Positively Charming Weddings
Service levels: Full-service planning
Team size: 1 – 2
About Positively Charming Weddings
Positively Charming Weddings
Positively Charming Weddings is wedding planning company located in Orange County, CA. We are Certified Wedding Planners, so you can rest assured that we are experts in our field who strive to create a fun and stress-free engagement season for you and your love! We take over all the details and responsibilities on your wedding day so you can relax and soak in every beautiful moment. Not convinced yet? Just check out all of our amazing reviews on our website and schedule a consult today so we can share all the ways we can make your wedding planning smooth and seamless!
What sets us apart is we are Certified Wedding Planners. The owner, Carissa, is a Master Certified Wedding Planner + Designer. There are only 4 planners in California to hold that title! As your planners, we are personable, calm, and detail-oriented...all traits that are essential for creating a smooth wedding day. We are also a small team, which means we only take wedding we are passionate about to ensure that we don't over-schedule ourselves. As a result, you can rest assured that your wedding won't just be a number to us...it'll be personal!
Services by planning level
| Full-service planning | Partial planning | Day-of coordination / wedding management | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | This package is perfect for the couple who wants a planning BFF to be by their side every step of the way! This package is also great for those with busy schedules, those who live out of town, or those who have no idea where to start when planning a wedding! We'll be guiding ypu every step of the way. | Think of this pacmage as a Month-Of Coordination Package, but with some extra add-ons. This package is perfect for the couple who wants to do the majority of the planning on their own but needs someone to bounce ideas off of and wrap every detail up in a nice bow so that it's perfect on wedding day. This is also a great package for the budget-conscious couple who is okay doing most of the leg-work leading up to the big day. | This is the perfect package for couples who want to do all of the planning on their own but want someone to check in with along the way and tie up all the loose details for their big day. |
| Planning begins | 12 Months out | 12 Months out | 9 Months out |
| Event Styling & Design | |||
| Budget Planning | |||
| Venue Recommendations | |||
| Vendor Selection | |||
| Vendor Management | |||
| Contract Review | |||
| Rentals & Linens | |||
| Invites & Stationery | |||
| RSVP Tracking | |||
| Accommodation Coordination | |||
| Transportation Coordination | |||
| Venue Visits | |||
| Final Venue Walkthrough | |||
| Timeline Creation & Management | |||
| Onsite Event Management | |||
| Wedding Favors & Accessories | |||
| Pricing | Starts at $9,500 | Starts at $5,800 | Starts at $3,000 |
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
17 reviews
BEST VENDOR EVER!
I truly can’t say enough amazing things about Carissa and her team at Positively Charming Weddings. She was the very first vendor I hired for my wedding, a year and a half in advance. Within the first 2 minutes of chatting with Carissa the first time, I knew we were the perfect match. She is incredibly organized, compassionate, an amazing listener, and isn’t afraid to take the lead and make decisions when necessary. She is thoughtful, calm, has a wealth of wedding industry knowledge and was able to provide personalized suggestions based on my preferences at every turn. To be honest, I was originally super nervous and anxious to hire a wedding planner, as I am a very type A person because of my job as a programs and event planner. But Carissa exceeded all expectations and truly was able to allow me to relax and enjoy my wedding weekend without a worry in the world. She was a problem solver every step of the way. For example, she offered to manually fixed my seating chart the day before the wedding and found a print shop willingly to print very specific last minute signage (both things that were my fault that they were delayed/wrong). She kept not only me, but my husband and both families on track leading up to the wedding, provided monthly checklists, was available via phone and email for my questions, and even provided bridal party itineraries the weekend of. Her and her team were incredibly easy to work with, and our other vendors and bridal party members said the exact same thing. She can work with anyone, with any personality type, and makes you feel important and heard. If you want someone to go above and beyond for you, look no further! She will make your day everything YOU want it to be. Couldn’t recommend her and her team more…I walked away with a new friend!
Trust the process and your planner!
