With full-time jobs and hectic lives, we needed a full-service wedding planner and a seasoned professional. Knowing that this was going to be one of the most important days in our lives, we did a lot of homework and interviewed several planners. In addition to experience and strong references, the single most important factor to us was chemistry. Warm and genuinely caring, we connected with Carisa from the start and knew we didn’t want to entrust our wedding to anyone else.

The other factors we considered: 1) clear, reliable communication skills - including the ability to listen and really understand our vision and intention for the event; 2) strong organizational skills and follow-through; 3) established relationships with the best vendors; 4) clear design inspiration and passion; and 5) a game-day MVP who calmly directs the show behind the scenes and makes everything run smoothly.

Carisa delivered on every criteria, and, in fact, exceeded our high expectations. It has now been over a year since our special day, and we still get compliments from our guests who tell us it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to! The whole experience was truly joyous and magical, and Carisa and the entire Adornment Events team were essential in making our dream a reality. The financial investment in hiring Carisa and her A-team to seamlessly orchestrate our big day was worth every penny, and we could not have done it without them.

We cannot recommend Carisa and Adornment Events highly enough!!!

When my daughter got engaged, my friends all advised me to hire a wedding planner. This, by the way, is the best advice ever! We checked our options in the Portland area and Carisa Smith of Adornment Events matched our criteria. Carisa came highly recommended from a longtime friend who had used Carisa extensively for events.

Carisa Smith and Adornment Events are fantastic! They helped us with the initial stages of the wedding planning, including a 75 person engagement party held in our home. Carisa Smith has invaluable connections to the best vendors. She is respected and well liked in the event community. She took our vision and executed it flawlessly from start to finish. Her team at Adornment Events are professionals who can take a plan and deliver it to the highest expectations.

As the type “A” Mom of a type “A” bride—Carisa mitigated the stress. The day of the wedding came and I could just enjoy the day. It was the perfect day. In fact, my daughter thanked me at the end of the night saying it was the “most perfect day”. It doesn’t get better than that.

There are so many good things that I could say about Adornment Events and Carisa Smith. I highly recommend them for your next event. You will not be disappointed.

Carisa and her team at Adornment did an amazing job putting together our wedding! It was the most perfect day and so many of our guests named it the "best wedding ever"! She brought our vision to life - modern, chic & romantic. I appreciated Carisa working with me on all my ideas, changes and many many questions throughout the planning process. When the big day finally came, my expectations were exceeded. From start to finish the entire event was seamless. Each detail was so thought out and intentional, executed by an amazing vendor team, to create the ultimate wedding experience.

I highly recommend Adornment Events! Our wedding was everything we could have dreamed of and more.