Coastside Couture

Coastside Couture was the single most important service that we contracted for my daughter LIndsay's wedding. They made the whole wedding experience so much easier and enjoyable for us that I would tell any bride or mother of the bride to not hesitate to hire them. Heidi and Karissa are professional, personable, efficient, trustworthy and fun! Their value is immeasurable!!

Karissa and Coastside Couture made our wedding day incredibly memorable. Being a groom, I was reluctant to hire a wedding planner. However, after the whole experience I think it was the best investment we made. Karissa made our destination wedding everything that we wanted. I had a specific vision in mind and Karissa searched for the perfect venue to create this. She was on top of every decision and made the wedding day stress free. We had numerous guests comment about how well run the day went. I would highly recommend CC to anyone looking to have an amazing and stress-free wedding!!!!

Karissa was amazing -- I truly can't say enough wonderful things about her. She's everything you want in a wedding planner: responsive, thoughtful, organized (which is of the utmost importance!), creative, and just SO on top of it. I cringe when I think of all the work she did on our gift bags alone (think running all over Carmel and Carmel Valley delivering these ridiculous bags!). But I never once heard anything other than her being 100,000% positive. And the day of: I honestly couldn't have imagined a more perfect scenario. She was so on it! Everything from the time table to reminding me to change dresses, to fixing my hair during pictures ... I have never seen something as well executed as the hours leading up to, and during, our ceremony/reception. She didn't miss on anything. She is a total star!

Words cannot begin to describe how fantastic our experience was with Karissa at Coastside Couture. As anyone knows who is planning a large wedding (250 ppl), these times can be stressful. Karissa managed to navigate us through the process all the while remaining confident, organized, focused, and even incredibly friendly, supportive, and FUN! The wedding day itself ran completely smoothly with Karissa at the helm, while I could simply enjoy myself and be a guest. I was the mother of the bride, am a very organized and fastidious person with high standards, and can unequivocally recommend Karissa at Coastside Couture.

Karissa is amazing. I highly recommend her services for any wedding. She made EVERYTHING happen in a professional manner. She saved the day for sure!!

Karissa was a joy to work with! She is professional and organized and she was there to handle all the details. She also saved me money because she could direct me towards the best deals for my money. Karissa handled the wedding with calm leadership. She even dealt with my drunken brother-in-law crashing the wedding! Ahh..family. I highly recommend hiring Karissa as your wedding planner.

Even the most organized of brides will find weddings challenging because there's just so much in the mix, emotionally and logistically! Investing in wedding coordination was SO worth every penny spent. I worked with Karissa on an off-the-shelf "day of" coordinator package, which is more like "month-of" in terms of their involvement before the wedding. I felt like the first priority throughout the process and can genuinely say that I enjoyed every moment of my wedding in part because I knew Karissa was taking care of everything! I highly, HIGHLY recommend working with Coastside Couture!!

Hiring Karissa was one of the best decisions we made. She is so charismatic and fun - she always kept us smiling and at ease throughout our wedding weekend. We really valued her professionalism and strong ties with our vendor team - her ongoing collaboration and communication with us and our team and recommendations for last minute needs kept everything running smoothly. She listened to all of our ideas, gave us great advice, and handled every last detail exactly as we had envisioned. Our wedding party and family loved Karissa - she was so personal, respectful, responsive, and always ready to handle business. I can't imagine working with anyone else - she truly is the best.

I hired Heidi about 2 months before my wedding once I realized that I wasn't going to be able to pull everything off on my own. It was hands down one of the best decisions I made regarding the wedding. She made sure that every little detail was perfectly executed (not easy at our venue) and I didn't have to worry about a thing. She is a master at her craft, and worth every penny.

