Pow Wow

These guys are so good, as the amount of jobs they book demonstrates that they don’t even need my review, but I’m going to give it anyway. We could not have been happier with our experience working with Melissa and Corbin to transform Luce Loft downtown into a hip space for our recent wedding. They are prompt, professional, and hassle free. The photos of their work speak for themselves. Take a look. If you get it, you get it. If you want a unique event with one of kind swank styling these guys are the only gig in town.

The Pow Wow design team was absolutely amazing with their complete wedding coordination and design of my stepdaughters wedding in October, 2014. These ladies are creative, innovative, professional and so fun to work with. With their gorgeous design, coupled with a fantastic venue at the Luce Loft, they were able to change the room out between the ceremony and the reception within minutes! They are organized, efficient and I will recommend Pow Wow to anyone wanting an organic, bohemian, free spirited or even Moroccan look and feel to your event. They do much more than just weddings, I found out. They are true artists.

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Melissa, Corbin, and all the ladies of Pow Wow are amazing! From the moment I met them, I knew I had picked the right company. They were professional, visionary, and most importantly passionate about making our wedding unique, beautiful and flawless. They are artists that love what they do, and it translates directly into their work. Our wedding was in my parents backyard, and they managed to transform this all too familiar space into a stunning, bohemian wonderland. Every last detail was thought about, and every guest at the wedding was blown away with the unique design and one of a kind atmosphere. Corbin also did the coordination, and her professionalism and sweet, calm spirit made everything easy and stress free.
I felt that Melissa and Corbin genuinely cared about making this day perfect and memorable for us and all of our guests. If you want to work with the best of the best, and want a wedding that is stress free, soulful, and unique, call Pow Wow. They will not disappoint!

Pow Wow helped plan our wedding last weekend and we couldn’t have been happier with the outcome. There was no stress with this wedding. During the week leading up to the wedding my wife happily made home cooked dinners and was in a great mood. Is it possible to give a better review than that? I don’t think so.
My wife isn’t as much of a stickler as I am with professionalism and people following through on their promises, but I have nothing but positive things to say about Pow Wow. Their combination of creativity and professionalism really amazed me.
They worked well with our other vendors and asked questions that we never would have thought of.
Highly recommended.

Pow Wow were the organizers and wedding coordinators for my daughters wedding this last weekend. They were absolutely amazing in everything that they did. Their attention to detail, quality of work, and wonderful demeanors made the event an incredible success and fun. Everything worked like clockwork and all expectations were significantly exceeded. I intend working with them in the future at every and any possible chance. They also have an amazing range of antique furniture which we rented and all of our guests were blown away by the event.
Thanks Melissa, Corbin and Crystal — use me as a referral anytime

Pow Wow was my automatic choice as soon as I knew I was getting married. I’ve been seeing their awesome party design and decorating for a while now. Melissa’s unique and creative mind is like no other. It took the pressure off of us to come up with something that was one of a kind. We did not want a cookie cutter wedding. We’ve been to three of those already this year.
She can do as much or as little as you want her to do. We opted for her to bring all the furniture and décor. We were not, nor was anybody disappointed in the results. It was a wedding like no other. We are still getting calls from people who could not believe how awesome our wedding was. We are so happy that we used Pow Wow. Thank you so much to Melissa and her team for making it a night we will never forget.

I’ve hired dozens of party planners, event designers and production companies in my professional marketing career over the last (many!) years, and when it came to my own wedding, I felt so incredibly fortunate to find Melissa Sturkel and Pow Wow. She and her team made us look like the coolest kids in town, and I never once doubted her design guidance or ability to pull it off. It was perfect in every way.
As two guys getting married, we definitely did not want a traditional wedding, and Melissa delivered a boho chic, Moroccan inspired bazaar that blew everyone away. When we would tell her it would be cool if we could have «xyz», her answer was always «I can totally do that!» And she did. I would hire her again in a minute. And I’m sure I will the next time one of my clients wants to throw a truly unique and memorable event.

