A Stunning Affair
Category: Event Planning & Services Party & Event Planning Party & Event Planning [Edit]
Winnetka, CA 91306(818) 634-2507
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9 reviews for A Stunning Affair
9 reviews in English
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Review from Ben L.
Glendale, CA
3/24/2012
We were referred to Lina by another wedding planner who wasn't available on our wedding date. Lina met us at a Starbucks a few blocks from our home, armed with an iPad and manila folder. She started up a slide show of her past events on the iPad and asked us how we met. Then she smoothly transitioned into running down a very detailed list of questions about our event.
Our wedding was only two months away and we were feeling overwhelmed with all the work left to do. We needed to find a caterer and rent/buy tablecloths and table settings. Lina was confident she could help us through the process over the next seven or eight weeks and SHE ACED IT!
Lina referred us to great vendors and arranged food tastings for us. She was quick to respond to our texts messages, emails and phone calls and she was present at our site visit one week before our wedding. Lina was very thorough in her preparation for our wedding, anticipated our needs and truly executed A Stunning Affair.
-Ben and Mashanda -
Review from Julie S.
Los Angeles, CA
8/14/2011
We got married in August 2008. We're "Julie & Mark" from Lina's website. I found Lina to be incredibly helpful and organized for my very DIY-heavy wedding. She is super patient and has many ideas when you're stumped on how to do something. She even sewed together our fabric wedding aisle runner!
I interviewed about 5 different wedding coordinators before I selected Lina and I have no regrets. She is very professional, detail-oriented, organized and resourceful. On the day of, she helped me pull off last minute changes (e.g., I called an audible when I found my cake was not what I had expected/ordered and decided to not announce to the guests the cake cutting). She was able to keep up with me and my groomzilla without skipping a beat!
All in all, she will assist any bride in helping you relax on your wedding day. I have no idea how anyone could pull off a wedding without someone like her and her team! :) -
Review from Sharon C.
Los Angeles, CA
11/17/2011
I highly recommend Lina!
I could not be happier with how our wedding turned out and I credit that to Lina and her team at A Stunning Affair. There are so many details that go into planning a wedding and no online checklist covers them all. Lina is very knowledgeable, and organized. She helped us throughout the entire planning process. She gave us a "to do" list each month, and prioritized the items so we knew what HAD to be done, and what could be pushed out if we did not have enough time that month. She kept us on track without ever being pushy. Lina gave us great suggestions on design and fun ideas to make our wedding unique. All the vendors she recommended were wonderful too. She thought about every detail, and planned the day perfectly. On the day of the wedding, Lina was calm and professional and made sure everything stayed on track. I did not have to worry about anything.
My husband and I are so happy with how our wedding day went. We were able to truly enjoy our day without any worries because we knew Lina was taking care of it all. -
Review from joeleen j.
Granada Hills, CA
7/30/2008
For our grand opening I wanted fun, entertaining and not to have to do a thing as the hostess....tha'ts just what I found by hiring A Stunning Affair events cordination. Lina Wallace, the owner, helped design the theme, create the invites, found and follow up with the vendors and excecuted the day perfectly. I could not have been happier.
9/13/09 New reason to use A Stunning Affair
My husband and I hired Lina Wallace for our baby shower event. It would not have been such a great event without her and her team. I actually enjoyed myself since I wasn't running around trying to make everything happen.
From our very first appointment, Lina took my suggestion for a theme and budget and put together great ideas. All my guests raved over the Carnival theme. They said it wasn't your typical baby shower...this was exactly what I was going for.
Hiring Lina for her design and coordination was the best choice we could have made. -
Review from Jen K.
Hermosa Beach, CA
9/3/2011
We were married on July 30, 2011 and I was dead-set on doing everything myself. THANK GOD, I decided to bring in Lina who ultimately made sure everything was perfect in the end. Lina allowed me to still feel "in charge" of everything, yet eliminated my nighttime panic attacks about all the little details. She was my right hand woman throughout the whole planning process and was a life saver when it came to coordinating all the vendors in advance and on the day of.
On the actual wedding day, Lina and her team of helpers were incredible. Everything flowed smoothly and I felt like I could relax and just enjoy the wedding rather than worry about tracking all the background activities that were supposed to be happening at any given second. Her super detailed schedule made sure that everyone knew well in advance, where to be and when, which provided additional comfort to the wedding party!
Above all, Lina is extremely professional and extremely good at what she does. I felt like I made a new friend during the planning process! I'll miss corresponding with her on a nearly daily basis, but look forward to an excuse to use her and her team again in the future!! -
Review from Julie G.
Santa Monica, CA
10/9/2011
There are not enough little red stars or a high enough ranking for Lina !!! She is fantastic, fantastic, fantastic !!! I am positive that Lina is the only reason I actually had a wedding at all, let alone, the wedding of my dreams. In short, GRAB LINA AND BOOK HER AS SOON AS YOU CAN !!! SHE'S FABULOUS !!!
