Oak + Honey Event Planning Co.

g that was memorable and fun for all!

rovided was the relaxed nature of the bride and groom thoughout the entire wedding events, they confidently knew everything was being handled as they wanted. You too can expect a professional and personal experience using Oak & Honey Event Planning!

ual meetings. She is super experienced in the industry and has great recommendations on vendors and ideas. We truly feel that Melanie took a ton off of our hands and made sure that we, as well as our parents and bridal party, were well taken care of and had a stress free ceremony and reception. She is absolutely an advocate for her clients.

alance of tailoring her approach to their style and needs, while also providing a keen eye for design and helpful suggestions. She has incredible vendor / industry relationships, which created an ease for the process - knowing we were getting vetted individuals / teams and ones who were genuinely excited to work together. Day-of, Melanie and Melissa are honestly superheroes - both behind-the-scenes and front-of-house. They work hard to create the most stress-free day and environment and when there are stressors that are out of your control, they handle these effortlessly and with a poised and supportive response. As cheesy as it sounds, I knew Melanie had my back in both handling planning tasks, engaging with other vendors, bringing my vision to life, and also just as a caring human. I’d come to cherish the regular planning meetings with Melanie and honestly consider her a friend at this point. I would recommend Oak + Honey to any bride / couple that hopes for a partner in planning, a knowledgeable advocate with vendors, and a supportive team to make your wedding the best possible. Could not have been more happy with this decision!

y expertly guided us through the process from picking a venue to the end of our wedding night and I cannot recommend them enough. We worked with Amy and she was incredibly knowledgeable, kind, and focused on executing our vision.

step of the way. Most of the planning and event was unconventional, but Melanie was able to adapt and help in every way we needed. It was always easy to schedule meetings at times that were most convenient for us, and Melanie was always very responsive to our messages and needs. She was particularly helpful with all of the little details that we didn’t know about or how to handle, and helping guide us through what needed to be done and when. Because of the time, distance, and language differences, scheduling some vendors and confirming details was extremely time consuming and difficult. But Melanie handled it all so that we were basically only involved in the most fun parts of planning! Melanie was also incredibly helpful the day of the wedding, managing all of the vendors and guests so that we could just enjoy the day. Even when one of the photographers accidentally locked himself in the bathroom, all was fine and we were able to keep the band playing a bit longer before the ceremony! I don’t think we could have had the wedding we had without her help!

We really enjoyed working with the team and would highly recommend to anyone looking to host a great wedding in NE Ohio.

nd to understand our vision for our wedding and make sure that every detail was perfect. They were always available to answer our questions and help us make decisions, and they always kept our budget in mind. Oak + Honey is also incredibly inclusive of different needs. They worked with us to ensure that our wedding was accessible to all of our guests, and they were always respectful of our cultural and religious traditions. On the day of the wedding, Oak + Honey was incredibly organized and efficient. They made sure that everything ran smoothly, from the ceremony to the reception. We were able to relax and enjoy our special day without having to worry about anything. Overall, Oak + Honey is an amazing wedding planning company. They are attentive, inclusive, organized, and they will go above and beyond to make your wedding day perfect. As a groom who was involved in the planning process, I HIGHLY recommend Melanie and team any couple planning a wedding!

s realistic with me in setting expectations, and she connected me with some of the most amazing vendors, my favorite of which I never would have been able to find on my own. Her scheduling tool was extremely helpful when it came to booking time with her and she made it super easy to ask questions and get feedback when I was thinking through the millions of different things that popped up on a daily basis. She took my input and vision seriously and helped me to craft a vision for areas where I had no idea what I wanted. Melanie and her team were also super creative and reassured us when we wanted to do things that were not as traditional. We felt like our vision was respected and taken care of. In addition to everything above, the wedding day went super smoothly and her and her team handled everything without a hitch. There was one vendor that was not affiliated with her team that we needed to use due to the venue that we wanted to provide feedback on afterwards, and she even went the extra mile to consult with us on how to handle that. As a bride who has now gone through the process, I could not recommend Melanie enough. She took an extremely stressful task and made it as smooth as possible and even enjoyable.

a finger because they handled everything. They completely removed the stress of all the little choices that need to be made by providing great advice and insight. I also thought the vendors they connected my daughter with were top notch. If you are a bride, or a mother of a bride, that want a stress free experience, choose Oak & Honey Events.

