Milestone Events By Kristy

Kimberly Clapso & Justin McFadden
Married May 22, 2010

When my husband and I set our wedding date, we had decided to do the entire wedding planning and coordination ourselves. However, when we found out how stressful and time consuming the entire process was, we decided to employ Kristy's services (after extensive research and interviews).

Within the first week, Kristy had sent over an itemized budget, list of local venues with prices, contact information for all vendors, as well as a ton of other information that we didn't even know that we needed. She found us a 5 star venue that we didn't even bother looking at because we assumed it was out of our price range, but they were running a special if you booked by the end of June 2009. It looked like we spent 2 or 3 times more money than we actually did. We literally could not have planned the wedding without her, she was amazing (even though our wedding was almost 2,000 miles from where she lives).

The day of the wedding, we felt like guests in the best way imaginable. Neither of us had to lift so much as a finger (much less speak to a vendor). Everything was so perfectly smooth and organized. When we were getting quotes for wedding planners, Kristy was SIGNIFICANTLY lower than anyone else, so we assumed that we were "getting what we paid for", but it was quite the opposite. We felt a little guilty for all of the time and effort that she was putting into our wedding. I cannot have imagined our day going any better.

There were 3 vendors at our wedding that I couldn't have done it without, and Kristy is at the top of that list. We are the people who always say that we are going to write a letter (either to complain or compliment), but we never do. However, we have never done anything with which the choice of vendors weighed so heavily on the outcome of the event. Getting married is the largest and single most special event that most people will ever experience in their lifetime, and the planner/coordinator is in charge of running it all. There was no one at our wedding more organized or caring than Kristy. I can confidently refer her to any new bride-to-be.

Email me if you have any questions or would like referalls for any other vendors. Our photographer was referred to us from a couple that we met at a party, and he was amazing too! (EPProStudio.com) You can go to that website and see pictures from our big day!

Sincerely,
Kimberly McFadden
Burley17@aol.com

My experience w/ Milestone events was amazing! Kristy was not only a sweetheart but professional, organized, detail-oriented, and supportive. Before meeting Kristy, I felt overwhelmed, and was unable to really enjoy the whole wedding process. Once I met Kristy, she was able to put me at ease and I knew things would work out. For example, I had seen these beautiful wedding invitation that were out of my budget ($5 over, per invite to be exact), and she was able to find exactly what I wanted for half the price! She really has been great to work w/, and I truly appreciate all she’s done to make my wedding experience wonderful! Thank you again to Milestone Events!

Lucretia

Let me first start by saying planning a wedding can be a stressful time, especially if all the details are disorganized. The last thing any couple wants to do is haggle over particulars and obsess over details. And finding Kristy was a miracle come true. She is the type of wedding planner that can take care of any item, no matter how small. Since she knows the couple’s price range, she can weed out any vendor who doesn’t fall within the confines of the bride and groom’s budget. In addition, she'll know the happy couple’s likes and dislikes and will make sure even the most minor details are perfect.

She also had a perfectly acceptable time line. Any newly engaged couple can be overwhelmed with thoughts of what to do first and how far in advance it should be handled. Since she’s done this many times before, she knows the proper sequence of events and how they should be handled.

Any couple who is considering hiring a wedding planner should definitely consider the services by Milestones By Kristy. Her services were so extrordinary that my mom actually used her again for my baby shower. I've gotten so many compliments over my 2 occasions and we cant take credit for everything. Kristy really helped make it all happen. Her quality of service, flexibility, responsiveness are by all means with the upmost professionalism. She not only does event planning for a living but she cares about her clients. And with this is i highly recommend her for all event planning occasions.

I pretty much decided to do all the planning on my own to save money but as the day neared I was becoming overwhelmed and the coordinator at the wedding venue was not being responsive. After going through 5-6 different vendors I went with Kristy for the Day of Planning option. Kristy was by far the best value and most flexible when compared to other planners in my price range. Even though I only went with the day of package, Kristy went above and beyond by helping me get my cake and bridal flowers last minute. She actually brought my flowers to the wedding herself so I didn't have to pay for the shipping. I only sent her pictures of what I was looking for and she nailed it. Her participation also got my coordinator start working. It was just a big help before and during the wedding to have her there taking care of all the decorations and such. I would recommend her especially if you were on a tight budget like I was. It's definitely worth it! She also knows a lot of local vendors and can help you get some reasonable prices as well.

