Shi Shi Events

Gina & her team were the jack-of-all-trades lifesavers we needed to make our wedding day unforgettably perfect. We gave Gina the tall task of planning a wedding in a distant city where she did not previously work. Despite that challenge, she quickly identified the best vendors, developed new relationships and gave us short, curated options that met our wants and needs. Gina also took the time to understand our personal styles. Like many people, we're both busy & scattered and have decision fatigue from our work lives that spill over to our personal decisions. Gina identified that, and ensured that we were always aware of hard deadlines & had all the information we needed to make the important choices that meaningfully shaped our wedding day. Gina was also a fierce advocate for us when we needed one. She sensed when our vendors weren't understanding our vision or giving us what we needed, and stepped in and righted the ship. Finally, wedding day was when Gina especially shined. We know that there were countless mini-crises Gina diffused and fires that Gina put out that we'll never know about. Gina handled every last detail so that we could focus on cherishing every moment of our wedding day. We are eternally grateful for that. We're so happy we found Gina and would highly recommend her and her team!

Gina and her team did an amazing job planning our company party two years in a row. They provided the venue, food, decor, and entertainment. Every detail was out of this world!! Gina is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is calm and professional. She took our visions and helped us create two unique, special events that our employees will never forget!

Words cannot adequately express our gratitude and admiration for Gina and her team! Gina’s natural talent, wealth of experience, relentless work-ethic, and meticulous organization all shined through in every phase of the planning process. After taking the time to get to know us, Gina was able to help shape, develop, and improve upon our vision for the wedding and, ultimately, delivered an event far beyond what we could have imagined. She always demonstrated kindness and patience, but maintained an ability to gently nudge us forward when needed without being demanding. We always felt heard and were never ignored. Logistically, Gina reduced significant burden and stress for us by providing us with regular updates, identifying achievable milestones, and detailing action items as appropriate. She routinely consolidated options and made the decision-making process very easy. For example, we absolutely loved our venue, entertainment, and vendors, each of which Gina helped us select based on her personal experience and industry knowledge. Lastly, her execution from the moment we met to the day-of was flawless. She was always crisp, prepared, and adaptable. Gina truly is a consummate professional. Most importantly, Gina is a wonderful person. We are lucky to know her and to have worked with her. Thank you, Gina.

We had the best experience with Gina and her team! She was quick to respond on all emails, had a multitude of recommendations for vendors, and took all of our ideas and requests into consideration to make our wedding dreams come true. We knew Gina had another wedding already booked on our date when we picked our venue, so her colleague Casey was going to fill in for our day-of planner (who was also amazing) but Gina made the time to come surprise me at the church right before I walked down the aisle and it was one of my favorite moments of the day and was so thoughtful of her! Highly recommend working with the whole Shi Shi team!!

My husband and I got to have the wedding of our dreams! from the flowers to the food to the venue, everything was perfect and we wouldn't have been able to do it without Gina and her amazing team. She took so much stress off us and we were able to enjoy our wedding planning! We had the most AMAZING vendors and we wouldn't have had them without SHI-SHI! I highly recommend Gina and her team to anyone looking to have a stress-free wedding while also having the wedding of your dreams come to life!

My fiancé (now wife!) and I knew when we got engaged that we would need help planning the wedding. What we didn’t realize though, was just how amazing the process would be. With Gina and Shi-Shi Events, we were part of the entire process! We made decisions when we knew what we wanted and we were given advice and guidance when we didn’t. Gina took the stress out of wedding planning and made it a fun process that we both enjoyed thoroughly. The software she uses makes it easy to communicate about upcoming deadlines and things we needed to decide etc. One of the most incredible and valuable things though, was how amazing she made our experience the day of the wedding!!!!!! We can both say with complete honesty that we were not even the slightest bit stressed on our wedding day. It was the carefree, amazing, enjoyable experience that it should be for every couple. It any problems arose we would have never known because Gina would have taken care of it. I cannot overstate how important Shi-Shi Events was to us and our big day. It was simply the perfect day that neither me nor my new wife will ever forget. We are forever grateful to Gina @ Shi-Shi Events!