day stress free and beautiful, we appreciated all her expertise and highly recommend her! Was a pleasure to work with her!

would go with them again for planning our perfect wedding! Melissa is a rockstar and had been with us from the start of the planning process. She was friendly, very competent, detail-oriented and direct. We appreciated her honest feedback and ability to work within our budget. She handled everything for us and helped us choose the best vendors ever. Melissa was supportive and enthusiastic about our vision for the wedding... we made a great team! Having Oak + Honey running the show took a ton of stress away from the planning process and our wedding day, which allowed us to really enjoy the experience. Melissa and Melanie came prepared for anything on our wedding day and ran it like a well-oiled machine. We were very impressed with how smoothly our wedding events (rehearsal dinner, welcome party, and wedding) went. Oak + Honey really did make our wedding a dream come true. We seriously had the most perfect wedding I've ever been to and every guest was blown away by the entire thing. Our new favorite activity is looking back at pictures, watching videos, and talking about how amazing the day was. P.S. the Groom really appreciates Melanie for sewing on pants buttons just in time for our first-look!

based on personality and priorities. Despite being engaged for over two years, Melanie made us feel like we were still a priority with regular check-ins. As the day grew closer, she kept us on track and helped guide our decisions to create a wedding that was perfect for us. Our wedding day went off without a hitch and our party was very complimentary of how things were run, all thanks to Melanie. O&H has great relationships with vendors and their planning tools and extremely useful, from budget tracking to RSVPs. We would definitely recommend O&H!

nd brought it to life beyond what I could have imagined. They also expertly navigated two rescheduled wedding dates due to COVID. Once we finally got to the wedding day, it was perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better planning experience. Highly recommend!!

res, and the design board was exactly what she wanted. At the rehearsal and the wedding Melanie was a fabulous director, and managed to get things moving in a way none of us could have done. I highly recommend having the “day of” service package. We were all able to have a great time with our guests, and Melanie took care of everything. We had a guest tell us he had never been to such a beautifully executed wedding, and he is 70! Highly highly recommend.

a wedding and the wedding itself. They offered invaluable expertise and insight while also validating our "wants" and helping us curate a day that perfectly represented us as a couple. Not only was the planning process fun and low-stress, but the day-of coordination really allowed us to enjoy our entire wedding day and live in the moment. The day after our wedding we woke up and said, "Wow, I wish I could do that all over again!" It truly was the best day ever and we owe all of that to the amazing team at Oak + Honey!

seamlessly executed a logistically complex event. Melanie and her team were a pleasure to work with. They took what we know is a stressful process for many couples and helped make it a positive experience for us.

st in them for design, vendors, logistics and more. We will 100% recommend them to anyone looking for a wedding planner! We hope we have a daughter someday so we can use Melanie and Oak and Honey to plan her wedding!! Love, Kelly and Jeff

d Melanie kept us on task and made the experience enjoyable. She was so genuine and straight to the point- exactly what we needed! We began planning during COVID and despite all of the unknowns in the world, Melanie made us feel like no matter what, we would have the wedding of our dreams - and we did! Melanie made everything so easy and seamless and dealt with any issue that came up right away. All of her vendor recommendations were amazing and she helped us to make sure we had everything we needed. The day-of support was beyond helpful as she even helped to manage some difficult family members :) If anything went wrong that day, we had no idea! She made sure we had the best time and could focus on all of the love and excitement. Truly could not have done any of it without her!

he coordination help, but it was 100% the best decision I made. Kristy went above and beyond by helping me get organized leading up to the event, asking questions about tasks that I had never thought about, and everything went so smoothly the day of the wedding. Every small detail was taken care of - even with ensuring we were well fed and had drinks in hand during the chaos of the wedding. Please don't hesitate to book with Oak + Honey. I guarantee you will be happy you did.

