Weddings In Color

We highly recommend Gina! We hired her for the partial planning package since we already had some of our vendors picked out. She was exceptional from the planning process to the wedding day. She's organized, detailed, and comes with a wealth experience and creative ideas that helped us have the wedding we pictured. We were able to incorporate all of the details that we wanted included in our wedding while being realistic and within our budget. Gina is part of a collective and knows a lot of other vendors in the industry - she made some great recommendations and referrals (but absolutely no pressure to use them!). She was very easy to communicate with and we had monthly and weekly meetings scheduled, but were also able to contact her any time for random questions. Gina is a joy to work with and we can confidently say that our wedding was a success because of her. Our wedding went SO smoothly because she was so on top of it with all details and managing everything from deliveries, vendors, to making sure everyone was where they should be, and ensuring the event ran on time. She was worth every penny - sometimes I still can’t believe how low stress our wedding planning and day of was. We can only thank Gina for that!

Gina was the first and last wedding planner we met with. Her passion, creativity, and bubbly personality immediately drew us both in and we knew instantly that she was the right person for us. She took the time to get to know us on a personal level, so that our wedding would ultimately reflect us. She listened and wrote down every single thing we told her. But most importantly, she took our personalities, our nuances, and our ideas, and executed them into exactly what we imagined, all the while reflecting our uniqueness as a couple. Gina is hard-working, so organized, and totally driven. She has made it her professional mission to ensure that your special day is more than special, it's extraordinary. We cannot thank Gina enough for all the time, energy, and direction she put into our wedding day. I could not have imagined a better person for the job and I highly recommend her if you're looking for someone special. We love you Gina!! Stu & Hill

Gina was an enormous help to us when planning our wedding, I really don't think we can give her enough credit! My fiance and I had a vision for our wedding (we wanted a music festival theme) and some rather non-traditional wants, Gina made our high concept ideas into a reality. We opted for partial planning and had Gina take on the tasks we weren't very familiar or comfortable with (venue search, vendor contracts, waitstaff, etc.), but regardless I felt like she really assisted with the event as a whole offering advice and support on the projects that we did take on ourselves. She kept us on track with planning and offered lots of creative ideas on how to make our wedding really fun and unique, she's easy to work with and makes you feel at ease with the wedding planning process. As bride who didn't want to micromanage I was glad that Gina really got the overall 'feeling' of our wedding and was able to present options to us that worked with our budget and theme - as the planning process progressed I continually gained confidence that Gina would know what I liked. She is a style-mind reader! Gina is also very responsive and offered ample support in those busy weeks before the wedding and day-of. I never felt like a burden reaching out to her with any question, big or small. I strongly recommend her as a wedding planner - I can't imagine we would have ever pulled off such a successful event without her!

We hired Gina, Make it Mariko, for full wedding planning and we are extremely happy with the whole process and results. My wife and I were completely overwhelmed when we tired to plan our own wedding. The large choice of venues, themes, rentals, and vendors was too much for us to navigate alone. Gina was able to take our feedback and give us consolidated choices for all vendors and decor, while always keeping in mind our tastes and budget. In addition, she was essential in working with our venue which had lots of rules and requirements for various vendors. Another important thing is communication. Gina was always very attentive to any questions or concerns we had no matter how big or small. Through regularly scheduled meetings and constant email feedback, we always knew how the event was progressing. Lastly, my wife and I always appreciated how open and excited Gina was too new ideas, often brainstorming with us to create awesome unique touches. Gina helped us think outside of the box while still remaining true to ourselves. I would highly recommend Make it Mariko if you're looking for a planner who is a dedicated worker, good communicator, and able to bring new perspectives and experience to the planning process. In the end, my wife and I had a beautiful, unique, and worry-free wedding thanks to Gina.