Oh. My. God. I don't even know where to begin. Gina and her team are INCREDIBLE! Starting from our first consultation I knew I wanted her for our wedding. I loved her vision and her ability to take my ideas, make them a million times better, and then execute them to perfection. I had very few ideas on what exactly I wanted for my wedding but she had the most incredible suggestions, style, and vision for the event, and was able to create the most perfect wedding of my dreams. I'm not being dramatic when I say there was not a single moment during the wedding day where I was stressed, anxious, or worried about anything. Gina handled absolutely everything for me so I was able to relax and enjoy every second of my wedding. I seriously cannot thank her enough for being so amazing, organized, communicative, and professional. She held my hand and guided me during the entire planning process. When I needed any vendor recommendations she quickly sent me over a list of her favorite people (all of whom were fantastic) and facilitated the booking process. Gina also has really great relationships with the vendors, so they were super responsive and excited to work with us because they like working with her! Even when some of the vendors were hard to track down or fell off the face of the earth for a few weeks, she had no problem reaching out to them (AKA bombarding them with emails so I didn't have to 😊), which took all the stress off of me. I barely had to lift a finger! Gina was respectful of our budget and was very good at helping us decide what areas were worth splurging on and finding areas where we could cut back a bit. She listened to what we wanted and what was most important to us and delivered us the most amazing wedding we could have ever asked for. Not only was our wedding day more perfect than we could have ever imagined, our guests were blown away, too! Everyone kept telling us how gorgeous, fun, and memorable our wedding was. We're still getting texts from family and friends telling us it was the best wedding they've ever been to! I can't stress this enough -- if you want a stress-free and easy wedding planning process, and a gorgeous, hand-curated, effortlessly elegant, and memorable wedding day, you NEED Shi-Shi events.

I cannot say enough wonderful things about Gina and her team! She made the entire wedding planning process incredibly stress free! My (now) husband and I both work a crazy amount of hours, and we knew we needed to hire a professional to execute our dream wedding. I knew I liked Gina the moment I spoke to her. I could tell she was a woman who would get things DONE!! Gina has incredible vendor contacts from decor rentals to bands, photographers etc. She also has an amazing eye for decorating, and making our dream wedding everything we wanted and MORE! The day of the wedding was when she really executed every detail perfectly. I had zero stress on my wedding day knowing that Gina was in control! Our guests are still raving about how it was the best wedding they have ever been to! Do not hesitate to book Gina and her team ASAP! You will not be disappointed!!

Gina and her team did an amazing job planning and executing our big day. I will never forget the feeling I had walking into our reception and seeing it all come together in the most perfect way. She truly went above and beyond in not only bringing my vision to life, but also working with our budget. Not only this, but she has so many established relationships within the Cleveland wedding industry, so we were able to pick from top vendors in the area. Truly an amazing service and worth every cent.

We would definitely recommend Gina and her team for anyone planning a wedding in Cleveland, especially if you are from out of town! My (now) husband and I live in Miami, Florida and absolutely relied in Gina's recommendations throughout the whole process. With our jobs and COVID, we weren't able to come to Cleveland as much as we might have otherwise, but we trusted Gina's expertise, taste, and style, and that made the whole process go super smoothly. One of the highlights of our wedding planning journey was the design plan that Gina put together for us. We weren't sure what to expect or if we had given her enough material to work off of, but even her first draft plan was incredible and absolutely spot on. She included ideas and special touches we never considered that were immediately added to our plans, and we think made the wedding day extra memorable for all of our guests. Gina's team also made the design plan come to life even more beautifully than we could have imagined. We may be biased, but we think it was the most gorgeous wedding we have ever seen. Gina always had a short list of vendors for us to consider. We would give her a sense of budget, the style we were looking for, etc., and she would come back to us with a list of 2-4 options (after having already confirmed their availability for our date) and her frank feedback on each. We can't stress enough how much we appreciated her honest perspectives and recommendations every step of the way. The week of the wedding Gina and I were in constant communication, which was enormously helpful and reassuring. We did not have to worry about the timeline or logistics at ALL the week of the wedding, and every single vendor was where they needed to be when they needed to be there (at least as far as we know lol). Everything came together flawlessly and we could not have been happier. Even with some family/wedding parties members being a little bit unfocused, Gina ran an organized rehearsal and got everyone in perfect form for the wedding the following day (and made sure I walked out at the exact right second in the song I chose). If you are looking for a full service wedding planner and designer with great Cleveland resources/ties, Gina is definitely the way to go!

3 months later and it still feels weird not talking to Gina every day!! We knew that hiring a planner was essential, but we never imagined that our wedding planning process would take 2 years! Not only did Gina design & orchestrate the most beautiful wedding, but oh by the way she did it during a global pandemic with two VERY demanding and opinionated families. The stakes were high. She is a saint. Gina navigated the intricacies of our family relationships with ease and always made sure that what we wanted as the bride & groom came first. Our personalities came through in the way she designed & planned the day, it really felt like us. She was much more than a wedding planner, she was our therapist, mediator and confidante through the whole process. We couldn't have done it without Gina!