Had our first appointment with Mellisa and Corbin yesterday for the beggining stages of putting together some peices for our wedding. They were such a great team and I loved how they helped when we needed it, but let us roam the warehouse and take it all in. We were able to take pictures of everything we loved. Excited to work with them over the next year!

Thanks to the amazingly talented and professional women of Pow Wow, our wedding was legendary! I came to Melissa and Corbin with my wacky ideas for a woodland winter wedding and they understood my vision perfectly. I had this crazy vision of a beautiful, elegant, yet down-​to-​earth and quirky scene and they completely understood the aesthetic that I was looking for. I was able to entirely trust them to take my ideas and run with them, knowing that it was going to be amazing, and it was! The feel in the reception space was magical and our friends and family who attended are always talking about how it was the best wedding they have ever been to. We can’t wait to have an excuse to use Pow Wow again!

Party and event planning is all an art that not everyone possesses. Definitively Melissa Strukel totally does, and her Pow Wow company is a life prove of that. Maybe is just I like her extremely colorful style, but Pow Wow really has impacted me and is so distinct I can already tell when an event has been organized and decorated by them. I would define this style as gypsy-​chic, with native American touches and deep Mexican hues.
I have attended a Bombay Bazaar event and I could see their touch there, and in some other venues, last one being the fabulous Vista Valley Golf Club, during a bridal fair event. I admired the fabulous Moroccan theme in the sofas, pillows, lanterns and rugs. Of course, could not stop taking pictures of everything and taking home with me a little token from them: a sachet containing incense, an Indian-​American bracelet, a paper umbrella and some matches to lit the incense. So pretty and charming. Bravo, you always wow me!

Melissa, Corbin, and their team are some of the most talented people I’ve ever met. Pow Wow made my dream wedding happen. My husband and I got married at Luce Loft in December with a vintage hacienda Mexican theme. It was absolute perfection. Melissa took care of everything from top to bottom — we didn’t have to worry about a thing. We had both our ceremony and reception at Luce Loft and they flipped the space entirely in 10 minutes while our guests took a picture outside. I am looking back at the pictures now and am still in awe of how absolutely gorgeous our wedding was. It was everything we wanted and more — vintage, colorful, eclectic, and most of all unique! No one will ever have a similar wedding. Melissa and team — thank you thank you thank you!!! I can’t wait to work with you again!!!

One of the best decisions I made surrounding my wedding was going with Melissa and PowWow Vintage for the decorations! She was professional, sweet, helpful, encouraging, and willing to work with any budget.
She helped make my idea of a «bridal lounge» come true, and look better than I could have imagined! The furniture and furnishings are it beautiful vintage condition, and make a beautiful vibe for any event.
Highly recommend! Five stars :)

The ladies at Pow Wow are amazing. I had my wedding last weekend, and Pow Wow designed the ENTIRE thing. Melissa and I talked on the phone early in the process and I told her that I had found her online, and I had liked her vintage tables and rentals. I told her that my fiancé and I had eclectic taste, that we loved to travel, and that we wanted our wedding to reflect us down to the last detail. I wish that Unilocal would let people post pictures to show you what Melissa and her team came up with; I cried when I saw it. Melissa is professional yet personable, prompt, and incredibly creative. The ladies at Pow Wow added so many little details that we didn’t even talk about beforehand, just because they LOVE what they do so much that it’s actually FUN for them to work many, many, many hours to make the look complete (no, really. To give you an idea, they handmade all of the napkins for 140 guests, made us a marquee sign of our first initials, hand dip-​dyed fabric and made it into feather garlands that hung from the ceilings, made the place settings out of these hand-​dyed feathers, and SO MANY MORE things.).
Now, I also have to comment on Corbin. Melissa offers a rentals service, or a full service where you can also have Corbin – one of the Pow Wow ladies – as your wedding planner. She was AMAZING. Corbin worked SO hard, and she was prompt, professional, and wonderful. Corbin does it all; she works with Melissa doing design and installation, and she also does the stuff that seems so daunting, like calling companies to get quotes on things like water glasses. Every time I emailed her or texted her, she got back to me right away. We had a wedding party of 21 people, and she was able to keep things organized through the craziness. She really went above and beyond to make our day special and smooth.
Now, I can’t wait to continue my friendship with these wonderful ladies that I have developed over the course of the last nine months. Thank you Melissa, Corbin, and Leigh Ann, plus all of the other ladies that helped bring our beautiful wedding together!