I'm an extremely busy corporate lawyer working insane hours, and my now husband is in finance -- also working a ton of hours. Therefore, Lina made herself available to meet with us late in the evening at the location most convenient for us (usually our home) -- even though it was hugely out of the way for her. Unfortunately for Lina, despite our total lack of time, we (and I mean we -- my husband too) wanted to make every single decision ourselves. To make matters worse, I am extremely detail-oriented, a total perfectionist, and I generally have to check out ALL the choices before making my decision. Plus the fact that my husband and I came from two very different cultures, had to have the entire event be kosher (plates, silverware, etc.,) and wanted the wedding in my parents' garden and the reception at a country club nearby. Oh, and we were expecting 350 guests. We only had ten months to do it in, and I think we ended up blowing every deadline Lina gave us by months (literally) and then, of course, had a number of calamities occurr the week before. In short, I don't know how Lina put up with us... and with a smile and a hug, to boot.
Lina was absolutely unshakeable. She handled every challenge (of which there were many) impecably, solved every problem, was so professional and warm and friendly despite it all -- I really don't know how she did it. I deal with "challenging" clients all the time, but Lina's degree of professionalism was truly impressive.
Most importantly, OUR WEDDING (May 29, 2011) ENDED UP BEING MAGNIFICENT. Everything was gorgeous - the flowers, the table settings, the programs, all perfectly arranged, all just coming together perfectly. The whole afternoon/evening literally went off without a hitch from beginning to end (which was miraculous considering) -- and Lina was the single, biggest reason why. She and her team somehow shepherded all 350 guests -- many of whom were from different cultures and didn't even speak fluent English! -- from area to area both at my parents' gardens and the country club, and they did it gracefully and politely all the while. The caterer, the florist, the band, the videographer, the photographers, the wedding party, the family, the "extended" family, the country club, the wait staff at my parents' home, the party rental people -- I don't know how, but she managed all of them.
Whether you want her help with everything (highly recommend), or just at the final stages, I really can't recommend her enough. She found us our florist (also spectacular) and our photographer too (who turned out wonderfully), so her recommendations were also excellent. I interviewed five other wedding planners (all of whom had excellent reviews) but LINA really is THE BEST, and is worth a million times whatever she charges.
So... like I said above, GRAB LINA AND BOOK HER AS SOON AS YOU CAN !!! SHE'S FABULOUS !!! -
Review from carolyn t.
Huntington Beach, CA
9/18/2008
I am a photographer who has worked with Lina on a wedding. Wedding coordinators either make my life easy, or make my life hard! Lina made everything go so smoothly and made sure I was up to speed and taken care of. Wonderfully calm personality, too!
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Review from Caitlin S.
Santa Monica, CA
1/6/2011
Lina was absolutely amazing every step of the way to help us plan a phenomenal wedding. She is incredibly patient and understanding and although I'm sure we overloaded her with emails and pleas for help, she never missed a beat, stayed very organized, and was ready to help in every way. She is very familiar with numerous wedding vendors in the LA area and helped us pick the best of the best, ranging from a bakery in Long Beach to a caterer in North Hollywood. She even had contacts for us to arrange an ice-bar!
My husband and I work long hours and she was very flexible with us and accommodating our late night and weekend meetings. While Lina's capabilities and contacts are 2 of her top strengths, I believe it is her personality that really wins you over! And when you are under that much stress, you really need someone on your side that can stay cool, calm, and collected----that's LINA! =)
I would recommend her over and over again! -
Review from Brienne N.
Los Angeles, CA
4/26/2009
If you want your wedding to be as carefree and perfect as humanly possible, it's simple - hire Lina and her staff at A Stunning Affair. I'll be honest. I am a very detail-oriented woman that works constantly on deadlines and being more efficient. In short, I'm a wedding planner's nightmare. I had met with or spoken to several wedding planners as soon as I became engaged. What stood out about Lina before I even met her was her quick response, friendliness and professionalism. When she met me in a person just a few days after I first contacted her, I knew it right away, this was the woman that could make my dream wedding come true. The worse part for her was, there were only a few things I was actually sure that I wanted. Lina helped me figure out every little detail. And really, most of the details I didn't even need to worry about because she took care of them. She always really listened to my ideas and suggestions, but gave awesome suggestions and ideas from her years of professional experience. She even gracefully and quickly responded to my random "freak out" emails at 3am. She was always one step ahead of me. Which honestly, I've never met a person that could even keep up with me, much less already have thought about and taken care of any concern I might have had. I am one of the few brides that could spend that last few weeks before her wedding relaxing and focusing on my upcoming marriage with excitement - not worry or concern. The day itself was the most impressive. Lina's team was absolutely exceptional, they were ready for anything! All the while making sure that their #1 priority was that my husband, myself and my family were happy and carefree. Honestly all any of us had to do was show up, any question we had, Lina and her team were on it. I'm SO honored and lucky to have had Lina and A Stunning Affair help me plan my wedding. I can honestly say it was PERFECT- and for me to say that, it really was! I definitely gave her interesting challenges, what with two dogs in the bridal party, a mariachi band and a banzai toast. The blending mine and my husband's cultures came off without a hitch. Thank you Lina!!!