There are so, so many reasons that I'm grateful I had Gina by my side during my wedding planning process, but I'll go into detail about the top three! First, Gina is majorly intuitive: when we started planning together, I honestly didn't have a strong sense of what I wanted from the wedding -- I knew I wanted it to be beautiful, small but elegant, and outside at my parents' house, but beyond that my ideas were vague. Gina helped me solidify them, not by substituting her own ideas for mine (something a lesser planner would have done), but by asking the right questions, studying my inspirational photos, and reading between the lines of all the information I did provide. When she first put all of those ideas together into a design plan, I pretty much cried from joy: the plan perfectly intuited what I wanted my wedding to look and feel like. So, that's reason number one: Gina really takes the time to get to know you, and she will personalize the wedding to your vision, giving you exactly what you wanted even if you didn't quite know how to put it into words. Second, Gina is really, really experienced. This matters for a lot of reasons, but for me it came into play in one particular way: by making sure my vision as the bride survived the twists, turns, and inevitable unexpected obstacles of the planning process. Wedding planning, even at the best of times, can be an emotional undertaking. There are often a lot of people who have input, and there can be touchy feelings or difficult familial dynamics to navigate. Gina understands and works with and around such dynamics beautifully, which I think is a testament to her experience; believe me, there is no demand, disagreement, or drama you or your family could throw at her that Gina has not seen before, and navigated deftly. She kept everyone on my team not only calm, but usually happy and laughing throughout every step of the process -- and this even during the uncertainties of a busy, global-pandemic-impacted wedding season! She truly made me feel like I had an ally throughout the entire process, and I sincerely miss having the opportunity to work with her and hear from her regularly! Finally, the third of my top-three reasons: Gina has long-running, time-tested relationships with all the best vendors: she knows everyone, and has probably worked with the best caterers, florists, pastry chefs, stylists, etc. multiple times over. The power of these relationships cannot be overstated; Gina will pair you with the right vendor for your particular vision, and that vendor will deliver at an extraordinarily high level, not only because they are the best, most talented in their fields (they are, of course!), but also because the lines of communication with Gina are well-established and seamless. Plainly put, Gina knows who to work with and how to work with them, and that's a skillset that simply cannot be substituted for in any way. No couple can build that kind of know-how for themselves over the course of planning a single event, which is precisely why it's so valuable to have the guidance and assistance of a professional like Gina. The bottom line is this: Gina is just an absolute gem, and if you're lucky enough to secure her to plan your wedding, you'll be in the best of hands!

We currently reside in Charleston, SC via Cleveland where our daughter chose to have her wedding. Thus, it was very important to hire a good wedding planner/coordinator. I was given a short list of planners by my wife and daughter to contact and vet. Shi-Shi Events was the first name on the list. Within 5 minutes of my call with owner Gina,I knew that this person was well seasoned and in complete control of her craft. There was no need to call anyone else. During the planning process Gina was very responsive to every question we had. Emails were replied to within minutes to hours. Gina's recommended vendors were world class and equally responsive. Our daughter was not interested in making the hundreds of decisions that needed to be made so this is where Gina and her vendors really shined for us. My daughter gave Gina her theme via photos and the result was miraculous. The wedding day was like a broadway production with dozens of vendors descending on the venue like bees and transforming it into a breathtaking fairy tale scene. Gina has done this for a very long time and she simply knows what will make your day perfect for you and your guests. Our daughter had her "dream" wedding...and how can you ask for more than that.

We hired Gina and Shi Shi about a year out from our ceremony to help us execute our big day in Chautauqua, New York while we live in Missouri. People would ask me all the time if it was stressful planning a wedding from a distance and the answer was always no, because Gina always took care of us and helped me feel confident in our planning process every step of the way. Gina's recommendations for some of our vendors were some of our FAVORITE people to work with - we feel so grateful she made the connections for us. Gina absolutely nailed the vision we had for our big day - elegant, classic and timeless. In the weeks leading up to the wedding I felt like she was always available to address any questions or concerns I had. She was truly my sounding board as a bride in so many ways. If you are looking for a wedding planner who will create an event that is truly YOURS in ever way, has impeccable taste, and is a straight shooter with no BS - Gina is your gal. Thank you, Shi Shi, for making our dream day come true!

Where can we start? Gina and her team was the best decision to make our wedding day simply magical. Gina is the person you want if you want to make “anything” happened.. We gave her the challenge to create a “Latin wedding” so far from our home country and she carried us thru all the challenges that this entailed. We had to move our wedding 3 times and she did not see the problem, only solutions. She put up with every single request we had even if she have never done it before, and the result was even more stunning than we imagined. We can not thank her enough for all her advice, impecable taste and details she put into our day. We would pick her again and again if we had to redo it again. Thank you Gina for delivering a dream wedding for us. We love you, we consider you now a friend and we will be forever grateful to you and your team for making our wedding the best memory.