ly. Melanie is a no bullshit, authentic person. She was cool, calm and collected when we needed her to be, and encouraging, assertive, and decisive when we needed that. Melanie, Melissa, and the Oak and Honey team truly made us feel like they cared about us and wanted us to have the best day. I think it's also important to note that Melanie did a 5 star job during a year (2021) when the world of weddings was double booked and double complicated and that is incredibly telling. We hope to never get married again, but Melanie almost makes you want to do it twice ;)

od vacation spot on Lake Erie. I spent one day trying to do long distance research on venues, then started researching wedding planners instead. We hired Oak + Honey to help plan and coordinate our wedding and it was the best decision of the whole planning process. Melanie and her team were incredible. They did all the local and on the ground research to give us a range of options for venues - including locations I never would have found myself and ended up choosing. Every single one of her vendor recommendations was spot on, from photographer to florist to DJ. Early on in the planning process Melanie said she encouraged her clients to leave all the vendor contact to her which was music to my ears. I got to do all the fun parts of planning without dealing with any of the headache and hassle. This would have been everything I hoped for, but then when COVID hit Melanie and her team became even more valuable. They helped us navigate the process of coordinating with all our vendors to choose new dates, updating contracts and keeping track of the various COVID precautions. This would have been a nightmare to try to deal with long distance but Melanie and her team stayed organized, calm and hopeful throughout. We finally got to have our wedding in June 2021, 372 days after our original date and it turned out better than we ever dreamed. Melanie and her team were in close contact with us the whole week leading up to the wedding, and then present onsite starting the day before. We had separate locations for the ceremony and reception and also had to have a shuttle service for our guests from a remote parking area to the ceremony site. They took care of every detail for the day of so that everything happened flawlessly. They even corralled some surly personnel at the ceremony site to make sure no one was sour towards our guests. I am sure some things on the wedding day probably didn't go to plan, but I never knew about it. When we finally got to the day my husband and I were able to completely relax and celebrate with our guests while everything moved along seamlessly. If the sign of great skill is making difficult things look easy, then Melanie and her team are true masters. There's (hopefully) not a lot of repeat business in wedding planning, but if there were I'd hire Oak + Honey again in a heartbeat.

came to Melanie with some initial ideas, but she and her team really created a vision and connected us with the most talented vendors in Cleveland who could make our dreams a reality. We never would have found our incredible florist, signage designer, rentals, etc. without them. When we made the decision to postpone our wedding due to COVID, they seamlessly made sure all of our vendors were available for our new date and took all of the stress out of having to pivot. Instead of adding the stress of wedding planning to a crazy year, our straightforward communications and monthly meetings with Melanie were a highlight of our year. Every detail came together so beautifully, our family + friends were blown away by it all, and we made the best memories without having to worry about a thing; what more could you want?! We could not recommend hiring the Oak + Honey team enough, and we wish we could have a wedding every year just so that we could work with them again!

ate and consider postponement. We did ultimately move our event and she coordinated everything! My husband and I are both healthcare workers and have been so stressed with work since 2020 so having Melanie was a lifesaver! I would not have had the time to handle the ever changing restrictions and would not have been able to give the vendors the attention they deserved. Melanie was always patient with me and was always there to listen to my needs (and my venting haha). Not only did she efficiently handle all the logistics of the wedding she also was amazing with design. I am not a natural at these things and was so happy with her final product. From floral to little details everything was great! We got so many compliments and most importantly she made sure the design was still unique to us. Another priceless part of my experience was the excellent suggestions on other vendors. I am out of state so my initial impressions on a vendor and trust were so important. Everyone from catering, venue, floral etc was excellent. I won’t rant about other vendors here but they were truly an amazing team. As much as I am happy to be done planning a wedding for years, I was sad to finally be done working with this dream team. Busy and stressed about wedding planning ? Just hire Melanie and you will not regret it

y beginning and it made all the difference. Not only did they keep me on track, they filled in the gaps (okay, a lot of them) to my wedding-day vision with unique, fun, and sustainable ideas. In the end, my wedding was 100% ME (okay, and my husbands) and went off without a hitch. Plus, Melanie didn't bat an eye when I insisted on having six rescue dogs at the ceremony! I also appreciated and relied on their experience and expertise of local venues/vendors—if I wasn't feeling the style of one vendor, Oak+Honey provided a huge list of options until I was content. If you have a busy schedule, are unsure of the style of wedding you want, or could just use some support to stay on track, do NOT hesitate to contact Oak+Honey! You won't regret it.

eveland and will help you pick the perfect people to help your wedding dreams come true. She made making decisions easy and quick and took care of so many behind-the-scenes logistics. Our wedding was truly magic, in no small part due to O+H and all of their hard work. I would recommend Oak + Honey to anyone and everyone planning a wedding.

