Sandra and her team are truly professional and willing to go the extra mile to make sure you have the wedding you want.
The Full Story:
My wife and I are HUGE DIY people. As such, our wedding was a rather ambitious undertaking. We spent our 2 year engagement to plan, craft and organize our wedding. The week of, we loaded a 10' moving truck and headed to the private estate we rented for the entire weekend (so we would have extra time to set up).
After a full day and a half of set up, our wedding went off without a hitch! What people don't realize is that no matter how much you plan, and prepare, SOMETHING will always happen...and if it wasn't for Sandra, our dream wedding would have not had any lighting at all. Heres the story:
As much of a god send Sandra was, she was a "last-minute" addition to our wedding. Our original day of coordinator cancelled on us and referred us to Sandra about a month before our wedding. We agreed things were pretty well in-hand, and decided to just meet up the day before during set up. Sandra was there bright and early
and jumped right in. Our group of family and friends are all DIY-ers as well, so things went pretty smoothly (considering the length of our to-do list), until it was time to set up the lights...Our plan was to string market lights above the reception to light the outdoor seating area and dance floor. At about 3pm, we had the posts up, and lights were being strung, then all of a sudden, the wire snapped!
We went to fix it, and ANOTHER wire snapped. panic started to set in as we tried to trouble shoot ways to keep the lights up...by 8pm, we had made no progress. All the while, Sandra had been doing walk throughs and errands for my wife, and was unaware of the problem, but when I went to tell them, she knew what to do. She called up a contact from Long Beach (who did outdoor lighting as a profession) that happened to be in the area and was able to enlist his help when everyone else was closed. He was there within half an hour.
9pm...The situation was assessed and a plan was in motion. He needed to pick up a few things at home depot, so he and Sandra went off...10pm, no word...then at 11:30 I get a call from Sandra saying she is on the way and apologized profusely as there was a potentially fatal incident.
When she got back, her contact strung up a heavy rope that was out of the way and the lights not only stayed up, but were perfectly placed!
I found out later that her contact had diabetes and had a minor blood sugar attack. They needed to go to in-and-out burger where he scarfed down 2 double-doubles and fries...sat for a while...then were back in business! Sandra stayed past mid-night to make sure we were OK and ready for the big day.
I will NEVER forget how smoothly and calmly Sandra handled the entire situation. While still taking into consideration, our vision, budget and timeline. She kept making sure we were OK with anything that was suggested or decided on. If we weren't for any reason, she would think of another solution. She could have easily contacted a local rental company to have lamps brought in, but that wasn't in the cards for my wife...instead, she understood the situation, read the cards and played the best hand she could. And it was excellent.
The Day-Of she was there bright and early and ON-POINT! With her son and his girlfriend, the 3 of them were consistently where we needed them to be, right when we needed them, not a second before and not a second too long.
Today is actually our 1 year anniversary. Thinking back on the stress and overwhelming situation we had gotten ourselves into, we would not have traded Sandra for 10 extra helpers...She truly did Save our wedding.
Sandra and her team are truly professional, fun and willing to go the extra mile to make sure you have the wedding you want.
I would definitely recommend them if you are in need of any help with your wedding. -Lydia & Kirk (Los Angeles, CA)
The Full Story:
My wife and I are HUGE DIY people. As such, our wedding was a rather ambitious undertaking. We spent our 2 year engagement to plan, craft and organize our wedding. The week of, we loaded a 10' moving truck and headed to the private estate we rented for the entire weekend (so we would have extra time to set up).
After a full day and a half of set up, our wedding went off without a hitch! What people don't realize is that no matter how much you plan, and prepare, SOMETHING will always happen...and if it wasn't for Sandra, our dream wedding would have not had any lighting at all. Heres the story:
As much of a god send Sandra was, she was a "last-minute" addition to our wedding. Our original day of coordinator cancelled on us and referred us to Sandra about a month before our wedding. We agreed things were pretty well in-hand, and decided to just meet up the day before during set up. Sandra was there bright and early
and jumped right in. Our group of family and friends are all DIY-ers as well, so things went pretty smoothly (considering the length of our to-do list), until it was time to set up the lights...Our plan was to string market lights above the reception to light the outdoor seating area and dance floor. At about 3pm, we had the posts up, and lights were being strung, then all of a sudden, the wire snapped!
We went to fix it, and ANOTHER wire snapped. panic started to set in as we tried to trouble shoot ways to keep the lights up...by 8pm, we had made no progress. All the while, Sandra had been doing walk throughs and errands for my wife, and was unaware of the problem, but when I went to tell them, she knew what to do. She called up a contact from Long Beach (who did outdoor lighting as a profession) that happened to be in the area and was able to enlist his help when everyone else was closed. He was there within half an hour.
9pm...The situation was assessed and a plan was in motion. He needed to pick up a few things at home depot, so he and Sandra went off...10pm, no word...then at 11:30 I get a call from Sandra saying she is on the way and apologized profusely as there was a potentially fatal incident.
