aRay of Events LLC

Aray of events was amazing to work with! Shauna and her team helped make my wedding just what I wanted it to be, without her it we wouldn’t have been able to make our dream a reality! I had high expectations for what I wanted our wedding to be, and gave Shauna a huge job to do, and she truly nailed it! She worked really hard to make sure everything was set up properly, and helped make the day run super smoothly. I couldn’t recommend her more! Thanks for everything everything you guys did, it truly couldn’t have turned out any better!

-Tori & Alex Mattmann

Amazing !! I would recommend ARay of Events to anyone and everyone getting married or planning an event . Customer service and staff were both beyond great ! I am so thankful we had them on our team for our wedding . They made the wedding day enjoyable and took away all the stress and worries before the wedding and on the wedding day ! They went above and beyond what we expected ! Thank you so much !!

AMAZING! I cant say enough GREAT things about Shauna and her team!

They made my wedding even more beautiful than I envisioned! I was worry, stress free and in Aww of my wedding!

It was Stunning! She handled everything and I was worrying free and my wedding night was WONDERFUL, TRULY!

Shauna has been nothing short of a pleasure to work with these past 3 years! She answered all of our questions and gave us direction on whatever we needed. She managed and handled everything beautifully. When challenging situations arose, she advocated for us and handled things behind the scenes. We highly recommend her and her team!

If you're reading this, book with Shauna! Her and her team did an OUTSTANDING job as our day of coordinators. Everything was so seamless leading up to the event and day of. They truly went above and beyond and I cannot recommend them enough.

My daughter and I contracted for Day of Coordinating with Shauna Jackson, the owner of aRay of Events. The bride and I are both from Kansas City but with the wedding located in St. Louis, I needed a coordinator from the St. Louis area as we were planning the equivalent of a destination wedding.
From day 1, Shauna offered any help she could give. Particularly, suggesting local vendors who she knew would provide great service for reasonable pricing.
Although the bride and I designed and planned the entire wedding ourselves, Shauna jumped in several times during the lead up to help me find draping, suggest florists and sent emails with reminders of things that needed to be done each month.
When it came to the week of the wedding, everything ramped up. Shauna was willing to receive three different UPS shipments as they were delivering as we were leaving Kansas City for St Louis. She received ALL off the rental linens (and sent them back for me!), a tiered cake stand that wasn’t going to make it in time and some photos that we wanted to display at the wedding reception. Shauna just takes everything in stride. A last-minute need for a specialty sized blackout curtain for the reception caused me some trepidation but Shauna just came up with it out of nowhere and took care of it.
The bride and I chose to contract with aRay of Events because they have a large team and can bring in the numbers of people needed to complete any task as requested. I had a U-Haul van full of décor that I had amassed over the prior year. Shauna had someone at the venue when we arrived the day before the wedding to unload the van. This was unexpected as we assumed we would be unloading the van but so appreciated as there were so many other things to get done. The venue setup took 5-6 hours with 5 aRay of events staff including Shauna. I had given her a substantial document with descriptions and photos of where everything should be placed. They asked me maybe three questions and I, frankly, disappeared on them completely once I had to be at hair and makeup. The set everything up perfectly and what I didn’t have detail for, they set up beautifully.
Shauna ran the rehearsal and it was so organized and efficient. Anything I had spent weeks trying to remember to tell the wedding party, Shauna told them in the first five minutes. She is such a professional.
The wedding day was absolutely perfect. At least, it felt perfect. If anything happened that wasn’t supposed to, I still don’t know about it – Shauna is that good. Shauna and her staff did everything. Got the bridal party where they needed to be, took the bridesmaid’s luggage to the hotel for us, set up all of the décor, pinned flowers, greeted and directed the other vendors and just overall took everything off our shoulders. And then made sure the couple and parents all had drinks if we needed them all through the night. After all of that, Shauna and her staff somehow managed to remove all of the décor that had taken so long to set up, break it down, pack it up and get it into the U-Haul and a little over an hour. The venue gave us one hour to remove everything so this was an amazing feat of efficiency.
If you are looking for a Wedding Planner or Day of Coordinator, I cannot recommend aRay of Events enough. The are professional, efficient and caring. Shauna probably got tired of hearing me tell her all night what a great party it was and just the best day. It was a great day just because of the wedding but Shauna and aRay of Events made it flawless.

We hired aRay of Events initially for "day of" wedding coordination and ended up working with them to also secure rentals for a large portion of our decor. Shauna and team were nothing short of incredible throughout the entire process. Everything was just so...easy, every step of the way. When I described my vision for various components of the decor, Shauna's answer was always that she could make it happen, even if she didn't have the pieces on hand in her rental collection. The most notable example of this was that our venue had a stage with black skirting and black (moveable) stairs, and we really wanted white skirting and white stairs. Shauna explored sooooo many different options for these white stairs and didn't stop until she found a solution. It really made a difference on the day of because the white on the stage transformed the entire ceremony space. Shauna also came to our house one evening the week before the wedding to pick up all of the stuff that she'd need to set up on the day of. She also brought all of that stuff, gifts/cards, and flowers back to us and delivered it to our house the day after the wedding. This was just another example of Shauna making everything so easy. Because of the high amount of trust I'd developed with Shauna throughout the planning process, I was 100% comfortable with turning all of the setup over to her and her team on the day of, without any worry whatsoever. The result was getting to walk into our wedding venue and relishing in the moment of seeing everything we'd been dreaming of come to life. We cannot thank Shauna and her team enough for everything they did to make our day incredible!

Shauna and her team made our wedding day stress-free and made it the most fantastic day of our lives. I definitely recommend to anyone looking for great help in planning their wedding. The planning process with ARay of Events was seamless and had everything we needed. All of our questions were answered and coordinating with all the vendors was made easy. Thank you for all the wonderful help!!

I cannot express enough how happy we were with the exceptional services provided by aRay of Events. From our initial consultation to the very end of the wedding day, every aspect of the wedding was handled with precision, care, and professionalism. Most importantly, their ability to alleviate any stress or concerns we had throughout the planning process. They were always available to answer our questions and provide valuable advice. On the day of the wedding, they orchestrated everything flawlessly. From coordinating vendors to managing the timeline, they ensured that everything ran smoothly, allowing us to focus on celebrating with our family and friends. I cannot recommend aRay of Events highly enough to any couple looking for a wedding planner or day of coordinator. Thank you!

I used aRay of Events for wedding planning and worked with Kaitlin since I am from Southeast MO. She was the best!!!! From the beginning, Kaitlin helped me plan all the details and made every step of the process less stressful. She was so easy to work with. If I told her my idea, she would come back with options or vendors for me to choose from. She was able to use some of the resources from St. Louis that we do not have in SEMO. As far as the day of the wedding, everything was perfect!! Kaitlin and her team stayed late and set up the entire reception the night before. If there was any kind of hiccup the day of, she made sure it was taken care of and that I didn't have anything to worry about! Our wedding day was truly perfect and I don't think I could have put it all together without Kaitlin and her team. I highly recommend using aRay of Events!