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Creative Celebrations

Creative Celebrations

Lake Oswego, OR
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    Caroline Sent on 09/25/2023
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    Wonderful, successful wedding!

    Carolyn was a wonderful wedding planner who exceeded our expectations and helped us pull off a flawless and stress-free wedding day. She is extremely organized, adept at identifying potential challenges, and flexible to work with. She worked really well with our vendors, and had an extremely detail-oriented event day timeline that made everyone's day easier. Her wedding day associate was equally as committed to a successful wedding and detail-oriented, and we so appreciate it!
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    Liz K. Sent on 09/11/2023
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    Fantastic Wedding Planner

    Creative Celebrations was hired 1-1/2 years before the planned wedding (and welcome dinner) and throughout those 18 months, Carolyn O'Brien was always available. She worked seamlessly with the parents and the bride and groom to capture their varied (and sometimes opposing) visions to find the perfect solutions. She is patient, really listened to the needs of everyone, and worked tirelessly to create the perfect affairs. She is talented, warm, friendly, professional and extremely creative. She has achieved great respect from her vendors and her resources are voluminous.
    She was simply the perfect wedding and party planner for our needs. We strongly recommend her for any wedding or other noteworthy affair.
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    Sarah P. Sent on 08/30/2023
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    Carolyn and Creative Celebrations are the best!!!

    We had a large and complicated wedding with lots of input from family. Carolyn held our hands every step of the way, answered all our questions and guided us towards decisions, helped to manage the family, and made the whole process as stress-free as possible. She is incredibly capable, super organized, and so warm and wonderful to work with. On our wedding day, we were able to trust that she and her team had everything in hand, and we could just have fun! The wedding was gorgeous, smooth, and a really great time. I honestly couldn't imagine doing the wedding without her, and I'm so glad we had her on our team!

    Creative Celebrations's reply:

    Sarah - You and Jordan were a dream to work with and I am so glad you are happy with how your beautiful wedding turned out! Carolyn
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    Vincent V. Sent on 07/24/2023
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    Timely, Professional and Personal

    As the title suggest, Carolyn was very organized and cared for us like family. She helped coordinate many aspects of our elopement wedding; creating a detailed timeline, personally overseeing vendors, and being there for us at a moments notice. She was knowledgeable all things wedding related. With her help, we eloped from Ohio and Married in Cannon, Beach, Oregon. I hope this review does enough, because she did more than enough to make our dream wedding a reality.

    Creative Celebrations's reply:

    Vincent-Thank you for the lovely review. It was a joy to be a part of your and Taylor's beautiful wedding. Carolyn O'Brien
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    Mike H. Sent on 08/29/2022
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    Truly Professional and Insightful

    Our collective experience with Carolyn and her Team @ Creative Celebrations was outstanding. We had a fairly large wedding and reception, and at every step, Carolyn was thinking ahead and ensuring the decisions considered the many variables that go into wedding and reception planning. At the same time, Carolyn made it clear the day belonged to the Bride and Groom and she pledged to work within the framework of their vision and preferences. I would recommend Creative Celebrations to anyone who would ask!
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    Hillary C. Sent on 09/03/2022
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    Carolyn O'Brien was worth every penny!

    As a first time 50 year old bride, Carolyn helped put together a magical extended, destination wedding. She helped with decisions, suggestions from her years of experience, and helped make our special weekend magical!
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    Kelsee C. Sent on 07/06/2022
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    Carolyn made party planning a fun experience!

    Carolyn and her team went above and beyond planning my wedding reception. Everything came together and turned out PERFECT!
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    Rivkah R. Sent on 04/03/2022
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    Carolyn is awesome!

    Carolyn is an extremely experienced, professional, and knowledgeable wedding planner. She helped us navigate planning our wedding during Covid-19, which would have been impossible without her expertise. We knew we could always call her with our questions and concerns and she was always willing to dialogue and problem solve with us. She demonstrated willingness and flexibility throughout the many changes that had to be made to our wedding due to Covid-19. She was very skilled at working with multiple family members and above all, always respected the vision we had for our wedding day. She always went the extra mile. I can't recommend Carolyn enough!
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    Ashley Sent on 07/09/2021
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    Best Wedding Planner EVER

    We highly recommend Carolyn as a wedding planner! She helped us have one of the most special days of our lives, and If not for her we wouldn't of even came close to being prepared! She was there for us through the whole process by talking to vendors or protentional vendors when we didn't have enough time, providing plan B options in case of a mishap, thinking ahead of little details that would of been pushed to the last minute, and kept everyone informed on the little details to help our special day run smoothly. She was the main reason we were able to actually breathe through the stressfulness of wedding planning and it was nice knowing everything would be taken care of. If you want to know for sure your wedding will be exactly what you want, HIRE CAROLYN! She truly is the best around.
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    Meagen S. Sent on 05/29/2021
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    Everything and more!