Gina and the entire Shi Shi Team are incredible! I could not rave about them enough. Gina is so incredibly organized, creative, and brilliant with all things Wedding! Our wedding truly felt like “us” which made me so happy and we could not have achieved that without Gina’s guidance, suggestions, and creative eye. Every vendor she recommended was also phenomenal, and in talking with each of them it is so clear how widely respected and adored Shi Shi events is in the Ohio wedding community. Planning during a pandemic was definitely not easy, and I wasn’t always sure how to articulate my visions, yet Gina was SO on top of it, so patient, and helped every step of the way. Our wedding day felt seamless and Gina and her team kept everything running smoothly while also remembering every little detail! As the bride, I felt so listened to and didn’t feel like I had to worry or make any decisions on the big day, so I could focus on enjoying the moment. :) Working with Gina was the best decision of our wedding planning process!

Gina and Shi Shi Events created the most beautiful, magical wedding for my daughter. She was very helpful and patient as we navigated all the choices needed to make the day special. She listened to my daughter and created personal touches that captured the couple's personality. It was an elegant, beautiful affair -- from the flowers, to the table decor to the food. She has an incredible eye, superb taste and attention to detail that everyone noticed. She helped with every aspect of the day as well as coordinating the rehearsal dinner. Guest were highly complimentary of basically everything and felt very comfortable as they celebrated with our families. The day ran smoothly, like clockwork. It truly was a perfect day and we could not have done it without Gina. We are very happy that we chose Gina and Shi Shi Events to help coordinate this spectacular and memorable day.

Wow- is all I can say. Gina took everything we had talked about on day 1 and made it into a reality over a year later. While planning a wedding virtually wasn't what I was planning on doing, Gina and her team made it seem as though they planed wedding virtually every day. The day of was absolutely perfect, and if there was anything that went wrong, I was blissfully unaware. Highly recommend chatting with Gina about your vision, and letting her help you bring your dream day to life.

Still reliving the beautiful day that was put together by Gina and Shi Shi events. I was very aprehensive about hiring a planner as the MOB. After all, I am organized! Wrong! Gina made everything my daughter and Scott wanted in their day come to life. And, she seemed to do it effortlessly even in the crazy days of Covid. Without Gina, we could never have had the dream wedding tht was accomplished. While we didn't get to meet Gina until quite late in the process, she had my daughter had worked through the winter months of 2021 planning out the special day. Despite to small bumps on the wedding day(whiich nobody even knew about), it was as close to perfect as you could get. I am still reliving the day a week later. Gina works with many of the best vendors in the area. Everyone was so professional, kind and organized that as the MOB, my stress level on the wedding day was almost non-existant. Take my advice, talk to Shi Shi Events. They will put your vision into reality!

Who would have thought we would have been in the middle of a pandemic when we first started planning our daughter's 2020 Cleveland "destination" Wedding. Gina and Shi-Shi events were and are true professionals in all aspects of the word. Her organizational skills, creativity, connections/contacts, even temperedness and availability made our daughter's Wedding a HUGE success! With our daughter living in Atlanta, her now husband living in Birmingham, AL, his family in New Jersey/New York, ours from Chicago, would make this a little challenging in normal circumstances, but throw in COVID and it's far more challenging. As the Mother of the Bride, she made the planning and day of the Wedding, so stress free. Gina made all the above so seamless even with a last minute reception location change (by no fault of Shi Shi or ours). Shi Shi Events have a way of making each event an Original that no one else has seen or done before. The vendors she works with are also true professionals. Our guests are still talking about how Beautiful and Lovely the whole day was. They truly planned a Day that no on will ever forget!!! We Highly recommend Shi Shi Events everyone!

Planning a wedding in Cleveland, Ohio as residents of Houston, Texas is no small task. Doing all of the planning for one wedding and having to move it makes it an extraordinarily difficult task. But you wouldn’t have known that with Gina and Shi-Shi events. In fact, she advised us that we needed to start moving everything before the state of Ohio enacted many of its restrictions. And it wasn’t just that Shi-Shi helped to make our vision for the perfect wedding day a reality, but they helped us to craft that vision, and execute it beyond our greatest expectations. We were involved in the planning but in none of the tediousness of the execution. Shi-Shi and Gina were creative, organized, flexible, and professional in everything we did. I can’t tell you how many people said it was literally the nicest wedding they’d ever attended. Everything was perfect and we had absolutely no issues with the events for that day. Anytime we had an idea or a challenge, Gina was there with a solution. As someone who owns a business I can appreciate the value of someone that provides solutions like she did for us. And by the way—she had to do it twice for us due to COVID. I would enthusiastically and sincerely recommend Gina and Shi-Shi to anyone planning a wedding. This testimony comes from the heart and I’m positive that anyone that plans their special day with Shi-Shi will had the same experience as can be found in this review.