nt to even bring on a wedding coordinator. I consider myself detail-oriented and a planner and I thought it wasn't an expense that we needed to include in our budget. I was wrong. Kristy made our lives so much easier in those final months before the wedding, and she went above and beyond in so many ways that I can't even list them all here. And I know that she did many other things that helped to make the day go so smoothly that we weren't even aware of, because she just took care of it. Her attention to detail surpassed my own (and that's tough to do!), and her ability to pick up on what we were looking for and just make it happen was impressive. After our first zoom call with Kristy, we talked about how much we liked her and we both completely trusted her professional opinion and judgment--and we relied on it many times throughout the planning process. Both our photographer and our DJ even commented on how great she was. Aside from doing a fantastic job and helping to make our wedding day go so smoothly, Kristy is also just really nice! We enjoyed our meetings with her, and it was fun to have her at the wedding. I would recommend her to anyone in a heartbeat, and am so grateful that we were able to work with her.

process (one that spanned 2 years and a pandemic) so much fun and full of memories. Melanie is so refreshingly down-to-earth, organized, and hilarious. She struck a perfect balance between hearing and encouraging our vision for the wedding, while using her experience to help us make informed decisions and guide us when we were unsure. As someone who hates email, knows nothing about planning events (when asked about chargers as part of the table setting, I thought they meant phone chargers), and isn't exactly "detail-oriented", Melanie was a life-saver. She communicated with all the vendors, set up appointments, and thought of all the details I wouldn't even know to think of. And she did this all during an unprecedented pandemic! She helped us navigate the ever-changing rules/regulations, and had invaluable thoughts on what works/what doesn't to make guests feel safe. This allowed the planning process to be so fun for my husband and I, and we could focus on dreaming and planning for our upcoming marriage, rather than stressing about the wedding itself. We are so grateful to Melanie and her team - if you are lucky enough to work with her, you know your day will be magical.

dding venue. Melanie really helped us to bring our ideas and vision to life. She is easy-going, relaxed, and enjoyable to work with. We can't recommend Oak + Honey enough!

dly team you could ever hope to work with! We called them with 4 months to go before a wedding at a family farm and we seriously could not have pulled this event off without them. So many people have told my wife and I that we had the most amazing wedding and most of this is due to the seamless way Oak + Honey made our vision come true.

o truly knows nothing about event planning, I was really nervous about planning a wedding, especially living in another state for the majority of the planning process, but even from the first meeting I felt instantly relieved and excited. They accommodated our busy schedules and helped us plan virtually when needed (even before COVID!), which made things a lot easier for us. They are experienced, professional, organized, detail oriented, adaptable, and creative. They brought our vision for our wedding to life even better than we could have ever imagined and prioritized the things that were most important to us. Any suggestions they made were really thoughtful and only enhanced what we had been thinking, and they found or suggested vendors who we have equally loved working with. When we started talking pretty early in 2020 about postponing for COVID, they were understanding and supportive and took care of all of the logistics seamlessly. They have been available whenever we've had any questions and made everything so much easier. On top of all of that, they are dedicated to sustainability and helped us incorporate this into our wedding, which was a huge plus for us. We can't imagine planning our wedding (and truthfully don't want to!) without Oak + Honey!

ut our coordinator, Melanie! Our daughter, the bride, was super organized, with all her vendors in place, so we thought we "only" needed a day-of coordination; but wow were we blessed with so much more support than we realized! With pandemic precautions in mind, Melanie networked with the entire team for the day, ensuring everyone was on board with safety measures, as well as guided us on the many details of each decision. Melanie's calm and capable manner reassured us every step of the way. She was honest, efficient, and professional. Oak + Honey ensured that the vendor contracts were followed, offered their experience as needed and timely walkthrough suggestions. We couldn't have done it so beautifully without them! I highly recommend their services to everyone I know. Gratefully, Erin, Mother of the Bride

elanie had put together an entire outline and mood board that captured our style perfectly and focused on our priorities. When the pandemic hit and we realized we would no longer be able to go with our original date, Melanie took the lead, coordinating with every vendor to find a new date—not just once, but twice! It's been quite the year, and we're so grateful to have the support and guidance of the Oak + Honey team.

tions for us and made everything so painless for us when we made the decision to reduce the size of our guest list significantly. Melanie listened to what we wanted and made it a reality, down to the smallest detail. She makes recommendations and gives advice when you need it. She makes sure every base is covered and allows you to really enjoy your event while she seamlessly manages everything from behind the scenes. My family and friends knew everything was handled and we were able to truly enjoy our day without any worries. We cannot wait to work with Melanie again for our larger celebration next year.

