Cherry Blossom Events

I consider myself to be very organized and good at planning; however, planning a wedding is a completely different ballgame. I can't recommend enough the need for a wedding planner and a great one at that. Alex, owner of Cherry Blossom Events, was my savior and I wouldn't have had the most enjoyable and relaxed time of my life if it wasn't for her! Over the course of a year, Alex was so easy to work with and never got annoyed with my bazillion questions that came up. She is definitely at the top of her game making sure that you are comfortable with the all the decisions you are making, she is very knowledgeable offering an abundance of advice and suggestions along the way, and she ensures you’re on track with your budget and timeline. Not only am I thankful for the stellar service she provided, but my husband is equally as thankful because I didn’t turn into a bridezilla! We truly couldn’t have had the wedding we had if it wasn’t for her. From the rehearsal to the ceremony to the reception, everything flowed flawlessly, which allowed my husband and I to enjoy every moment as if we were living out a fairytale. My hats off to Alex…thank you for your many efforts in making December 3rd a day that Sean and I will never forget �

When I started planning my wedding, I met with more wedding planners than any other vendor and always felt like they were trying to sell me a bill of goods. Except Alex Caggiano at Cherry Blossom - she was the first to make me feel comfortable. I am glad I followed my gut and went with her! We were putting our wedding together on a pretty short 3 month time line and we knew we wanted a wedding on "our terms," but needed help organizing the day-of coordination. Everyone else tried to tell me how I should do things. Instead, Alex told me how she could help support me and help achieve what we wanted. She was unbelievably responsive, reliable, calm and on top of every detail – and she had great suggestions whenever I asked for them! I originally thought I would only need her for the actual day, helping with the vendors, but she was a life saver for the 30 days before the wedding - tracking down all my other vendors, keeping all the important details together in one place and enabling me to focus on the rest of my life! She was always professioanl, sweet, positive and again, it needs restating, very calm - that was worth every penny!

Alex went above and beyond for my daughter's wedding. All details were seen to as she handled it all with skill and caring.

Having Cherry Blossom as our wedding planner was such a blessing allowing family and firends to enjoy the celebration knowing every detail had been checked and confirmed more than once. Suggestions from CB for vendors gave us some of the best talent in the DC area.On the day of the weddingElizabeth's calm, take charge attitude, allowed us to dance the night away and finding our car waitiing out front loaded with gifts and flowers at the end of the reception was icing on the cake.

Cherry Blossom Events is a fantastic group!! I had the pleasure of working with Elizabeth Leibundguth for my wedding! She was the best! Elizabeth is so sweet and super organized! Any questions I had she was able to answer and always got back to me in a timely manner! She made herself available whenever I needed her. My wedding day went off without a hitch. Everything was perfect! and this would not have been possible without Elizabeth.

My husband and I just celebrated our wedding on October 1st, 2011 and had Alex Strawn (Caggiano) as our planner. She was absolutely fabulous. She is very professional and courteous. She went above and beyond with helping us find our vendors and recommending great people. Throughout our wedding planning process she was always responsive and had a solution for everything issue that arose.Alex made it a top priority that our wedding day was stress free and that we had a great time. She made sure everything went smoothly and handled all of the issues that came up. We couldn't have asked for a better planner for our wedding. I would most definitely recommend her!

My mom and I planned the wedding ourselves, but with a month to go we realized that we needed help making sure our dream became a reality on the day of the wedding. Elizabeth was wonderful in putting our vision to work. The ceremony was held in Virginia and the reception was in Maryland, so we put all our trust in Elizabeth and her assistant to make sure the vendors arrived and the venue was set-up according to our design. The peace of mind that Elizabeth gave us was invaluable, and we were able to enjoy the moment without worrying about everything getting done. I would highly recommend Elizabeth and Cherry Blossom Weddings for day-of coordination services.