    My wedding was FLAWLESS thanks to the help of Carolyn and her team! I really could not have asked for more. She made an extremely detailed timeline of events and kept everyone in line so I didn't have to worry about a thing. She was great at keeping communication open through the planning process via email, call, and text.
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    Anna S. Sent on 05/29/2021
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    My daughter had Wonderful beautiful amazing wedding

    My daughter‘s wedding turned out to be one of the most beautiful amazing and smooth wedding I have ever been to❤️ Caroline and her team or very proactive and asked all the right questions in regards to wedding details and wedding venue I found the agenda she sent out very helpful and made the day go smoothly.. as a mother bride I would recommend Caroline for peace of mind and taking a lot of the pressure off me and my daughter
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    Erica Sent on 09/01/2020
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    We could not have done it without Carolyn and Creative Celebrations!!

    We recently had our wedding down in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The night was the most magical night of our lives and I know that a huge reason why was because we hired Carolyn to be our wedding coordinator.
    We live in Washington and our first wedding that we had meticulously planned for over a year had to be cancelled because of this pandemic. We were so heartbroken and we finally just said "Let's just get married on the beach somewhere!!" Cannon Beach is gorgeous, but living out of state made it so we did not know the area or where to look for our vendors. We were also extremely tired from having planned a whole other wedding and we did not want to wait another year. We were wanting to plan an out of state wedding for 100 people from scratch in less than three months. It sounded crazy and maybe a tad unrealistic, but when we found Carolyn, she swept in and saved the day.
    We needed all new vendors and all new ideas. When I had tried emailing some vendors myself, I did not get much luck getting quotes from them in a timely manner. Carolyn on the other hand has relationships with so many vendors that she was able to establish contracts, get us connected, and get us quotes from every single vendor in only one day! She found us our dance floor, our DJ, our hair and make up artist, our florist, and our wedding cake vendor! She even had lists for other vendors that we ended up not using, but her resources and networking were key to her success and speed!
    She helped me plan every single second of our wedding through her collaborative timeline. She made sure that I did not forget a single detail. She also provided us with rentals for our center pieces, a bubble send off for our beach ceremony, and a sparkler send off for our wedding reception!!
    She helped us navigate our wedding flawlessly, even during this crazy pandemic! Any time we had a question about the state guidelines for the pandemic she was fast to respond! She even scouted out places for us to have a casual rehearsal dinner! She was so knowledgeable and so much fun to work with! It felt like we were working with a close friend.
    I was a very particular bride when it came to the music that I wanted played when I walked down the aisle. She made sure that each person in the wedding party started walking at the perfect musical cue.
    Her team was amazing and did all the set up and take down of the decorations. She created a seating chart list to have for our venue and she was just so amazing at every corner.
    Her attention to detail is remarkable and she really does think of everything! She even marked a spot on our cake to cut so that we would not look silly or confused when we went to cut our cake! She thought of everything, even things that I never would have been able to think of! She was amazing and we know that we could not have had the amazing wedding that we had without her.
    She is a rockstar. I would highly recommend her and I will be recommending her to everyone I talk to about our wedding! I don't even feel like this review is good enough for the outstanding service that we received.
    You will not be disappointed if you hire Carolyn and Creative Celebrations!
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    Kristi K. Sent on 04/09/2020
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    Over the Top!!!

    Creative Celebrations was there every step of the way for our wedding planning. We started working with Carolyn 12 months before the wedding. She was very helpful in getting us to pin down our vendors, who were the best. She too, was at every meeting we needed her to attend as well as very accessible by phone, email and text when questions came up. Her attention to detail, positivity and ability to listen and see our vision was exceptional.
    The stress relief Carolyn and her team provide for the Bride and family, is priceless. I could not be more grateful for their expertise and desire to make our event so special. My daughter and her husband look back on their Wedding Day and say it was “The best day ever!” Thank you to Creative Celebrations for being part of our Wedding Team!

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    Liz K. Sent on 02/04/2020
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    Fantastic!

    Carolyn and her team were absolutely fabulous and a crucial part in making our wedding day absolutely perfect!! She was there every step of the way keeping us on track for what needed to be done and when. On the day if she had everything under control so we could really just sit back and enjoy the day. Carolyn was also amazing at adjusting things we wanted changed at the last minute. She did it flawlessly and she was so positive the whole time. This day would not have been 100% perfect without her and her team. I would highly recommend using creative celebrations for your wedding or event!
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    Lisa Sent on 09/16/2019
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    Wedding planner

    Carolyn was such a life saver! Trying to plan an Oregon wedding from Florida was getting very challenging....that’s where Carolyn came in and took over. She was great to correspond with and always offered a timely response. She has a vision of creativity that I’m very thankful for! I loved all of her ideas that she had for my reception and she was also very accommodating to the ideas that I wanted to incorporate.

    For me, I was care free during the wedding - I knew she had everything handled! Such a great piece of mind for me knowing I didn’t need to worry about anything, I was able to enjoy time with my family before and during the wedding - that’s what was most important. I don’t think I would have been able to do that without Carolyn’s help!

    Very organize and detail oriented - much appreciated!