ll details were in order, kept us on schedule, ensured our space was set perfectly, etc. We cannot have asked for a better team and are so happy with our experience! Highly recommend!

been to and can't say enough of how enjoyable of a day it was!

doing wedding planning remotely which is a challenge, but Melissa was committed to staying in touch constantly and helping take care of things on the home front when I wasn't around. I really appreciated the thoughtful approach the team took to showing us options (all the way from venues to vendors) and working toward final picks that made sure we were on our budget. The entire Oak and Honey team is uber professional and on their game, we're lucky they were a part of our big day!

start. From our first meeting with Melanie, we felt at ease. She guided us through so many big decisions (and little decisions) that needed to be made in terms of vendors, design, etc. She took the visions I had in my head and transformed them into reality. Our wedding, honestly, exceeded our expectations. I’ve gotten so many nice compliments from guests saying how beautiful the day way. We have so much respect for Melanie and the entire team at Oak + Honey after seeing her running around like crazy to delegate/orchestrate the entire wedding day. And it’s pretty awesome that they are an environmentally friendly company, too!!

wedding. She lead us through the whole year of planning, answering every question, exploring all our options, attending to every detail and being with us on the day itself, as if she was part of the family. We love her and appreciated all she did. When we are ready to plan another wedding, she will be the first phone call we make. Thank you Oak and Honey, you are the best!

ionalism and knowledge of the industry is unmatched. I was not the sort of bride who had been envisioning my wedding day for my entire life and found that Melanie and Melissa were the perfect team to guide me through the many, many choices I was faced with. Melissa ensured that everything went exactly as planned on my wedding day. She expertly translated my countless Pinterest ideas into a cohesive design and ensured that my fiancé and I were able to enjoy our wedding day without giving any aspect of the planning or execution a second thought. I couldn’t be more happy with the service Oak + Honey provided.

assy, personalized event. She understood the bride's likes and dislikes and worked hard on every detail. Melanie sprang into action making sure everything was in place. She was always one step ahead of me, had confidence and amazing energy! She really took charge of the day of the wedding which allowed me to enjoy without a worry. I loved her "can-do" attitude! After a year of planning with these ladies, I miss them!

ons and planning. That decision made my entire planning process and wedding weekend so organized and calm. Melanie truly is the reason why our wedding was so fantastic. Her organization, recommendations and timeline kept things flowing perfectly. Choosing their team is the absolute best decision you can make for your wedding!

amp director so the three month lead up to our wedding I was going to be working 24/7. Oak & Honey stuck out from the start for the environmentally friendly approach, which went very well with our venue at CVNP and our own life style. From our initial get to know you meeting with Melanie I knew they were who we were going to go with. She was very professional, very accommodating to the 3 hour time difference so my fiance could be on the call, and already had great tips for us. We picked the Honeycomb , day of/month of, package simply because of budget. Melanie helped me find my florist when every florist I had initial reached out to did not respond to email. She gave several options that did not come up from your standard google search. She gave me two rough timeline options to help pick a ceremony time when I had no clue what to put on the invitations. She always responded with in 24-hours and always came back with multiple options to chose from and solid advice on what works best. Melissa and Bethany took over leading up to our wedding and were amazing at the final venue walk through when I was clearly horribly overwhelmed and clueless. They had so much experience with my venue and caterer that they were able to help me make decision about layout and the general flow of the event that I never even would have thought of. The day of I don't remember handling a single problem they were on top of everything. We accidentally left one of the wedding bands at the hotel. Bethany drove to the hotel got the room key and was back in time with band. I didn't even have time to stress before it was all taken care of. They made sure all of our DIY projects got to the venue and were set up how we discussed. And handled all of the vendors the week of. It was amazing to not have to worry. By the time I found about any issue it was already handled and nothing to worry about. I honestly don't think our wedding would have been half as amazing as it was without them. They went above and beyond and I can't thank them enough for make sure we and our families didn't have to worry about a thing. If you're on the fence, just go for it you won't regret it.

dors and finding a venue was daunting. Melanie and Melissa helped us every step of the way, making a plan with us and keeping us on track. Their knowledge of the local vendors is incredible and we were happy with every recommendation. They also gave us incredible design tips and worked with our vendors with the result being a wedding that was exactly what we wanted, even with a last minute change of plans because of weather. If you decide to trust your wedding to Oak + Honey you can relax, you're in great hands!