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Glow Event Design

Glow Event Design

San Francisco, CA
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    Kara Sent on 11/02/2017
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    The team at Glow Event Design is absolutely phenomenal!!! We worked with Glow as our month-of coordinators for our wedding and they absolutely killed it!! This team was so amazing that I find myself looking for excuses to throw other events just so I can use them again!
    When we started out the search, we were looking for a day-of coordinator, but Glow talked to us about how important it was to have a “month-of” coordinator because coordinating a wedding is much more involved than just day-of activities...we are SO glad we listened! Glow took over all vendor communication 6 weeks before our wedding and that turned out to be a lifesaver and significantly reduced our stress! We got married at the Flood Mansion which is a venue that has a lot of rules and provides nothing but the venue - meaning there is A LOT of coordination necessary to ensure all of the vendors (and the event itself) are set up for success. This team did more than just set everyone up for success - they saw it through with flawless execution. Our wedding day was literally 100% perfect!! Everything ran smoothly and according to the timeline we had defined together - we didn’t have to worry about a single thing on our wedding day and we really felt taken care of. Glow went above and beyond to ensure that we actually ate that day and were literally no more than a stone’s throw away if there was ANYTHING we needed. Needless to say, they exceeded our expectations - not to mention Bari and Christina have awesome personalities and are fun to be around :)
    Bari and Christina were completely professional throughout the entire process and even in situations where we were stressed, they remained completely calm and handled everything. We didn’t have a wedding planner but had we known Glow was going to execute the way they did, we would have used them to plan the entire wedding, not just for month-of coordination. I highly recommend this team and you should use them if you want your wedding day to be perfect.
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    Eric Sent on 05/26/2014
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    Christina and Lauren did a fabulous job on our wedding at Thomas Fogarty Winery. From the get-go, it was clear that they were very familiar with the venue, which enabled them to come up with suggestions to complement our ideas. They helped us find vendors and kept on top of us to make sure we were taking care of all the details that needed attention.

    And, of course, in the final week they were able to coordinate with, and sometimes corral, various vendors and other parties into making our event turn out perfectly, all while being practically invisible at the event itself. Given the amount of coordination that this involved, I'm still amazed nearly two months later.

    Furthermore, they did it with smiles the entire time. Highly recommended. Thanks guys!
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    Patty Sent on 10/29/2013
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    Christina was a delight to work with and very professional. We are on the East Coast and our daughter's wedding was in California. Christina made it so easy for us to communicate with her long distance and always provided us with detailed information weekly or daily as we got closer to the event and kept us informed with updated timelines and "to do lists". She listened to our ideas for the wedding and her presentations reflected them perfectly, and when needed she made her recommendations to us which were always appreciated and implemented often. Her knowledge of the local vendors was extremely helpful and she worked with all of them directly constantly updating all of us with contract details, schedules, and making sure they all were there on the day of the wedding. It made our life a lot easier and less stressful. The wedding was perfect and gorgeous and Christina made it look so easy. It was terrific traveling across the country knowing that all the details have been addressed and taken care of by Christina so that we would enjoy the wedding without the stress or worries. Many of our guests said it was the best wedding they had ever been to and we think so too!
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    B Sent on 01/14/2013
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    Christina did an amazing job planning our wedding, even on relatively short notice. Christina put as at ease with the process, and quickly got us on track for an amazing Fall wedding at the Carneros Inn.

    We initially thought we would plan the wedding ourselves, but after a few venue visits, we decided it would make sense–and help us keep our sanity–if we hired a wedding planner. Christina was the top candidate and we hired her on the spot. She was that perfect combination of personable and professional. And while we were concerned about the additional cost of hiring a planner, it was well worth the investment and probably saved us at least an equal amount in other wedding costs.

    Through a combination of in-person meetings, calls, and emails, Christina helped keep the planning process on track, but without putting much burden or stress on us. Her experience really came through as she handled the details and coordinated the vendors. We made the big picture decisions, and she took care of the rest. One particularly helpful thing Christina provided was her checklist reminders of things to do, and by when. These were not the 200-plus item lists you get from wedding websites; these were the points that really mattered. Had we stuck with our initial plan to do the wedding ourselves, I am sure many of the important little details would have fallen through the cracks.

