Simply Elegant by Diana -

Stephanie Brummett

Words can not express how much I love Diana and her team - but I will try.

Planning a wedding is, I found out, a ton of work. So many details swirling around at all times and it's a rough job seeing the forest through the trees sometimes. We hired Diana's team for the month leading up to our wedding and the day-of. WOW. Single-handedly the best decision we ever made. Diana's team is worth every penny and then some! She was proactive in jumping into the planning to see where things were at and she guided me through questions that either weren't yet answered or I didn't even know to ask. She made me feel like I was in good hands in the first 5 minutes of our first official planning call.

You always hear stories about stressed out brides in the weeks leading up to their wedding, but I wasn't stressed AT ALL. Everything was handled well before the big day, and whatever needed to be worked out on the day-of? They handled everything. I got to relax and enjoy the moment. And that was highest quality service we got to experience. Can't thank Diana and her team enough. We're still riding high on cloud nine, weeks after.

If you do nothing else for yourself in planning an event, HIRE THIS TEAM.

Mila Kankanala

Diana was INCREDIBLE to work with throughout my wedding planning journey. I opted for the full planner package and highly recommend it. We had numerous video chats and in-person meetings to refine the vision and coordinate with vendors, bringing the event to life. Diana's insightful questions and extensive experience guided me every step of the way, all while maintaining a high level of professionalism.

Where Diana truly shined was during the month leading up to the wedding. With a lot on my plate, both personally and professionally, she took charge of final vendor communications and ensured every detail was in place. Diana helped plan two key events: the welcome party (rehearsal dinner) and the wedding day itself. For day-of coordination, her team handled the welcome party, while Diana personally oversaw the wedding. The wedding day went smoothly but a few unforeseen issues arose during the welcome party—like delays in dinner service, sound system mishaps, and situational challenges. These were mainly due to unfortunate circumstances rather than any fault of Diana's team, but there was a brief scramble, with guests stepping in to help. My tip is to discuss potential challenges and contingency plans in advance, so you can arrange for extra support to assist with tasks like moving chairs and tables if needed.

The wedding day was MAGICAL, and Diana and her team excelled in managing any hiccups, ensuring everything ran smoothly. SO many guests commented on how much fun they had, and much of that credit goes to Diana's work to bring my vision to life and execute things so wonderfully. THANK YOU!

sara colvin

Diana and her team came on board in May to help us plan our September wedding at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. They were a dream to work with, and my only regret is that I didn't bring Simply Elegant on earlier in the planning process! Diana is organized, calm, and gracious. Throughout, she advocated for my vision and kept everything on track! I'd recommend her to anyone looking for someone flexible, understanding, and hardworking as their partner during an emotionally-charged, exhilarating, once-in-a-lifetime process. Thank you, Diana!!

Alexander Weickhardt

We hired Simply Elegant by Diana for month-of coordination for our wedding at the Brazil Room in Berkeley and they did an incredible job. Our weekly meetings with Diana leading up to the wedding were super helpful. She was extremely thorough, organized, and reassuring. She was especially helpful with finalizing our timeline, choosing decor, and putting us at ease!

Our fantastic coordinator for the day of was Helen Wu. Due to Helen’s seamless coordination, we felt like we could be mentally present and enjoy our wedding day! She was so kind and reassuring. She set up the decor beautifully. She was an expert at running our rehearsal and getting the wedding party set up for the ceremony. During the reception, she kept everything moving along at an appropriate pace. I felt like she always made sure that my wife and I were in the right place at the right time.

I would highly recommend Simply Elegant by Diana for wedding planning/coordination!

Chris

If you are looking at reviews to research for the perfect wedding planner, please stop and read this! Like you, we found Diana's company searching the internet for a planner on our special day in May 2022 and she obliged to take on the role. We actually found her in Sept. 2020 and had been working with her the last 2 years. We have nothing but great things to say about her!

She is attentive in our details, very organized, communicates well, fairly quick to respond to questions, friendly, timely and goes above and beyond! She has this down to a science and you can easily trust her methods to planning your special day.

We went over our initial theme and idea for our wedding and had scheduled meetings with higher frequency as time drew closer to the wedding. This provided great communication and we developed a good relationship with her while going over her 3 step plan, which I would recommend you follow. If you have a vision, Diana will work with you to help make it come true within your budget.

Obviously during wedding day, there are plenty of unforeseen hiccups. Diana and her team beautifully managed them and did not concern us with any problems that they could solve on their own. For any of the other issues that required our confirmation, she presented the problem to us and also provided solutions to them. This created quick execution without the knowledge of our guests realizing anything was wrong/incorrect.

I give her 5 stars for all of the above and so much more that she has done for my now wife and I. She's definitely someone who you want in your corner, to have grace under pressure, to be the coolest cucumber in the room, during the chaos of wedding day. Our wedding day went perfectly as planned and it is all owed to her!

Michelle Arguelles

Diana could change her business name to “Simply Excellent” because that is what she is! She is prompt, professional, organized, and clearly just an expert at what she does. She was our month-of coordinator, and she was wonderful to work with from beginning to end. After many months of handling our own planning, trusting her to take over vendor communication, put together our timeline, and answer our last minute detail questions was wonderful.

Our wedding day went smoothly and if there were any problems, I didn’t know about them—and that’s how it should be! She was great at wrangling everyone, discreetly checked with us when there were speech requests from guests, and . Our guests all had a fantastic time and we got so many compliments on how smoothly the event went, how high the production value was, and how much fun they had. Weeks after the wedding, we still are getting messages about it and what a great time it was! We highly recommend Diana and her team!

Alex Szwyd

Diana and her team (Sirce) were amazing! We had our wedding at a very special private property, but that meant we were responsible for planning every little detail. We had Diana help us out with the final 2 weeks of coordination, and finally on the day of, we relinquished control and let Diana and Sirce execute on our vision. They were on top of everything we discussed and helped orchestrate an amazing and seamless event! Absolutely no regrets, I would recommend working with Diana on any of her coordination packages.

Kevin Lung

Diana and her team are great. They made us feel at ease as our wedding approached, making the necessary connections, and ensuring everything went smoothly including: detailed timelines, floor plan, and rehearsal obviously in addition to day of management. Their approach is very personal and made our day amazing. PS thanks Diana for fetching the veil at the last second just before the ceremony!