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new she already thought of it. Without her our guests would have being eating lasagna with their hands. My now husband and I thought we could do everything by ourselves but once Elizabeth came into our lives we quickly realized how much trouble we would have been in if it weren't for her. She made our wedding beautiful and she will make yours too!

h the second part, which is hiring Elizabeth to be your wedding coordinator and why it's the best decision you'll make for yourself and your wedding. I hired Elizabeth for her partial package, which has a misleading name, as you'll never feel like you're getting partial effort from her. She was always attentive and responsive and gave 100% effort. She started helping me find vendors and brainstorm on style ideas after I had booked the venue and set my date. For me, Elizabeth's help was 3-fold. First, after being a bridesmaid several times I knew the value of hiring a wedding coordinator who is organized and calm. Elizabeth is both those things in spades. She never made me feel rushed or stressed (beyond my own natural stress during the planning process, lol). During the week leading up to my wedding, I knew she had everything handled, she had already sent me a highly detailed schedule for the big day, and she was adept at answering all my last minute questions with the ease of someone with all the time in the world. Secondly, I was new to Maryland and needed someone to help me navigate vendor selection who knew first hand from working with the vendors herself, or through colleagues of hers that had worked with them. Elizabeth gave me so many great starting points for finding vendors that would fit me, and even reached out to a few herself to get the feel of their price points and availability. She was KEY in my vendor selection. Thirdly, I'm not great at putting a whole vision of style together. I know the aesthetic that pleases me, but I needed Elizabeth to really tie everything together. She made for us a day that was full of gorgeous details, and exactly the vibe we wanted. Even up through the day before our wedding, Elizabeth was adding touches to the design/style scheme that ultimately made everything that much more beautiful! A guest at the wedding who used to do event coordination told us she gave the wedding 5 stars, and its all due to Elizabeth!! The wedding day flowed so easily and smoothly, and we have East Made Events to thank for it!

mpletely smooth and guided us the entire night. She gets to know each of your vendors leading up to the wedding to make sure everything is in line with the way you want. She also help put up all of our decorations in place before the wedding. They were set up just the way I wanted. She was perfect and I highly recommend working with her!!

she was clear in her thoughts, and willing to help us formulate our perfect day. She was able to take our visions and turn them into a reality. The entire month prior, she was easily accessible, and always able to help when needed. She was able to take over all the details of the day and assisted with communicating with every single one of our vendors. On the day of, Elizabeth was able to keep our wedding on track and we were never more than 15 minutes off our initial timeline. Even when “issues” came up, we were never aware because Elizabeth was able to take care and solve them on her own. We received so many compliments from guests about how pleasant of a person Elizabeth was as well as her assistant, and complimented them on their professionalism. We are so thankful for Elizabeth and know that our perfect day was made possible because of her hard work and detail oriented mindset. If you are planning a wedding, use Elizabeth.

the industry and really knows the ins and outs of weddings—thinking of things I could never have thought of on my own. And during those last few weeks before your wedding when you discover that there are still so many decisions to be made.... Elizabeth was there to walk me through everything from the order of the processional to the best time to cut the cake. Her day-of-timeline was extremely helpful and made our families and wedding party really understand how the day would flow. Moreover, when it came to the actual wedding, she made sure everything ran smoothly and she insulated us from any hiccups that happened during the day. Elizabeth was extremely responsive, organized and thoughtful throughout the process. I can honestly say out of all the things we spent money on, she was by far the best investment

e of her personal wedding accessories which completely tied everything together! I was completely calm the entire day knowing that Elizabeth was going to take care of everything. She knew many of our vendors and worked very well with them. If you are considering hiring Elizabeth to manage/stylize your wedding do it - you are in good hands.

dations for styling details within our budget that made a big impact. I was overwhelmed by the logistical details of the day, transporting out-of-town guests from the hotel to the ceremony site to the reception, and Elizabeth developed a thorough, organized timeline for the day that put my mind at ease. She completely alleviated my stress in the final weeks of planning by contacting and confirming the timeline with all of my vendors. We also had the privilege of working with Anna on our wedding day. She managed the timeline flawlessly, and the reception venue looked more beautiful than I could have imagined. East Made truly helped make our wedding day perfect. I was so happy with the services we received with the Month-Of Coordination package, and I recommend going with Partial or Full Planning if you can!

