Kind Words
“Great company to work with. Great customer service and amazing products. Every bride should be working with Event Essentials.”
“Kim creates a masterpiece for each and every invitation, placecard and table setting. She has an eye for creating a beautiful event for all.”
“Kimberly is truly a design master. Her custom invitations, etc are one of kind and truly spectacular!! She is a person who delivers the high quality of service you can expect and deserve. She is easy to work with and has a great personality.I highly recommend her.”
“Kim at The Event Essentials has got to be the best in her league. She is extremely talented and creative and always adds extra special touches that makes everything Kim designs, an absolutely gorgeous knockout!”
“Amazing, phenomenal, elegant, perfection! These are all words to describe The Event Essentials. Kim’s ability to listen and then create your vision is unmatched. She was the main designer for my wedding and each and every detail of the day and all the stationary were simply gorgeous. There is no better place for invitations, menu cards, programs, save-the-dates, shower invitations, favor tags, table numbers, escort cards, or thank you cards than The Event Essentials.”
“Kim is truley incredible! She has a ton of knowledge and creativity to make any wedding spectacular! If you aare looking for anything from invitations to a full on wedding coordinator, Kim is your girl!”
- Glamberous Makeup
“You did an incredible job on my ad! It is WAY better than anything we have submitted before. I am so delighted!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
“Kim is incredible! She has the most creative talent I’ve seen and is inspiring to work with. She can not only take your invitations to reflect the wedding of your dreams, she can design an entire decor theme that will dazzle you! She is absolutely worth meeting, you’ll be in good hands with Event Essentials!”
“Kim is AMAZING! Everything she does adds a special touch to your wedding day – I HIGHLY recommend her and her services!”
“Kim is very creative, attentive and energized. She is one of the most enthusiastic individuals in the wedding business, and as a consultant, that’s pretty important. I wish we’d had a design consultant like her at our own wedding.”
“Kim is a stationary goddess! She creates the most exquisite invites in the business. She has an uncanny way of getting interpreting the bride’s vision for her big day. If you are looking for an invitation that is a work of art- call Kim!”
“Kim at The Event Essentials is a full on rock star! Not only is she wonderful to work with but her invitations & favors are incredible. We highly recommend her!”
“Kimberly is truly a master at her craft. I had the opportunity to photograph a wedding she designed; and it was a photographer’s dream! Total eye candy! I can’t wait to work with her again. She is wonderful to work with.”
“Kim is WONDERFUL to work with. Great attitude and extremely creative. Kim will get back to you quickly with a quote and some examples of work. I can’t wait to use her again for some new menu cards I have planned!”
- The Venue at Stonecreek Golf Club
“Kimberly, at The Event Essentials, is unbelievably talented. Her invitations are so stunning. And Kimberly is absolutely great to work with….very professional.”
“The Event Essentials are your one stop creative and design group. They are ahead of the trends and always know how to put together everything you will need for your wedding day. They are professional and knowledgeable. Be sure to check them out and I am sure you will agree.”
“Kim McDowell is a true talent-she has a great sense of design.. from invitations to designing even the smallest details of your wedding. She has an extensive custom invitation portfolio and will work with you to personalize your invitations to match the feel and style of your wedding.”
“Hiring Kim of The Event Essentials was by far the best investment I made in my wedding. She is professional and her creative abilities impressed me time and time again. She is responsive and extremely good at taking your vision and turning it into reality. She also designed and created all of my stationary and each and every piece was complete perfection. My invitations, programs, menu cards, table numbers, and save-the-dates were all elegant and matched the decor of my wedding. You are truly missing out if Kim McDowell and The Event Essentials is not a part of your wedding day! I can’t thank her enough for how beautiful my wedding was and her efforts in creating our the big day.”
- Gina Keilen Fioramonti
“Kim is an excellent person to work with if you need help with invitations, DOC, getting creative or just in need of motivation. Kim, helped me in planning my wedding for 3/21/09- I can’t imagine my day without her. She was wonderful to work with, very attentive to my needs, listened to all my requests and added certain touches to make my day go AMAZING!! If you have the chance to hire Kim at The Event Essentials – DO! She is amazing and you will be so happy you.”
- Jenni Hahn Travino
“We were so privileged to work with Kim from The Event Essentials as our Day of Coordinator, and I cannot sing her praises loudly enough. During the course of our 2-year engagement, we lost our original venue due to management and personnel changes, and with it, all of our original plans and ideas for our big day. Seeing my frustration, my now husband called Kim and decided she would be our coordinator and the savior of our sanity.