If you’re searching for the perfect wedding planner, search NO MORE. Gina at Shi-Shi events is an absolute God send. From the moment of our first conversation to the biggest and most exciting day of my life she has been such a fresh a breath air and extremely accommodating. Our wedding was originally scheduled for May 2 2020 and when the COVID shut downs started happening she was on top of it and suggested to reschedule instead of waiting and did it in the best way possible. We basically had to plan two weddings and she kept me calm through it all and I knew I had nothing to worry about. She made it possible for me to have the wedding of my dreams. It was beautiful and every detail to the cocktail napkins was perfect. Katie is also just as incredible. She was there for me the day of the wedding and made everything run so smoothly. I cannot recommend them enough! Thank you, Shi Shi events for everything and making our day so special and perfect.

Gina is a true MASTER at the art of weddings. The original plan was for a 200 person wedding at Sapphire Creek Winery in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Due to the pandemic, we switched to a 30 person at home wedding six weeks before the event. My daughter and son-in-law were blown away. EVERYONE was blown away. Gina switched course without missing a beat, kept us calm and planned an absolute fairytale wedding. I’m not even sure how she did it, but there was not a single detail that was missed, or a single thing that we would have changed. Her preferred vendors are absolute masters of their trades and we LOVED every single one. Gina is extremely personable and very easy to talk to. She is very transparent and honest and we truly feel blessed to have had her walk us through the whole wedding process. Due to the pandemic, it was arguably the most difficult time for wedding planning, but Gina took a terrible situation and turned it into a wedding that was truly beyond all of our expectations. I HIGHLY recommend Gina and Shi-Shi Events. You will be amazed, and blown away, at how beautiful your wedding day will be!! Thank you so much Gina, for everything!!!!

Gina and the Shi Shi Events team worked with me and my family to plan my wedding this Sept. 2020 (150 guests) in Cleveland, OH. We hired Gina before the pandemic and had originally planned a much larger event (300 guest) at a different venue. With covid, we had to change venues and other unanticipated wedding details. I was incredibly impressed with Gina's creativity and prompt solutions to unforeseeable obstacles . She was able to find a new venue and support a safe/ socially distanced wedding that felt just as special as my original wedding plans. The wedding day itself was simply amazing and more beautiful that I could have ever imagined (Gina has some serious tent/ floral/ lighting skills). Covid took nothing away from my wedding and I was able to focus on the day, my new husband and my loved ones thanks to Gina's very detailed coordination and her months of hard work. I would highly recommend Gina and the Shi Shi Event team to anyone of my family members or loved ones.

I worked with Gina at Shi Shi Events during my wedding planning process and had her team install the bistro lighting at our venue at RedSpace. It was so comforting that her and her team knew exactly how to install beautiful lighting in the space, and she was great with communication leading up to, during, and after our wedding. It's hard to find vendors that make everything so much simpler and easier for you during the planning process, and I was so lucky to work with Gina and her team during mine. I would definitely recommend Shi Shi Events for all wedding needs!

Oh where to start?! I’ve worked with Gina and Shi-Shi for both of my weddings. The first was a big (around 350 guests) extravagant event that required impeccable organization. Each guest that attended reached out to say how personal and beautiful the wedding was. Her attention to detail was evident throughout the day. My second wedding was a backyard wedding with about 40 guests. Once again, everything was perfect, thoughtful and again stunning. The versatility of Gina and her staff is truly remarkable. She has the ability to take her clients vision and make it a reality regardless of budget, size, weather, or that one crazy guest who undoubtedly Always shows up! Simply, she’s the best I’ve ever worked with.

Gina and the Shi Shi team are the best. Great industry contacts and recommendations. Gina has incredible taste and creative ideas. The whole team was on hand every minute of my wedding weekend helping out at home and at the venue to make sure the wedding was perfection. Everyone should have an event planner like this!

I absolutely recommend Gina from Shi Shi Events as the best wedding planner I can imagine. From the moment my daughter and I met her we knew she was the perfect choice. Her professionalism shines through in all she does. Her warmth creates an atmosphere of joy and happiness that absolutely translates to the event. Her creativity is an inherent talent that is reflected in her insightful guidance. We are so happy she is part of our precious memories.

