Reviews of Naturally Yours Events (Event Planner)

Ben Grimshaw

Stephanie was fantastic dealing with vendors and family. Definitely the best money we spent on the wedding.

Amanda Schonfeld

Our wedding was 10/17/14. My husband and I had been planing the wedding for about a month and signed Carlene on as our Day Of Coordinator (DOC) ten months before our wedding date. We found her from a few Green Wedding Alliance events that we attended and were very impressed with her down to earth approach to weddings. We are not your typical 'wedding people' and really were not looking forward at all to plan a wedding. We had been engaged for 5 years and it took a lot for us to take that step and finally make the event happen. Needless to say, Carlene played a huge part in allowing us to actually 'enjoy the journey' of wedding planning. We met with her early on and she shared a wedding planning tool with us that made our lives so much easier. I was able to run any question by her, even asking about things related to our gift registry and etiquette of who to invite to the wedding. I was not going to have any flowers because our event was being held in a vintage store, but at one of our last meetings Carlene suggested we think about a few strategically placed floral pieces to give a feminine feel to a masculine room. We talked about a budget of only $150.00 for the flowers and I told her if she could find someone good to deliver on that budget, we would go for it. She definitely found us an awesome florist (Becca Blue) and the flowers were perfect! We also found out early on after we had already put a deposit on our venue that the people who owned our venue (Brimfield) could be very difficult to work with. Carlene had previous experience with them and she discussed with us what could go wrong. It definitely made me nervous about having a terrible wedding day experience but Carlene calmed me down and we came up with a good plan on how to deal with the venue vendors. In the end, there were venue vendor road bumps on the day of our wedding, but Carlene handled things and we did not have to endure the stress on our special day. I really cannot thank her enough for everything, but that alone was more than worth having her as our DOC. Carlene is not only an amazing professional at what she does, but she's a lovely,fun person. I enjoyed the time that we spent with her and never dreaded a meeting. She definitely made planning our wedding fun. If you have any questions at all about her, feel free to reach out. I will give you even more details about why you should work with her. Don't waste your time with anyone else, sign on Naturally Yours Events.

Colleen Sweeney

Carlene is, hands down, the reason my wedding will be the one of the best days of my life. She is responsive, responsible, detail oriented, and very creative. I can't say enough about her and her team. They kept us on budget somehow, but we still got everything we wanted and more.

Sean Fleming

Naturally Yours Events made our wedding planning very easy and fun! We could not have done it without Lauren and Naturally Yours. My wife and I did not have much of a vision going into the planning stages of the wedding, but Lauren helped guide us and made sure we took care of everything, even the things you do not normally think of when planning a wedding. The end result was a perfect wedding in budget with no stress the day of. We would highly recommend!

Lisa Strylowski

The decision to utilize a wedding planner was one of the best we made in our wedding planning process. Jessie helped us starting several months out with making sure we were on schedule, reviewing all of our vendor contracts, giving recommendations & suggestions as needed & keeping us uber organized with an amazing planning tool!! As our big day got closer she was there every step of the way. She attended our final walk through & thought of every small detail we may have otherwise not thought of, had great taste and vision to put the wedding of our dreams into reality! The excellent communication she kept among all of our vendors made sure the day went off without a hitch. Jessie & Emily were absolute life savers on our wedding day! Everything ran on time, they set up the entire venue, made sure we (and all of our guests) had everything they needed at any time. Jessie even drove my husband & I back to our hotel after breaking everything down & packing it into our car for us!! She's nothing short of amazing & we are ever so grateful to her for making the best day of our lives better than we ever could have imagined!!

Marc Brenner

We worked with Lauren for our wedding. She was excellent. She was very organized, easy to work with, and with good follow through. She delivered what she promised and was dependable and reliable. NYE was definitely a great choice.

Puja Pandya

We hired Naturally Yours Events to help keep track of our wedding since we were planning from out of state. We worked with Kristen for the partial planning package and she was incredible! We had a very complicated Indian-American fusion wedding with 2 ceremonies and a reception all in the same day. Kristen made the effort to learn about the Indian side of things and made sure that everything throughout the day stayed on track. She was seriously a lifesaver! After working with her throughout the planning process we developed a level of trust and I was able to just hand the reigns over to her the day-of and know that she was going to be able to handle everything without a hitch. Our wedding was incredible and we love Kristen! :)

Kathryn Shouse

We got the full planning package from Naturally Yours! Carlene made everything about our wedding flow smoothly and no one felt stressed or under pressure the day of. I had no idea how to plan a wedding and Carlene made every step clear and easy! Worth every penny and more, I am so grateful we hired them!