When she got back, her contact strung up a heavy rope that was out of the way and the lights not only stayed up, but were perfectly placed!
I found out later that her contact had diabetes and had a minor blood sugar attack. They needed to go to in-and-out burger where he scarfed down 2 double-doubles and fries...sat for a while...then were back in business! Sandra stayed past mid-night to make sure we were OK and ready for the big day.
I will NEVER forget how smoothly and calmly Sandra handled the entire situation. While still taking into consideration, our vision, budget and timeline. She kept making sure we were OK with anything that was suggested or decided on. If we weren't for any reason, she would think of another solution. She could have easily contacted a local rental company to have lamps brought in, but that wasn't in the cards for my wife...instead, she understood the situation, read the cards and played the best hand she could. And it was excellent.
The Day-Of she was there bright and early and ON-POINT! With her son and his girlfriend, the 3 of them were consistently where we needed them to be, right when we needed them, not a second before and not a second too long.
Today is actually our 1 year anniversary. Thinking back on the stress and overwhelming situation we had gotten ourselves into, we would not have traded Sandra for 10 extra helpers...She truly did Save our wedding.
Sandra and her team are truly professional, fun and willing to go the extra mile to make sure you have the wedding you want.
I would definitely recommend them if you are in need of any help with your wedding. -Lydia & Kirk (Los Angeles, CA)
I don't know how to accurately express how great Sandy is, but I will try to express my gratitude.
My fiance and I will be eternally grateful for what she did for us on our wedding day.
She was not only an amazing day-of coordinator, but an even better wedding planner.
There will always be stress, worries, obstacles when planning a wedding, but without Sandy, there is NO WAY we could've handled these issues on our own.
Whenever an issue came up, whether it was venue issues, flower problems, budget stress, Sandy handled each and every obstacle that came our way with ease and confidence.
Seeing Sandy so calm and determined to solve the problem made me feel comfortable and a little less stressed. Knowing she was there to solve the problem was such a great feeling. From day one, she was on top of everything, from the venue search to the very last wedding day details. I cant stress enough how much Sandy was there to help.
My fiance and I work full-time, and it was very hard for us to get anything done during the week.
That is where Sandy went above and beyond for us. We didn't have to ask, Sandy volunteered to do certain tasks for us when we could not, and for that we will always be grateful.
On the day of our Wedding, Sandy was literally Wonder-woman.
If there were any issues on that day, I had NO idea. That day was perfect in every way, I truly believe it's because she was there to make it that way.
I thank her for keeping my inner Bridezilla at bay. =) Im sure my husband is grateful for that as well.
Sandy also helped with our flower arrangements. She spent most of the day before with my bridesmaids arranging those flowers, and I can tell you that it was NOT easy, but she made it happen and on the day of the wedding those centerpieces were amazing and literally one of the highlights of my wedding.
I had the wedding of my dreams. I have many people to thank for that, but there is no possible way that it would have happened without her. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank Sandy for all that she did prior to the wedding and on the day of.
I would highly recommend her to any Bride, any day! We love her. -Denise & Erik (Santa Clarita, CA)
My fiance and I will be eternally grateful for what she did for us on our wedding day.
She was not only an amazing day-of coordinator, but an even better wedding planner.
There will always be stress, worries, obstacles when planning a wedding, but without Sandy, there is NO WAY we could've handled these issues on our own.
Whenever an issue came up, whether it was venue issues, flower problems, budget stress, Sandy handled each and every obstacle that came our way with ease and confidence.
Seeing Sandy so calm and determined to solve the problem made me feel comfortable and a little less stressed. Knowing she was there to solve the problem was such a great feeling. From day one, she was on top of everything, from the venue search to the very last wedding day details. I cant stress enough how much Sandy was there to help.
My fiance and I work full-time, and it was very hard for us to get anything done during the week.
That is where Sandy went above and beyond for us. We didn't have to ask, Sandy volunteered to do certain tasks for us when we could not, and for that we will always be grateful.
On the day of our Wedding, Sandy was literally Wonder-woman.
If there were any issues on that day, I had NO idea. That day was perfect in every way, I truly believe it's because she was there to make it that way.
I thank her for keeping my inner Bridezilla at bay. =) Im sure my husband is grateful for that as well.
Sandy also helped with our flower arrangements. She spent most of the day before with my bridesmaids arranging those flowers, and I can tell you that it was NOT easy, but she made it happen and on the day of the wedding those centerpieces were amazing and literally one of the highlights of my wedding.
I had the wedding of my dreams. I have many people to thank for that, but there is no possible way that it would have happened without her. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank Sandy for all that she did prior to the wedding and on the day of.
I would highly recommend her to any Bride, any day! We love her. -Denise & Erik (Santa Clarita, CA)
"My husband and I were recently married on June 27th, 2013 and we had the pleasure of having Sandy coordinate our special day. We had planned our entire wedding but quickly realized that we needed someone to coordinate the event. We met with Sandy a few months prior to the wedding and she was able to give us a proper timeline of what our wedding day was going to look like. These meetings also enabled us to have a better perspective on particular areas that we had still not finalized, such as ceremony order, bridal party, and minute details. She is a very organized person, taking notes of each meeting that we had and sending us the transcripts. Throughout our meetings she was always quick to suggest ideas and recommendations.
