About this vendor
Shining Time Wedding is a professional wedding planning company serving Washington DC Metropolitan area. This dedicated team would be honored to help you plan the day of your dreams, so you can remember it forever.
The five talented planners that make up this team collectively have a wealth of experience and knowledge that will make the planning process a breeze. They want to listen to your ideas and expectations and come up with concepts that will wow you and your guests. They pride themselves on being flexible, problem-solving, and collaborative.
Shining Time Wedding can provide various exceptional services to couples for their wedding. They are experienced in planning everything from engagement parties to receptions. Should you wish to plan a civil, religious, eco-friendly, military, double, or destination wedding, they are the best pick. Budget analysis, guest-list creation, event design, and vendor referrals are just some of the many services on offer from this company.
Besides wedding planning, Shining Time Wedding also provide month/day-of coordination, wedding styling, wedding design and decoration services. From fresh flowers, silk flowers to custom design handmade welcome signs, the team love to bring your love story into the design and create an unique and memorable experience for you, your family and guests.
Details
Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- RSVP Tracking
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelor Party
- Bachelorette Party
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Rina and her team were so amazing!! My flowers were EXACTLY what i wanted and they were perfect. So soft & dreamy. I could not have asked for a better florist and team 🥹🥰
Rina and her team are the most wonderful people to work with. She is so responsive to every email and text, and is the friendliest person ever. We had MANY vendors at our wedding, ...
and also got married in a downtown space, and she coordinated everything between all our vendors seamlessly to make sure they were able to get everything they needed in and out of our venue.
I appreciated how she understood the importance of balancing the family photos, while making sure everything got completed on time, and she was very successful with keeping us on schedule. I also appreciated how she found ways to give my husband and I time to sit back and enjoy our time and food at our wedding. Rina very clearly knows what she is doing, and she is amazing at it. Her and her team truly put 110% into what they do, and it really reflects in their work. They made our wedding so easy and stress-free, and we recommend them to any bride who needs a coordinator!
Rina with Shining Time coordination services was the best money spent throughout the wedding planning process. She was attentive from start to finish, with spreadsheets and docume...
nts that had the day run smoothly. Frequent meetings and check ins prior to the wedding left Rina without any questions on the big day so that you could enjoy each moment as the bride. She was punctual at the rehearsal, and come wedding day, I had not one worry since I knew everything was safe in Rina’s hands. If you are looking for a reliable, kind and responsible coordinator, Rina with Shining Time is your go-to. I also love supporting a female owned business :)
We were so pleased with the work that Shining Time did for our wedding (both month-of-coordinator and flowers). Her work as the month-of-coordinator was great. She was really easy ...
to work with and made the day go smoothly! Rina came by the house the morning of the wedding to pick up last-minute decorations and dropped off the bouquets. She and her assistant made sure that the venue looked perfect and I didn’t need to worry about anything! We also used Shining Time as our florist, and I’m so pleased that we went with her services! The flowers were amazing - so beautiful! I just told Rina what my inspiration was (and sent her some photos of centerpieces from their website) and the result was wonderful! They looked like they were right out of an English garden! We did not want to spend too much on flowers and she kept everything within our budget, and she repurposed the large ceremony flowers into the reception venue.
We hired Rina and her team to do our flowers. Her team killed it. I sent a couple of pictures from Pinterest and said I wanted springy colors. Everything was BEAUTIFUL. They we...
nt above and beyond. The pricing was amazing - someone told me our florals looked like 2x what we spent.
Rina was also really easy to work with - we were adding things at the last minute and she did it with no problem. I would recommend her and her team to anyone.
We took on a lot of planning ourselves, and hired Rina to be our day of coordinator--or really month of coordinator--and out of all of our planning decisions, hiring Rina was one o...
f the best decisions we made.
Ahead of our first call, we sent a long document outlining the ideas we had--which she looked through and gave us useful feedback on as we considered what support we needed most. We had some unique ideas for how to do things our own way--and it was also clear from our conversation, that while Rina knows how to do a "textbook" wedding--she also knows how to listen to clients to help them make their unique vision a reality, even if that requires some creative thinking, crafting, or problem solving. When we did our venue walkthrough a month before the event, we sent Rina another long document, floorplan, and schedule the day before--and she once again arrived familiar with all of it. She had crucial suggestions, important questions we hadn't thought of, and proved again she was the right person to help us get prepared for the big day. That pattern repeated once more at rehearsal which was very efficient!
