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WE ARE A BOUTIQUE, HIGH-END CREATIVE EVENT PLANNING COMPANY WITH EMPHASIS ON DESIGN. WE DON'T DO COOKIE CUTTER - WE BELIEVE THAT EACH WEDDING IS UNIQUE, AND REALLY EXCEL AT GETTING TO KNOW OUR CLIENT'S PERSONAL STYLE SO THAT THEIR EVENT IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF THEM.
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5
out of 5.04 reviews
Julie Savage and her team at Strawberry Milk Events definitely fall in the 'ideal' wedding planners category. My experience with Julie was nothing less than incredibly professional...
and exceeded expectations on all counts. As we all know, a wedding is a personal occasion and the goal for any couple is to find a way to have your fairytale wedding meet the reality of guest list, venue size, catering, flowers, etc. This team will find a way to make it happen and take all the crazy stress of planning off your plate.
We choose the full package and that is exactly what we received. Julie and her team have a large network with vendors all over Maryland and DC. She managed communication, meetings and details with each vendor. We meet regularly at my house, super convenient, and discussed tasks and timeline due dates to ensure things were on schedule.
Julie understands the intricacy of the business. The job of a wedding planner exceeds far beyond organizing budget spreadsheets and task timelines (although those pieces are helpful and provided), they are creating the entire atmosphere for the party. Julie took the time to learn about my husband and I in order to create a final product that fit our personalities. I am from the mid-west and my husband is from the east coast, my request was to find a way to mesh these two worlds...not an easy task. Julie was able to create the most beautiful ballroom at the Four Seasons Baltimore with a maritime meets Colorado mountains theme and it was breathtaking. We were able to get a quick sneak peek of the room before our guests entered and to say I was speechless doesn't begin to do it justice. The tables were set, the flower centerpieces were perfectly positioned, colors flowed seamlessly and the lighting added the final touch!
Words of wisdom...if you can make room in the budget for a wedding planner, do yourself a favor and hire one. And if you're really smart, you will choose Julie Savage and Strawberry Milk Events.
We had a fabulous experience with Strawberry Milk Events and would highly recommend!
I utilized Strawberry Milk Events as a month-of (and subsequently day-of) coordinator and was very happy with the service provided. Julie and her team were responsive, professional...
, flexible and knowledgeable and I would highly recommend her and SME to any bride looking for a coordinator in the dc metro area!
Julie is great to work with--responsive, creative, easy, and gently keeps you on track when wedding craze gets a bride overwhelmed... By the time we met I'd made most of the big de...
cisions: date, location, invitations, band etc. so I warned her in advance that towards the end my attention would drift and when it did she handled things for me. She has great style, a great eye and helped me get the look I wanted, and attended to the details when I couldn't. She's such a refreshing change from the typical group of DC planners, who do beautiful weddings but nothing that kept my attention. I was so grateful for the time she saved me by handling vendors, tracking down the answers to questions that came up, sending ideas and photos for things I couldn't describe myself. She was charming with my mother--of utmost importance!--and the groom. She might not have personally worked with everyone in DC yet but was able to suggest some vendors aside from the usual suspects when I wasn't thrilled with Washingtonian.com's go-to list. The reason I give a 4.5 for quality of service is only because there were a few bits and pieces that seemed a little scattered just before the ceremony-- the groom didn't have his boutonniere for photos, they brought over the veil later than I'd have liked, and someone told me some of the seating for dinner was incorrect. There is so much going on during the pre-wedding chaos that I'm not sure how things ended up happening, or if it was their error or general confusion but in the end these are not the details that matter much or that your guests know about. If there were any issues otherwise I never knew about them--which is exactly as it should be! Julie pulled it out at the last minute and got us tons of beautiful things to top off our cocktail hour in the African theme we chose. It was pitch perfect without seeming gimmicky.
Maybe your friends and family have to say this but everyone was beyond gushing gushing gushing about how amazing the party was; it was seamless, sparkling, beautiful and romantic and Julie's sense of style and execution definitely helped make that happen. I highly recommend working with her!
I'm an older bride with a design background. I wanted to work with someone that would be a second pair of eyes and bring fresh thinking to our secret elopement. She would be my onl...
y resource for bouncing off ideas, sharing opinions, and discovering new details -- none of our friends and family knew of our elopement. Julie was a godsend, she was my right hand woman. She supported me in the months up to our elopement and then was there on our big "secret" day. I strongly recommend her as a planner and a designer. She will challenge and bring new thinking to brides -- even brides like me who come from the design field and have great confidence in their own abilities.
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Alexandria, VA
Strawberry Milk Events & Styling