Our wedding would not have been possible without Ginger Bee Events & Planning. We hired Natalie for full wedding planning. She was invaluable, to say the least. Natalie brought our vision to life, and far exceeded our expectations while doing so. She is organized and detail-oriented. She also listened to our wants and needs, and worked with us in coming up with solutions. Her vendor suggestions were always spot on. We threw a lot at Natalie, and she seemed unfazed by any of it. She hit it all out of the park. I have a feeling she can work with any type of personality. I was unnecessarily stressed about planning the details, but Natalie and the team of vendors made the wedding day flow so smoothly. I was actually relaxed and confident on the day of our ceremony! Natalie is the best. I would highly recommend anyone planning a wedding to hire Ginger Bee Events & Planning -- they will not regret it!

The day-of coordinator may be your most important wedding vendor hire, and if you’re like me, you don’t want to have to worry about a thing on your wedding day. Natalie was communicative and professional throughout the entire wedding planning process. Her and her assistant provided excellent day-of coordination services and I would highly recommend her to other couples.

I can’t even begin to tell you how incredible Natalie is. From our first meeting to our send-off, she consistently emanated a balanced vibe of professional and personable. My husband and I had 100% confidence in her as our coordinator, and if she was ever overwhelmed during the planning process, we will never know. Due to our large families and mostly-local friends, our wedding had upwards of 200 guests. With that many people a lot could go wrong, but (as far as I know), it was seamless because of Natalie! Everyone in our wedding party commented on how well she ran the show during the rehearsal and on the big day. She advocated for us when we had some communication issues with our venue, and she asked us all the questions we didn’t know we had to contemplate well ahead of time so that we could be worry-free in the days leading up to the wedding. I probably will never know just how much work went into making it all come together; I guess that’s the mark of a brilliant event coordinator!
Oh, and on top of her planning skills, she is an incredible designer and florist. I don't have much in the way of design vocabulary, so I didn't offer much direction, but she figured me out to a T and put together the most incredible ceremony flowers.

Natalie was our day-of coordinator for our July 2018 wedding. Natalie is super down to earth and personable and was a pleasure to work with! During our coordination meetings, she worked with us to get every detail of our wedding day timeline planned out, and she thought of all the little things we would have missed! Natalie also worked seamlessly with our reception venue coordinator and was always quick to respond to all our questions/emails. Week of wedding Natalie took care of the final coordination with our vendors to make the week of our wedding a breeze. On the day of our wedding, everything went smoothly; we were able to really enjoy the day and not have to worry about any of the details or logistics. We had an amazing time at our wedding, and know we have Natalie to thank for that! After the wedding, we got so many compliments from our friends and family who said how wonderful Natalie was and how great it was to have her leadership throughout the day. Natalie helped us feel confident leading into our wedding week and made the whole experience more fun. Would highly recommend Natalie!!

Without a doubt the smartest decision we made when planning out wedding was hiring Natalie. At first the idea of hiring a wedding planner sounded way to fancy for what we were going for, but I shudder at the idea we almost did this without her help. She was so organized throughout the entire process and honestly made planning a wedding feel easy. Plenty of times throughout this process I turned to my husband and said, can you imagine doing this on our own. This feeling only peaked on our wedding day and the days before when I realized all I need to do is relax - a feeling I don't think every bride can say. She was worth every penny, and then some.

I cannot begin to tell you how much help Natalie was before and on our big day! She took care of so much and was a great resource for planning every little detail. When ever we felt stressed or panicked while planning, a quick email or call to Natalie and she instantly had us feeling better. Going into the wedding day, I was never stressed or concerned about something going wrong, because I knew that Natalie had it covered. She was perfect and I cannot imagine our wedding without her!

Going into planning a wedding for nearly all out-of-town guests, my husband and I wanted to strike a balance between everything feeling relaxed, intimate, and very PNW while also impressing everyone who traveled so far to be there. Natalie and her team totally delivered and we are so happy to have worked with her! She helped us strike that balance between traditional elements and what felt comfortable for us while giving us incredible ideas along the way. She is enthusiastic, organized, and so much fun to work with leading up to the event and day-of. We hired Natalie to be our day-of coordinator as well as style and design our wedding. She was flexible in accommodating elements that we wanted to do ourselves and listened closely to our requests. The result was breathtaking. On the day of, as soon as I saw my bouquet I squealed in delight and all of my nerves for the day were calmed! We had requested that live plants be integrated into the design so that our flowers would live beyond one day. Now, I am reminded of our incredible wedding every day while we enjoy the orchids that Natalie selected. I cannot recommend Natalie and her team enough. We are so happy! (photos by Affinity Photography)

Natalie and her team were the best! She was easy to reach leading up to the wedding and made sure that we had the best wedding day.

We wanted to have a small, non-traditional wedding and Natalie absolutely knocked it out of the park. She did a fantastic job not only at planning/ coordinating our wedding, but taking extra care to make it really special for us and our guests. Natalie is super down-to-earth, exited and enthusiastic, and just all around awesome to work with! We would highly recommend her.

Natalie is the BEST. That's all you need to know, really. We had the amazing luck of working with her for full planning and day-of coordination, and she has turned us from planner-skeptics to enthusiastic planner evangelists. But not all planners are created equal, so here's why you should go with her…

1) She's super knowledgeable. Whether you know what you want or have no idea, she has the experience to tell you not only what's doable but also what's smart. She'll make a timeline and a floorplan that puts other planners to shame, and has all kinds of great connections to vendors too.

2) She's patient and amazing. We were super high-stress and had a crazy schedule, and she was completely unfazed. She understood us and helped me (Typa A, OCD traits, anxious) and my husband (scatter brained, last-minute procrastinator/improviser) both feel relaxed and confident about our wedding and all the million pieces. She’s also very calm, straightforward, super efficient + on top of it, and not at all pushy or overly gush-y.

3) She's SO ORGANIZED. Every time I thought we might have forgotten something, she had thought of it weeks/months ago. And come up with a backup plan. Our family, wedding party, and guests all felt like the entire day flowed super smoothly and it was because of her and her team!

4) She's creative and fun. We had the super weird theme of "Kate Spade rides the New York subway while reading Harry Potter" and she absolutely NAILED IT! She made an amazing flower/balloon arrangement for our ceremony backdrop and set everything up spectacularly. She is super talented!!!

5) She also helped us find great money-saving opportunities and wisely advised us on when it was worthwhile to pay a bit more. This is also why we feel like we ultimately saved money and saved SO MUCH STRESS by hiring Natalie! Sure, you can find a cheaper planner...but having been to and been part of a bunch of weddings lately, I can definitely say that she is top notch and 300% worth every penny.

I could go on but tldr NATALIE IS WONDERFUL! HIRE HER FOR ALL YOUR EVENTS!