My daughter had her priorities set: her wedding should be fun, inclusive, a tad surprising, and celebrating of Old Town Alexandria, Va. It was to be primarily a destination wedding near the nations's Capital, but she wanted everyone from out of town to be able to get around without a car.I wasn't sure that after living here just six years, I knew the right resources to pull it off for her, have our different perspectives respected and have no worries on the big day. Enter Alex Caggiano from Cherry Blossom Weddings. From the beginning Alex was able to put our goals into concrete plans. She steered us the right vendors, added her own visions born of experience in the DC area, answered every question ( some were asked two or three times!), responded immediately and resolved snarls for us. She coordinated the rehearsal dinner and potomac river cruise which followed, a bagpipe procession to and from the church, the installation of clear tent over the reception site, made signs, handled the florist and more. On the day of the wedding she even missed the vows because she was outside dealing with an "unusual" man who demanded to be allowed in the church, first at the front door, then the rear door. He did not get inand she kept her cool!My husband and I felt like guests at our daughters wedding, because Alex was so thoroughly on the team, thatmshe brought me my first glass of wine, and I hugged her good night at the end...the rest was her show, and it was handled seamlessly.

We chose Alex because our personalities clicked and she was able to work around our hectic schedules. In addition to her flexibility, easy-going nature and relationships with the area's best vendors, her creative ideas helped us design a beautiful wedding.

When my husband found out that I was planning on setting up our reception room the morning of our wedding he immediately went on and started searching for wedding coordinators. He told me that our wedding day was suppose to be stress free and I had told him the only way I would keep my hands out of it was if I trusted someone. We found that trust in Elizabeth Leibundguth during our first meeting. Elizabeth knew the perfect balance between advice and executing my vision. She was available, responsive and reliable beyond my expectations. I was excited about marring my best friend but I was REALLY excited about all of the crafts I would be able to incorporate into our special day. Let’s just say the craftier I got, the more stuff we had to put in Elizabeth’s car when she came to pick everything up the weekend before. She never once made me feel like it was too much and I truly valued her opinion. Our day was perfect and the room looked as I had imaged and hoped it would during our 19 months of planning. During the reception she was around when we needed her and coordinated the venue staff, my photographers, videographer and DJ so their service and the night was seamless. Elizabeth from Cherry Blossom Weddings & Events gave us our perfect day and I would recommend their services to any bride!

Alex and her team were amazing to work with while planning our wedding. After attempting to plan our wedding on my own I caved in six months out and went to Alex for help. I could not be happier with the services that she provided. No stone was left unturned. Our wedding day was seamless and I owe it all to her!

I am not even sure where to begin with recommending Alex and her team at Cherry Blossom. When my partner and I decided to get married, planning a wedding was not one thing that either of us had the time to dedicate to. We gave Alex a few simple instructions: we cannot run out of liquor, we want amazing food served HOT and we want it to be a wedding that people remember, not because we were two men getting married, but because it was an amazing event. Alex promised all of the above and delivered. There was not one thing that either of us would change about the day and in fact, the entire process and the wedding day itself exceeded our expectations by leaps and bounds. We both trusted her with so many facets of the event and she delivered on ALL of them and her coordinators made the actual day itself look seemless. In the end, we could never have done it without her.

I never write reviews, but getting an amazing level of service these days is so rare that it must be documented. Originally, I was not going to get a wedding planner since I had already decided the venue, dress, and other key elements on my own. However, since I was going to be out of town the month before my wedding, I thought I would look into it. Contracting Cherry Blossom Wedding Planning and more importantly Alex was one of the best decisions I ever made. She was my third and last try-the first two didn't care to hear what I needed and did not need-they were more interested in whether I was willing to meet their minimum payment. Alex heard me out and created a flexible planning package with what I wanted. It was totally worth my peace of mind. Alex contacted and coordinated with all the vendors, made sure everything was right, was always available and super responsive to all my crazy questions, found me THE best band ever, reviewed all my contracts, was there on the "day of" (super super helpful to have a pro on the day of) and basically dealt with every detail. I had a seamless, beautiful, awesome wedding with NO STRESS because of Cherry Blossom Weddings.

