Your wedding is the single most important day of your life and hiring a wedding planner is a wonderful decision to ensure your big day goes flawlessly. When you work with Kristine King Events you will be assured and confident knowing we are fully invested in your wedding down to the very last detail. We only have one wedding per weekend so the focus in on you! 

At Kristine King Events we offer three premier wedding services:

  • Full service wedding planning
  • Month of wedding planning
  • Day of wedding coordinating

Primary Offering - Full Service Wedding Planning: 

Our full service wedding planning option covers every angle of your wedding checklist; from selecting your wedding venue, to choosing your wedding theme, color palate and your dream wedding gown. From your first consultation where we will discuss your wedding day vision, budget and timeline all the way to seeing you off on your honeymoon, choosing our full service planning offering means you get to enjoy your wedding day free of stress!

Leading up to your big day we will:

  • Consult with you over several in-person and over-the-phone meetings throughout the course of the planning process. When you need to talk to someone and all your friends are sick of hearing wedding talk, don't hesitate, we do this for a living and welcome all questions and concerns!
  • Work with you to understand your vision for the big day
  • Consult with you to design the theme and details as an expression of your tastes and vision 
  • Create and maintain your planning checklist
  • Provide budget development and management
  • Coordinate venue visits and selection (ceremony and reception)
  • Advise on date selection
  • Identify and interview the vendors who can put expression to your vision, and work closely with vendors to ensure the details are executed beautifully and flawlessly. We will
    • Consult with your florist on floral design and arrangements
    • Work with you and your caterer on food selection 
    • Work with you and your bakery on cake selection and design
    • Guide your selection of reception entertainment; bands, DJ
    • Provide wedding day hair and makeup consultation
    • Guide photographer and videographer selection
    • Suggest stationary companies for all your needs, save-the-date cards, invitations, programs, menu cards, place card and escort cards
    • Design wedding welcome bags and favors
  • Schedule appointments and meetings with vendors
  • Provide vendor contract facilitation and negotiation
  • Provide registry assistance and guidance
  • Provide bridal dress fitting and selection guidance
  • Advise on and manage room block planning & transportation
  • Provide rehearsal dinner planning and coordination

Secondary Offering - "Month-of" Wedding Coordination and Logistics:

Your wedding is planned but you need someone there to make sure your dream wedding is everything you hoped it would be. At Kristine King Events we’ll be there with you a month before your big day and over your wedding weekend to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. We will go above and beyond your expectations to deliver a beautiful wedding. 

Leading up to your big day (six weeks prior) we’ll:

  • Personalized face to face consultation appointment and unlimited contact via email and phone
  • Discuss all details planned thus far
  • Review list of vendors including their contact information and signed contracts
  • Become the primary contact for all vendors and event affiliates
  • Coordinate walk throughs and site assessment at rehearsal dinner site, wedding ceremony site and reception site
  • One to two weeks prior to your event, we will call and confirm arrival times/set-up times with all of your vendors. At that point if anyone has any questions or last minute requests, KKE will be the main contact for the event
  • Create and provide a detailed timeline and schedule of events and logistics for the vendors, bride & groom & bridal party. This document entails every detail from the time the bride and groom start their day through the end of the reception. A vendor contact sheet is also provided to ensure the families and vendors have all pertinent contact information.        

During the wedding weekend we will:

