Adornment Events

I cannot think of a better wedding planner than Carisa. She and her team at Adornments are incredible. My husband and I are two busy young professionals and didn’t have enough time (and energy) to plan our (+150 guests) wedding. We had tons of friends and family flying from different states and countries for a truly multicultural wedding full of multiple languages and cultures. Carisa was incredible from start to finish. She helped us to find the most terrific vendors: flowers, DJ, make up, wedding gown, etc. She also helped us to get a terrific venue for our wedding reception before the big day. I cannot imagine a better wedding planner than her.
The day of the wedding, everything went as planned. I was impressed by her professionalism, and how easy everything was. We enjoy our big day without having to pay attention to anything. Carisa and her team took care that everything went as planned. She was invisible to us and present to everyone who needed her. She and her staff are incredible. My family, as well as several of my friends, flown from Latin America and didn’t speak English. I mentioned this to Carisa, and she worked in our wedding with some of her staff members who are bilingual. They truly made everyone in my family and close friends to feel at home. I couldn’t thank her enough for that. Moreover, she had a truly diverse staff, something that I appreciate and seems to be kind of absent in the wedding industry in Portland.
By the end of our wedding, we were so happy. I couldn’t have expected anything else from Carisa, but seeing her waiting for me with a box full of things that we needed to take home: wedding gifts, guest book, cake topper, etc, was a dream come true. Her job is to make your wedding stress free and she excels at it. If you are thinking in hiring a wedding planner, you want Carisa and her team. We had interviews with several wedding planners in Portland, and we chose Carisa. After having worked with her, I would choose her again, and again, and again.

My wife and I are LA transplants and desperately needed someone one who could navigate the PDX wedding market. My wife was referred to Adornment Events by a wedding dress boutique in downtown PDX. Adornment Events’ owner, Carisa, won our trust with her warm personality, intelligence and experience. The real value of Adornment came through the wedding planning process as she advocated for our interest with various vendors, was always on our side while dealing with vendor conflicts, and was always empathetic to our needs. She was resourceful, cost conscious, and never hesitated to be proactive to our needs. On the actual day of the wedding, all of Adornment’s hard work of planning and vision building resulted in a beautiful event that ran like clockwork. All of the vendors that Adornment recommended were professional, on time, and did their job well. Adornment easily worked our photographer even though she was not referred by Adornment. Any gaps were filled by the Adornment team as they stepped up to put on finishing touches, making sure we both stayed calm, and picking up and keeping track of our loose items (cell phone, glasses) because we were both overwhelmed with the event. Yes, they pay attention to the details. But it was not only the operational details, but also the human/​emotional details of taking care and being there for their clients. Adornment is in it for the long term. They are not here to make a quick buck or to process a high quantity of clients through w/​minimal effort. They service each client as if they are their only client and their efforts have resulted in Adornment’s great reputation in the PDX wedding industry community. Meeting and working with Carisa was definitely the best part of the wedding planning process Thank you for everything.

My spankin’ new husband and I just got married over the weekend and feel compelled to jump on this review. We are so glad to have Carisa as our wedding planner (partial planning and day-​of coordinator). My husband and I both work in demanding jobs full time and were intimidated by the wedding planning process, but Carisa took such good care of us throughout our 9 months planning period and handled more details than I would expect from a partial planning package. Carisa really understood my style preferences and was able to execute our vision flawless on the day of the wedding, so I would have a million less things to worry about. She even stepped in as our DJ for the ceremony since we provided our own music! Needless to say we are very happy with the services and would recommend it to any newly engaged couples in Portland!

Adornment Events is amazing, hiring them was the best decision I made. In hindsight I have no idea how I would have made it through my wedding day without Carisa. We hired Adornment for day of coordination. Carisa and her team were there on site before the bridal party even arrived, setting up and working with all my vendors. I didn’t even have to talk to any of my vendors that day, they took care of everything. Unfortunately I had a catastrophe with some of my floral arrangements, but I didn’t even know until after I got back from my Honeymoon. They hid the problems so well it truly saved the day.
Carisa is such a sweetheart, it felt like I had an extra best friend for the day. She takes time to get to know each couple and made great vendor recommendations. She genuinely cares, and her positive attitude is contagious. Can’t say enough wonderful things about this business!

There is a reason why Carisa and her fantastic team at Adornment Events won Oregon Bride’s Best New Vendor… they are simply the best! Hiring Carisa and Adornment was the smartest decision I made in planning my wedding. I met Carisa for coffee to get more information about what Adornment has to offer and we instantly hit it off. Carisa’s work ethic is similar to mine in that she knows how to get things done and what it means to have a career while planning a wedding. I hired Adornment for the full planning and design option.
The process of planning a wedding is more detail oriented than you will ever know and having someone on your team who knows how to get the results you want is priceless! If you are smart, you can understand the concept of «You don’t know what you don’t know.» I was amazed at all the items that Carisa helped me with along the way and always answered my questions in a timely manner. My husband and I knew the style/​atmosphere that we wanted for our wedding and our expectations were blown out of the water! Carisa took our creative ideas and made them a reality.
We had a perfect, beautiful, awesome wedding! Our family and friends have said it was the most amazing wedding that they have EVER attended. My husband and I had the best time and enjoyed every single minute because we had nothing to stress about on our wedding day. We just had to show up and enjoy! It was very apparent that the entire team from Adornment was genuinely happy for us and they all wanted our day to be memorable.
If you are a Bride-​to-​Be, don’t hesitate in calling Carisa as soon as he pops the question! You and your fiancé will be glad you did! Much love to Carisa and Adornment Events!

Great People! Great new location in Milwaukie.
Positive, professionals who truly care about customer service and delivering above and beyond. This world needs more of what adornment is doing.
I highly recommend Carissa and her team.
From start to finish, WONDERFUL!