Asma’s Designs

This review is long overdue. We were looking to hire a stylist to help us with our dream wedding. With over 300 guests confirmed to attend, we knew that we couldn’t do this ourselves. After checking out many options, we kept going back to Asma. Her portfolio was amazing, with repeated events at the San Francisco City Hall, Bently Reserve and other major venues. She’s even been published in magazines (score!). Her flower arrangements were exactly what we were looking for, with large, gorgeous centerpieces and crystal embellishments. Asma and her team took care of every detail for our wedding, from the table settings, drapping, florals, linens, chairs, etc… She’s been in the industry for over 15 years and has a wealth of knowledge and connections everywhere. If she doesn’t have it, she’ll know where to get it. Her passion for what she does is so present and we are so happy that we hired her. The money that we spent for her services was the best investment we could’ve ever made for the most special day of our lives. We truly recommend her to anyone!

Asma saved me! I was going to work with another designer but she kept putting me off. She had given me a verbal agreement and basically strung me along for three months and then two months before the actual date she tells me my date is booked. She also told me that if I didn’t drape my venue, it would be too ugly. So I was freaking out calling these other places and the quotes were just so high!!! Finally I got connected with Asma. What I love about her, is that she doesn’t count the nickels and dimes. I said I was looking to purchase Mercury tea lights — and she said, oh no worry you can borrow mine. She let me have three per table. Basically I paid just one fee — which also she gave me a Great price, much cheaper than those big companies. And I guarantee she would have done a better job too because she has a very artistic eye. She gave me a great price on chiavari chairs as well and let me use her awesome gold table cloth for my dessert table. Honestly, I am a person who can be taken advantage of if the person is very aggressive… But she was so kind to me and gave me much more than she could have. She made my sweetheart table gorgeous, and did the up lighting exactly how I had envisioned it. I would highly highly recommend Asma to decorate your parties!

Asma was a pleasure to work with. She is professional and great at asking the right questions to identify your needs. She had wonderful suggestions on the latest decorative pieces such as King’s tables, white dance floor with white leather lounge chairs which transformed an ordinary wedding banquet room into a modern, trendy reception lounge. She accented the room with the proper colors and sizes of flower arrangements which set the perfect mood for our wedding party. She showed us a portfolio of her work as well as inviting us to visit one of her other jobs so we could get a visual of what she is capable of. We were so pleased with her work, professionalism and dedication to get the job done right without any snags. We will be more than happy to recommend her in the future to our friends and family.

I had the pleasure of working with Asma and I have nothing but good things to say about her! Her many years in the industry are a testament to her commitment and talent in what she does. I was told that she knows everyone in the business, and let me tell you, it’s true! Ask her anything, I’m telling you, she knows her stuff inside and out! Her designs are stunning to say the least! Fit for a star! If you want to have the event that people will talk about, Asma’s the go-​to person! I highly recommend her services!

I should have written this awhile ago, but while I was an employee at the Palace hotel, I got to know of Asma’s work and once I met her… I was totally I love with her style and her personality was ’ whatever you want’ and she meant it! Seriously, she is one of the most talented florists in the Bay Area. Her work can be modernistic, it can be simple, ornate… seriously ‘whatever you want’.
Asma does her research, knows what’s in style, what she can get during different seasons. She has been in business long enough to have great relationships with her suppliers. Those savings she passes onto you. She worked with my tiny budget but still people were blown away by her work.
The only thing I would say was that she was a little hard to reach sometimes. But looking back on it now, I attribute that to my being a nervous train wreck. Really, a word of advice to you brides, don’t be so nervous, if you hire a professional like Asma, sit back and worry about something else. Let the professional do their jobs. I had nothing to worry about. Nothing.
My wedding was the best! I hired good people like Asma, I let them do their Jobs and people are still talking about it.
Would I hire Asma again? YES, only this time, I’d stop being such a horse’ ass and not worry so much. Thank you Asma for a beautiful, outstanding wedding, you saw my vision and you brought it to life.