Hi,
We used Kristy as our day of wedding coordinator. I met with her 6 months in advance of the wedding, and she was with us from start to finish, despite her only being hired for day of services. Of course, a day of coordinator needs to know what is going on long in advance of the actual day, so Kristy, understanding that, began consultations with us from an early start.

Kristy was able to point out to us a number of issues we hadn't thought of, and really helped us in some areas she wasn't technically hired to help with, such as our transportation and last minute lighting (which really saved us BIG TIME!).

The wedding day turned out flawlessly. Seriously. Many brides have fears that a caterer won't show on time, the cake will get destroyed, the flowers will be wilted, etc. Every single vendor of ours was there, on time, and it was an amazing (albeit fast) day.

To be balanced in my review, the flaws in her performance are highlighted under responsiveness and flexibility. Although this is not a negative per se, Kristy has a family to run, in addition to a business and there were a few occasions on which this conflicted with our meetings or her responsiveness to email. BUT, this was a very minor point, which I hope is clear by the nearly perfect score we gave her.

I would highly recommend Kristy and would be happy to speak on her behalf as a reference.

I hired Kristy for her “day of” coordination package. Kristy displayed a professional and courteous demeanor throughout the day and evening. She was helpful with various last minute things, and when my mother was not feeling well at the reception, she was a huge help by ensuring she got back to the hotel safely. I took comfort in knowing Kristy was there to ensure the day and evening went flawlessly. When we returned to our hotel room later that night, to our surprise, Kristy had rearranged what was a huge disorganized mess into a romantic retreat. It was a wonderful way to end an amazing day.

Kristy was hired as a MOC and while she was decent leading up to the event, she completely fell apart on the day of. Every vendor, my bridal party & family commented on how unprepared, chaotic and unprofessional she was.

She and her assistant sat w/ my family during rehearsal dinner (uninvited) and when asked about it, said the dinner is not her responsibility and that she was an invited guest for the weekend. Invited guests are not hired to work events. At my reception, the tables were misnumbered so I didn't even have a seat and whole groups of people were moved. She didn't cue us for our processional, was actually not even there for that, didn't guide guests to the correct areas or set up decor correctly--later blaming my stellar caterer for all that went awry. It was a disorganized disaster. She even left at 4pm to get ready when the ceremony was set to start at 5pm. I was later told that she was referring to a "How to Event Plan" textbook. We had to ask her to leave the wedding mid-way through, so that we could get some sense of organization. Every vendor heaved a sigh of relief and individually came up to me to explain how unprepared and difficult she was to work with.

Brides beware. It's a big day--you want it to run as smoothly as possible. This was not my experience with Milestone Events.

I recommend the services of Milestone Events By Kristy to make your Wedding Day a one-of-a-kind event that will be remembered and cherished by you and all your guests for years to come. ~~ Angela www.calligraphybyangela.com 214 957 2155
Dallas...

Hi! I had the pleasure of working with Kristy on a wedding for the hit TV show " Who's Wedding is it Anyways" for the Style Network! Kristy is amazing, she is a rockstar, and a total pro!

I had the pleasure of weeing Kristy from Milestone events in action at a wedding last Summer (I was the photographer). I met her with the bride a few months before the wedding. Kristy helped the bride ask me all the 'must-ask' questions and was really organized in guiding her through appointments and all the little details that need to be organized before a wedding. On the day of the wedding, Kristy was present and helpful from preparations until the very end of the day. Before the wedding, she visited both wedding parties and the locations, making sure that everyone had what they needed and knew what to do and where to go once they were ready; making sure that the flowers and decorations were where they were supposed to be, and ;she even land a hand helping steam some of dresses that had became wrinkled. During the ceremony she seemed to guide the wedding party all steps of the way and they never seemed really worried about what to do or where to go, being able to focus on the moment instead. The reception was very nicely decorated, following a lot of Kristy's nice creative input. Kristy was there the whole night keeping an eye on everything and checking on the couple, guests and vendors to make sure everything was running smoothly. Kristy was incredibly dedicated and fully invested in making the couple's day wonderful and the end result really showed it. If you need help planning and running your wedding, I highly recommend her.

I've worked with Kristy many times and she has always been the picture of professionalism. Kristy is my "go to" person when I need an extra hand with my clients. Organization, responsiveness and caring for her clients are trademarks of Kristy.

Thank you for allowing us to be part of your network. We look forward to building a beautiful relationship with you in the near future! JB Yong Photographer - www.SweetDreamsStudio.com