The day of our wedding, Rina was punctual, professional, and in expert control running the show we had put together. She had already connected with all of our vendors, reviewed all the decorations we designed and how they set up, and was fully familiar with the timeline. When the inevitable surprises popped up, she was quick to roll with the punches--in a way that kept our plans on track! The entire event was not just beautiful, unique, and exactly the vibe we had envisioned--but it was also EXACTLY ON SCHEDULE, from set up to the paper lantern send off at the end!
We are thoroughly impressed, and can't recommend Rina highly enough! She was our not so secret weapon. Let her be yours too! And make no mistake, while we had Rina as our month-of-coordinator--we would have absolutely hired Rina to take on the entire thing if we hadn't enjoyed planning so much (and even then, we couldn't have finished the plans without her input!). I will also say, having planned so much ourselves, it really made it very personal to us that the schedule we made, the decorations we crafted, and the timeline we envisioned were faithfully executed. It was so personal, that I thought it would be hard to hand off our cherished plan to someone else. Who could know it as well as us or care as much? But every conversation with Rina made letting go easy, because it was so clear she was listening to us, and understanding us. There is no one else we would've trusted with our plan except Rina.
Rina was very communicative and professional throughout our wedding planning process. Everything leading up to the wedding day was far less stressful because of her guidance. The w...
edding itself went wonderfully.
Shining Time was absolutely wonderful for our September wedding! Rina was a pleasure to work with from day one. She looked through my Pinterest board and blew me away with her orig...
inal proposal. Rina made sure to capture the whimsical garden party vibe that I was envisioning for the wedding florals and on the wedding day I felt like I was in a dream. Rina was professional and responsive throughout the planning process. Any time I added more florals or changed my vision, including wanting to slightly alter the color scheme close to the wedding day, she was accommodating.
Shining Time provided all florals, LED candles of different sizes/types, and beautiful vases for our wedding. Our tablescapes were breathtaking - the Shining Team outdid themselves setting up the reception tent to make every table unique. We heard staff wowing at the tables. The ceremony also felt like a fairy tale with the unique flower arch that Shining Time’s team created. We were able to repurpose ceremony flowers for the reception which was both economical and resourceful. My bouquet was also the most beautiful bouquet I’ve ever seen. So many vendors told me it was one of their favorite bridal bouquets all season. If you are looking for a florist for your wedding day, I truly can’t recommend Shining Time enough.
Rina was very responsive and flexible throughout our wedding planning experience. It was really helpful to have an experienced planner be our advisor, especially for the final yard...
. On the day of, Rina and her assistant were always willing to help and assisted in many last-minute requests. Our wedding went so smoothly with Rina and her team's support and we are very grateful.
The team is so nice, responsible, helpful and detail oriented. Theorina helped us a lot from the very beginning when we had no idea who to look for or when to start preparing for t...
hings; they had all information collected in their master sheet and folder, which made things a lot easier especially when we’ve had information and communications from all vendors and questions from our wedding parties. Theorina reminded us of our to do list items frequently during the process too. What impressed me the most is when the weddings over, all the decorations, stickers for guest books and gifts/cards were collected carefully and neatly instead of just being stuffed in a random bag by the team. This detail tells a lot, especially considering how exhausted everyone was at that point. Also very great price (definitely lower than the average price of wedding planners in the dmv area). We used the florists from the same team and they are amazing as well!!!! The flower arrangements are fabulous, even better than I expected. We mentioned, in the meeting with the florist, that we tried to control the budget under $4,000 so they agreed to use fewer real flowers but would still present the elegance and variety. The final outcome was beyond our imagination. The colors, layers, flower selections and combination of real and artificial flowers have fulfilled our wish for a fall-themed warm wedding. Definitely would recommend to every couple :)))
Shining Time Wedding exceeded our expectations. We had a general idea of the colors and aesthetic we were hoping for, and Rinna and her team went above and beyond. Our flowers were...
stunning, with the bouquets especially being incredible. Everyone commented on how beautiful the flowers were. We went with 40% re-usable flowers mixed in with fresh flowers (the bouquets being all fresh flowers) and it was gorgeous. Her silk flowers blended in so well I couldn't tell which were real and which were fake. This was especially amazing as it helped us get as many flowers as we wanted while staying in budget. Rinna even stayed and helped us clean up the reception and to ensure she got her flowers and vases back, which was amazing that we did not have to worry about that part. I could not recommend this florist more.