Kim made excellent vendor recommendations to us as well as smart and creative suggestions for everything from ceremony and reception decor to logistics and set-up. She was incredibly responsive to email and phone calls, was nothing but professional with us and our other vendors, and was able to take everything in stride (including a moment of crazy from yours truly).
Even though we are a very organized couple, being able to hand the reins to Kim on the night of our rehearsal and then ENJOY our wedding day without worry was absolutely priceless. We even got to eat our dinner! Things ran seamlessly, on time (which was a BIG deal, considering all we crammed into our day) and we are still, over a year later, receiving compliments on how everything was thought of, taken care of, and how much FUN everyone had because there seemed to be no stress – things just flowed one right into the next. I attribute so much of that to Kim. Hire her!!”
- Christie Bettes Cartell
“Kim was absolutely phenomenal! I could not have gotten through the wedding planning process without her! She truly has an amazing talent for listening to a client’s needs and desires and putting together a cohesive vision for an event. Kim managed everything from the creative design of my wedding to invitations and stationary to day of coordination and managing all of my vendors. My day was more perfect than I could have imagined! I highly recommend her to any bride who is looking for a creative, detail-oriented, and experienced planner. Thank you Kim!!”
- Melissa Wilson
“Kim at the Event Essentials was so wonderful to work with for my invitations and planning of my perfect wedding day!! My invitations were STUNNING and I received so many compliments on them and my save the date cards. She tied everything in perfectly from my invitations to my decor to my programs and my escort cards ect. All of my stuff was just my style and everyone was thrilled with how gorgeous my day turned out. I was never stressed that day as she took care of EVERYTHING for me. She made sure all of my vendors were on time and made sure everyone knew where they needed to be and at what time. She made sure all of my decor was set up perfectly and that my day was flawless for me. What a lifesaver she is for your wedding day!!! I highly recommend her services to anyone who needs beautiful, creative invitations and a phenomenal wedding planner! I couldn’t be more thankful for her! THANK YOU KIM!!!”
- Alicia Fredrickson Gratzl
“The Event Essentials produced beautiful invites for our wedding! Working with Kim was a breeze. She was much more creative than previous invite vendors that I had met with. We received a lot of compliments on our invites and it was so cool to have something that was one-of-a-kind!
Kim was also our wedding planner and she went above and beyond! She was always available to chat either online or on the phone. She was very patient with my indecisiveness and 9billion ideas. She came up with so many creative ideas for us and was my wedding support system! On the day of our wedding she was a superstar. She made sure all the little wedding day hiccups were not apparent to us. You can’t go wrong if you hire Event Essentials for your wedding design and planning.”
- Claire Raphael
“I hired Kim with The Event Essentials for all my paper products (menus’, place cards, etc.) for my wedding and I can say that everything she made truly went above and beyond my expectations!! I had a italian wedding and she was able to incorporate my theme into all of my paper products beautifly. She is so creative and so wonderful to work with. She was one of my favorite vendors by far and I would definitely recommend her to other brides looking for invitations or other paper products that are truly custom and unique!”
- Lisa Parsons
“When I first met with Kim, I was so nervous because I had just started planning and didn’t know what to expect. From the moment I sat down, she put me at ease and it was like that throughout the entire planning process. I knew I wanted a monogram theme, but I couldn’t have ever imagined how beautiful the piece would come out that she designed for us. Our invitations and all of the little paper items that came with it were better then I could have ever imagined! Our guests couldn’t stop compliment us on how beautiful everything turned out. I’ll definitely continue to use Kim at The Event Essentials whenever I’m in need of her creativity, whether its for paper products or event design!”
- Mary Edwards Kamarinos
“We were married on October 14, 2006 and for our wedding Kim designed our monogram In addition, she provided valuable advice as we planned our special day. Not only was she extremely professional, but she was very detail oriented and made sure the product was exactly what we were looking for. Even though our wedding was in Virginia and Kim was in Arizona, the line of communication was excellent. The difference with Kim and other vendors is that this is her passion and it is something she loves doing. She takes great pride in her work and it shows. Kim takes a sincere interest in making sure your wedding is top notch and everything you’ve ever dreamed of. Thanks again Kim for everything!”
- Your VA Bride – Lindsey Koons
“I just wanted to say thank you for taking care of us on our wedding day and for all of the beautiful stationery you created! You helped make it a dream come true. Thanks to you, I had no worries and was able to soak in every moment and enjoy our very important day. Thanks again!!!”
- Kelly Moore