Evelyn Francesca, Events & Design

What can I say. I found Evelyn 19 days before my wedding and it was the best decision I made. I wanted to make sure our guests (and I) could enjoy everything about our wedding day, I chose Evelyn as our day of coordinator: she handled all the ‘small stuff.’ She and Sarah were absolutely amazing!!!
Sarah handled the rehearsal, and the initial set up/​overseeing of the reception room the day of. Evelyn handled the timeline, logistics and also the day-​of events.
The presentation of the items for our reception were beautiful: Sarah arranged our guest party favors to the shape of an anchor (nautical themed wedding), and placed all of the items in the reception room perfectly. We had so many compliments on our reception set up.
Both ladies helped out with the typical madness that ensues on a wedding day: but I have to honestly say… they totally absorbed all of that for us to make sure we could enjoy our day without worries or drama!!! My husband even commented that the day went perfectly, and he would not have chosen to do a single thing differently.
If you are looking for a coordinator to handle the day of your wedding– Evelyn Francesca Events is the company you are looking for!!! We are so happy to have found them and they were able help our dream wedding day go perfectly!!!
Thank you, Evelyn and Sarah!!!

Paired with great vendors, Evelyn made my wedding amazing! My wedding was gorgeous and ran so smoothly! I was able to enjoy being a bride and was able to focus on the day. There was some hiccups, but I never knew til well after the wedding. Evelyn was on top of everything. She is a gem and worth every penny! I couldn’t of done it without her! Thank you Evelyn for making my weeding day amazing!!!

I found Evelyn through The Knot, based on her fantastic reviews. Honestly, she deserves every single one of them. I started working with Evelyn 10 months prior to my wedding on 9÷25÷15 at The Prado at Balboa Park. Throughout the entire planning process, she provided support and guidance, along with patience and creativity. Evelyn is very organized and timely when she responds to emails, which I appreciate. We had multiple emails, phone and Skype conversations (i live out of town) and with each one I felt more reassured that I was «on track» with the planning process. I considered myself a fairly organized Bride, however she would bring to my attention little details and ideas that I would have never thought of. Her vendor recommendations are SPOT on. On the day of my wedding, she was incredible. She provided such a calm and stabilizing presence that me, my family and entire wedding party felt at ease. The entire event ran so smoothly, thanks to her. She understood and executed my vision PERFECTLY. Evelyn is meticulous and has an eye for detail. I cannot say enough great things about her and would HIGHLY recommend her. You will not be disappointed.

I hired Evelyn as our day of coordinator. I interviewed her over skype and immediately enjoyed her personality. She was in touch with me as often as I needed her to be and was always responsive to my emails and calls.
My wedding was at a site with particularly detailed rules and I was so fortunate that I had her to work with those. She was a sweetheart all the time, helping where needed and given great suggestions and input.
On the wedding day, it was PERFECT! Literally, nothing went wrong. Now wether that was for my impeccable planning ;) or her amazing help, I will never know but I think thats how it should be.
I strongly recommend her for a wedding coordinator. You will not be let down!

We hired Evelyn as our day of coordinator. We were very thankful to have her. She made our day stress free. Her team was very organized and helpful. We didn’t have to worry about anything except show up to the wedding. The vendors were able to communicate with her and she was able to answer all of their questions and direct them.

