We knew from the very beginning we didn’t want the standard peonies and roses combo. We wanted something unique, memorable, and true to us and the venue we had chosen. Angelena, almost telepathically, knew what we wanted and improved on the vision even further. I am a maximalist by nature and worried I had gone overboard ( it was urban jungle with a reference to botanical illustrations and 19th century art…really out there I know.) I was terrified that it wouldn’t be cohesive. Angelena, with her eye for aesthetic floral arrangements, tied all of it together.

I do art for a day job, and elected do do some diy for budget reasons. I bit far more than I could chew : menus, invitation suites, escort cards, photo booth props/strips, and even animated projection graphics. I was able to send all of this to her for her to reference and she got the visual language IMMEDIATELY. A couple days later, she presented the perfect moodboard, literally her first pass was everything we envisioned.

Our venue also had a magnet wall we were using as a seating chart. By this point I became EXHAUSTED by the overwhelming amount of DIY I put into the escort cards by the designing, fussing over fonts, misprints, reshuffling of seating arrangements and my partner weary from all the glueing, cutting, and tying. We could not think of an effective solution for the “find your seat portion” of the top. We entertained the idea of clear acrylic cut outs on fishing line(very expensive, also the plastic shop I was working with told me my wedding font was too delicate to make it work), laser cut wooden letters on magnets (cheap, but worried about spacing and alignment). Angelena proposed a simple elegant solution: vinyl letters glued on to a strip of faux leather attached to the wall with magnets. It was cost effective and I got to keep my wedding fonts consistent! She also reassured me that she can remove the vinyl lettering and reuse the strip for another wedding(we love to reuse, repurpose, and recycle!)

The whole night guests could not stop commenting on how gorgeous the wedding was. Angelena honestly made all those nights where me and my partner stayed up crafting in tears worth it. Everything felt so intentional and elevated. Despite doing a lot of DIY to save on cost, I feel like I had a wedding worthy of a Pinterest board or wedding magazine.

And Angelena herself is a joy. Patient and responsive, and very passionate about what she does. It is rare when someone automatically just gets your vision and just executes despite how chaotic the creative process and wedding planning can be. I say this from one creative to another, Angelena is a great one, well worth beyond the quote she gave me. 100000/10 service.

I really loved working with Angelena! Shindig was really responsive throughout the process and did an awesome job of translating my want for color and texture (but scant flower knowledge) into beautiful, funky arrangements that went far beyond my expectations. Angelena was really thoughtful throughout the planning and mood board processes, and was accommodating with last minute changes week of when we needed additional boutonnieres and stems for flower girls.

You can't go wrong with this crew! They were just at the right spot of beautiful artistry of flowers without going overboard on my flower budget.

Angelena completely and utterly EXCEEDED my expectations in every way! When we chatted about my big day, she heard my vision and brought it to life! Everything from the ceremony arch, to the bouquets, to the centerpieces...I WILL FOREVER BE BLOWN AWAY!! She is a true artist, and I cannot say enough wonderful things about her beautiful flowers.