Gina is amazing!! She made planning a wedding so easy! She always has great suggestions when you are having trouble making decisions. She single handedly made our wedding day perfect. I would recommend her to everyone in Cleveland planning a wedding!! Thank you for everything you did to make our wedding incredible! :)

Dear Gina, I wanted to Thank you and your entire staff for making our daughter Roxanne’s wedding a perfect day. I have to admit I wasn’t sure why Roxanne would use an event planner when she has ME. I too was looking forward to being the perfect MOB, helping with all the plans and being a part of the excitement my daughter would be experiencing. When I asked her what I will do if Shi Shi Events was doing it all….. Quote “Mom you will come to the wedding and enjoy our day”. (I trust Roxanne to make good choices and decisions). Yes, that is what I and her father where able to do. A few days before the wedding we spent time with our family, Roxanne and Brian. Time we would have not been able to do if I was running the show…. I was also able to spend special moments with Roxanne before she and her father walked down the aisle. I thank you Gina for all those special memories I will have for a lifetime. Shi Shi Events went over and beyond, there wasn’t one thing I would have changed about the planning and execution of the Sarrett/Psenicnik wedding day. 9/14/2019 Sincerely, Katheen and Dan Sarrett

We can not thank Gina and her team enough for our beautiful wedding. Every single thing was perfect. Truly, if there was even one hiccup we didn’t know about it. We had the best day of our lives and it absolutely wouldn’t have happened without Shi-Shi Events. Gina created the wedding of our dreams and ensured I didn’t need to do anything to make it happen, just enjoy it. People ask us what the best decisions of our wedding were and we hands down tell them it was hiring Gina. Our guests walked away raving about all the little details and the flow of the day. It all fell in place perfectly, especially for this very picky, control freak bride. Ha!!

We would never have been able to put together our 200 person at-home wedding without Gina and her team. She turned my childhood dreams of a backyard wedding into a reality. Her vision and design was completely catered to our love story, and we are still told today that it was one of the best weddings anyone has been to. She eased our stress and let us focus on the special time in our lives.

I’ve been in the food and beverage industry for almost 33 years and have professionally overseen more than 100 weddings. I know every detail that is involved in executing someone’s dream wedding. Gina went above and beyond to make sure that our wedding was flawless. She executed my wife’s vision and added her own touches that neither my wife nor I would have thought of without her. Throughout planning, she was very professional and always listened. We gave Gina our dream, and she extinguished all of the little wedding nightmares we never even knew about. Gina is one in a million, she was born to do this, and I’m so glad my wife picked her as our wedding planner. If she’s still helping couples plan their big day in 30 years, I can’t wait for Gina to plan our kids’ weddings. 😊

I have high expectations, and Gina exceeded all of them, plus those I didn’t even know I had or know to have! It’s a given that she’s the best - professional, organized, knowledgeable, connected to the best vendors in Cleveland and across the country - but she also has a background in design, she has impeccable taste and an unparalleled attention to detail. She’s also available. Getting married, ideas, questions, anxieties occur at all times of the day or night. Gina is responsive in a timely manner, and if she doesn’t know an answer, she gets it as soon as she can. She’s on it, and she gives peace of mind during a time when most of us are planning the biggest or most time consuming event of our lives. She has a database where her clients and their partners can update guest counts, vendors, to do lists with real time updates for everyone with access. She’s warm and funny and earns your trust. She negotiates. She’s as hands-on as you want and she respects your decisions. She can run with your vision, while running point with all of your vendors behind the scenes. All told, my wedding was gorgeous. There were design elements that I couldn’t have created myself, and my guests said it was the most beautiful, fun and well-executed wedding they’d been to. I think that’s what we’re all trying to achieve with our weddings - a beautiful day for our guests with minimal stress for us. A day we all enjoy and remember. That’s what Gina delivered, and I never had to question whether she would. Hire her.

I called Gina in a complete panic after the event coordinator at our venue retired. After speaking with her for about 5 minutes I knew I was in the best hands! Every step of the way I felt so comfortable working with Gina and her excellent team. I had visions for our big day that she was able to bring to life in ways that I would have never been able to do on my own. She is so, so talented and made our planning fun and stress free!