Where do I begin? I found Evelyn after inquiring with several high-​end and well-​reviewed wedding planners in San Diego. To my surprise, none of the other wedding planners responded at all. Evelyn responded promptly to our request, which was the first of many green lights. We had a wonderful initial interview with her and connected immediately; we hired her on the spot for the full planning package — start to finish! Evelyn put me at ease from the beginning by providing me with all of the tools to research and a wedding binder. Now, I am super type-​A personality and very organized/​controlling (thank God for my laid back husband) so giving the reigns to someone else was a little difficult at first. However, Evelyn quickly earned my trust and turned out to be super organized, on-​time or early to everything (I was late to everything), and had the initiative to put me at ease. My husband and I work full-​time and Evelyn was so accommodating with meeting any day and any time. Also, she is sweet, fun, and creative! She turned all of my ideas for ceremony and reception décor into reality, making most of the items herself, which saved so much money. She also provided a bunch of rentals, instead of us needing to purchase items. What really helped us was her vendor expertise! She recommended our wonderful florist and DJ, as well as walked us through the details with other vendors, bringing up things I didn’t even think about! She immediately answered my stressed texts, calls, and emails, especially during the weeks before my wedding. Her checklist and budget were perfect and much better than
for keeping me on track. The week before and day of I didn’t have to do anything but keep my family entertained. Evelyn coordinated everything with the vendors, to include the schedules. When my husband and I showed up, the wedding just happened marvelously and was flawless!!! Yes, flawless. Everyone commented on how beautiful and incredible everything was. I am so happy we chose Evelyn and built a friendship over the last 10 months! If you’re looking for a personalized, intimate, and fun wedding planning experience, Evelyn is your gal!!! We love you! Thank you! Mr & Mrs Laurita ;)

Amazing Wedding Partner!
I had found Evelyn on the Knot app and had reached out to a couple planners before finding her. I was SO happy to have found her because she is the most kind and responsive planner. I was planning my wedding from Minnesota for an Escondido, CA wedding which could have been hard. Evelyn made it so easy for me! What was even more great, was that because I didn’t find her until after I had chosen a couple of vendors, and she was so willing to work with vendors she didn’t know but to my delight, most of them she had worked with before and they all had wonderful things to say about her and her about them too! A perfect marriage! When I needed some other suggestions, she was quick to find me some TERRIFIC vendors, which made planning from afar, amazing! She even Skyped with me a few times to show me what AMAZING rentals she had and what she could do for me in terms of designing a GORGEOUS seating chart. I had an Old Hollywood themed wedding and she hit the nail on the head with gorgeous rentals and design. You will be blessed to have her at your side and I highly recommend her!

Evelyn and her team were fabulous!
When I first met Evelyn right after I got engaged I knew she was a perfect fit to help us plan our wedding day! She is super organized so that every little detail is completely planned out well in advance. She helped us set a budget, gave recommendations for all of our vendors, gave us a wedding timeline to make sure we were on track and followed up with us often throughout the process. She was easy to get in contact with and responded to all of my questions in a very timely manner (even when she had just had a baby!). She met with me and a few vendors several times to make sure we were all on the same page. I also loved that she has several items for rent so that I didn’t need to purchase them on my own.
Wedding day ran perfectly and seamlessly. Evelyn and her team handled everything exceptionally well. I had absolutely no stress at all because I knew I was in good hands. Not once did I have to take care of anything, Evelyn did everything! She kept everything completely on time and had an answer and solution to every question or problem that came up. I would highly recommend her to anyone needing a wedding planner! She is worth every penny!

Evelyn was hired as my day of coordinator for our wedding this past weekend. I am not one to write reviews, but her service and attitude was AMAZING! I am so thankful she was there with me, and made the evening flow. It was nice to have a vision, and have someone else come in and execute it even better than I had ever imagined. As a control freak myself it was refreshing to relax, and just be in the moment and not worry because Evelyn had it handled. She worked so hard and went above and beyond in everything I asked her to do. Add her little touches here and there! I appreciated her taking time a few weeks before our wedding day to meet with my fiancée and I at the venue. It was so helpful to have someone else look over my plans for the day and help steer me in the right direction on some items. I know my wedding would not have ran so smoothly and I know I would not have had the time to really be in the moment and enjoy it. If you are even for a second thinking twice about having Evelyn coordinate your wedding, DON’T! It was the best decision I made, she made the day perfect for us. We are forever thankful!!!

