Strawberry Milk Events & Styling

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 decisions: 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 only 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.