My husband and I were instantly sold on Cherry Bomb after our first conversation with Shayna Papke. We are both introverts with crazy work schedules and knew we needed a planner if we were ever going to have a marriage celebration. We had gotten married in 2020, but wanted to have a party to celebrate in 2022. Shayna totally understood our vision. She was so creative and helpful in helping us craft the nontraditional wedding of our dreams.

Our mantra throughout planning was "the party doesn't happen without Shayna!" because, well, it literally wouldn't have happened! She made everything so manageable, connected us to the perfect vendors, and handled all the hiccups a party like this can through at you with grace.

Not only did Shayna expertly manage and plan our party, but she was a true delight to spend time with; she is patient, bubbly, sassy (just the right amount!), and so organized. She also designed our flowers and the venue looked absolutely amazing under her decorating expertise. All our guests were so impressed with how our party went off without a hitch. Of course, there were a few hitches! That's how good Shayna is; you don't even feel too many bumps in the road.

Shayna and her team are absolutely top notch. Shayna was invaluable in her advice to us prior to the wedding, and her vendor recommendations made our wedding the amazing event that it was. As our day of coordinator, she and her team were seamless, professional, and lots of fun. I cannot recommend Cherry Bomb events enough!

When choosing a planner we were overloaded by decisions. I ultimately was referred to Shayna Papke with Cherry Bomb Events by one of our friends who had used her, and loved the experience of working with her. To quote "once we started working with Shayna, it all got a lot more fun". We used Shayna as a day of/month of planner so we still made all of our vendor decisions, but had her input and guidance working through that process. If I had questions, Shayna gave me good feedback about whether the random detail I was pondering was something that was going to enhance the experience for our guests, or was just a gimmick being sold to me (usually was not actually something we needed. Don't let instagram up-sell you on stuff!).
She helped me manage anticipated stresses before the wedding and trouble shoot how we could make the day go as smoothly as possible.
When the biggest tragedy happened the day before (our 13 year old dog passed away hours before our rehearsal and rehearsal dinner), she scrambled to help us reschedule the rehearsal later so we could have more time with her, and made sure that on our big day we were able to balance our grief and our joy and clued all our vendors in to why we were a little extra teary.
Shayna's team was fantastic, accommodating, friendly, and took all the nerves out. I felt like they had my back, and were going to help me create an experience that was what we wanted, as well as stay in our budget as much as we wanted to.
Would definitely use her again (although don't plan on having a second wedding!), and recommend her to friends and family! (Turns out she had actually planned one of my other friend's weddings several years prior, but we didn't put the connections together until the day of!)