Given all her glowing reviews, I almost hesitate to leave mine, but I will do so (1) because it’s important to be honest; (2) because it’s not a BAD review; and (3) hopefully this will help with future services.
All in all, Evelyn is nice and pleasant. She gets the job done. We hired her as our Day-​Of Coordinator. On the day of, she was very reassuring to the crazy bride (me!) amidst all the chaos. She was pretty good at keeping track of the timeline.
Prior to the wedding, I had some reservations. This was because my meetings/​phone interactions with Evelyn always seemed rushed. This is probably because she is very popular and busy, but it didn’t feel good to be brushed off (e.g., «Okay, is there anything else?»; «Okay, I have to go to my next meeting now.»). During the few times I asked for her recommendations for vendors, I felt that they were suggested haphazardly (e.g., «He’s ok for your [lower] price range.»). Sometimes, I felt that I had to work around her schedule rather than vice-​versa. She did, however, do a fantastic job following up with other vendors during wedding week and was very reassuring on the phone the week of the wedding, when things were beginning to get stressful.
On the day of the wedding, she generally helped keep things calm. She was really helpful with random details and tidbits that came up. However, there was a hiccup between her team and some of my bridesmaids (who were in charge of relaying a décor request from the bride). The request involved spending some extra time in the heat hanging things up, and the coordination team reacted negatively to (and tried to brush away) the request. Eventually, the job was done (very nicely), but the bridesmaids still had to do some of the décor/​set up (luckily I had many bridesmaids!).
When the wedding ended, Evelyn and her team were generally good at helping organize things together and clean up. One thing that was a disappointment, though, was that they stopped and disappeared abruptly and left the rest of the cleanup to the bride + groom + family. So I (bride) had to literally walk things from the venue to the dumpsters in the back, in my wedding dress. Not sure what that was about, or if it was a misunderstanding. Luckily, we had a number of family and friends who stayed behind and helped, but if we didn’t, that would have made for a pretty mediocre end to the celebrations.
All in all, this was an okay experience. Not stellar, but not bad either. I’d like to think my experience was a fluke, since other reviewers had such amazing experiences. So do take my review with a grain of salt ;) Just wanted to put my experience out there! I do think EF Events can be a stellar team, with a few modifications.

My husband and I were engaged for 18 months and hired Evelyn rather early in the process. And she was truly perfect from day 1. We were hard pressed at first to find our perfect dream venue and she stuck with us for months, until we were 100% satisfied. We planned our dream wedding for a few months on a magnificent piece of farm land she had found. And Evelyn provided every perfect recommendation along the process. After a complete change of heart, we decided on a smaller guest count and a more intimate setting, and Evelyn remained patient, sweet, and never skipped a beat, helping us plan a brand new wedding, enjoying each step of the process with us. She helped us with all of our vendors and saved us costs along the way, knowing ways to cut costs and helping us with decorations and everything. In the end, she not only saved us stress and helped us enjoy each other during the process, she also paid for herself with all of her helpful hints and cost saving strategies!
She truly is a diamond in the rough. She is a one of a kind wedding planner and we adore her. I have a feeling we’ll remain friends now that the wedding process is over. Other than wanting to relive our perfect day over and over again, the other thing we’ll miss most about planning a wedding was having Evelyn as our confidant and friend. Don’t look any further and don’t pass up a truly gifted woman. She’s the best one for the job, I am positive!!!

We hired Evelyn for our day of coordinator and ended up customizing a package for her to help me with all of the things I couldn’t quite get to that I was hoping to do myself.
She’s got an eye for every sort of style, and was phenomenal from planning through execution. She gave me the backs to her own earrings when mine had fallen out during my dress change.
While we got married in SD, we were coordinating all the details from LA. I am so pleased to recommend Evelyn and always enjoy seeing all of her work since she is so versatile.