    When the wedding arrived, Christina and her assistant, Megan, could not have made things any easier for us. They had everything organized and ready to go, did an amazing job anticipating what else we might want or need, and had this uncanny ability to instantly materialize when we needed them. Although we could not control the weather for our outdoor ceremony—it looked like it was going to rain—they had several backup plans in place. (Turned out we had the outdoor ceremony.)

    Whether for a wedding or any other event that you are planning, you would be crazy not to hire Christina.
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    Yvette Sent on 08/12/2012
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    Christina at Glow Event Design recently worked with us on our 7/20/12 wedding at Thomas Fogarty Winery in Woodside, CA.
    We wanted to choose our wedding coordinator very carefully considering we had a good idea of what we wanted for our day, we just needed someone to make sure it all came together seamlessly. After meeting with Christina, we immediately knew she was the right person for the job. Her personality clicked perfectly with us and she came to the initial consultation prepared with samples and "mood boards" from other weddings she'd done.
    Through the entire planning process, Christina was very involved and provided excellent guidance. She provided us with visuals of our ideas, insight into hiring other wedding vendors, and joined us for things like the food tastings and venue walkthroughs.
    When it was finally time for our big day, we felt confident that everything would go smoothly. The day of our wedding was in fact perfect. Everything went exactly as planned and we had the best day of our lives.

    I would highly recommend Christina for her services. She provides a very hands on approach to wedding coordination, excellent communication, and delivering on what is promised.

    Thanks again for all your hard work Christina!

    Chris & Yvette
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    D Sent on 01/10/2012
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    Christina Millikin of Glow Event Design is a warm, highly skilled and creative wedding planner. I was just married a few weeks ago, and I worked with her for about 8 months to go from a few vague ideas to the beautiful and picture perfect ceremony and reception. Christina is an excellent listener, and helped me stay focused during the times I felt overwhelmed with choices and tasks. Her upbeat and mellow personality soothed me considerably during the times I felt unsure of what to do next.

    She helped me pick a great wedding venue, and an excellent photographer and DJ, and she coordinated all the services, even getting one-day insurance and wrangling extension cords. I found her bridal time-line and budget management services truly essential. Her event design idea worked very well and she helped my florist and caterer work together for a custom made cake topper. Always professional and prompt, I counted on Christina to get things done and she never let me down. I truly enjoyed my wedding day because I had nothing to worry about, thanks to Glow Event Design!
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    Susan Sent on 12/17/2011
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    Christina's eye for design and seamless day-of-coordination blew away any and all expectations I had for my wedding. When we began working together, she put together a beautiful mood presentation featuring the autumnal colors and feel I'd requested and honoring my request to feature leaves, corn, peppers, etc., rather than the traditional flowers. I'd had vague ideas and she translated them into a lush display of fall foliage.

    She was a wonderful liaison between me and the florist and never hesitated to communicate my nitpicking changes! As we got near the date, she confirmed all the times with my vendors and put together a detailed day-of schedule. We were expecting rain, and Christina put together a full backup decor plan in case we held our ceremony in the Plan B location. As it turned out, it rained the day prior to our wedding, and Christina made sure to have me to test the lawn for dampness and sign off on going ahead with Plan A!

    The wedding was more beautiful than I had possibly imagined--I couldn't believe my ideas had been turned into such a magical setting. Thanks to Christina, I didn't have to worry about a thing on the day of -- and she had great reminders, tips and tricks for lots of spur of the moment issues like drying off the bouquets and how to best tie a shawl with a dress.

    I couldn't recommend Christina more wholeheartedly. My wedding would not have been the same without her.
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    Cary Sent on 09/28/2011
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    I cannot adequately describe how amazing Christina and her team at Glow Event Design have been.

    My fiance and I were going to plan our Big Sur wedding on our own, but realized that planning a destination wedding several hours from our home and across the country from our families was much more work than we had thought. It turns out my fiance and I are "big picture" people, and we were losing a lot in the details and logistics.

    Truly, from the moment we started working with Christina everything seemed to fall into place. Of course, this is because she worked her butt of getting us organized and all of our vendors on the same page, but to me it felt effortless and happened almost over night.

    What actually impressed me the most about Christina was sent me my “mood board” and a series of other images that were her interpretation of a casual conversation we had about how I envisioned our wedding. Let me tell you — she blew my mind. Somehow, Christina was able to distill and elevate my ramblings about “natural beauty” and “ocean colors” into something truly amazing. It clearly took a lot of time, but more than that, it showed me that really listened to me and understood (perhaps better than I did myself) what I hoped our wedding could be like.

