There aren't possibly enough words to describe how great Keepsake Events was! Melanie guided me through the whole wedding process with patience and utmost professionalism. She was on top of every details, extremely organized, professional and very easy to work with. Being a highly meticulous bride, I had countless long emails sent to her and each time, she had an answer to every question, a solution for every suggestions to my idea and a quick response to every email. I really felt comfortable and confident that everything will go well and believed that I was in very capable hands. She is so creative and is full of ideas: she was able to incorporate all the programs that I wanted to include into our wedding day schedule. She took care of absolutely everything and I got the wedding of my dreams with all the details being perfect! I can see her passion and she will go above and beyond to create your perfect dream wedding. My husband and I truly cannot compliment Melanie enough as she made our wedding a beautiful and stress-free day for us. The planning could not have been the same enjoyable experience without her. We would recommend Keepsake Events in a heartbeat!

Thank you, Mel, for helping a clueless bride and groom. We were so relieved to have you coordinate from the beginning of the wedding planning process, right to the last minute on the
dance floor. Your communication was always positive, calm, and prompt. Knowing that planning was completely overwhelming for both of us, you took the reigns from the start by contacting various venues for us, after understanding our personalities. Thank you for taking us on a shortlisted tour and for finding a ceremony and reception venue that we absolutely loved and suited our needs. You were instrumental in finding and liaising with our vendors. Organizing the hotel room blocks with my extended family was no easy task! We really appreciated the weekly to-do lists that kept us on track two months before the wedding (you are the master of colour-coded spreadsheets). You guided us on etiquette and thought of questions we did not even think of. Thank you for being there for us every step of the way, from giving us your opinion on invitation layouts to completely taking over the day before the wedding when a certain bride was too hungover to function. The wedding day was organized, flowed well, and most importantly, fun! Best part of all? Not one complaint afterwards from the picky mother-of-the-bride! A feat in itself. Thank you Mel and Keepsake events for an unforgettable day.

I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Melanie to anyone I know who is getting married. She was an absolutely integral part of our wedding planning experience and our wedding day. I didn't worry about a single thing leading into the wedding or on the day of knowing that we had Melanie working with us. She took the time to understand our vision and was so creative and supportive. If I was doing it all over again, I would 100% do it with Melanie again!

Mel is an amazing planner and coordinator to make sure everything comes together smoothly for your wedding day. She coordinates vendors to ensure the highest possible chance of success of the best day of your life. We trusted her with day of coordination with a design package and it ended up wonderful. She has access to some vendors who normally don’t work with retail customers.

Mel was a joy to work with. She is very organized, punctual, responsive, and flexible. She was able to be a calm presence throughout our wedding day and truly went above and beyond to ensure we as the bride and groom were enjoying ourselves and had everything we needed.
While my husband and I took the time to interview other possible coordinators for partial and day-of assistance (Melanie's recommendation actually), we found her spreadsheets and methods the most suitable for our [my] hectic planning.
If you are on the fence about getting any coordinating help, I would highly encourage you to look no further. She will alleviate any unexpected stressors and help to make your wedding day the day you always hoped for!

Mel was our day of coordinator and we truly could not have been in better hands. She is super efficient, organized, and has the most gentle and calming demeanor. We had our elopement and honeymoon in Hawaii before our Vancouver reception and probably wouldn’t have enjoyed our time on the island as much if we didn’t have Mel coordinating the last minute details in Vancouver. Many of our guests commented on how relaxed and happy we looked at the reception and we credit much of that to Mel’s support.

Keepsake Events came highly recommended by a colleague of mine, who worked with Mel for his wedding. Mel came on board only 3 months before my wedding date and it was the best decision my husband and I made during our planning process.

We chose the full planning package and with that, Mel quickly familiarized herself with all of our vendor contracts and introduced herself as the new point of contact immediately. Upon reviewing my vendors, she noticed right away that I did not have a dance floor booked and sourced a very reasonably priced vendor for that right away (I had incorrectly assumed the dance floor was included in the venue). Mel's professionalism, calm reassuring personality and experience in planning allowed us to enjoy the rest of the planning process stress-free. Everything was planned for and considered.

On the day of the wedding, everyone, including me and my husband, got to enjoy the day because Mel and her assistant took care of everything. Not only did she create an hourly schedule with our input, but even seemingly minor details were considered. From who will refill the candy bar to who will be responsible for storing gifts, no detail was left unattended to. We found out on the day of our wedding that our photobook guestbook was not printed in time by our photographer and Mel was able to help us pick up jenga blocks and pens in time for the wedding.

We can't say enough good things about Mel. We had so many questions and every question was answered promptly and with thought. It's very clear that Mel has a lot of experience wedding planning because she is extremely organized, keeps you up to date with your budget, brings to your attention things you'd never think to consider and gives you her honest opinion.

I have already given Mel's contact to a number of friends/acquaintances who are wedding planning, and I've only been married for a little over a month. Suffice to say, I would recommend Mel to all of my friends and know with certainly that they will be taken care of!

Thanks, Mel and Keepsake Events, for making our wedding planning process enjoyable and stress-free and our wedding day a fun and memorable event!

It was a pleasure working with Mel! As a couple who really had no idea what to do and when to do anything during the planning process, Mel was very patient and knowledgable. She was very personal and professional, and also took the time to explain the pros and cons to many options. She provided us with great options and advise with every venue, vendor, add-ons, and/or decoration that we were looking at. Throughout the planning process, she was very responsive and detailed.

On our wedding day, Mel and her assistant were a dream team. They ran the entire show and I still have no idea whether anything even went 'wrong' at the wedding! She was very responsive and attentive to all the small details and made sure everyone was where they were supposed to be. Mel also worked well with the vendors as well and communicated clearly as to what we were looking for

We wouldn't have been able to have such an awesome time at my wedding without Mel, so I am eternally grateful!

Keepsake Events went way beyond our expectations to make our wedding so much fun and stress free!

We met with a couple wedding planners and coordinators before picking Melanie. She was so responsive and easy to coordinate with and seemed super organized. Once the planning started this didn't change at all. She was really easy to get a hold of by email and phone, and was able to keep us on track leading up to the wedding.

Before working with Melanie, we were pretty scattered with our wedding planning - we had our venue and some vendors booked but didn't have a clear idea of what we wanted our wedding to be like or look like. We weren't able to give Melanie a lot of direction, but what she did with our little nuggets of ideas was amazing.

The biggest thing for us was how, as the wedding neared, we as the couple had less and less to do. Once Melanie had enough information from us, she was able to just work behind the scenes and get everything arranged without adding any stress to us. Our wedding went so smoothly - the Keepsake team set up our decor so beautifully, and coordinated with everyone involved so that we were able to just enjoy our day. It definitely wouldn't have been possible for us to have so much fun at our wedding without Melanie's help.

It was a pleasure having Mel as our wedding planner / day of coordinator. She's super organized, detailed oriented, and thoughtful. She ensured the wedding went super smooth. Highly recommend! Wedding was 150 people at the Vancouver Club.