    Call her! :)
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    June S. Sent on 09/15/2019
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    High Recommendation

    We hired Carolyn shortly before the wedding - about a month out. She was the best investment we made. She has top notch communication skills and pulled all the details together for us. She did things we hadn't thought of, like confirming with all the vendors. On the day of the wedding, she kept everyone calm and filled in where there were gaps. She kept the day running smoothly and worked well with all the other vendors. I would recommend Carolyn and would hire her again.
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    Lindsey W. Sent on 08/23/2019
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    Very organized and personable!

    Carolyn and her team took care of all the little details the day of so we could just enjoy our day together and so could our guests! Leading up to the event her professionalism and attention to detail was really appreciated.
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    Amy Sent on 08/07/2019
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    Amazing day !

    Carolyn and team made our day so special. They went above and beyond to ensure it all went smoothly.

    Creative Celebrations's reply:

    Thanks so much Amy. We loved being a part of your spectacular wedding! From the chandeliers hanging in the barn to the first dance just before sunset...it was magical!
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    Lorraine Sent on 10/21/2017
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    From helping us find a perfect venue to the day of coordination, we can't thank Carolyn and Creative Celebrations enough for making our daughter's wedding a dream come true. Our daughter lives in another state and it was great to have Carolyn suggest trusted vendors. And she was always open and accommodating to the vendors we found on our own. With her timeline and attention to detail, we knew we were in good hands in the weeks leading up to the wedding. On the day of the wedding, Carolyn and her team took care of everything; which allowed us to relax and thoroughly enjoy the day celebrating with our family and friends.
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    Steven Sent on 09/26/2017
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    Carolyn was incredibly helpful helping us prepare for our wedding, working with us to find great vendors and keep us sane along the way of planning the wedding. Over the course of a year or so, she helped keep things organized and moving, and a kick in the pants when we were needing to make decisions. She had great suggestions and was also very responsive to our vision for our wedding - all her suggestions were within the frame we set, and helped us realize our vision better than we could have on our own!

    On the day of, we worked with Jamie and her assistants, all of who were fantastic. There were no hiccups, and if there were, we weren't aware of it! Jamie was so helpful keeping the day moving, fun, and helping us stay on track, and even saving us a few times from getting trapped in drawn out conversations. She was so on point, and so incredibly nice, nothing but praise for the day of coordination - the wedding day was a dream, and Jamie was so key in making it feel effortless.

    Thanks for all your fantastic work!
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    Jenna Sent on 11/14/2017
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    Carolyn is amazing! She was essential to helping us design, plan, and execute the perfect day. She answered every phone call, text, and email quickly and provided me with great advice. Carolyn kept excellent track of everything in the planning process and no details were left unplanned. She helped talk me through all of the decisions I had to make. On the day of, she and her staff made sure everything went smoothly and if there was a problem I had no idea it occurred. Everything turned out beautiful and just exactly as it was planned. I highly recommend Creative Celebrations.
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    Heather Sent on 09/23/2017
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    Carolyn is amazing! Her team is fantastic! Our wedding day was perfect thanks to Creative Celebrations. Carolyn was very accessible, resourceful, knowledgeable, indispensable! Excellent from beginning to end. We coordinated an out of country event together and I could not have done it without Carolyn. The team is professional, fun and get things done! Highly recommend.
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    Brittany Sent on 09/13/2017
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    Carolyn at Creative Celebrations was amazing help for our wedding. We had a destination wedding in Portland Oregon and reside in Ohio so we needed many recommendations for vendors that were local. We fold Carolyn where we wanted to get married and put theme and feel for the ceremony and she came back with great vendor options, almost all we used! She was so pleasant and fun to work with and truly helped make our day better than we imagined. You are in good hands if you work with Creative Celebrations!
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    Collin Sent on 06/25/2017
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    Our wedding was the most special day of our lives, one we will hold onto for the rest of our lives, and it wouldn't of been nearly as incredible as it was without Carolyn.

    From the moment we began working with her, we knew that we had a dedicated, passionate, hard-working, and determined coordinator on our sides that would ensure that our vision would be made into a reality.

    Carolyn worked tirelessly, coordinating and communicating with all of our vendors, making on-site visits, thorough and comprehensive timelines, to-do lists, and most importantly, making sure we were at ease throughout the entire process. When the big day finally arrived, we didn't have to worry about a thing other than being present to the amazing experience.

    If you are in the market for a wedding planner your search is over, you just found the best.

    Creative Celebrations's reply:

    Collin | Aja- Your wedding was so unique, who knew a retro trailer park in SW Washington could be so cool? By the end of the weekend I felt like part of the family! Thank you for allowing me to share in your joy!
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    Chelsea Sent on 09/19/2016
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    Wedding planning with Carolyn was amazing. She held our hand through the entire process and was always available for chats, suggestions, ideas, and to assure me that everything was in good hands. The day was absolutely spectacular,everything came together perfectly and our wedding was one that was everything we wanted and more.
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