Pure Whimsy Events

What a terrific wedding planner! Katie is with you from the moment the planning starts and well after the event is over. Her outstanding organization skills and network of vendors are impressive. She is so patient with her clients and on top of everything!
Katie created the wedding of our daughters dreams. We feel so blessed to have had Katie to take care of this once in a lifetime event. Everyone who attended said it was the best planned wedding event they had ever attended.
Thank you Katie and we will certainly be using Pure Whimsy Events for our next celebration.
Dave & Sharon

If anyone out there is looking for a magician/​angel/​professional wedding extraordinaire — then please hire Katie Joga with Pure Whimsy Events to help you with your wedding planning needs. From the very moment I met her at our 1on1 interview, I knew immediately that we would work very well together, and that she was on top of her game. I didn’t have to think twice before deciding that I would hire her. The 2 biggest things (among what feels like a billion other things) that drew me in were 1-​How kind and genuine she was. She clearly loves what she does and wants the best for all of her brides. 2-​The e-​tools she brought to the table. PWE provides really detailed and well executed excel & google doc spreadsheets to help you easily track your progress/payments/to-do’s/vendor contact info/​etc. You also get access to a really awesome online progress tracking site called BaseCamp to really stay on top of everything that you have to do. Even though I only hired PWE for the «Month Of» services, it still felt like I had a full on planner for the entire year of planning time — as Katie was ALWAYS there if I ever had any questions or need for advisement/​etc. Once the clock ticker was counting down the months/​days and we were in the home-​stretch, I felt so at peace and at ease with everything we had on the table with our to-do’s with our vendors, because Katie took all of the stress out of correspondence with vendors and careful review of their contracts/​etc. I never once felt like I was going to pull my hair out or have a fit. Not only did I feel like I had an extremely efficient and organized planner, but I also had a friend to tackle all the last minute items with. On the day of, Katie and her assistant were on point. I was able to enjoy EVERY.SINGLE.SECOND of my wedding, and I was really able to soak it all in. I really think that is THE most important part. Thank you Katie from the bottom of my heart for making my day the MOST special day of my life.

From the beginning, my husband and I knew we wanted to hire a day-​of wedding coordinator to handle all the details, and (most importantly) any crisis that may arise. Given that we have both worked in events professionally, we know the kinds of things that can go wrong, and also the amount of work that goes on in the background to throw a great party — wedding or otherwise. We had to make the argument with our parents to not just assign these responsibilities to a relative instead of hiring a professional. It wasn’t until the wedding day that they realized just how invaluable it was for us to have Katie there to support us and essentially run the show. In the words of my mother, «You were a God-​send — we would have been screwed without you there.»
After working for years for other companies managing events, Katie recently broke off to start her own wedding planning company, Pure Whimsy Events, so her prices are really reasonable. She also goes above and beyond for her clients, which is what we were told from an acquaintance who had hired her for their wedding in Fall 2013.
Katie helped us keep everything organized and on time in the planning process, and referred several vendors to us including the transportation (which was much less expensive than others we’d looked into). While trying to keep everything straight and organized, I started feeling like I was losing my mind — but Katie was there to keep my head on straight (and in turn, my husband’s). She reviewed contracts for us and called out anything that might seem abnormal. She created a detailed timeline for the day-​of, was on time for ALL of our meetings (either one-​on-​one or with vendors), and of course made sure we had everything we needed throughout our wedding day — even offering to buy me coffee in the morning
Unfortunately, she ran into several snags throughout the day but she still kept a smile on her face and got the job done. She even managed to get us an Über car (the planned getaway car for us), which was really difficult on our wedding night considering it was the same night as the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, and Über was providing the transportation for them.
Katie is sweet, enthusiastic, meticulously organized and hard working. It doesn’t matter how simple your wedding is, I would suggest hiring Katie to help keep you sanity throughout the process and also so you don’t have to worry about anything on the wedding day except enjoying it. She also knows when to crack the whip with vendors to make sure they deliver on their promises, which is not always easy to do. Thank you, Katie, for making the process that much easier and our wedding day so stress-​free (for us)!
PS. Her emergency kit is worth its weight in gold. There were things in there we didn’t realize we needed until we did!

Katie with Pure Whimsy Events was so easy to work with and down to earth. She has great taste, excellent organization skills and will make any event amazing. Would definitely recommend hiring her!