As a catering manager and now a client, I have worked with Asma for years. She is SO reliable and will go above and beyond for her clients. The woman does everything — linens, chairs, florals, design, planning. She is a superstar!
One can be reassured that if in Asma’s care, your wedding /​event will be stunning! She really gets to know her clients and makes sure that each moment of the day is a perfect reflection of the client’s personal style. I am honored to know and work with her! Thank you for all you do, Asma!

Up until my wedding day I had only seen pictures of your amazing work and had heard from people how creative you are. But when my big day came alone and once the doors opened and I walked down the aisle with my wife you can literally see me say wow on my wedding DVD. The décor was absolutely beautiful and unique. I had not seen anything like it before. You were very professional from the very first appointment and helped us save a lot by referring us to the best vendors. Whoever hires, I’m sure won’t be disappointed.

Asma is the best! She made our wedding day effortless and for that we will always be grateful.
My wife and I were married in October and used Asma for «day-​of» wedding coordination. We sort of debated whether we needed the help (my wife-​to-​be was like «don’t worry — I’ve got it under control — let’s save the money») but we wound up deciding that the help couldn’t hurt.
And oh man… was that a good decision. Asma is an absolute professional. She provided helpful advice in the run-​up to the wedding, took charge of the walk-​thru and stage-​managed every detail on the day of perfectly. Things came up on the wedding day that we simply could not have imagined but we just never had to pay attention — Asma anticipated most issues and the ones she didn’t got fixed before we noticed. She just made everything smooth and graceful.
Beyond this — she fun and accessible. We liked her personally and trusted her instinctively. We’re not formal people but we try to be tasteful and we wanted our wedding to walk that same line. Asma understood that vibe and made decisions as we would of in her place. Hard to put a price on that.
The choice between full-​service and day-​of coordination is hard — we (and especially my wife) would have saved a lot of time if we’d had Asma do the entire wedding. But at minimum you must have a day-​of coordinator (we wished someone had just told us that ;-) and we’d recommend Asma enthusiastically and without reservation.

As I finally got the time to place a review for Asma for the amazing job she did for my engagement on 01/​18/​2014 at the Dublin Golf Club, I noticed this shocking review of Shveta S. about her experience of an event she had back almost a year ago.
I would have to disagree with you 100% about the description and rating you have given Asma. I am sorry for what you may have experience but to completely judge a person’s character, personality and behavior based on how certain songs weren’t played at your event or some gossip that took place amongst you and you in laws is completely unfair, inappropriate and fallacious.
She is a wonderful, amazingly talented, brilliant person with a very kind heart who always looks to bring smiles of peoples faces. I have experienced that myself during my event to where she spent days working on a centerpiece I had wished to have at my event but couldn’t afford to pay her for it and she presented that to me in the form of a gift. She is extremely affordable and works within your budget.
My fiancé and I are very pleased with her work and our guests were astonished by her work and how beautiful and elegant the place looked. She referred me to many websites for items which I needed and never withheld any information. She made recommendations but allowed us to decide if that was in fact what we wanted.
We recommend Asma’s Designs to anyone who is looking to bring elegance, class, style, sophistication, and culture to there event. We thank you Asma for the wonderful work you did on our event and are looking forward to working with you during our wedding.

