I give Jemie 10 stars across the board!!! I have to admit that when I first met Jemie I was not at all looking for a wedding planner but the more I interacted with her, the more it became evident that I needed someone like her on board. What makes Jemie the best in the trade is that she executes your plan both efficiently and effortlessly for a great price. She goes above and beyond what is expected to help you, the bride and groom, get the things you want and need for your wedding day. When my husband and I hired JSK Events (we got the "Citrine" level of service) we hadn't envisioned anything but an outdoor wedding. From the beginning (before we had even officially hired JSK Events) Jemie was sending ample amounts of resources (i.e. photos of weddings on the web for inspiration, sample vows, info on how to make my best friend the officiant of our ceremony, info for some of the best and affordable hair stylists, makeup artists, florists, dressmakers, fabric shops, caterers, DJ's, musicians with different musical styles, photographers, and videographers in Southern California; she even sent me links to websites concerning the names and types of different fabrics that exist!). These invaluable resources kept coming our way 6 months before the wedding and they were never "too much". In fact, the resources that she provided us were money in the bank as it saved me the time from looking up these things on my own and helped direct me as I was planning MY perfect wedding. More importantly she never took creative control and never did she impose her opinion or will on us; my husband and I can testify to this fact as neither of us had a clue of what we wanted in the beginning and we managed to have probably the BEST & MOST BEAUTIFUL wedding on planet Earth in the year 2010 all thanks to Jemie (seriously, this is no exaggeration). But if you so happen to be a bride/groom-to-be who doesn't want to do any planning, Jemie is 200% capable of doing that as well because she just simply has the answers to the questions before you even ask them. For example, there were several items we wanted to get for our wedding but hadn't really thought about how we were going to obtain them as most of these items turned out to be rare finds. Just when I was going to sit down with Jemie to discuss these items, she started the meeting off by suggesting that we borrow things when possible. Or when something goes wrong (like for example, your videographer tells you he hasn't the time to make your baby montage video 2 weeks before your wedding) Jemie is on the other end of the line with names of people who are already on the job. Sounds simple but let's just say that all her solutions saved us a lot of frustration and not to mention money. And there are plenty more examples of instances when Jemie found the solutions to problems before we realized that they were even problems...

Lastly what I would like to share with people reading this site is that we didn't get any kickbacks for writing this review. What we write is true and veritable. Jemie is all of the above: professional, responsive, affordable, & flexible with 10 stars attached. The citrine service, which we purchased, allots for only 2 months of preplanning, but Jemie was there helping us from the very beginning, responding to every email and returning every phone call at GODSPEED (and fyi, we hired her 6 months before tying the knot)!!! Jemie was there every step of the way. She was professional, reliable and essentially the brain at our wedding. To call her a wedding "planner" (at least in our particular case) would be a little misleading as she never took creative control of our event. However what she did was marvelously execute a plan that my husband and I came up with. The day of our wedding we didn't have to lift a finger or think about doing anything...Jemie even ran back to my hotel room 1 minute before I was supposed to walk down the aisle to get the beloved vintage crocheted gloves I accidently left before running down to the wedding venue. JSK Events is just simply what you were looking for and then some!

Jemie Sae Koo is a Wedding Planner/Coordinator I would highly recommend. She was instrumental in the orchestration of our Filipino and Persian wedding this past year. The wedding party alone was extremely large (73 total in bridal party), including 11 bridesmaids, 11 groomsmen, 3 flower girls, 2 ring bearers, 32 principal sponsors (basically Godparents), 8 secondary sponsors (carry out Filipino ceremonial customs), 2 grandmothers, and 4 parents. Jemie is reliable, artistic, ethical, honest, passionate, well-rounded, and strong in problem-solving - all significant attributes if you are looking for an excellent Wedding Planner.

When we learned that her background was in politics and event planning, we felt confident that she knew how to deal with and properly accommodate to all types of people from all walks of life, especially when over half of my guests were physicians. She proved herself through and through by being very responsive to our every email, phone call, and requests, to the 28 page itinerary that she composed with every detail ever decided on, and with the day-of schedule down to the minute. She made sure that she communicated with all the vendors and that they were held accountable to what they promised to deliver for us. When it came to the day of our wedding, it was very apparent that she had built a great rapport with each vendor and they all worked hand-in-hand with her as a team. The respect that she garnered from everyone that she interacted with was truly a unique quality she possesses.

Throughout the planning stages, Jemie always understood my vision of (and my husband's, and my mother's, and my Graphic Designer brother's) a dream wedding and helped make it come true. Being in medical school, she understood the demands and limited time I was facing while planning the wedding, so she made it as effortless by consistently taking initiative and being proactive before I even had to ask. Many people also warned me that I would be a wreck in all the commotion of the events. However, on the wedding day, Jemie "protected" and shielded my husband and me from the behind-the-scenes chaos from those who lost sight of what the day meant for us. She wanted our memories of the wedding to be only happy ones. We felt stress-free the entire weekend of celebration. On top of everything else, she had a lot of insight into the industry and helped us save money in so many ways. Jemie negotiated with every vendor to help us obtain savings while maintaining the best standard of work. She earned her entire fee back even within the first vendor she negotiated with. Hands down, the best decision my husband and I could have ever made.

Her core goals make her a wonderful wedding planner: she wants the bride and groom to simply enjoy their love towards each other during their wedding, genuinely celebrate it in the way they had always envisioned, and then each day thereafter, look back at their wedding not only as a testament to their love, but also as a reminder, a spark that will continue to light their love each time they think of that special day. Jemie and her qualities are the epitome of what every planner out there should be. We feel so fortunate to have found her and have recommended her to all of our friends and colleagues.

Jemie and her staff will make your wedding day worry-free and wonderful...guaranteed. Given my schedule, lack of wedding expertise, and time constraints, I knew that I needed someone to help plan my perfect wedding. I was clueless when it came to planning my wedding and Jemie was there every step of the way. I interviewed other wedding planners but decided to go with Jemie because of her extensive experience working with mixed cultural/inter-racial weddings and she has great interpersonal skills. These skills are very necessary given that I had demanding relatives from both my husband and my sides of the family and I needed someone to help plan a wedding that was true to both of our roots without overpowering one aspect over another. Jemie did exactly what she promised and more. My schedule is very difficult to work with and Jemie worked around it and she even went the extra mile to call and meet up with my vendors on my behalf. Her dedication to her clients is steadfast and she delivers everything that is promised. My wedding day was beautiful and perfect and I am so thankful to have had her help!