If you are looking for a great and affordable planner, Evelyn Francesca Events & Design is the way to go! My Husband and I hired Evelyn as our day of planner and we couldn’t have made a better choice. Originally, we had planned to marry in spring, but then we ended up moving for a job opportunity and that completely changed our plans. We moved our date up by 7 months. Evelyn was nothing but supportive, enthusiastic, and so helpful with all the challenges our date change presented. She is not only an incredibly dedicated professional, but she is also a very talented and sweet person, which made everything that much easier. She did an amazing job styling our event and she even kept my very anxious groom calm while I was getting ready. You can tell she really does have a love for weddings. She is just so much fun to work with, I wish I could plan another wedding just to work with her again.

We hired Evelyn for our day off coordinator and it was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. She is clearly very professional, and wants the best for her clients. So many people came up to me the day after our wedding saying that they couldn’t believe how smoothly the wedding went, and how they can’t believe that it went off without a hitch and I always tell them it is because of Evelyn. I am sure that there were things that needed last minute changes or emergency situations, but thankfully Evelyn was there to deal with them and I honestly never knew about them. She really lets the bride and groom enjoy the day and I am SO thankful for her.
If you think you don’t need a planner, rethink it. Evelyn is very affordable and SO necessary. She is amazing, I would recommend her to anyone.

Evelyn. Was. Great.
Evelyn indicated her goal as our day of planner was to keep us stress free and help us achieve a smooth day. Mission accomplished. When I explained various aspects of the setup for the ceremony and reception, Evelyn immediately caught hold to the vision and assured us she could achieve what we were looking for. She was take charge yet sweet at the same time. The perfect demeanor for a wedding coordinator.
We had a short window of time between the ceremony and the reception so Evelyn suggested that we add an assistant. Her assistant was low key in the background as well as efficient. In fact, I barely remember seeing her, but I could definitely tell while we were at the ceremony, she had efficiently handled the setup of the reception venue.
Our wedding was on a military base, so there were several specific rules which were required to be followed. Evelyn was able to navigate ALL of these along with various last minute changes from a few vendors with no problems. A bride and groom’s dream come true.
Evelyn is a consummate professional. We loved her work and would recommend her without any reservations to any bride and groom.

If I could rate a 100 I would. Evelyn was fantastic! I hired her for my day of planner and she was SO worth every penny. Also, she is VERY affordable! She saved my junior brides maid/​MY day. My little sisters zipper on her dress completely fell apart (David’s Bridal) and Evelyn hand sewed her right back into it. My sister was heart broken bc she thought I was going to flip. Dun Dun Duuun! Evelyn seriously was all over it and my father was extremely impressed. I highly recommend her! My day would not have been perfect without her. Guaranteed!

Evelyn is amazing! Our wedding day was perfect and we could not have done it without Evelyns guidance and support! I was able to walk down the aisle knowing that all of the details of the ceremony and reception would be perfect because Evelyn was there to coordinate them all– I would recommend Evelyn to every bride, she is the BEST!

Evelyn was great. We hired her for only the day of coordinator package and it was perfect. She was friendly, on-​time and her experience and opinions helped us have a smooth, fun big day. I totally recommend Evelyn for your wedding planning.

Watch out wedding planners; you got your competition set out for you with this one! Evelyn is a beautiful, wonderful woman inside and out!
Brides-​to-​be, I can GUARANTEE you’ll want to book her for your big day after meeting with her just once and seeing how she can bring your wedding ideas to life. A true sweetheart; Evelyn is an excellent wedding planner with creative vision and a keen eye for detail. This review is LONG over due, but she was such a key instrument in helping us create the BEAUTIFUL wedding we had on March 19^th. She’s professional, timely, and again very detail-​oriented. Hire her, and trust me when I say, she’ll keep the ‘fort in tact’ so you don’t have to worry about anything other than enjoying every moment of your day!

It was a real pleasure working with Evelyn! She had great ideas and worked hard with us to help create a unique beach wedding. She made sure all of the details were taken care of on the day of the wedding so that we did not have to worry about anything.
I truly appreciated her kind and professional manner. She was a real delight to work with!