Updated “About” Page coming by November 2010! We now have 6 team members in SoCal and 4 team members in NorCal…stay tuned to learn more and see our new team portraits!

Planning Elegance is a wedding coordination company that provides free wedding planning information through this website, a friendly staff to help you with your questions, and affordable wedding planning services by professional wedding coordinators. We have experience in a plethora of different cultural events and religious weddings that tie traditional customs into our modern American trends and styles.

We serve all of California with our wedding planning services and specialize in (but are not limited to) Los Angeles and Orange Counties and the Bay Area. If we can’t help you in your area, we will point you in the direction of where you can find help. We strive to take the stress and confusion out of wedding planning for you. You should enjoy your special day without worrying. Let us Create Your Perfect Day!

Creativity

Planning Elegance has a strong and creative backbone. All of us have very different and inspired backgrounds that contribute to our wedding coordination expertise. We believe that any wedding and special event coordinator needs to be highly involved in all aspects of the event and play a large role in alternative ideas & wedding scenarios; being innovative with colors, décor, and space; having back-up plans constantly rolling through our minds (just in case); and being able to turn the client’s vision into a reality. We stand by our brides to provide them with multiple vendor options, themes, color scenarios, and ideas so that they have options and get inspired by us as well. No two weddings are identical – we can vouch for that!

Team Work

At Planning Elegance, we all work together on weddings. Regardless of whose going to be there on your wedding day, our whole staff knows when and where your wedding is. We all know a little bit about the couple and can put together resources for any client. The reason for this is so that you will always have someone readily available to help you and answer your questions. We are known for our strong team work on event days and day-of-coordination due to the amount of time we have spent team-building and sharing details from past event experiences. We work together to create your perfect day!

Personality

Ask anyone who has already been through their wedding, “How many hours did you spend talking to your coordinator?”  Answers vary, but every bride will tell you that the countless hours over the phone, in person, and hundreds of e-mails back and forth created a strong and trusting relationship between them and their coordinator. This is why we believe it’s important for you to meet the right person to work with on your wedding day. We like to learn about you and your significant other; we take the time to get to know you because it’s a vital step in getting along and being able to place your wedding into trusted hands. Take your pick from our great staff and see you who think you would fit with. Personality is important and you should feel like your wedding is in a trusted and responsible friend’s hands.

Amy S. Patel
Owner & Head Wedding Coordinator

Amy started Planning Elegance with the dream to create a memorable and fun day for not only the bride and groom, but their families and guests as well. She wanted to create a company that could provide affordable wedding coordination services to people of all cultures and backgrounds so that they wouldn’t have to stress over details on their wedding day. Amy enjoys wedding receptions the most with the exciting entrances, touching speeches, beautiful decor, and dancing! She loves Italian and Mediterranean food (especially together), snowboarding, swimming, and dancing. She takes great pride in this company and loves to personally plan all types of weddings and events.

Taryn Paige Plejdrup
Senior Assistant Coordinator

Taryn was inspired to become a wedding and event planner when she became obsessed with planning parties for friends and family. She loves how Planning Elegance goes over the top for all our clients and that our team puts so much effort into each wedding or event. Taryn’s favorite aspect of event coordination is being able to put everything together for someone’s special day and learning about different types of weddings. Taryn’s favorite type of weddings are the traditional Christian weddings because she loves the set up of the ceremonies. Italian food, pasta and pizza are her favorite foods. She loves to plan her friend’s surprise parties and sweet sixteens and has been helping plan and organize events since she was 13!

Mili R. Shah
Lead Wedding Coordinator & Southern California Office Manager

Mili is a very detail-oriented, hard worker with a passion for fabric draping, art, and cosmetology. She prides herself on her unique ideas and friendly personality. She loves how Planning Elegance caters to different cultures and religions, while very much enjoying the immersion into various cultures that she gets through this job. Mili is great with kids, as her formal educational training and occupation are teaching. Her favorite events are birthday parties and she loves decorating in homes and venues according to themes. Mili takes the lead on the wedding day remaining calm throughout hectic situations and able to manage whatever comes her way. She loves Indian food, family, and Las Vegas!

Neeta Joshi Basu
Assistant Coordinator

Shivani Hiralal
Assistant Coordinator

Pinita Shah
Senior Assistant Coordinator

Melissa Biagtas
Administrative Assistant & Assistant Coordinator

Judy Pomykata
“The Candy Lady”
Lead Wedding Coordinator

Judy has over 17 years of experience in the wedding industry. She strives to create beautiful candy buffet and snack set-ups for weddings and all types of special events.  Not only does she provide set-up of candy, she provide beautiful vases and glass pieces, cute take-out bags, and fabric draping to make the set-up look gorgeous. She knows how to compliment your wedding colors with candy, drape fabrics for an elegant look, contrast flavors and types of candies, as well as set-up jars and containers of contrasting heights and shapes.  Judy loves learning new things all the time; she is a loving mother and wife and just can’t get enough candy!

We would like to thank AAcreation Photography for providing us with this our company portraits.