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!

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 damn 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.

Working with Carissa of Positively Charming was the best decision we made (second to deciding to get married of course). We started the process a little on the later side and Carissa was able to jump in, help us catch up and stay on track. Besides the quick responses, help with our (my) indecisiveness, and excitement for our vision, Carissa was also able to help us with some MAJOR last minute obstacles. Rain was suddenly predicted for our outdoor wedding. Carissa supported us with a fabulous can do attitude, helped us draft a few contingencies and pivoted with us day of as the weather changed throughout the day. I could not have imagined making it through that storm without Carissa in our corner helping us move and shift things into place to give us a perfect, albeit damp, wedding day. And hey, a wet knot is harder to untie anyway.