    As for the wedding itself? well it was the best day of my life:) Christina kept everything organized and on time behind the scenes so that all my husband and I had to do was enjoy ourselves and guests -- and boy did we:)

    Thank you, Christina! May everyone else be lucky enough to have a Christina to guide you through your wedding planning:)
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    Blythe Sent on 09/29/2011
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    Christina is creative, organized, and responsive. Nothing seemed to throw her ... even when the officiant didn't show up for the rehearsal. Christina ran it herself. She also kept her cool when another vendor was uncooperative. Nothing got in the way of pulling off a perfect event and we have Christina to thank.
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    Freddie Sent on 02/06/2012
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    I don't know where to start, I have so much to say but don't want to
    take up to much time and make this too long and drawn out, but I want
    to address my experience that I had working with Christina M and
    Lynsey as my wedding planners with Glow event design.
    Before I decided to get a wedding planner I just knew that my daughter
    (which was at the time 3 months pregnant) and I could pull this
    wedding off by ourselves...I mean how hard could it be? Not!! Think
    again!! My daughter and I were attending almost every wedding fair we
    could squeeze in every weekend. I had gathered so much information,
    books, flyers and papers it was ridiculous. I didn't even know where
    to begin or what questions to ask to help me begin. So I started
    sifting through the wedding planner information I had collected. I
    called Glow Event Design and made an appointment with Christina M (my
    daughter, granddaughter, and I) met her at Starbucks to sit down and
    make some sense out of this catastrophe I had going on in my
    brain....I know that I was driving my soon-to-be-husband crazy...lol!!
    The good thing is he never said a word!!
    Christina M and I talked, she was so helpful and polite, she catered
    to my every need that day and I had not even hired her yet! She
    answered all my questions and she even took time out to chat with my
    granddaughter.
    Christina M had already put a packet together from just a bit of
    information that she had collected from me earlier. As I sat there
    listening to her give me ideas and trying to keep as close to my given
    budget as she possibly could. In my mind I already knew that I was
    going to hire her...She is so knowledgeable and full of energy...I
    just loved her ideas and energy flow! After that meeting that day I
    was so relieved....She was so full of information about every idea I
    mentioned to her.she had pictures of ideas so that I could get an
    idea of what she was talking about.
    So over the next few months she kept me on schedule by phone, email
    you name it.whatever it took! She made the reception, florist,
    Pastor, cake, all vendors and the caterer (caterer calls were not
    pretty) but she handled everything very professionally and kept
    everything on budget and plan as she said she would.
    The day of the wedding Lynsey stood in for Christina M (because she
    had a prior engagement). Everything was fabulous, the wedding started
    on-time. The Reception was out of this world...I didn't have to worry
    about anything not ONCE. My day was perfect! The next day I spoke to
    my daughter Lynsey had instructed the staff to pack up all requested
    item and have them ready to be picked up. She even saved two pieces of
    cake for our 1st wedding anniversary.
    I'm sorry I was trying not to make this long but I just couldn't
    explain how delightful EVENT GLOW DESIGN was in helping plan my perfect
    day!! And because of Event Glow Design it was indeed a perfect day!!
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    Kelda Sent on 10/13/2011
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    I worked with Christina on my August 2011 wedding in San Francisco & am so glad I did! She was such a valuable resource....I could not have done it without her.

    A few highlights: Christina offered helpful vendor recommendations, many of which I used; she has built the most useful bridal check-list I've seen; she provided great consult on timing / schedule for the big day; she is highly organized and at every meeting I felt like my event was a priority to her; she ran the rehearsal and organized day-of set up and tear down.

    Her design background and impeccable taste were also put to use in an event design presentation she put together for us. Christina was able to take my thoughts, concepts and crazy brainstorms and distill them down to pictures of elements appropriate (and within budget) for my wedding day. The presentation became a cornerstone to guide our event aesthetic, rentals and flower choices.

    If you're thinking about working with Christina, take the plunge! You won't regret it. :) Here is a link to our wedding photos if you'd like to see Christina's handiwork: http://stonecrandall.com/#1993982/Eric-Kelda-wedding