  • Coordinate and manage wedding weekend events; rehearsal dinner, bridal party luncheons, golf-outings ect.
  • Deliver welcome bags to hotel
  • Direct the rehearsal at the ceremony site
  • During the rehearsal we collect all your necessary items (programs, unity candle, guest book, vendor payments/gratuities, etc.) 
  • Set-up bride & groom hotel suite with champagne, roses (as requested)
  • Staff on site at wedding reception location to welcome vendors and assist with vendor set-up, last minute contracts, checks, tips, etc.
  • Check all details to ensure they are correct. Is the cake table where it is supposed to be and accompanied with the cake knife and server set? Are your toasting flutes in place, does the memory table look the way you envisioned it? Is your seating chart/place card table accurate? We'll be sure all the details are buttoned up.
  • We will make sure the event space looks picture perfect!
  • Coordinate the ceremony
    • Assist vendors in set up and delivering the wedding flowers, boutonnieres, corsages, and flower-girl baskets to the families and bridal parties
    • Set up the guest book and help display the programs
    • Greet the family and guests as they arrive and assist with seating arrangements for the family and work with the ushers (or bridal party) to make sure the guests are being escorted to their seats
    • Make sure the wedding musicians are cued for guests arrival, processional and recessional and are cued appropriately to ensure correct pacing and timing
    • Make sure that the wedding starts on time and stays on schedule all throughout the day
    • Lining up and cuing the wedding party when it's time to walk down the aisle, making sure they look great, are smiling and paced perfectly
    • Letting the bride know when it's time to walk down the aisle, making sure the bride is ready for the big moment and that her veil and dress are perfect!
    • We will orchestrate a receiving line. Whether it is rose petals or bubbles we will make sure all of your guests get their items and line up after the ceremony for the grand exit. We will make sure the photographers are ready for that perfect shot before we send you out. Whether you are headed right to the reception, or you are going back to the ceremony location for pictures, we will make sure all parties involved know what is happening next
  • Make sure the bride & groom and bridal party have refreshments and hors d'oeuvres during the photography session
  • At the reception organize the grand entrance and ensure that family and friends giving toasts during the reception are cued
  • Ensure the cocktail hour is running smoothly, and for the remainder of the evening, be sure the wedding day timeline is executed flawlessly
  • Post wedding breakdown which includes help with gifts, favors, flowers and any items to be taken home
  • This package entails having staff on site at the ceremony and reception for 10 hours

Third Offering - "Day Of" Wedding Coordinating

Our third offering is Day of Wedding Coordinating. Our "day of" coordinators are great if you are all set with your wedding planning but need an extra set of hands on the day of your wedding. If you are getting married at a venue where there is no wedding professional on staff (a backyard wedding, a restaurant, a barn, a museum, a music venue, etc.) a coordinator will be key. This is typically an 8 hour investment in having a professional coordinate with your vendors, make sure the space looks picture perfect, assist with bridal party requests, help direct guests, help with transporting flowers, decorations, etc. The team at Kristine King Events looks forward to working with you to create a stress free day!

On the wedding day we will:

  • Arrive at the ceremony site two hours before the wedding ceremony
  • Oversee all pertinent details and serve as point of contact for guests and vendors
  • We will oversee and troubleshoot any problems that may come up. We will work with your wedding professionals and be the main point of contact for all parties involved
  • Assist vendors with set up which includes floral displays, bridal party flowers, programs and guest book
  • Greet the family and guests as they arrive. Be sure everyone from the groomsman, grandparents, parents readers, soloists, guest book and program attendants receive their corsages and boutonnieres. If grandma and parents are walking down the aisle, we will make sure their purses and personal belongings are brought to their designated seat ahead of time
  • Work with the ushers (or bridal party) to make sure the guests are being escorted to their seats. We can remind them that you wanted the first two rows reserved for immediate family and the remainder to be filled out evenly so that the groom's side doesn't overpower the brides side, or vice versa
  • Make sure that the wedding starts on time and stays on schedule all throughout the day
  • Make sure the wedding musicians are cued for guests arrival, processional and recessional and are cued appropriately to ensure correct pacing and timing
  • Lining up and cuing the wedding party when it's time to walk down the aisle, making sure they look great, are smiling and paced perfectly
  • We will orchestrate a receiving line. Whether it is rose petals or bubbles we will make sure all of your guests get their items and line up after the ceremony for the grand exit. We will make sure the photographers are ready for that perfect shot before we send you out. Whether you are headed right to the reception, or you are going back to the ceremony location for pictures, we will make sure all parties involved know what is happening next
  • Following the ceremony, will assist with transporting flowers, gifts, programs, emergency kits (you name it!) to the reception site
  • At the reception site we will welcome the catering staff, reception site coordinator, band or DJ and any other wedding professional and will confirm the order of events and answer any last minute questions they may have regarding the timeline
  • Make sure the bride & groom and bridal party have refreshments and hors d'oeuvres during the photography session
  • At the reception ensure the cocktail hour is running smoothly
  • Gather and line up the family and wedding party for the announcements into the reception
  • Orchestrate and coordinate all the special events. This includes the first dance, parent dances, special dances, toasts, cake cutting, bouquet and garter toss and any other events planned
  • Make sure for the remainder of the evening the wedding day timeline is executed flawlessly!
  • Distribute all final payments and gratuities to all vendors on your wedding day
  • There is an additional charge for post wedding breakdown which includes help with gifts, favors, flowers and any items to be taken home

 

Kristine King Events is a wedding and event planning company specializing in weddings, birthday parties, baby showers, corporate events and other special events in Eastern Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York.