Alex is amazing. We were so lucky to have her as a day of coordinator. She was extremely flexible, and very laid back which helped me stay laid back. Honestly, I didn't think about one detail the entire wedding day, I was totally confident that she had everything set, and she did. I never thought I would have so much fun at my wedding. Alex totally took the stress out of it. I can't recommend her enough. My only disappointment was that she wasn't a guest at our wedding!

Hiring Elizabeth Leibundguth from Cherry Blossom Wedding and events was one the best decisions we made! My fiance and I booked only a couple of our major vendors prior to realizing that with our busy lives we needed a planner to help out with the remaining vendors and many of the details. We ultimately chose the partial wedding planning package and I can not stress enough how much easier the whole process of planning was with Elizabeth on the job!Elizabeth was incredibly organized, always punctual and had many suggestions even for items and vendors that were not part of our contracted services. Not mention that she is just a lovely sweet person. Elizabeth and her assistant Andrea made sure our wedding day flowed smoothly and to this day I have absolutely no idea if there were even any problems b/c neither myself, my husband or our families were ever bothered with anything on the day of the wedding. Our only job was to enjoy ourselves!

I fully agree to what they advised themsevles as "Creative. Professional. Innovative. Committe". I was referred by my sister and I really appreciate their services, especially I am on tight budget and schedule. They made my life for planning my wedding much simpler in my busy working life.

Chantal Rotondo of Cherry Blossom Weddings and Events was MORE than my husband Peter and I could've ever asked for. She took all the information from all of our vendors and made sure our day went off without a hitch! Even handling the change of ceremony venue due to rain.. I didn't have to worry about one thing! A Few days before the wedding.. she came to our house, and picked up all the favors, place cards, etc.. and I didn't have to worry about ONE thing.. I could sit back.. relax with my bridal party and enjoy the day! After the reception, we went to our rooms as husband and wife and there - were all the gifts and the flowers! I didn't have to even THINK of transporting them to our room! I have heard it said that the one thing that brides would do if they had to do it again was to hire a coordinator; well if anyone I know gets married in the future.. Cherry Blossom W&E and Chantal are Number ONE on my list of phone calls to make! It is a MUST!!! If you are wanting to have a stress free wedding.. don't hesitate - Call Them. It will be the best investment you could make for you and your husband to be!

I was fortunate enough to have Elizabeth take over my wedding....... I received a call a month before my wedding from my day of cord. who informed me she was no longer available for my wedding day!!!! Luckily I was referred to Cherry Blossom weddings and found a great day of cord. Elizabeth and her assistant Erin. My wedding day was amazing and because of their help all went very smoothly.

Selecting Alex Pare/Cherry Blossom Weddings & Events as my wedding coordinator was one of the best decisions I made. Alex is truly fabulous!! Both my husband and I work long hours which makes it really tough to secure vendor appointments - within a few weeks of signing a contract with Alex, we had several appointments lined up and a timeline in place.Alex is professional, responsive, confidant, and friendly. I especially appreciated her keeping me within budget and giving me gentle reminders when I was being indecisive. : ) Our family and friends still rave about how seamless everything went and all that goes to Alex and her staff. I didn't worry about a thing that day! Alex - thanks so much for all of your help - we couldn't have done it without you.

Cherry Blossom Weddings & Events, and Chantal Rotondo in particular, helped make our wedding as stress-free and seamless as possible. Chantal went above and beyond her role as our day-of coordinator and helped us with making decisions, reminding us about payments, and finalizing all of those last minute to-dos that came up. She was extremely responsive and friendly and we knew we could count on her if we needed help getting any of our wedding tasks done or getting in touch with vendors. My family repeatedly told me that Chantal was so awesome at the wedding and they were able to ask her questions instead of me. Chantal and her assistant let my husband and I enjoy our wedding! I would highly recommend Cherry Blossom Weddings & Events and Chantal Rotondo for your wedding planning needs.