Melissa is amazing and professional. Her customer service prompt and incredible follow through, She is not just a furniture rental company, she is a interior designer professional who can take your idea and run with it.
Compared to other vintage companies around SD her prices are more than fair considering her level of expertise and professionalism. Dont just tell her your design ideas, tell her your concerns and budget limits as well as she may be able to work something out.
She is in demand though so book early if you know you like her goods.

We were married late last summer with only family in attendance, but we wanted to have a separate bash with our friends at a later date. Our reception — or «the party» as we called it was a very laid back, casual outdoor event on a Saturday in early December.
We learned from Pow Wow’s website, how gorgeous her work was and were set on incorporating Melissa’s fabulousness into our celebration. For 150 guests, we rented three big, beautiful, chunky wood tables with 6 matching wood benches, 50 cute wooden slatted café style folding chairs, two firepits, six wine barrels which acted as belly tables but were WAY better; A few accent pieces and the Chevron Bar for our «dive bar.» Melissa and my dad came up with the idea to turn a dusty old shed that used to be the «chicken hatchery» into a dive-​bar — which we did, and it turned out AWESOME. It ended up being the main hub of the party.
Melissa came out to the property way in advance, to stake out the situation and she offered great advice in multiple areas of planning. It was my first time throwing a huge party — yes, I planned the thing myself — and having her to ask basic questions and suggestions was paramount to the success of the event. My husband and I are so grateful for the hard work and professionalism of Melissa and the rest of the Pow Wow staff.
Even now, months later, our party guests tell us how much fun they had at our event. It was truly a beautiful celebration and we couldn’t have done it without Pow Wow. Highly recommended!!! Thank you Melissa.

Melissa provided vintage wooden chairs and benches for our daughter’s outdoor wedding, and they were beautiful! We miscounted how many chairs we needed AND THEY BROUGHT MORE A LONG DISTANCE IN TIME FOR THE WEDDING WITHOUT CHARGING US AN EXTRA DELIVERY FEE!!!
She was wonderful to work with and the chairs were all in excellent condition. They added so much to the look of the wedding, people were amazed! Thank you Melissa!

This is the second time I’ve had the change to see Pow Wow in action and needless to say their work is amazing. Such detail and everything is absolutely gorgeously vintage. My wife threw me a birthday party and got Melissa to decorate and design the party. I walked into the most amazing party… my part… when they took off the blindfold. Thank you for everything.

I’ve had the pleasure to see Melissa in action planning events and to see her design genius at work. Nothing short of amazing! She is one of the most talented, creative and pleasant people I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet. I would highly recommend her services for every event.

I am a caterer who works quite a few events throughout the year… I have never seen such an amazing setting as the last wedding I just worked. Simply put… The most beautiful/​hip wedding set I have ever seen. I work around these types of event designers all the time… The people at PW were so calm & professional… Real pleasure to work around… I will push PW on all my clients from now on… Well only if they want a special & unique event.

Melissa is not only extremely talented and über creative, she is also a delight to work with. As a wedding planner, it is important to me that the people I choose as «partners» in a wedding are just as committed to an event as I am. She is that in deed — taking on every project we have worked on together as if it were her own. It is also important that my partners keep their promises and are accountable. When ever I have Melissa on my team, I know I don’t have to be concerned about anything she has said she would do. I highly recommend Melissa and Pow Wow to anyone even thinking of using her!