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Our purpose is to create for you, the wedding of your dreams, within a budget you can afford, with uncompromising taste, while enjoying the experience through the process. How we take the journey, is our goal.  

How many brides actually create 20 weddings or so before they plan one for themselves? The key reasons for hiring a designer/coordinator is for their wisdom and experience. A seasoned event designer/planner will guide you through the tough terrain of unneeded and unwanted expenses, coordination pitfalls, pace and control the flow of your event, negotiate fair contracts for you, teach essential etiquette, aid in classic menu design and help with wine list development, design a beautiful look and feel for your event and then execute it. Saving you a good deal of money along the way.

Hiring an event planner alleviates the stress for the bride and her family so all are able to celebrate the day equally without having to wear the many hats required of a planner. Among many other tiny details the designer/planner handles all the organization, quality, details, questions, concerns, mishaps, flow, negotiations, delegation and coordination. 

The Lake Almanor Basin is reminiscent of Lake Tahoe in the 1960's , it is smaller, has less commerce, more trees and stunning terrain. People come here for the beauty and seclusion. With seclusion, in the past, it presented challenges for large gala events, but with the internet and Reno, (2 hours by car) Chico, (1 hour 15 minutes) and Redding (1 hour 40 minutes) we can virtually find anything. With enough planning and resources our choices are almost limitless. Lake Almanor has become global. The Lake Almanor Basin provides many exquisite wedding ceremony and reception sites including lakeside, high mountain meadows and a variety of Bed and Breakfast Inns, golf course and restaurants. Kim and Co. will assist you in creating a beautiful and memorable wedding in the Chester/Lake Almanor Basin. They will guide with the creation of a realistic and sane budget and support you to stay within the boundaries of it once it’s created.

While at the Bidwell House Kim and her husband  provided first class catering for all of their events. Kim is very well versed in the area's caterers, venues and other service providers for her events.  

If you are planning a wedding or a special event and you need a field guide through the process or someone to just do it for you, Kim may be the specialist you are looking for. Creating beautiful, stress free, fun, memorable weddings and events is what she does best. Kim's background as the manager for the Bidwell House for 13 years has made her a seasoned professional event planner and coordinator.

All Photos on this site curticy of Kim James Photo