Collectively, our team has over 50 years in the biz....wow that makes us sound old. Owner, Jodi Drysdale, started CES in 2007 and since then, she, along with her amazing team, have served close to 500 couples. Our clients select us because of our skill, experience, and mostly, our relationships. Our focus is on providing high touch, personalized planning for couples who care about their people - most. Many planners can make beautiful events. Our focus is on creating beautiful experiences. From the invitation, to the food, to the space, and the music - we believe your wedding should FEEL like YOU. 

Our Full Service Planning & Design services are provided by Jodi Drysdale. With a lifetime (literally) in the event industry, Jodi loves taking her clients ideas and bringing them to life. Our Associate Planners, Elaine and Jordan, are coordination rockstars and provide our Planning and 3 Month Service Packages. Our Event Assistants round out our crew. All our team members have extensive event experience and have been with CES for 5-11 years. We sure love what we do! 

One of our favorite things about the last 19 years has been the opportunity to work in new places and with new people. With 1000’s of venues in our service areas, we are always grateful for the opportunity to serve in new spaces. We know the questions to ask and make sure our site visits include all the details we need.

Our focus is on quality and relationships. Because of that, our planners/coordinators will only take one wedding a weekend. While we may have a couple of teams in different locations, your planner/coordinator team will only have eyes for you! 

Our Full Service Planning & Design package begins as soon as you sign the contract. We will set up your customized cloud based planning portfolio, walk through onboarding, and start to review vendors. Typically, we spend the first 60 days on vendor selection, then move on to design. We'll connect as needed, at least monthly, throughout the process, but we are always available as needed. 

 Our Planning Package really focuses on the first and final 60-90 days with vendor selection and then final vendor confirmations. It's the 'logistics' package. This also includes monthly check ins.   

Our 3 month Event Management Package will officially begin 3 months prior to your wedding date, but we're available for questions as needed. 

Once you submit an inquiry through our contact form, we'll reach out to schedule a phone consultation. If it feels like we are a good match, we will send over a contract and payment information. Typically, 50% is due at the time of booking and the balance is due 1 month prior to your wedding. We can be flexible about that payment schedule, just ask!

While we don't have a minimum budget requirement, we think it’s helpful to share what our typical client spends. For our Full Service Planning couples, most invest $900 and up per guest all in. So for a wedding of 100 guests, a total event budget begins at around $90-$100k.

For our Event Management clients, it's often closer to $600 and up per guest, or a total event budget that begins at around $60k-$80k for 100 guests.

Again, these are not requirements, but provided to give a little insight and education on budget averages as you begin your planning.

We do! We have fabulous friendors we love to work with in all the markets we serve. We are happy to provide those recommendations, and we can work with any fully service vendor you might have your heart set on. We love making new connections!

Absolutely! Traveling is in our DNA! Cabo is a top favorite for us. After so many years in this industry, we have connections all over the world and can create your dream event anywhere!

We sure do! Not only is this a requirement for most venues, but we believe it should be a standard for any wedding/event professional. All vendors on our preferred lists are also insured.