Heidi ( and Karissa) are some of the most amazing Women I have ever met! Coastside Couture made our wedding more than we could have ever imagined! The planning process was very smooth and we knew we had nothing to worry about! On our weddind day Heidi made sure that its was about us and we could not have asked for anything more. Coastside couture and all the women associated with is were more than professional and always made sure that we knew what was going on throughout the entire planning process. We have not a single negative thing to say about them and they are 100% worth every penny we paid ( if they came back now and told us it would be more we would happily pay it)

Karissa is an ANGEL in our opinion! We held our ceremony and reception at a private residence that had just once held a wedding (there son's). As you can imagine, the homeowners needed reassurance that things would be handled smoothly. Once they met Karissa, all systems were go! We hired Karissa to coordinate the day of the wedding. Her services went well beyond that!!! We called her for advice on everything from portable toilets to djs, and she advised us on all venues we dreamed up. Her honesty was much appreciated when our vision was too far-fetched or out of our budget. We were in San Diego for most of the planning, so Karissa was our eyes and ears for everything. She remained in constant contact with us, and was always reliable.The day of our wedding was absolutely perfect, and there was no way it could have been possible without Karissa. She had a timeline for our review well in advance. She put all of our wedding worries on her back, and EVERYTHING was taken care of. She made sure everyone was where they needed to be, kept my groomsmen in check :), made sure we got something in our stomachs as we took pictures, coordinated our departure, was the go-to person for all vendors, etc. Mind you, I am not doing justice to how much she did behind the scenes. The amazing part is that we never really noticed all she was doing because before we even could fathom a request, it was already taken care of by Karissa. Our guests were struck by how perfectly everything went that day. I can honestly say Karissa was the reason. We were so lucky to have Karissa, and I would recommend, no insist, my closest friends and family to use her services!

Heidi Hughett of Coastside Couture was amazing. She is very friendly and helpful. Heidi and her staff made our day stress free. We couldn't have pulled off a better day without her help. Everything was perfect. She made sure everything went were it should go and my vison turned out fantastic. Good with Coastside Couture :)

Karissa and her team are the best. She helped us with every step along the way, from helping us to find a reception venue, to recommended awesome vendors for the cake and DJ given our tight budget and strange day for a ceremony (a Tuesday). She went as far as stalking the owners to get our deposit back after the first reception venue went bankrupt. Her team made everything run smoothly on our day so we did not have to worry about a thing. We would not hesitate in recommending her to anyone.

Coastside Couture is the BEST wedding planning business out there. My wedding was perfect because of the support, love, and hardwork of my coordinators. Everyone, including my bridemaids and mother, noticed how well cared for everything was and that we were in great hands with Coastisde Couture. I honestly could not have done it without them!!! Hiring them was the smartest decision I made during my wedding planning!

What can we say - Heidi was a "rock start"! She had fabulous ideas and helped us bring a vision to life. The vendors she recommended were great and very responsive. Whatever we asked about, she made happen and the actual wedding day was completely seamless - nothing went wrong and we credit Heidi with that. we can't thank her enough.

Heidi Hughett of Courture Celebrations is wonderful. Having her work with my daughter and I made the wedding so stressfree!!! Everyone needs Heidi as their wedding planner!!!

Coastside Concierge's quality of service was exceptional. I would recommend them and Karissa Paxton to anyone in need of a wedding planner. They took all the worry away from me and took care of all the details that made my wedding amazing and stress free. By using Coastside Concierge I was able to enjoy my wedding day because I knew they would take care of all the details. Karissa went above and beyond what I expected of her which made the cost of their services very reasonable and money well spent. She was always very professional while still fun and friendly to all my wedding party, vendors and guests. In planning my wedding she was very flexible with my ideas and provided amazing suggestions and recommendations that she pulled from her many years of experience in the wedding industry. I really enjoyed working with Karissa and Coastside Concierge and my wedding could not have happened without them.

Heidi and her team were fantastic to work with! They made my wedding day stress free and so wonderful. They pay attention to every detail and make sure everything runs smoothly but without being intrusive. They were friendly and helpful to my family, friends and the venue and vendors as well. I would highly recommend Couture Celebrations for any bride, it literally made my life so much easier to know that Heidi would be there to have everything ready and make sure the day ran successfully.

Hiring Heidi was the best money we spent on our "low budget" wedding. We hired Heidi for "day of coordination" and she was a blessing. I didn 't worry about a thing. The main thing we wanted to hire her for was to set up the location (my families house) and decorate. Heidi and Lea made our wedding STUNNINGLY beautiful. They were AMAZING.

Hiring Coastside Concierge was the best decision we made in our wedding planning. The great success of our event was a direct reflection of not only the professionalism but care that goes into the service they provide. Every detail was taken care of, we worried about nothing and had the time of our lives at our wedding!