Thomas Williams

Naturally Yours is the best at serving YOUR wants and needs for your wedding day. I love how they put you first when finding different options for the big day! Definitely check them out!

Ashley J

As we planned our wedding, we read through reviews on every vendor before picking up the phone, or emailing them for more information. NYE was hands down one of our favorite vendors - Kristen was amazing. We knew we were in good hands from the get go. She is extremely organized, professional, yet beyond friendly, and she made us feel truly special during the entire experience. They were extremely cost effective, as everything adds up ridiculously quickly for Chicago weddings - they didn't reflect the ugly grind we saw from other potential vendors as we were searching for the vendor team for our venue. We also LOVE, LOVE they are members of the Green Wedding Alliance, as we were doing our very best to be mindful of the environment, eliminate waste, etc., as we planned our big day. Last, we strongly recommend attending Wedtoberfest, even if you don't use NYE for planning, this wedding event was charming, informational, not pushy at all, and had the Chicago class and character we were searching for in our wedding planning journey. There were SO many things Kristen brought up we never would have thought of - thankfully she was on our wedding team. Even leading up to the big day, I texted her in a panic as the popcorn favor order was WAY bigger than we thought, and she responded right away, and I dropped it off at NYE so it was one less (of MANY) thing we had to worry about. I knew we were in good hands the entire time, and their location was beyond convenient. I would highly recommend NYE, and do your best to nab Kristen - she is a gem.

Sarah Howgate

I know exactly why you're here. You're planning your wedding and wondering if you really need a day-of coordinator's help. After all, you're organized and you have plenty of people out there who are "willing to help"........ I'm here to tell you, yes, yes you do. I was just like you, trying to decide if a day of coordinator would really be worth it, and honestly, hiring Naturally Yours was probably the smartest money we spent on the wedding. Thanks to them I had the wedding of my dreams on 12/13/14. They were able to take a wedding that could have been absolute chaos (smaller venue holding both ceremony and reception in the winter) and turn it into a dream. I originally met with Carlene and immediately liked her and the premise of Naturally Yours. Unfortunately she was already booked for a wedding on my day, but their up-and-coming planner Jessie was still available and thank god she was. Let me tell you, there are not enough superlatives out there for me to express how wonderful Jessie is. She is incredibly nice and friendly but will absolutely kick ass to get your wedding perfect for you. She wants to know exactly how you envision your day to be and will work her hardest to make sure that vision comes true. I'm definitely what you would call a Type A personality, so at first I had a bit of trouble handing over the reigns. Once I got to know Jessie and realized how awesome she was at this whole wedding planning stuff, I had no problem trusting her to take care of all the details and she did such an amazing job. She set up our decorations beautifully - I actually gasped when I first walked into the venue, I was so shocked at how great it looked. Also, she took care of everything. I'm sure things went wrong that day because there were a ton of moving pieces, but I don't know of a single one. Jessie just handled everything (even making sure my wine glass was adequately filled) so I was able to relax and actually enjoy all of my wedding. I can't recommend them enough. Stop whatever you're doing right now and call / email / hire these women.

Cameron Hanes

My wife and I had the pleasure of working with Kristen to help plan our wedding this past Spring. She was so incredibly organized, yet so down to earth and easy to work with. We put complete trust in her when it came to executing on all cylinders for our wedding day, and everything went perfectly, mainly due to how excellent Kristen was. We highly recommend working with NYE and Kristen!

Cassandra Warren

We contracted with NYE for full services, and outside of saying yes to my spouse, it was the best decision I made! I have a difficult time letting other people take the reigns of something I have a vision for, has my name on it and/or my heart is in, and Carlene did a fantastic job easing these fears. She is very detail orientated, has created great planning tools, had great connections and references. Our day was truly perfection and I couldn't have fully enjoyed it without her. I highly recommend Carlene or anyone from NYE.