Sydney Camille Events

Where do I even begin?! I hired Lauren to be my wedding planner just before COVID. I already had my venue and I had a very clear vision for my wedding. As a former event planner myself, I had high expectations for this aspect of my wedding.

Throughout one postponement and over 2 years of planning, Lauren met every single expectation. I expected the quality service that she and her team delivered, but what I didn't expect was the friendship I would gain along the way.

Beyond being professional, available, well-connected, up to date about event restrictions in the Bay Area, and knowledgeable about vendors, Lauren is one of the kindest souls I have ever encountered. She perfectly balances a "get it done" attitude with care and grace. To say that Lauren kept me sane throughout the crazy process of planning a wedding would be an understatement. She made the stressful process FUN. I almost want to plan another wedding so I have an excuse to text her incessantly again...

My husband and I decided to hire Sydney Camille Events for our wedding (we did the month of package) and we are so glad that we did! There are so many things about SCE that made our special day worry free. From our first meeting with Christa, we knew that she was going to be an amazing planner based on her outgoing personality, excitement and honesty of wedding planning. We provided her with our initial vision, discussed different budget options, ideas and loved how she was completely realistic and attentive to our needs.

As our special day approached, we worked very closely with Christa on finalizing all the fine details of our wedding day and rehearsal dinner (vendors, etc). A week before the event, we heavily monitored the weather and were completely bummed when we realized rain was very likely for our ceremony under the redwoods. Just when panic set in, Christa reminded us "it's good luck to rain on your wedding day". Christa's absolute cheery and calm demeanor assured us that our day would not be ruined despite the rain. She helped us come up with a contingency plan and jumped right into action, making phone calls to different rental companies looking for a tent and helped to secure one very last minute. When we were ordering every clear bubble umbrella in a 50 mile radius, she was very kind to pick up additional ones near her home. There wasn't anything she wasn't willing to do.

Once our wedding weekend started, Christa's amazing multi-tasking skills, organization and attention to detail came into play. She assisted with our rehearsal, making it run smoothly and completely stress free. She put my mom's worry to rest and had the rehearsal dinner set up beautifully.

On our wedding day, Christa and her assistant worked their wedding magic. They turned our vision into more than we could have imagined. From the gorgeous set up of the tent, to the decor in the reception hall, dessert table, welcome table etc, we were quite impressed and in awe when we saw it for the first time.

So many people complimented us on how smoothly our event went and that is a true testament to Christa's amazing professionalism, planning, and coordination. We absolutely adore Christa, and would love to work with her again for future events. We wish we could give her 1000 stars!!

Me and partner finally had our wedding after 2 date changes and 1 venue change, and Lauren was with us through it all. She was always very responsive, super patient with all of our questions (and we had a lot of questions!), and really helped us navigate the whole process of choosing vendors, booking rentals, etc etc. She was also very respectful of our wedding budget, which we truly appreciated.

As for the day of, she and her team were amazing -- they knew exactly where all of our homemade decorations should go, set up our tables, even arranged some impromptu bridesmaids/bridal bouquets for our wedding photos because our flower delivery was nowhere in sight! They were seriously prepared for anything - even had bug spray for us when mosquitoes unexpectedly came out, and helped do a last minute alcohol run when they realized we were running low! So many of our guests commented on how smoothly the wedding went and how enjoyable and on-time the ceremony was. My partner and I had more fun than we even thought we could on our wedding day, and a large part of that is because we had zero wedding planning stress with Lauren and her team looking out for us.

Looking back, I'm so glad we decided to get a wedding planner, and that we got the opportunity to work with Lauren for our special day :) She's seriously a superwoman.