We gave Sandy a list of our vendors and she was able to communicate with them to ensure that our wedding day would run smoothly. Our rehearsal was the day before the wedding and unfortunately there were issues with our venue and setup time. However, Sandy was able to facilitate all of the preparations while still allowing time for her to coordinate our rehearsal within a limited time-frame!
Our wedding day was absolutely gorgeous! Everything that my husband and I had envisioned was properly executed, and Sandy ensured that our venue staff and vendors were proficient and timely.As difficult as following a schedule can be, Sandy was able to coordinate the wedding within our predetermined timeline!
It was an absolute joy working with Sandy! She made us feel comfortable and stress-free, allowing us to truly enjoy our wedding and guests! If there were any issues on our wedding day, my husband and I have no knowledge of them because Sandy handled everything effortlessly. This is a testament to Sandy's expertise and overall passion for wedding coordinating!" -Melissa & Rene (Redlands, CA)
We gave Sandy a list of our vendors and she was able to communicate with them to ensure that our wedding day would run smoothly. Our rehearsal was the day before the wedding and unfortunately there were issues with our venue and setup time. However, Sandy was able to facilitate all of the preparations while still allowing time for her to coordinate our rehearsal within a limited time-frame!
Our wedding day was absolutely gorgeous! Everything that my husband and I had envisioned was properly executed, and Sandy ensured that our venue staff and vendors were proficient and timely.As difficult as following a schedule can be, Sandy was able to coordinate the wedding within our predetermined timeline!
It was an absolute joy working with Sandy! She made us feel comfortable and stress-free, allowing us to truly enjoy our wedding and guests! If there were any issues on our wedding day, my husband and I have no knowledge of them because Sandy handled everything effortlessly. This is a testament to Sandy's expertise and overall passion for wedding coordinating!" -Melissa & Rene (Redlands, CA)
"When we look back on our wedding day I do not know what we would have done without Sandy by our side. It was one of the most precious events in my life and probably would have been the most overwhelming had we not hired Sandy to coordinate our special day. She has a motherly way of making you feel as if you have nothing to worry about because she has it all under control. She is a natural born leader who is ready to take charge without being overbearing. You can tell in the way she carries herself that she has splendid taste and is up to date on the latest trends.
It was a pleasure working with Sandy. She will truly make you feel as if you were family, looking out for your needs and requests. Our own family was even impressed with the way she handled our event. They kept commenting on what a wonderful job she was doing. We have recommended her and will continue to recommend her services always."
-Monique & Juan Carlos (Santa Barbara , CA)
It was a pleasure working with Sandy. She will truly make you feel as if you were family, looking out for your needs and requests. Our own family was even impressed with the way she handled our event. They kept commenting on what a wonderful job she was doing. We have recommended her and will continue to recommend her services always."
-Monique & Juan Carlos (Santa Barbara , CA)
"We were extremely happy with Sandy’s wedding services! The center pieces and décor were beautiful! I did not have to worry about anything on the day of, which is exactly what I needed on such a busy day. When I got to the venue my jaw dropped with how beautiful the reception and dinner was.
The entire process was a pleasant experience, from day one she was excited to hear about the engagement and wanted to get an idea of what our style as a couple was. It was nice to use her services because my husband and I both work full time jobs so we did not have much time for the small details. She offered many suggestions and solutions to some of my very specific requests. She made both the rehearsal dinner and our wedding exactly what we had envisioned. Her enthusiasm for weddings is what makes her the great planner that she is. You can tell this is her passion as it shows through in her work. We would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking for help during this busy time." -Griselda & Warren (Ventura, CA)
The entire process was a pleasant experience, from day one she was excited to hear about the engagement and wanted to get an idea of what our style as a couple was. It was nice to use her services because my husband and I both work full time jobs so we did not have much time for the small details. She offered many suggestions and solutions to some of my very specific requests. She made both the rehearsal dinner and our wedding exactly what we had envisioned. Her enthusiasm for weddings is what makes her the great planner that she is. You can tell this is her passion as it shows through in her work. We would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone looking for help during this busy time." -Griselda & Warren (Ventura, CA)
"We could not have done our wedding without Sandy! God was so gracious to allow me to meet her just weeks before the big day. Each time we met, she helped make and solidify plans while also putting me at ease. I can truly say I did not worry about one single thing on my wedding day, because I knew Sandy was there taking care of everything. There are SO many things that must be done on the day of, but all I worried about was taking in the blessing and joy of marrying my best friend. My husband loved her because he never got to meet the bridezilla in me... He didn't have to! We would recommend Sandy to anyone who wants professional, detailed, and loving help for their special day."
-Jackie & Jason (Malibu, CA)
-Jackie & Jason (Malibu, CA)