My daughter and I were initially hesitant about hiring a wedding planner. We were certain we could do it ourselves. How hard could it be, right? Well, we found out pretty fast, no matter how casual and easy, breezy you want a wedding to feel, there are a LOT of moving parts that must be wrangled. When we decided we should at least investigate the possibility of using a planner, my daughter found Gina and Shi-Shi events here on The Knot. After speaking with her on the phone, my daughter called me and said,”I found the wedding planner. I love her already!” Gina worked carefully with my daughter and listened carefully to her vision of her wedding and then worked tirelessly to make that vision come to life. Gina is fun and funny and yet a consummate professional. She has contacts in the industry a mile long and every single vendor we worked with on her recommendation, from tent rental to linens, musicians to tables and chairs were wonderful and, something I thought was very telling, they too loved working with Gina! Our daughters wedding exceeded our greatest expectations and I can honestly say it is due to the Shi-Shi Events team. Call her. Right now. Do it! You’re welcome!

Gina and her team help me plan my fairytale wedding. They were amazing!! Every detail I wanted they did and made my dream come true. I would recommend them for anyone planning a wedding and need some help. They basically that all the stress off of you so you can just focus on your big day. Without them i wouldn’t have the wedding of my dreams.

I used Shi Shi Events for our wedding last June and I could not have picked someone better to help plan our big day! Gina is outstanding. She really listens to every detail that is important to you and makes it a reality. We ended up jumping ship on venues 7 months before our wedding due to some issues which translates to every brides nightmare!! But thank goodness for Gina, everything moved forward without a hitch. AND the stress level was minimal!! When I booked her she told me on our wedding day she would not be able to be there due to already being a guest at another wedding BUT on our wedding day at the end of the night she surprised me!!! She drove all the way back from out of town to just give me a hug at the end of the night. If that’s not above and beyond I don’t know what is!! She’s an angel and worth every penny. Thank you Gina for helping us achieve a special day we will always remember!!

Gina and her team are the absolute best. As a previous bride wrote, when looking at our photos you can tell how relaxed and happy we all were the entire day, and that was thanks to Gina. She made sure every detail of day was perfect. During our planning process, Gina helped me narrow down my MANY ideas into a beautiful vision and design. She also has incredible relationships with all of the best vendors in Cleveland (for example, when you show up to try on dresses all the staff stop and say “OMG WE LOVE GINA”.) We also took advantage of Shi Shi’s lighting services. Joe created a stunning lighting design that took our venue, Red Space, to the next level. We highly recommend working with Gina!

Gina planned our daughter's backyard wedding this summer and she was fabulous. She has unique ideas, is well connected to all vendors, and made the day special for us all. Gina was always available and easy to contact. She was willing to sort through options until we were 100% satisfied. Her organizational skills shone through on wedding day when she make sure everything happened at just the right time. We couldn't have done it without her!

The best decision from two years of wedding planning was choosing Gina and the Shi Shi team as our planner. I would say I was a very thorough and very involved bride. I knew going into the process I wanted someone I 100% trusted and enjoyed working with. I also wanted someone who was not afraid to disagree with me, and who would (try) to reign me in when I was blowing our budget. Gina surpassed every expectation. First of all, she is such a kind, warm, fun person. And at the same time she’s extremely professional, organized, and a thorough and open communicator. Plus, her eye for design and understanding of event planning was beyond everything I hoped for. She listened to my vision and created the most gorgeous, special wedding I could have ever dreamed of. The wedding day ran so smoothly— I was able to totally relax and enjoy myself because I knew she had it covered (and that’s a lot to say coming from a perfectionist who loves to plan and stress). It is clear that everything Gina does is filled with love and is so personal. I never felt like just a client to her. All in all, Gina is a bada** ladyboss who I sincerely miss working with every day.

It could be said that every couple has the same universal aspirations for their wedding day: to truly enjoy the occasion and for the event to feel genuinely special. From initial design conception through the ultimate execution of my wife’s dream wedding, Gina’s attention to detail and incredible effort made those two dreams a reality. Working with her we quickly got the sense that our wedding was not just another job, rather an event in which she took a heartfelt interest in effecting at the highest level. For that reason, my wife and I cannot thank her enough and highly recommend her team to anyone seeking a wedding planner.

My wife and I brought Gina into the fold about 18 months before our wedding date. At that time, we didnt even have a venue, we were just a lot of ideas and possibilities. She was patient, honest, and knowledgeable every step of the way. She was always well ahead of schedule for planning and making sure things were done. We never felt anything was last minute. She was flex flexable to our schedules, which was wonderful because our careers dont allow for much of that on our end. She took our ideas and turned them into something beautiful. It was a wonderful experience. So many couples feel like their wedding flew by; they feel overwhelmed or exhausted. I can honestly say, we had a great time, loved our day, and felt at ease from start to finish.

