Working with Michelle was one of the best decisions we made in planning our wedding celebration. As someone planning a more low-key celebration, I was initially hesitant about hiring a planner. Michelle demonstrated right away that she was worth every single penny. She is organized, diligent, responsive and on top of it, a very warm, kind person (I challenge you not to want to be her friend after working with her). Thanks to Michelle, everything went beyond smooth at our event, and best of all, our faith in her allowed us to be fully present to enjoy our celebration. She truly went above and beyond, handling details I had not considered (like storing gifts) and I'm sure many other logistics that I'll never know about. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She truly is the best.
My wife & I initially chose Michelle because she had some experience planning a wedding similar in style to ours - so we chatted with her and several other planners - and almost instantly when talking to Michelle knew she had her stuff together. Michelle helped us set up venue tours, compile potential catering options & equipment rental suggestions - then once we had our spot picked she flew up from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area, having curated a special day where wed do our tasting with our caterer, an on site review of our venue with all parties involved, etc. It was perfect. As we dropped her off at airport that night, we thought, this is going to be perfect. And it was planned perfectly. Then the pandemic hit. Michelle calmed us down, helped us get our deposits back, and managed the relationships with the vendors we had worked so hard to choose. Time went on, knowing that wed have to wait for it to be safe for some of our family members to fly cross county before we could try again. We called her excited one day about an idea we had - a micro wedding, very intimate, in Joshua Tree. I know she was thinking youre crazy, itll be 110 degrees, who are you going to get to cater for you, etc but she matched our level of excitement and told us were going to make it happen. And she did. She did make it happen. She worked with some of our original vendors, including the caterer we fell in love with, and they all drove out to Joshua Tree. I dont use this word much but it was truly magical. Michelle actually officiated our wedding beautifully, and what was supposed to be a normal wedding took THREE YEARS of planning and unplanning and planning and if that isnt professionalism and really going the extra hundred miles for your client, I dont know what is. Michelle was the best wedding planner we could have asked for. 11/10 - more of a life coach and a friend now.
After Michelle planned our event, we decided that we want her to plan everything else in our lives! From the very beginning, we felt like we had a team that was committed to every single detail and committed to providing us with the vision we had in mind. Midway through planning, I requested a complete theme shift and she handled it with grace. She found hard to find vendors, identified new ones as needed, and kept me abreast of everything going on without making me feel overwhelmed with details. Michelle also had the unenviable task of dealing with many difficult personalities, including a family member who wanted to be the planner herself. By the time it was all said and done, she had turned a doubter into a believer! I strongly recommend that you hire Michelle to plan your wedding, baby shower, vow renewal, ANYTHING you want to be special and beautiful.
"Destination weddings are beautiful, exotic and easy in theory, but in reality, they pose a whole host of logistical challenges. While our hotel provided us with a "wedding consultant", we are grateful to have had the services of Ms. Michelle Newson of Onederland Events on the most important day of our lives. We ran into a few problems with the hotel and Michelle swooped in, and imposed a calm and sense of order that allowed us to truly enjoy our friends and family and have a memorable and beautiful event. Detailed-oriented, personable and lovely in nature, Michelle is truly a OnederWoman. My husband and I are forever grateful!"
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