Absolutely could not recommend Rina and her team enough. She was a saving grace through all of the planning. She saw our vision and ran with it. Rina and her team were great at com...
munication, budget planning, and design. I have no doubt that Rina was a key piece in our perfect day. Thank you so much Rina and Team!
We hired Shining Time (Rina-Wedding planner and Shine-Florist) as my full-service planners for my wedding on 8/5/2023, and it was the best experience! They made sure that our wedd...
ing would be the most special and magical day of our lives. Months later, my busband and I are still amazed when we think about how helpful Shinning Time was to make our wedding happen. We cannot thank Shinning Time enough! They were dedicated and brought our ideas and vision to life. From the start to finish, they tirelessly worked hard to ensure that everything would go smoothly. The attention to details, the design, and the execution of how everything turned out was beyond our expectations.
Our wedding ceremony and reception are are two different locations. Shine designed both events from beginning to finish.
Both Rina and Shine made us feel like a VIP and made our lives SO much easier during the wedding planning process and the wedding day itself. They were very helpful and resourceful. They created so many beautiful memories for us. As a bride, I could be picky and anxious, but every single detail they did so perfectly and was right on point. The whole wedding day we just laughed and enjoyed, not having to worry about anything because we know we are in good hands of theirs. It was very easy to communicate with them if we needed to make adjustments or special requests. I would send them so many messages and emails every week and they always replied within hours with THE answers we needed. They made sure that we had all the information that we needed beforehand. During the wedding day, Shining Time and the team executed the plan perfectly.
Thank you, Rina, Shine and team again for such professionalism and hospitality!! We would definitely recommend your services for weddings or future celebratory events.
We hired Rina at Shining Time Wedding as our day-of wedding coordinator and we had a wonderful experience! Rina is very friendly, detail-oriented, and organized. Right from the sta...
rt, she helped walk us through everything we needed to know for the day-of (e.g., schedule, packing list, vendor contact information). She was also very communicative and responded to all of our emails in a timely manner. During the wedding and rehearsal, Rina made sure everything ran smoothly and helped explain details that hadn't even occurred to us (e.g., how to hold the bouquet, how to walk down the aisle). We recommend hiring Rina and Shining Time for future wedding coordination!
As a very indecisive, this team will help you visualize your vision which is what I loved. All the other companies I got quoted asked me what's my vision and gave me a quote, but s...
hining time worked with my budget, helped me through the process of envisioning my vision, provided insight, and was so accommodating with all my requests and mid-planning changes.
My husband was most impressed with the decor and wanted to take the flowers home to keep in our backyard because the arrangements were so pretty!
Rina from Shining Time was an absolute pleasure to work with in bringing our wedding design vision to life. During our consultation call, we discussed the design elements we wanted...
at our wedding, the overall theme, and the colors we preferred, and Rina was incredibly responsive in helping us create an Asian-inspired design. She was thorough in her communication to ensure our ideas aligned, and she quickly sketched her ideas on her iPad and provided us with helpful visual references. On the day of the wedding, we were absolutely thrilled with the finished product—the centerpieces, ceremony arch, and other elements were so stunning that all of our guests commented on them! We are so glad that we chose Shining Time to do our wedding design.
When I got in touch with Shining Time Wedding at the first time, I know nothing about wedding planning. Through all the communications with Rina, the lead planner at Shining Time, ...
I can really say great things and how professional her team is. She is always ready to help and makes her available as soon as possible to listen to my thoughts and questions. The designer Shine got my vision right on the spot through the first design sketch. I was worried that my descriptions are too vague, but she nailed it! Their team was so attentive to every detail, and the wedding went smoothly while my husband and I were relaxed and enjoying the whole day! We got so many compliments on our decoration, especially they were amazed by the large handmade orchid at our ceremony, the shape, the color and the styling, everything was so perfect! All my guests had positive comments on their experience that day, and all of us had a great time! We are very fortunate and thankful to have met and worked with the Shining Time team on our dream wedding! Strongly recommended for sure!
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Washington DC metropolitan area
Shining Time Wedding