Milk & Honey Special Events

Samantha worked with us to plan our wedding in Geyserville, CA this past weekend. The event had over 200 guests, multiple vendors, and a very large wedding party, and it was absolutely flawless. The success of our wedding had everything to do with Sam. She was calm, collected, organized, had amazing taste, and truly captured the look and feel we were going for. She paid very close attention to detail, even things I never would have thought of, and kept us on track. She has great ideas for how to tie the whole event together to create a beautiful space and flow. It was the best day of our lives and wouldn’t have been possible without Milk and Honey Events!

Samantha organized a rehearsal BBQ for my wedding in San Diego. I asked for a BBQ at Scripps Park in La Jolla for 30 people. She found a rental company that provided chairs, tables, and umbrellas.
I also asked for the event to be catered by Phil’s BBQ and she contacted them and did all the ordering. The day of the event she was there to set up and even went to a bakery to pick up dessert. Her and her helper husband made set up and clean up effortless. (At least for me). The BBQ was a huge success. Everyone loved the food and decorations. I will definitely use her services again. She is very knowledgable and honest.

Samantha worked with me for 9 months helping plan my wedding. My new husband and I live in Seattle, but our wedding was in Marin, so we couldn’t have done it without her. Having a point-​person during the month and day of your wedding so that you and your mom don’t have to field questions like, «where should the band set up?» is PRICELESS.
I appreciated Sam’s «a la carte» menu of planning services, and I recruited her help for month-​of/​day-​of coordination, ceremony rehearsal coordination, and planning and executing decorations. She was a pleasure to work with and was very patient with my many emails/​texts throughout the process. She event visited the rental vendor multiple times to take photos of the linens for me so I could make sure I liked what we chose!
She was kind and laid-​back, and was always full of great design ideas. Sam worked her tail off the day of the wedding and made sure everything went 100% perfectly, and I mean perfectly! Even the guests could tell that everything was organized!
I recommend Milk & Honey Special Events to everyone, and hope to hire her again for our next event in the Bay Area!

I recently had the pleasure of working with Samantha and she was great! She’s professional, kind, organized and has a great eye for design. My team and I were very impressed by her calm and collected demeanor, even during the frenzy of the event preparation!

The Spectors reached out to me to make a tiered fondant cake for a birthday party. Our communication was through emails and our work together went so smoothly. They were professional, timely and gave great description of what the cake should look like, which is important for a baker to have to make sure the client gets their dream dessert or cake. The dessert table was beautiful and I would work with Milk & Honey Events again.

I reached out to Samantha from Milk and Honey Special Event to help with an engagement party that I hosted in my home. Thankful I did, because there is no way I could have done it without her!!! She helped with every detail from beginning to end including pinning images to my pinterest board so that we could set the theme. I decided to go with a «gold» theme and she had such wonderful ideas that made the party incredibly special. I wanted to do some of the setup myself and she helped by sending me great ideas as well as where to get the best supplies. She also helped me coordinate the caterer and even suggested how much food and drink she thought we would need – which ended up being the perfect amount. She completely coordinated the stemware, flatware, china and linen rentals, which ended up making the tables look truly amazing and she suggested that I rent some gold sequinned pillows to bring the theme into the living room and so many guests comments on how great the pillows were!
I would HIGHLY recommend Samantha if you want to have a stress free occasion that your guests will rave about!

I had the pleasure of attending two events planned and managed by Samantha: a baby birthday and a wedding. Both events were flawlessly set up and organized. I really appreciated the artisanal touch Sam added with every detail. In summary:
Baby Birthday, Monterey, CA
— Indoors
— Approximately 50 people
— Fun, kids-​oriented, with lots of colorful details
— Delicious finger food that was filling but light and healthy
— Gorgeous dessert table with fun treats for kids
Wedding, Sonoma, CA
— Outdoors
— Approximately 200 people
— Sophisticated but relaxed
— Delicious food, with a mix of ethnic Russian dishes and new American
— Many rustic style details perfect for Sonoma
— Sam’s dessert tables deserve a review of their own, with a selection of French macarons, cupcakes, candy and a gorgeous wedding cake with ruffle-​like details.
It was interesting to see how Sam organizing these two events, very different in terms of theme/​venue/​number of guests/​food, and excelled at both! I would definitely hire her to organize an event without a second thought.

We attended the «You are my sunshine» 1^st birthday party (featured here with more pictures
). The table settings, decorations, and theme was just eye popping, elegant, and very coherent. Lots of simple items combined to create a wow factor. Everything went together gorgeously. Felt more like an amazing wedding reception than a kid’s birthday party. Just an outstanding job. Highly recommend hiring Samantha for your next event!

Recently I was a guest at a wedding Samantha planned. The theme of the wedding combined French country elegance with rustic flair and was carried out with lovely little touches. The event lasted almost 12 hours. Sam looked calm, collected and always with a smile, I would definitely recommend her services to my friends.

We made the wedding cake for one of Samantha’s brides recently. She is very professional, supplying us with all relevant information and equipment, responding to all inquiries promptly and just being very pleasant to work with. The dessert table she put together was spectacular!

Samantha made our rehearsal dinner perfect. My wife and I found the venue, a yacht club, and we lined up the caterer. However, we did not have any idea how to organize the tables, seating area, or any of the decorations. Samantha basically took it over from there. Samantha handled all of the decorations, which turned out amazing. Many of our guests thought that we had hired a florist for the rehearsal, but it was all Samantha’s work. She coordinated purchasing the flowers, purchasing and renting the vases and other table decorations, and designing and assembling all the flower arrangements.
I would definitely recommend Milk & Honey for your wedding, or any other important party that you’re throwing.

Sam was nothing short of amazing. We got hooked up with her through a friend a few weeks before our wedding when we were really feeling overwhelmed by the details of things. To make matters worse, we were having trouble connecting with a major vendor. Sam met with us and was all ears to learn about what our vision was and what things we still needed to accomplish. Although she was initially going to focus solely on the day-​of coordination, I’m sure it was clear to her that we needed much more help than that. She was very professional and up front about expectations and remained clear on both what she was handling versus what we needed to take care of ourselves. She was also always available to give her opinion on little details, even going so far as to meet us at the linen place to pick colors. She was also great on the day-​of with extra stuff like decorating the venue, and she went back and did a full walk through the day after to make sure everything was in order for the venue inspection. Although we didn’t hire her until the 11^th hour, she did an amazing job and I am certain that our wedding was a success largely based on her efforts.
Also, from the point she started working with us I really felt a sense of relief because I was confident that things were being handled, and it allowed me to be relaxed on my wedding day knowing that the details and timeline were in capable hands. My only regret is that we didn’t hire her earlier! I would highly recommend Milk & Honey to anyone who is looking to put their wedding or event in capable and caring hands. Thanks Sam for making our wedding a success!