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On WeddingWire since 2021

Setting The Scene Event Planning and Decor is a business based in Catonsville, Maryland. We specialize in providing one-of-a-kind rentals to wedding couples. We provide cost-effective wedding planning, design, decorating, and day-of coordination services that allow you to relax and enjoy this special time in your life. What sets us apart from other planners and stylists is our large collection of decorative items, including wedding arches, display furniture, faux floral arrangements, artificial plants, vases, candles, lanterns, tabletop decor, and centerpieces that we can use to decorate your venue, thus reducing decorating costs and eliminating the need for you to purchase decorations or manage multiple vendors.

Services Offered

At Setting The Scene Event Planning and Decor, we listen carefully to our clients and find creative ways to capture your unique style and personality while staying within your budget. Our specialty is working with clients who are planning small to medium-sized weddings. For DIY couples, we can provide rental items that friends and family help you set-up, or we can pitch in on the day-of your wedding to help organize volunteer decorators and make sure the process goes smoothly. Visit our Baltimore area showroom where you can see our decor items in person, try different combinations to see how they look together and work together to find the perfect look for your special day.

  • Woman-owned

Frequently asked questions

Which of the following event rental services to you provide?

Clean Up
Delivery
Setup
Showroom

What event items are available?

Aisle Markers
Aisle Runners
Altar/Arch
Centerpieces
Chuppah
Decor
Drapery
Lights
Lounge Furniture
Photo booth
Signage
Tables
Trinkets
Vases

What food and beverage items are available?

Barware
China
Flatware
Glassware
Linens

What is the starting price for altar/arch rentals?

$35
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Reviews of Setting The Scene Event Planning and Decor

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Diane from Setting the Scene is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for wedding decor. She is praised for her attention to detail, personalized approach, and ability to bring couples' visions to life within their budget. Diane's professionalism, creativity, and helpfulness throughout the planning process are commended. Reviewers appreciate the high-quality faux flowers she uses and the beautiful decorations she creates. Overall, Setting the Scene is highly recommended for its outstanding service and the stress-free experience it provides for couples on their wedding day.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

Diane from Setting the Scene is highly recommended by multiple reviewers for wedding decor. She is praised for her attention to detail, personalized approach, and ability to bring couples' visions to life within their budget. Diane's professionalism, creativity, and helpfulness throughout the planning process are commended. Reviewers appreciate the high-quality faux flowers she uses and the beautiful decorations she creates. Overall, Setting the Scene is highly recommended for its outstanding service and the stress-free experience it provides for couples on their wedding day.

Hannah
Hannah K. Sent on 03/01/2024
5 out of 5 rating

An absolute gem!

There are not enough words to express how absolutely incredible Diane was and how instrumental she was for our perfect wedding day. We hired Diane to be our decorator but she was so much more than that! She helped us create our vision and then ensured that it came to life. Diane was extremely professional, responsive and a joy to work with. I would highly recommend her to anyone! Our venue was extremely unique and she ensured that all of our and the guests' needs were met. Thank you so much, Diane, for all of your hard work. You are a gem!
Priya
Priya C. Sent on 12/03/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Outstanding experience with Diane!

It’s going to be hard to keep this review brief, but hiring Diane was easily one of the best decisions we made for our wedding day! From our very first consultation, Diane made it clear that her priorities were making sure we had the wedding decor that we wanted within a budget we wanted. For a full year, Diane went back and forth with us, sending dozens of emails with floral samples, tablecloth options, color schemes, signage, etc. She considered every single part of our wedding aesthetic to create the customized and colorful wedding of our dreams and every minute of her hard work paid off when we saw the final outcome on our wedding day. Our venue was an art museum, and Diane created the perfect decor plan to pay homage to the whimsical nature of our venue while keeping everything feeling classy and elegant. Diane uses only the highest quality fake flowers - I’m still stunned that all of our florals were not real!

Diane also did an outstanding job creating customized decor for our wedding welcome event/Mehendi. She not only created custom signage for us and hand-selected decor from her inventory that matched with the theme of our day, but she also created a detailed decor plan for our day-of-coordinator to make set-up as easy as possible. Diane cares deeply about her couples. She went above and beyond for our whole weekend to make it easy, stress-free, and memorable. She printed our seating chart and welcome signs for us, gave us our bouquet/boutonnieres several days before the wedding, and gave us plenty of helpful tips for our wedding day based on her years of experience. We are so grateful to have had her professionalism and expertise to guide us through the whole wedding planning process. We could not recommend her more & we will definitely be hiring her for all of our event decorating needs in the future!!
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Gretchen Sent on 02/24/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Outstanding Experience!

Diane was absolutely wonderful, and a joy to work with. I cannot recommend her and Setting the Scene enough for wedding planning (or any other party planning!). We had a non-traditional vision for a carnival style wedding, and Diane executed it perfectly. She was our day-of-coordinator and decorator. Her decor was spot-on and incorporated hundreds of elegant details that married the carnival and wedding styles. She and her team handled all of our day-of needs masterfully (including a water-main break at our venue). She turned our vision into reality, and we had a perfect wedding. Thank you Setting the Scene!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner

Team

Diane Jones
Diane Jones
Owner/Lead Stylist

After decades of hosting large events in the corporate world, and working with a variety of vendors along the way, Diane realizes how important it is to clients to work with stylists, planners and rental companies who listen carefully, provide creative ideas and solutions, and stay on budget. She found it easy to identify vendors happy to help her when planning very large, very expensive events. However, when it came to planning smaller events and weddings for family members and friends, she found it hard to identify vendors equally as focused and attentive. After years of experiencing that frustration first-hand, and hearing from similarly frustrated co-workers and friends, she decided to put her years of experience to work for others, and started her own planning, styling and design firm, Setting the Scene Decor. Her firm specializes in smaller, more intimate events ranging from elopements for 2 to grand events with 150 people. Truth be told, Diane JUST LOVES WEDDINGS! She enjoys meeting and working with couples and can't wait to come up with creative ways to share your personal story and unique personality through design. She admits that there is nothing that excites her more than watching couples enter their fully decorated venue for the first time - and realizing that after months of planning and anticipation, their dreams have finally come true! From formal ceremonies and receptions, to more casual picnics and backyard events - as well as proposals, engagement parties and showers - she can't wait to create that perfect, wow-your-friends, make-your-mother-cry, Instagram-ready setting for your special day!

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