Soiree

Molli and her dream team did an excellent job helping us to organize our wedding in under 6 months. They were extremely responsive, great listeners, well organized and (best of all) took care of everything without adding stress to the planning process. Thank you Soirée for making our special day event better than we had hoped!

Molli and her team were truly invaluable during the wedding planning process and at both the rehearsal and wedding. I choose to do their day-​of package that includes support prior to the wedding with them taking the reins roughly two weeks in advance of your wedding. Soirée provided me with wonderful advice, vetted vendors, amazing checklists and incredible moral support. It was such a gift to know that I could turn to them when I had a question and to trust that they had every detail under control so that I could relax and enjoy my wedding day. The execution was flawless. If anything happened behind the scenes I still don’t know about it. And that is what you are paying a planner to provide you with… the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you have capable professionals handling what needs to be handled. I cannot recommend Soirée, Molli and her team highly enough. They were a joy to work with and hiring them was truly money well spent.
Sincerely,
Emily P.

The team at Soirée is the best wedding and event planning team I have ever had the pleasure of working with. They are capable of doing anything you dream up! They are on top of every detail even if you just mention it once in passing. They have a lot of experience in events and weddings so they know how to hold everything together and are prepared for any «in case of emergency» scenarios. They are worth a LOT more than what they charge. I would 100% recommend Molli and her team to any and everyone I know!

We did the day-​of package, which actually started two months before our wedding.
They did a pretty good job organizing things and making everything run smoothly. I’m glad we hired them and I’m glad we spent the money to have a coordinator to take care of the day so none of us had to!
The reason they don’t get 5 stars is that the actual day-​of, I had a hard time finding the coordinator. I was the bride, I was busy, obviously, but people kept coming to me with questions. Vendors, people involved in the wedding. I kept having to tell them «please find the coordinator.» I didn’t want to be involved in any of the logistics on that day, which is why we hired Soirée. It was frustrating having to tell so many different people involved to do this and that really irritated me.
I also felt like I never saw the coordinator. I wanted someone to be on top of the timeline and coming to tell us when we needed to be somewhere for something (example: is it time to do the first look pictures, etc?). But that never really happened. I realize that she was busy coordinator all the behind the scenes stuff that I wasn’t involved in, but some guidance would have been nice.
I don’t regret hiring Soirée but I do wish that they had been a little more accessible on that day.

Short version for those looking to skim :
Molli and her team at Soirée are fantastic! Great attention to detail, helpful at a moment’s notice, very responsive, and conducted all details of our 80-​guest Lake Oswego wedding with amazing «under the radar» tact and speed. 500% worth the cost — could not have imagined anything better for our big day!
More detailed version :
We bought the «everything» package since I lived in Arizona and my fiancé lived in Australia while we were trying to plan our wedding at The Foundry in Lake Oswego.
All of the Soirée team were very attentive and responsive. Not only is this team professional, but they also have a great eye for detail. I don’t know anything about flowers or what would look good in a space, or how a wedding flows together so I sent a meager «Pinterest» board and what I got day-​of was everything I could have ever wanted but had no idea I wanted in the first place! All recommendations they gave me I took without much thought and it all came together so beautifully. I even had a last minute alteration I needed on my dress and Molli quickly made an appointment for the next morning! Amazing!
One of the most important things that I wouldn’t have thought of is that Molli and Soirée have such an extensive network of wedding contacts that were all of the highest quality — from hair and makeup to alterations to last minute details, they have you COVERED and you won’t even notice all the work that’s going on around you, so NO STRESS EVER.
After the wedding we received so many compliments and everyone had such an amazing time. I had a lot of friends say «I’m stealing this idea for MY wedding!!» Thank you so much ladies! Incredible day we will remember for the rest of our lives!

Having Soirée as my wedding planner was the best money spent on my wedding without a doubt! Molli and Krissa were professional, extremely helpful, and so nice throughout the entire process. I am VERY detail-​oriented and really doubted that any wedding planner could meet my expectations. I really felt that Molli and Krissa exceeded them! Even my skeptical husband agreed that it was worth every penny to have them involved (and probably more)! I was really able to enjoy myself on our wedding day instead of being stressed about little details.
They offer different packages depending on how much assistance you need, which was very helpful when planning on a budget. I chose the Celebration package (recommendations throughout the process with more hands-​on involvement two months prior to the wedding), but I really felt there were a few times when they went out of their way beforehand (like negotiating a price with a vendor I really loved who was outside my budget) to make sure my wedding was perfect.
I e-​mailed Molli and Krissa a million times throughout the year and they always responded promptly, even if it was to let me know they were still working on an issue and would have an answer in a few days.
Their recommended vendors were equally great and it gave me peace of mind to have such wonderful people available on my wedding day.
In sum, my wedding was the best day of my life and I really owe it to Soirée!

About two months before my wedding, i broke down and hired Soirée. Our wedding event was a pretty small gathering (around 60 people in total, us included), and I totally thought that I could handle it all on my own. Haha, I was wrong. I called Soirée and lucky me, they were still free for Labor Day weekend. I talked to Molli and Krissa, and they were able to lower their rate (since I picked a venue they knew well) that was within my wedding budget. They offer a great variety of services, and had I known sooner that planning a wedding required so much work, I would have totally hired them to do the whole thing from the start.
Since I’m not local, most of our «meetings» and information exchange was done over the phone and via email (yay for modern technology). Krissa was able to coordinate and effectively handle all the follow ups and pointed out a lot of details that I had totally either forgotten or not known about. She was available to discuss my last minute changes and ideas and make recommendations for our wedding.
Our wedding was a complete success. Most people have told me it’s been one of the best weddings they’ve been to (definitely ranking high on the «best wedding food» list as well). I’m glad everyone had such a great time — and I know it wouldn’t have run as smoothly if I hadn’t hired Soirée. Even the smallest weddings require a lot of planning, and as a bride on the big day, there are many other things to be pretty and dolled up for — no need to worry with a great wedding coordinator!