personality during our initial phone interview sealed the deal. She was there throughout the planning process helping to keep me on task, making vendor/timeline/decor suggestions, and then later organizing the week-of event schedule, rental deliveries, etc. On our actual wedding day it ended up raining (we were having an outdoor wedding) so she stayed positive (despite my frazzled nerves) and worked with the other vendors to make "Plan B" into something just as beautiful as Plan A. In the days following our wedding, multiple people commented on how thankful they were that Elizabeth and her team were present for the event and what a big role they played in the success of the night. Investing in a wedding planner is a NECESSITY, and Elizabeth was the best.

c weeks of the process. She was effective and reliable, but also a calming presence. She managed to make us feel like we were her only concern. We highly recommend her services!

more smoothly when you actually like your vendors! It also helps that she obviously loves what she does. My only regret is that we didn't spring for the partial or full planning package--we were trying to keep our budget from spinning out of control, and she was really understanding about that--because her design work is really good and cohesive. In terms of the month-of package that we did get, she was awesome. She responded to every little question I had, well before the official "month of" started. On the day of, she was so calm and composed, and everything went so smoothly and seamlessly. I'm so glad that we hired her!

enas was invaluable. She helped create a cohesive aestetic vision for our wedding, pulling together all of my various, somewhat scattered ideas and executing them beautifully and tastefully. Not only was Elizabeth incredibly professional in dealing with me and my vendors, she was poised, upbeat, and so very kind. Thank you, Elizabeth, for relieving me of so much stress in those final weeks leading up to my wedding, and for helping my vision come to life!

her. She did a stunning job! As an organized, OCD, Type A person, I thought I may not need a wedding planner, but East Made was easily the best money we spent on our wedding. During the planning process, Elizabeth was always available via email to discuss anything - including vendors, timeline, family dynamics, favors, etc. and to troubleshoot anything that came up. She always responded promptly to emails and she checked-in regularly to keep me focused. We were able to set-up in-person meetings and phone calls easily, when needed. At the beginning and end of the planning process, Elizabeth visited the venue with me. This was a huge advantage and alleviated much of my angst, as we were working with an old, smaller venue. She made great recommendations on vendors and even introduced us to our photographer, who we adored. Elizabeth also kept us on target with budget, making astute suggestions as to when/where to spend or not spend. We got the “partial planning” package, which I highly recommend (if not the full planning package). Having Elizabeth involved in the design and styling process was ESSENTIAL. She translated my disjointed descriptions into a seamless, beautiful vision. She thought of things, I would never have known to consider. Her attention to detail, knowledge of the industry, and contacts with trustworthy vendors seriously paid off. Day-of, Elizabeth managed everything from a “missing bride,” panic attack to an “illegal keg” and thunderstorms. Our wedding day was not without a little drama and she remained a calm, helpful, resourceful guide throughout. She even turned the rain and deviation from our original plan into an even better, spectacular, dreamy ceremony, dinner, and reception. After the wedding, all of our guests commented on how intimate and personal our wedding felt. Elizabeth truly helped our wedding feel like “us.” My brother is marrying my best friend in a year, and East Made was my #1 recommendation to them. Elizabeth is simply a lovely, kind, humble, good-hearted and fun person, who was an absolute pleasure to work with. Now that our wedding has happened, I hope to count her as a new friend! ☺

her support, attentiveness, advice, and just someone to talk things out with. She honestly became my friend through the wedding planning. She is a first class wedding planner - I was always so blown away that she had an answer for everything and always gave me her undivided attention. She made the wedding planning process so much easier to handle - especially being across the country while working with her. Her eye for design not only inspired me, but also opened my eyes to things that I never even knew existed. I feel so lucky to have had her ideas and creations for my big day. Working with Elizabeth, I just remember how taken care of I felt through every vendor meeting. She took charge and helped me along in an industry that I knew nothing about! I know for a fact that my wedding would not have gone the way it did if Elizabeth was not my wedding planner. It was such a dream come true and I am so thankful to East Made Events for being there for me in so many ways.