The day after our wedding, I said to Gina: "Thank you for being so good at your job!" She was amazing - from planning and design, to day-of support and flawless execution. We got married in a beautiful garden that had a lovely outdoor setting and held personal meaning for us. The only problem was that the indoor space for the reception was not so lovely and made me a little nervous. I interviewed several planners before going with Gina, and I'm so glad I followed my instincts. I looked at her Instagram account and website and could just tell she had the type of taste and standards we were looking for. Gina and her team were able to turn the plain room into a magical space that felt like a perfect secret garden extension of the outdoor beauty. We loved it. From the first day we met Gina until the day we got married, we knew we were in the very best hands. She's creative, professional, efficient, reliable, and truly made the planning process a breeze. Getting a planner was the best decision and choosing Ginai was even better! I really can't recommend Shi Shi enough.

I was planning a NE Ohio wedding from Atlanta and knew that I needed an amazing planner who could handle all the local details. Gina and the rest of the Shi Shi Events team were with me every step of the way. She was never phased by the fact that I hate being the center of attention or that, outside of a few ideas, I didn't really have too much of a vision of the day. Over the course of a year and a half Gina took care of every vendor and every contract. She recommended the best team of pros we could have dreamed up including our amazing photographer and florist who took our day to the next level. In the lead up to our wedding I was so relaxed because I knew the Shi Shi Events was anticipating every need for the day. I felt fully confident in every meeting because Gina was there handling the specifics and working out the timeline with our vendors. She was at our tastings, walk-throughs and test runs making sure the day was cohesive and it all came together beautifully because of the time she spent with us. Our wedding day was spectacular. Having Shi Shi Events there made it possible for me to sit back and really take in the details and time with my family. Gina coordinated all the pictures, made sure everyone was on time and kept my husband and I laughing the whole day. Looking back at the photos all I remember is how relaxed and happy I felt , and I know that Shi Shi Events was a big part of that. Basically, the team at Shi Shi Events made our wedding what it was, dreamy and perfect in every way possible. We can't thank them enough for all their hard work! They were the BEST decision we made in our wedding planning process.

Gina is fantastic at her job! She was able to create the perfect day for this indecisive and busy bride. Gina and her staff are extraordinarily professional, and go the extra mile to make sure your wedding day is extra special. I can't thank her enough for all that she did, and without her, I would probably still be planning my wedding instead of reminiscing over what a fantastic experience it was.

You don't normally get a review from the Groom lol, but I have to say if my Bride did not find Gina and Shi Shi then we probably would not be getting married until 2030! My now-Wife had an idea in her head, but had no idea how to make it happen. Not only did Gina make it happen, she exceeded our expectations! The only thing I wish we did differently is I wish we invited more people so they too could experience what Gina, Mikayla, and the whole Shi Shi team put together... but I guess that's what vow renewals are for - and I know exactly who we will be calling!!

I live in NYC and had no clue how I was going to pull off a Cleveland wedding?!?! Enter Shi Shi Events!!! I didn’t want a “traditional” wedding, but something more that would truly reflect the personalities of us as a couple. Gina’s sense of style and direction made my life so easy. I got a wedding my guests are still talking about without the headaches I hear other brides talk about – YAY! I knew absolutely zero vendors to go to, so I couldn’t be of much help to Gina other than to say I wanted “the best” and that is truly what I got! Gina put together the All-Star team of wedding vendors and managed them exquisitely! Whether you are looking for the rustic feel, the fairytale, or simply the best party ever, I guarantee Shi Shi will not disappoint!

Gina was unreal. She took our vision and turned it to something amazing and we still are hearing from people how awesome our wedding was. She helped so much on the wedding day- getting everyone in line and staying organized.. which is not easy with 12 rowdy groomsmen to deal with. She had the whole process so under control we didn't need to stress about anything. Great decision to work with Gina and her team. She was awesome!

Gina and her team were amazing to work with! She was completely professional and from our first phone conversation, she immediately understood my vision and helped me bring it to life. Everything turned out better than I imagined and I couldn't have done it without her! The entire process was so smooth and she made me feel at ease during every phone call and meeting. Cannot say enough, she is the best!!!!

Gina made us feel comfortable with planning the biggest event of our lives from the start! We were so lucky to have someone with her network and expertise to guide us. She and her team (Hey , Dara!) were with us the whole way and we couldn't have been happier on our special day!

Gina is great! I have worked with her three years in a row for my company’s corporate event. She is easy to work with, creative and beyond knowledgeable on the latest trends and ideas. She has a real passion for what she does and it comes through in her work. I get rave reviews from co-workers every year because of Gina. I will gladly work with her for a fourth year if we have the event again.