ultimately selected her because she was knowledgeable, well-spoken, and 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!

Michelle did an amazing job on our wedding. She was proactive, responsive and provided us with so much guidance. We initially hired her for day-of coordination but added month-of coordination and I highly recommend this. It will greatly reduce 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!

Michelle was terrific. She communicated with us often and was very organized. She kept our planning on track, had great suggestions, and tailored our event to our specifications. I highly recommend her!!!!!

Michelle went above and beyond! She rolled with the 2020 changes and helped take so much stress off of me! She thought of things we didn’t think of and set up for us better than I could have done myself! She made sure the day went smoothly and 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!

Michelle was absolutely phenomenal throughout the whole process. Her attention to detail, organization skills and networking connections are unmatched and she made our wedding day better than we could have imagined. I was initially reluctant 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.

Michelle was the most amazing wedding planner I could have asked for! My husband and I were married in 2020 during Covid. We had to postpone the wedding and change the location from California to Montana. Michelle offered to continue with the 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!!

I will make a long story short and start off by saying, you need to hire Michelle for your event! I planned most of my wedding myself but I needed a day-of coordinator to ensure my vision would be executed flawlessly. Also, I was planning my wedding 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!

Michelle was a life saver. We were on a limited budget and she came highly recommended from a friend. I’m so glad we went with her. It was money well spent. Everything leading up to the big day, she was taking notes and super helpful. The day 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 ❤️

I'm so happy I chose Michelle as the day-of coordinator for my wedding. She made everything go smoothly, from running our rehearsal, to setting up the reception decorations, to coordinating our entrances for the ceremony and more! I was nervous 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.

I'm so very appreciative of Michelle! We hired her on as a Day of Coordinator and she was on top of everything. The wedding and reception went seemless, I didn't need to worry about anything and was able to fully enjoy the day. Michelle is highly 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!

Michelle was the glue that held this wedding together! I booked her as my day of/month of planner. She was so encouraging and knowledgable about any questions I asked! She was always ready to calm my worries and affirm that I had done everything! 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!

Michelle and Lavender Crown Events were a huge help in making everything come together on my wedding day. She coordinated with any vendors I was working with so that the day of, I didn't have to worry about anything. She ensured that everything 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!

Hi would highly recommend Michelle for your wedding planning. She was easy going, had great ideas and guided us through the entire process from start to finish. Every bride needs a "Michelle" to help ease the stress of planning a wedding or just being there to coordinate the day of! The first step to planning your wedding should be to book Lavender Crown Events.