Positively Charming Weddings was key in making our day as beautiful as it was. Carissa’s experience and passion for planning was quite clear from the first consultation. Even after bringing her on with only 6 months to the date, she managed to help boost the planning process with her organization and engaging us when needed via scheduled appointments or quick text follow-ups. We appreciated her vendor list but also her flexibility to off-list vendors. Her assistance in interfacing with the vendors through the whole process (inquiry, quoting, details/scheduling) was a huge lift off our shoulders that we cannot emphasize enough. Her work in the design aspect of the wedding not only resulted in everything looking gorgeous, but also made sure the details we cared about as the couple were accounted for. On top of all of that when we could no longer ignore the rain that was forecasted on our wedding day, Carissa made sure we had the proper arrangements just days prior to the wedding, all while my now husband and I were juggling work. In terms of day of, literally do not think the day could have happened without Carissa and her team. From directing all the vendors, corralling the wedding party and family, setting up decor, putting out food, and following up with us to make sure we were fine all day, we are super grateful to have had Carissa as our planner and would highly recommend her to other couples!
It was “positively charming”
For someone that never imagined having a wedding and didn’t know where to start, we were lucky enough to be able to snag Carissa to be our North Star and guide us through our year of planning and making it to the alter! Carissa is so thoughtful, knowledgeable and passionate! She was able to put us at ease from the very beginning to the very end when we had to change everything due to weather! I wish that I could get married more than once (to my husband) just so that we can have her be apart of our big day! I really hope that becoming friends with your wedding planner isn’t taboo like it is with a therapist! Thank you for helping us have our big day be the most magical and brilliant moment of our lives! We can’t wait to see you again and of course finesse a way to use your talents again!
The coordinator you know you need!
Christian and I knew we wanted to make our wedding as personal as possible. For us, this meant we wanted to get married in our church and we wanted to have a say in the food, the drinks, the cake, the rentals, the stationery, the small little details. When we first decided on our location, we were ecstatic about how fun it would be to have no restrictions set by the venue about our vendors, but we quickly became overwhelmed with the unique (and very small) layout of our venue and how much we didn’t know about planning our own wedding from the ground up. We knew right then that investing in a coordinator would be the only way to achieve the outcome we wanted and have a good time doing it. We made the easy decision to have Carissa as our 10-month coordinator. She was there every step of the way - she simultaneously kept the planning process flowing with monthly check-ins, recommended vendors, assistance with communication, a lot of encouragement and so many more things along the way all while allowing us to put in the work and make our vision come to life. Sure, there were naturally moments that felt like the world was closing in on us, but then we’d get that monthly email from Carissa telling us to go enjoy a date night out because we were ahead of the game (only thanks to her guidance). Once we got to our one-month countdown, Carissa truly shined. The feeling of trusting someone to take over your where you left off was scary at first, but it was honestly the best and most exciting part of the planning! The weeks flew by and it was suddenly rehearsal! I remember going over details in my head and realizing there were directions I forgot to give or pictures of layouts I didn't include, but I knew that we worked to closely with Carissa that she would make it happen (and would probably do it better than my suggestions). The big day came and we were relaxed, excited to get married and celebrate with our loved ones! The time between our ceremony and our reception reveal felt like ages. We could not wait to see the magic Carissa and her team made happen. I remember seeing the room from a distance as we took our last photos and I felt so giddy - even the groom kept saying “it looks so good even from here.” Everything was exactly how we had envisioned it - I turned to Carissa with some tears and a big hug. I just wanted her to know that she made every single piece of our vision come to life. From her relationships with our vendors to her flawless execution, she allowed us to be so present during the evening as she and her team were putting out fires that we probably don’t even know about to this day. The number of guests who told us they had not been to a wedding with such a great flow and so many personal touches just made us so happy. We knew we put a lot of work on her plate, but Carissa embraced it and it made all the difference. Thank you, Carissa & your wonderful team, for making our day an absolute dream come true. We wouldn't ever dare try to re-live this day because there's just no way it could ever be as perfect as it ended up being.
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