went to school together! I already knew she was a kind, intelligent, organized, responsible, attentive and detail-oriented person, so I knew she would be perfect, and she was! Since I was planning my wedding from out of state, I had Elizabeth do partial planning for us. I was able to consult with her via phone and email throughout the planning process. She was always quick to respond to emails, and her messages were thorough, thoughtful, and full of useful information. I was a bit of a difficult bride to work with because I didn’t really know what I wanted and I wasn’t very good at expressing my opinions. I also didn’t have very strong opinions about a lot of the design aspects of the wedding, but I knew I wanted it to look nice and cohesive and, well, coordinated. I was also disorganized and left a lot of things until the last minute. Elizabeth did a great job making suggestions and helping me to make decisions, and she even did a great job taking my half-formed ideas, fleshing them out, and making them into reality. My one regret was that I don’t think I really used Elizabeth to her full planning potential, because I wasn’t always very good at remembering to delegate tasks to her. She still checked in regularly and kept me focused and on-schedule. On the day of the wedding, I was so glad Elizabeth was there to guide me through every step of the way and keep things on track. I had tried to keep my costs down by getting my flowers and cake from the grocery store, and by taking an Uber to and from the wedding. Elizabeth took these nonstandard details in stride and made sure everything still went so smoothly that I don’t think anyone even knew we’d cut some corners. With Elizabeth’s help, everything went just the way we wanted it, everything looked great, and everyone had a great time!

nd with every conversation you can tell she has a genuine love and passion for creating beautiful weddings. One of the things that I worried about the most in the wedding planning process was creating a timeline that incorporated all of our vendors and would keep our guests entertained throughout the evening. But Elizabeth helped alleviate every one of my fears! She did a skillful and thorough job of suggesting timelines that would work best, and of confirming these times with our vendors. Having Elizabeth to help coordinate our many vendors gave us the assurance that things would run smoothly on our wedding day so that we did not have to stress about it— and this was such a gift to have!! Every question in the months leading up to the wedding was quickly answered with an email or phone call, and Elizabeth handled every conflict and hiccup that came up with grace. She is definitely an advocate that any bride would be lucky to have, and we can’t recommend her highly enough! Thank you, Elizabeth!!

d and good-hearted person on top of being a talented and thorough wedding planner. I plan on bombarding her with life updates forever because she is so awesome I don't want to say goodbye! FULL REVIEW: Hiring Lizzie was the best decision we made for our wedding. Initially my husband and I were unsure if we wanted to spend the money on a planner, but I am so happy that we did (but I'm not sure we would have felt that way if we hadn't gone with Eastmade!) We hired Lizzie for our month-of planning, but she did so much more than just month of coordination. We had an extremely long engagement (2 years) and throughout that time Lizzie was always available via phone and e-mail whenever I had questions. I asked her for vendor suggestions, wedding decor ideas, and even more leading up to the month-of. She was always responsive, caring, and warm and really considerate of us as a couple. We actually went with her DJ suggestion, which was also another excellent recommendation and decision (basically trust Lizzie she is really good at what she does). Here are some examples of why Lizzie is seriously amazing if you are unsure whether or not you should hire her (JUST HIRE HER ALREADY): -She made sure all our contracts were aligned (apparently a bunch of the times were mismatched... GOOD THING WE HAD LIZZIE TO FIX THIS) -I literally fell to the floor at one point and meekly asked her to take off my shoes AND SHE DID (and not begrudgingly, like she did so lovingly as if I hadn't asked her to do something ridiculous) -After a disastrous walk through with our caterer she bought me coffee and calmed me down and she also told me my shoes were pretty (WHICH I REALLY NEEDED AFTER THAT WALK THROUGH) -And seriously so much more!!!!

having a friendlier or more responsible coordinator. Lizzie has great taste and is a natural when conceptualizing and decorating a beautiful ceremony and reception. She helped us with everything from finding a great Jazz Trio to picking our wedding colors, and was able to give suggestions about the flow of our wedding and even the set-up at our venue. All of our guests raved about our wedding and about Lizzie herself! If you’re considering hiring a wedding planner or coordinator (which is a GREAT idea, in our opinion) we 100% recommend Lizzie and East Made Events Company! You can't go wrong, and you will be able to enjoy your special day that much more.