Absolutely not. At first I really liked her. But when it came to the actual wedding time. horrible. She ruined several aspects of my wedding at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco on March 1, 2013. Both my husband’s side of the family and my side of the family would never ever recommend her services for coordination and décor. Asma has beautiful ideas, but you can find the same in any luxury magazine and Pinterest.
She did not cue any music that was supposed to play as I walked down the aisle even though she was SPECIFICALLY told MULTIPLE times to cue it with the band, she refused to let our lighting person do the proper lighting even though the palace coordinators gave him permission to do so, she even kept at the DJ and lighting person that he should have charged us thousands of dollars more than he actually did! So funny as the DJ and Lighting person became close friends of our family and have done many events for my family and relatives after (brother’s graduation, cousin’s engagement, etc). We found this out through some of the palace hotel employees to came to tell us everything. Obviously we trust their word over Asma’s, and many of our immediate family have noticed the unprofessionalism of Asma during the entire event. She’s also extremely gossipy and always badmouth previous clients on many occasions. Anyone would find that extremely unprofessional, and she gives unsolicited advice about marriage like how your husband should be your competition (what???). I think the worst of it is when she insults your in-​laws and family and bad mouths one another. Yes Asma, did you not think that we all wouldn’t eventually find out what you’ve said about the other?
We even invited her to our Engagement party in Los Angeles that my in-​laws worked so hard to lovingly throw for my husband and me. It was beautifully done and I loved it. It was very sweet of Asma to come, but I did not like the way she insulted the event.
Back to the wedding, minutes before I was about to walk down the aisle she told me that there is a problem with the stage setting and what I wanted wasn’t going to work. REALLY, you chose THIS moment to tell me this? She did not plan anything in advance. It was so hard for me and my husband to sit comfortably at our own reception, and she made it impossible for guests to even approach us! The photographer and other crew members complained about her unprofessionalism and it was the poorest wedding coordination they have ever seen. Her pricing is not the best especially for the lack of work that’s put in. She claims she’s the best because she is the only one who knows The Palace Hotel, and we believed her. I should have found out earlier that she has only done a couple weddings at the Palace Hotel before me, and prior to that other couples were unhappy with her lack of professionalism when I privately messaged them. For my wedding, NO one was even served the $ 10k priced cake we cut!
She will be very sweet to you throughout, and even act as a close friend. But come wedding time, she will never do what she promised. I’m going to end this review because my hands are shaking with rage at this woman. She still has never picked up a single call or responded to a single email post wedding because she owes us unfulfilled promises. Too bad, I had to resort to this. My husband and I really wanted to like her. He’s even more infuriated by her than I am, so I’m doing a favor and being the nice one here.
The one thing I would recommend her for is closing off the garden court with her drapes. That was fabulous, and actually the primary reason why I hired her… so if you need to have that done, Asma is your girl.

Asma created the most beautiful, elegant wedding of my dreams. My husband and I were recently married (Nov. 2013) at a venue that had absolutely stunning views of Mt. Diablo, but the actual reception room needed help in the decorating department. Asma literally turned the reception room into a wedding wonderland: King’s Tables, Chivari Chairs, the freshest/​most beautiful flowers, uplighting, pipe/​draping — UPSCALE designs that you will see no where else. Trust me… we met with a handful of vendors. None could provide nor create what Asma did for our wedding. Her designs are in a league of their own. I knew by the look of her website and her work, that we would be investing a large portion of our wedding budget with Asma Designs. But, once we went through the contract and all that Asma was creating I knew without a doubt that we were spending our «wedding dollars» in the right place and with the right person. I can’t wait to post pictures from Red Eye Collection (our photographer)! Pictures will speak much louder than my Unilocal words!
Our first meeting with Asma was at the reception site, and from the beginning Asma completely understood the look we were going for. We had 100 guests and wanted a very romantic, vintage feel to the reception. Asma incorporated pewter candlelabra’s, feathers in the large floral arrangements, and very subtle pinkish up lights. She showed us many pictures of her work. We were glad that we waited to hire the right person for our wedding for our flowers and wedding designs. We chose Asma for her creativity, professionalism, attention to the finest of details, and for her enthusiasm and passion. And later we learned of her very humble and down to earth nature. Such an added bonus! Because really? Who wants to work with someone so full of themselves and all their talent? No! Asma is a genuine humble person who is truly a pleasure to work with; and we felt that our business was deeply appreciated.
She absolutely loves her work. She actually stayed at the reception site the entire day (designing from 8am day of our wedding, all the way until we arrived to the reception at 6pm — to catch a glimpse of the joy we felt that day) Her customer service is impeccable. Asma was always very easy to access by phone and email; and made herself available whenever we needed an in person meeting.
I would definitely recommend Asma Designs to bride’s to be who are looking for an upscale wedding designer. And I will be saving up over the next 5 years — to have Asma and her team design our 5 year anniversary party! My wedding guests are still talking about her beautiful arrangements and the entire wedding décor. Who would of thought that flowers could be an endless conversation?

