Reviews for Filosophi Event Planning and Design
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Katarina B. Sent on 01/08/2024Best planners
We booked Bethany as our take over coordinator and we can only say amazing things about her! She was incredibly patient with me as I relinquished control of the wedding to her in the final 6 weeks leading up to the wedding. Bethany always answered her emails in a timely manner and was quick to liase with vendors when I had any changes to be make. During the wedding I was able to just let go and focus on the day while she and her team took care of the rest. If there were hiccups on the day, I didn't even know they existed! She was honestly a lifesaver and it was the best decision we made to hire her! If you're planning your wedding on your own SPEND the money and hire a take over coordinator immediately! And if you're wondering who to hire, then we recommend Filosophi and Bethany specifically without any reservation! -
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Shari R. Sent on 16/09/2022Simply the Best
We had Katie with the take over service. She was phenomenal from beginning to end. It is absolutely necessary to have a planner if you want to remain sane during this process and you should definitely hire Filosophi. She was on point on the day without skipping a beat, very attentive to detail and made everything flow flawlessly. We definitely attribute Katie to being a key figure in the huge success of the best day of our lives. -
Deyell R. Sent on 13/09/2022
Our North Van Wedding with Shirley
My husband and I worked with Shirley Glua from Filosophi who assisted with takeover planning, as well as event design, for our recent wedding in my childhood backyard (Ceremony) and the Polygon Gallery (reception) in August. Shirley was an absolute superstar! From the get go, she had calls with us to clearly outline the takeover process and walk through what information we needed to have ready/booked for when she would takeover later in the summer. She also had the most phenomenal decor/design ideas of the wedding, which showcased a very clear understanding of our design inspiration from our pinterest board and conversations we had related to what we were looking for. As we neared our wedding day, Shirley was very communicative in responding to our many (sorry!) emails, and got on the phone with us as needed to discuss relevant details as we were planning our BC wedding from Toronto. She made us feel great about what we had planned and how ready we were and once the wedding day arrived everything went off without a hitch! We are so incredibly pleased with how everything flowed logistically and the ending decor design at both venues were perfect and exactly what we had envisioned. It was such a pleasure working with Shirley and her team - they are true experts in what they do, which is evidenced by how well everything went to make our day exactly how we had dreamed. Thank you SO much to Shirley and Filosophi for making our day so perfect! -
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Ben K. Sent on 16/03/2020Shirley of Filosophi: wedding planner, miracle worker and true Mensch!
Where do we even begin, describing our appreciation and endless love for Shirley Glua - our wedding planner miracle worker with Filosophi. We hired Shirley for a day-of and takeover service - and what we got was so much more. We had a magical wedding, a vision that Shirley brought to life for us and turned out above and beyond our widest dreams (which trust us, were wild!).
Right from the start, we shared with Shirley our intention: a wedding that is intimate and inviting, all about embracing our families and the love and acceptance that we all share. We wanted our guests to feel relaxed and embraced. Ours was a same-sex, Chinese-Jewish wedding, and a first of such kind for all of our guests. We wanted to embrace the uniqueness of what makes us - us; and, we wanted to show them how it is all done: full of fun, sparkles, good food, and an open bar of course! We chose a beautiful but empty venue space that required a full build-out supporting 150 guests. All this a tall order - which Shirley made happen for us in every way.
The circumstances surrounding our wedding were less than ideal - scheduled for March 14th just days after a global pandemic was officially called. Planning a wedding in normal circumstances can feel like an emotional rollercoaster, planing a wedding in combination with these circumstances felt like scaling Mt Everest in the midst of a blizzard. Shirley was there three steps ahead of us at every turn: guiding us, calming us, loving us, supporting us. With constant and significant changes right up to the eve of the big day, working with a dwindling guest list, trying to put in place tweaks to our menu and catering protocols ensuring that each of our guests and vendors stayed and felt healthy and safe - brought to light all of Shirley’s experience, skill, professionalism, quick thinking and extensive connections with our many vendors (seriously, we don’t think there’s anyone in the industry that she doesn’t know). We really believe that if it weren’t for Shirley, we would’ve had to pull the plug and our special day would not have happened for us.
My husband (eek!) and I couldn’t be happier with Shirley and Filosphi, a consummate professional and above all - a true Mensch! For these reasons and beyond, Shirley has earned our highest recommendation as your wedding planner!
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April G. Sent on 28/08/2018Filosophi Planning - Wedding
We had an amazing wedding this past weekend that we are still reminiscing on and can't stop talking about and probably won't for the rest of our lives and we have to thank Filosophi, specifically Margaux for all of her support in executing such a perfect day. From our very first meeting with Margaux we knew that we would be in good hands. She is professional, organized, warm and an all around amazing person and we couldn't have done our wedding without her. Margaux and her team's efforts to bring our vision to life for our wedding was a success and honestly brought us to tears (of joy). We would never hesitate to recommend them to everyone we know, for any event. We love you Margaux!!!! Robin + April
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