Elegante Weddings and Events

I love working with Lisa and would highly recommend her to a couple looking for an exceptional wedding planner. I admire Lisa’s concern, care and connection with her clients. She radiates integrity. Her big picture thinking, thoroughness and eye for detail are fantastic. Lisa is extremely knowledgeable and experienced ensuring that her couples make the best choices to maximize their experience and their budget.

Lisa is very creative and a perfect production partner. She is a true collaborator and is dedicated to making her event team shine. Together we have and are continuing to design and produce amazing events.

Where to start - Lisa is the most efficient, effective, calm, intelligent, and creative planner we have ever heard of. We interviewed 8 planners including the top planning brands in Chicago before making our decision, and Lisa was by far the most impressive from that very first conversation. We worked with Lisa for two years and she made wedding planning so much more organized, informed, and enjoyable than we could have ever imagined. She was so responsive over text / email for any and all questions and had the best advice and an informed point of view when we needed one. She also helped us think through effective ways to get more bang for our buck, e.g. by reusing floral installations between ceremony and reception. She recommended all of our vendors, who not only provided excellent service but were kind and thoughtful professionals who had all worked together before. On the day of our wedding, Lisa went above and beyond to navigate some unforeseen challenges and had the most amazing assistant Lucy and attendant Antoinette helping out day of. Could go on and on - but we love Lisa so much and have already raved about her to all of our friends. Could never thank her enough.

Hiring Lisa was the best decision we could have ever made for our wedding! We started working with Lisa about 14 months out from our event date. After only one 30mins Zoom meeting with her, my partner and I looked at each other and said, she is the one!

Over the next 14 months, Lisa became one of the most important people in our lives, and what a fun time that was. Lisa is truly a professional with a strong network behind her. It’s hard to imagine how we would have navigated all the decision-making, sourcing, and unforeseen challenges without Lisa and her team’s guidance.

Throughout our touch-points, with Lisa, we were impressed with how she seamlessly absorbed our tastes and preferences into a comprehensive vision, which gave us the bandwidth to get excited for our wedding vs overwhelmed. One thing we liked about Lisa's process was that for every vendor she recommended (from decor, photographer, bakeries, bands, stationers, etc), she gave 2-5 options per discipline and allowed us to find the best match that fit our vibe and budget. Lisa also facilitated additional support, as needed, for things we felt her team would be able to navigate better than us, which was super helpful!

On the day of the wedding... It went better than we could have ever expected. Not only was everything beautiful but everything was taken care of down to the smallest of small detail. We are beyond thankful for everything Lisa did for us, making our wedding day PERFECT!