I have had the pleasure of attending six private events planned by Asma’s Designs. Having known the hosts of the events, I also got to know Asma. The best way to describe the effort Asma puts into her events is as a complete commitment to the aesthetic of an event. Asma’s design elements are amazing, creative, and highly sought after (they keep popping up elsewhere after she designs for an event!). Asma is the best there is and her experience and calm efficient demeanor make her a reliable and pleasurable artist to turn event design over to.

My fiancé and I first saw Asma’s work when her team was designing a ballroom we were touring as a possible reception site. It looked beautiful, and my fiancé and I were immediately impressed. Fast forward about 5 months, and my fiancé were looking to secure a designer for draping and table linens. I remembered Asma from our initial venue visit. I was reluctant to contact her because as her work was so nice, I was convinced she would be out of our budget. I called to make an appointment to meet with her. She turned out to be more affordable than the initial designers we almost booked with. Asma also had many cost effective suggestions and she is very sweet. She even met us at the venue for a final «run through» to discuss final arrangements and expectations.
One of the good things about Asma’s Designs, is that they began setting up the night before. This made it easier for us and gave us more confidence that the design and linens will be at the venue in a timely manner.
Although I was satisfied, there were some (important) shortcomings.
1.We had discussed purple up lighting for the stage against white draping. It was outlined in the contract and we expected it be executed. The white draping was fine, but no purple lighting.
2. The bottom of the stage was draped, as discussed; however the draping was poorly secured and the drapes were so transparent that you could see the speakers under the stage. It was as if the stage was draped, but at the same time, they weren’t covered since you were able to see right through the material/​drapes. My wedding coordinator also had to secure the draping because it was falling apart. As a result, our wedding photos of the stage don’t look as put together as expected.

I got married in 2006, and was referred to Asma by my lighting guy because I was looking for someone that could do both Event Design and Wedding Coordination… I forget the exact word used to describe her style, but I remember thinking that I ABSOLUTELY wanted to work with Asma’s Designs after hearing him describe the elaborate /​ornate /​rich designs Asma had put together at prior events he had done lighting for…
In any event — my wedding was an East Indian Hindu wedding that consisted of several events over several days… I gave Asma a description of the what I wanted (colors, themes, etc.) and was blown away by what she came up with!
Each event was beyond what I could ever had hoped or imagined for our wedding… So beautiful that our wedding was featured in «YWD /​Your Wedding Day» magazine!!!
«alluring, angelic, classy, divine, elegant, exquisite, gorgeous, grand, magnificent, marvelous, radiant, ravishing, stunning»… are all words I recall from our guests’ description of their amazement at how beautiful and tasteful our wedding was…
Countless friends of mine have since retained Asma’s Designs for their weddings as well and have done so with absolutely similar amazement and satisfaction with the finished product.
Asma really has a magic wand and will without a doubt deliver the most UPSCALE BEAUTIFUL wedding you and your fiancé’ could EVER wish for!!!

Our experience with Asma was truly exceptional. In 2008, Asma worked closely with us to create one of the most beautiful and talked about weddings within our various social circles. All the vendors she referred were just as exceptional as she was. We had an elegant, sit-​down wedding at the Four Seasons in San Francisco. The hotel was so pleased with the work that they put her on their preferred vendor’s list. Arrowood Photography’s images came out so beautifully that they are being considered for print in various famous wedding magazines such as Grace Ormond. Anyone would be lucky to have Asma design their wedding as the quality is top notch and Asma truly puts her heart into everything she does. Somone she may have worked with in the past wouldn’t be happy even if you tore your heart out and put in on a stick for them! I would give Asma 1000 stars if Unilocal would let me!