Fruitvale Designs

     

Using Katie as my day of coordinator was one of the best decisions I made in our wedding planning process! She was so attentive to my questions throughout the process and was even flexible when I wanted to change services. She helped me put together a full detailed timeline and spreadsheet laying everything out and made sure all my other vendors knew she was point of contact for the wedding week. The wedding day went so smoothly with her! Our venue had a coordinator already but having them together made things much less stressful! She was attentive to making sure we were taken care of, she had no hesitation to answer questions from my wedding group. She was just an absolute joy to work with! Thank you so much for your help, Katie!! We appreciate it so much!! Much love.

     

We got married 9/24/22- and we had the pleasure of having Katie as our wedding designer! We really wanted to have a wedding that felt special and unique to us. We are huge Disneyland fans- so we really wanted a wedding that highlighted our passion but also felt classy! Katie totally got our vision- and helped us create a mood board and design direction on how to make our vision come to life! She created a color pallet, decor inspiration, wedding suite inspiration, and more! It truly felt like a Disneyland fairytale- but still felt very romantic and magical which was perfect for our wedding day. She also helped communicate with some of our vendors who needed design comments, which was so helpful and put us at ease knowing she had our back! She also has a huge list of recommended vendors - which was so helpful! We found our photographer, calligrapher, and invitation designer through her! Last thing was communication- which she excelled at! We could always get a hold of her even if it was just for a quick question or just needed some advice! We will miss working with Katie so much, and I would highly recommend booking her for your wedding planning and design needs! You won’t regret it!

     

Katie is an angel on earth! The only thing I would have done differently is to hire her sooner in the process. We used Katie for coordination and I don’t know if I can convey in words what a relief it was to have her on our team. We both had event experience and felt comfortable planning the details and design plan of the wedding so we were originally hesitant to hire a coordinator but, we decided to and it was the best decision. We had some family emergencies very close to the wedding and Katie handled them with such grace and professionalism. When we needed to focus on family instead of a wedding she ran with the punches and allowed us such flexibility and kindness. Day of, everyone involved felt so calm knowing that our vendor team was so put together and it resulted in a beautiful, fun and well run day. She’ll provide guidance when you need it and a steady hand when you need that. Trust that she will be a great team member and she will execute. Highly recommend!

     

Jeff and I hired Katie as our day-of coordinator for our San Diego Zoo Safari Park wedding. As we hired her for day-of services, she started becoming very responsive two weeks prior to the wedding. She went above and beyond in her delivery and helped style all the decor way better than I had set up myself in previous mock-ups! She kept things going on time, was very communicative and made our day so smooth, even though we used multiple different vendors she didn't work with before! She is such a genuine, kind human being and professional. She is also multitalented: she does photography, styling, rentals and more. I really enjoyed getting to meet her and her husband around our wedding day and she really made our special day that much more special! We also hired her for a one-hour photography service the day before and she helped so much in doing same-day edits, which was amazing! We'll do an updated review after photos come back!

     

I had the great privilege of working with Katie last August (2021) for a wedding at Restoration Oaks Ranch (I'm a wedding DJ). She was super kind to my assistant and me, and her organization/proactive approach made things super easy for us as wedding vendors. The decorations she coordinated were perfect, and the venue looked beautiful!

There was some (unavoidable) drama within the couple's family that day which caused several changes to the timeline, but I was super impressed with how Katie handled the situation. She kept a level head, was super comforting/reassuring to the bride, and her actions (in many ways) saved the wedding and allowed the bride and groom to have a wonderful evening despite what was happening with their family. They were very happy at the end of the wedding!

I look forward to the next opportunity I have to work with Katie/Fruitvale Designs, and I recommend her to any couples in need of a wedding planner or coordinator!