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Nicholas Sent on 06/29/2019Leann will make your special day shine!
Leann is not only highly professional, she is a kind and patient person. Leann was calm and collected throughout the entire process and made sure our wedding was smooth and uncomplicated. Shine Events helped us to organize everything! Without Leann and her team, the whole experience would have been far more stressful. Shine Events truly made our wedding beautiful. I cannot recommend Shine Events enough. Leann is undoubtedly one of the most sought after wedding planners in Central Oregon for a reason!Shine Events's reply:
Thank you for your kind words Nicholas! You and Craig are truly wonderful people. Thank you for trusting Shine Events to help and support you through out your wedding planning process, and especially on your big day! -
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Lauren Sent on 06/29/2025Do yourself a favor and hire Shine Events to plan your wedding!
We absolutely ADORED working with Leann. She was everything we could have wanted in a coordinator- calm, professional. knowledgeable, experienced, the list goes on. Our one and only regret in hiring Shine events is that we only hired Leann for the Month of Coordination package and didn't go with the full wedding planning package. Had we known then what we know now- we would have 100% had Leann plan the full wedding. She made us feel completely at ease. We knew without a doubt that she had everything under control. I cannot recommend Leann highly enough! -
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Kyeli Sent on 03/14/2021Could not recommend ENOUGH!
We started planning our dream wedding in January of 2019, and were quickly overwhelmed by the balancing act of navigating so many vendors and details! While we had been able to take on the early stages of planning ourselves, we wanted to bring in a professional for at least the day-of, so we could enjoy every moment of the wedding with our loved ones, stress-free. We sought out Leann's services in July of that year, with the intention that she would be our "Day-Of" coordinator for our July 2020 wedding. Fast forward to March 2020, and everything changed. To say that Leann has gone above and beyond would be an understatement. While a certain level of stress can be expected with wedding planning, the events of the past year have been, and continue to be extraordinarily difficult. Leann has been with us every step of the way during this unprecedented chapter. When we made the decision to postpone, Leann handled every detail, with professionalism and proficiency. She contacted every vendor, including our venue, and reported back to us so we could make informed decisions, without the overwhelm of the back and forth correspondence. This speaks to her organized, detail-oriented nature, and creative approach to problem solving that we have experienced. To every meeting, Leann has brought savvy expertise, guidance, compassion, empathy, and most valued, a sense of calm. She validates every feeling, answers every question, and truly understands our needs. My fiancé and I have now made the difficult decision to postpone our wedding again. While this has resulted in personal feelings of disappointment and heartache, Leann has never let us lose sight of our "why". She is there to remind us that our day WILL happen, and WILL be filled with the joy, excitement, and fun that we have always envisioned. And, once again, she has taken care of every behind the scenes detail. Throughout this process - Leann has taken the time to get to know my fiancé and I, and our families, and leads every meeting with our wishes, hopes, and dreams at the center. She has been both a listening ear and a steadfast advocate. Leann truly cares about her clients, and you feel this every step of the way. We truly cannot recommend Leann and her team at Shine Events enough - this was by far the best decision we could have made (aside from the day that we FINALLY get to say “I Do” 😊).
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Colleen Sent on 08/19/2019
Excellent!
Shine Events and its staff were professional, thoughtful, complete, easy to work with AND they did our flowers which were gorgeous. They coordinated everything and so our wedding was flawless. I highly recommend Shine! -
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Hannah Sent on 05/29/2019The BEST wedding planning decision I made!
Hiring Leann and her team at Shine Events to be part of our big day was hands down the BEST decision I made throughout my year long planning journey. Leann is the best. She goes above and beyond to help you out, asks all the questions (that despite my best planning efforts had forgotten to ask), and made sure every little detail came together perfectly on the day of the wedding. I didn't have to worry about a thing which allowed me to just enjoy all the people who came to the wedding! The Shine Events Team are true professionals and very experienced - don't hesitate to hire them!Shine Events's reply:
Thank you Hannah! I know hiring a planner can be a big decision sometimes, so I'm really glad to hear that you felt it was your BEST one! We really enjoyed you and your families! Best wishes to you and Daniel! -
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Emily Sent on 05/14/201910/10 Great Work!!
Leann was fabulous! Being from Portland we needed the extra hands in prepping the big day on site, and she completely put our worries to rest and crushed our vision. We never had to worry about the vendors and were able to put all faith in her. Would definitely recommend!!!Shine Events's reply:
Thank you Emily! We love taking the stress and worry away! Thanks for trusting Shine Events! Best wishes to you and Zac! -
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Lauren Sent on 11/12/2018You won’t regret hiring Leann!
Planning a wedding can get really stressful, but I was lucky enough to have Leann’s help with her month-of wedding coordination package. It is clear that Leann is very detail-oriented, thinking of so many things I hadn’t even considered and making sure she had a clear understanding of our wedding vision, then executing it perfectly. She had so many fantastic vendor recommendations, and always shared thoughtful insight when I couldn’t make a decision. She met with me the day before the wedding to look at all our wedding decor and took notes on where I wanted everything and how I envisioned it all set up. She totally nailed it the day of, and when there was a minor mishap with some wedding decor she did a flawless job at working around it. I kept waiting for something to go wrong on our wedding day since I knew something was bound to happen, but it went so perfectly, and I attribute the smoothness to Shine Events! Thank you so much, Leann!!Shine Events's reply:
Thanks Lauren, It means the world to us to hear how happy you are with our services! Thank you for trusting us with your wedding day dreams!
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Cheryl Sent on 09/03/2019Helper but definitely not a planner
I really wanted to partner with a local professional and I really felt that $2,900 was a good deal for partial-planning services since I had already procured my vendors and venue. I kept telling myself it would work out and I could pick up the slack. Please note that I did plan from afar so that does have its own challenges. Due to that I should have proceeded with much more caution because I didn't have the time I thought I would on my wedding day.
Well in advance Leann encouraged me to forego much of the DIY I had in mind so I could enjoy my big day. Unfortunately, assisting me with coordinating so I didn't have to to do it myself was not her strong suit. The majority of the package responsibilities are day-of coordination. It became frightfully apparent that Leann didn't know my venue or my vision as my wedding day drew closer. I needed someone that had pulled all the details out of me, coordinated with the vendors and the venue to bring the vision to life on my wedding day... not just show up and get direction from someone else (still not sure who that would have been).
If you need little advice and direction and already have things buttoned up, your venue and vendors know exactly what you want and you just need someone to be your eyes and ears on your special day then this is probably the planning firm for you. Unfortunately I feel that I was not forward enough to get what I needed and turned a blind eye to a lot of red flags that should not have been overlooked.
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