evel! I hired her for the month of Coordination. She began corresponding with me a few months ahead of time which was appreciated. She wants your event to go just as well as you do and she has great design style. I had her set up our candy bar area and some of the entrance tables as well as run the whole event! The decor looked so good and she was there for me and my wedding party every step of the way. I knew that by hiring Elizabeth, I didnt have to worry about a single thing for our Four Seasons Hotel wedding. If you want someone who is super detailed, kind, honest, hardworking and will not price gauge you because she actually cares about you, then hire Elizabeth. I promise you that you will not go wrong. I wish hired her full time. She is that good. I will be hiring her again for future events I host.

website and work, it was clear that she has an amazing eye for style and design. She is passionate about even the tiniest of details, and was always excited to trade ideas – from helping me to design our escort card display and place settings to sourcing silk ribbon and copper accents. Having someone who could bring both structure and creativity to the planning process was really important to me, and Elizabeth exceeded my highest expectations in that regard. She also took the time to get to know us as a couple, which made our experience both fun and personalized. From a coordination perspective, Elizabeth is incredibly organized and communicative. She helped us think through every aspect of the weekend, including scheduling and set-up details that we would have otherwise overlooked. She also seamlessly managed the logistical challenges associated with a large outdoor, at-home wedding. Even when the day-of weather conditions were a little wet, she and her team made set-up and delivery adjustments to ensure everything went smoothly. I felt completely comfortable knowing everything was in her hands, and I know our vendors appreciated it too. I can honestly say that hiring East Made Event Company was one of the best investments we made. Elizabeth is talented, humble, and absolutely wonderful to work with. Our wedding would not have been what it was without her!

details that I never would have thought of myself. She not only was my wedding planner but my florist as well! We saved tons of money by ordering our flowers online and Elizabeth crafted all of our bouts, bouquets, flower crowns and centerpieces. She even stayed late into the evening of our rehearsal dinner to make sure everything had been completed. I would recommend Elizabeth to anyone getting married whether they feel prepared or not because no matter what, as a Bride you will most definitely forget something and Elizabeth will be there to help you along the way! Thanks Elizabeth!

at was the best decision we made in the entire wedding planning process. More specifically, hiring Elizabeth and the East Made Event Company was the best decision we made. Though we got the “day of” wedding planning package, with Elizabeth that is really “month of” coordination. In the weeks leading up to the wedding she was available at a moment’s notice either by email or by phone. We thought that we had thought of every little detail, but she reminded us of little things that we had forgotten. She contacted all of our vendors for us, confirmed their arrival time at the venue, and dealt with scheduling issues without involving us at all. She set up our entire timeline and ensured that our vendors stuck to it. At the rehearsal she took the lead, showed us all where we needed to be and when, and was able to pull together some last minute table decorations where we had forgotten them. On the day of the wedding she was incredible. She was at the venue a full three hours before the ceremony started and was able to coordinate all the vendors to ensure that everything was set up in the right places. She seemed to be everywhere at once and yet we barely knew she was there. She kept us on our schedule, gave us updates, but was also flexible when things took longer or not as long as we expected. She worked great with our photographer, DJ, and caterer and we didn’t have to worry about anything such as vendor meals, final payments, or making sure that the cards and gifts were moved inside. From the beginning of the day to the end, Elizabeth had a smile on her face and was helpful for everyone involved in the wedding. It wouldn’t have gone as smoothly without her and we highly recommend her services. Even if you think that you can “do it on your own,” having Elizabeth around will make everything easier, smoother, and less stressful for your big day.

eached out to me about month-of planning when I booked Chesapeake Strings. It was the perfect timing as I was slowly losing it over timelines and dealing with vendors. She was incredibly helpful and wrote a detailed day-of timeline, organized our rehearsal and our entire processional, made sure everything looked perfect and herded guests to the appropriate areas. She interacted with our vendors so that we didn't have to, and was just amazing. On top of that, she is upbeat but relaxed and kept me calm on my big day. Book her, you won't regret it!!