Reviews of Carolina Event Design (Event Planner)

Courtney Wornick

Heather and her entire CED team are seriously the BEST in the industry. Heather and Hannah worked so hard to make every detail of my wedding so perfect. I couldn't have dreamt of a more perfect day. It was MAGICAL. It sounds so cliche, but it's seriously the truth. MAGICAL. Heather is so experienced and talented with design. I told her I wanted modern, chic, and upscale and she overdid herself with everything that I envisioned. It exceeded my expectations. They are so honest and patient with you, yet give their best knowledge and opinion about every aspect of your day. Heather knows how to work with a bride/family and make your day top notch. She coordinated, planned, and designed my entire day and I wouldn't have had it any other way. What I loved most about the Carolina Event team is they seriously became family. We left our wedding with the most amazing memories and new friends. If you are in search of a wedding or event planner, you won't regret the CED team. They are truly the best! I look forward to future events, showers, parties with them in the future! You will leave your wedding SO happy and SO grateful you chose them to help plan your day!

Hannah Hennessy

Hands down the best money we could have spent on our wedding weekend! Heather and her team seriously take care of everything and truly allow you and your groom/family/friends just show up and enjoy the weekend. After all that planning, who wants to stress during the actual events? NOT ME! If anything went wrong, I had no clue, the CED team took care of it. They were extremely professional, knowledgeable and a great resource for any question or decision we had to make along the way. They always went above and beyond to ensure everything was perfect and exactly how I'd imagine it to be! Not only would I recommend/strongly suggest them for wedding planning, but any important event I would highly recommend! They are truly the best! :)

Tara Splain

When planning a wedding, there are ENDLESS decisions to be made. The best decision I made was choosing to contract with Heather & Erin at Carolina Event Design. They made my wedding planning process effortless, stress-free, and FUN! Most of our decisions were made over cocktails at the Ballantyne Hotel. Now that's my kind of planning! Make life simple for yourself and hire CED.

Bespoke Strings

Absolutely love Carolina Event Design! Heather was amazing to work with. We are wedding/event musicians based in Charleston SC (Bespoke Strings) and work with event planners all of the time... Heather and her team were super organized and made our job extremely easy! Hope to work with them again!

Hannah Chronis

The ladies at CED are the total package – professional, detail-oriented, creative, and so much fun. While helping my sister plan her wedding, we felt as though we were CED’s only clients. The wedding day was everything my sister wanted, thanks to the ladies at CED. Heather and Erin are a dynamic duo with the perfect combination of Type-A businesses-minded professionalism and champagne sipping conversationalists who know how to throw a fabulous party. Hire CED and relax knowing you’re in the best hands. (Oh, and they won’t judge you if you and your bridesmaids order Domino’s to your bridal suite on wedding day…)

ME Meyer

Our daughter's wedding was spectacular! Could not have been done without the talent and expertise of Heather and her team at Carolina Event Design.

Sarah Kilmer

Heather did an absolutely amazing job for our wedding! She went above and beyond to ensure went perfectly. We couldn't have had a better day!

Michele Ruby

Heather and the Carolina Event Design team exceeded our expectations for service, wedding planning and execution in EVERY way! First, she's a lot of fun and easy to work with but more importantly, she is an expert and has a great way of serving as a needed coach and trusted advisor while letting us make the decisions. Our wedding was a fairly large affair (200 guests) at both church and reception venues and we planned it from across the country. In addition, our original wedding planner needed to withdraw from our contract for personal reasons, so we connected with Heather just two months before the wedding date. From the get-go, Heather instilled confidence! Her style is an incredible combination of highly efficient execution and necessary assertiveness, coupled with constant attention to our style, needs and desires. I especially appreciate the way Heather worked with all our vendors, including the band manager, caterer, florist, etc. She also ran the rehearsal. Heather has a great sense of style; leading the design of our venue (Uptown Mint), and even grabbed a curling iron and touched up the brides hair just before the ceremony. Weddings are such a significant financial and emotional investment, and having Heather directing the day changed our entire demeanor and made the planning and day of activities seamless. We were able to revel in our daughter's wedding without stress or worry. It was such a joyous and impeccably orchestrated day - I can't imagine the wedding without Heather's leadership.

Madison Timmerman

Heather and her team was such as easy choice for us to make (and one of the best choices we made in the wedding planning process). She's an expert in planning, knows how to bring your vision to life, is professional, will let you call or text her with questions, and truly is there to guide you through the entire planning process. My husband and I were looking for someone who we knew we could trust with the small details and lean on for guidance when it came to the big decisions. Heather keeps you on schedule throughout the whole process to ensure you're not stressed weeks before the big day. When you choose Carolina Event Design, you're allowing yourself to rest knowing your wedding is going to be beautiful and flow perfectly. We planned a small wedding around 80 people, and Heather helped us make it a fun and intimate event with all of our family and friends. (not to mention it was also beautifully put together). One of the saddest parts about our wedding being over is we miss getting to work with Heather! Absolutely recommend her and her team to anyone in the Charlotte area, they are the best!

Allison Hoekstra

There is no one else I would’ve wanted to help us plan our wedding weekend. From the beginning, Heather was always a step ahead which made us actually ENJOY our engagement and planning process. I have worked in the wedding industry for several years – Heather was one of the first wedding planners I had the pleasure of working with at my current property and she completely blew me away with her services and what she designed for the clients. 4 years later – I was engaged and my first email was to Heather and her team to make sure they were available! From the beginning, she sat down with my family and fiancé and we walked through our budget and walked us through the process and what to expect. She managed our budget to ensure we stayed within our budget and helped get the best ‘bang-for-our-buck’ where it really mattered to us. She had so many resources at her disposal and knew the right people to work with to make sure our vision was complete. Working in the event industry – there are a lot of things you see and I really wanted to do a fully designed wedding where it was unlike something I had seen before. Heather worked her magic and did above and beyond what we asked. More importantly – she was a great person all around and would check in on us and how we were feeling throughout the process. She handled my crazy (very late night) emails with grace and could immediately calm me down with how detailed she was and had it all handled. Planning a wedding (big or small) – you always need someone who is going to be honest and realistic for you – this was Heather. Our wedding weekend came – Heather was such a reliable and FUN resource for our family. As we all know how overwhelming and fast things start to go once the wedding week is upon us – Heather made sure we were enjoying ourselves and that things were flowing perfectly. The day of went by so quickly – but she was with us the whole time making sure we were not only on time and truly enjoying ourselves. We would turn around and there was Heather already anticipating what we may have needed! What an incredible team to work with and they are so talented at what they do. My Dad even toasted to Heather in his welcome speech! I would highly recommend Heather and her team for ANY type of event. No. Questions. Asked.