Your Event by Paula Smith | Design | Planning

Your Event exists to take all the stress out of planning and hosting your event, and to put all the celebration in!

We expertly take care of all the details—before, during and after the occasion—so you can actually enjoy your own party. Our staff is always chock-full of ideas to bring any type of gathering to life. Whether you are hosting a wedding, child’s birthday, cocktail hour, corporate mixer or fund-raiser, we will make sure your event is a seamless success.

Your Event can expertly manage any and all aspects of any affair. We can help you locate the perfect venue (indoors or out) and source exceptional food, flowers, lighting, décor and photography. We are also a full-service graphic design studio with decades of expertise in invitations, signage and more! We are based in the mid-Hudson Valley, and operate throughout New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. It’s always time to celebrate…with Your Event!

We take the greatest pride in conceptualizing what will make your event a true representation of you and your style. With over 35 years of experience in creative development, our expertise and comfort lies in designing a unique vision for each event. We explore the nuances and arrive at a look and feel that will be on point with your aesthetic. This process is presented in a visual storyboard of color, textures and styles that will serve as a graphic road map as the details of your event unfold. It is our job to be your visionaries in the creative process, arriving at an experience that will encompass everything you imagined and beyond.

The stage is almost set and it will take our skillful and timely sense of order to keep all the moving parts orchestrated and on schedule. Management is our mantra, so that will never be your concern. Your event timeline will encompass each and every step of the process so that even the cleanup crew will know when to step out of their vehicles and onto the premises. As the time gets closer to your event, we want you to focus on nothing but making sure you have the most fabulous pair of shoes or tie set aside for the occasion.

Details, details, details! We love planning and ensuring that each detail has been carefully considered and fits into the big picture. We will outline and present options for everything from floral arrangements to place card settings to cake toppers and to lighting effects. Taking the vision of your event and turning it into a reality is a process that relies on solid resourcing, budgeting, organization, and strategy. We can ensure that every detail will be tended to… that’s just how we do things.

The time of your event has arrived and today our one and only mission is to ensure that everything goes as planned. Even if something unexpected comes up, and no doubt it will, we are there to redirect and reassure. Your one mission is to feel like a guest of honor at your very own event. It is our intention that once you step onto the scene, your heart and soul will be filled with joy; a joy that comes from being surrounded by the people in your life who matter…and forgetting about everything else except for this wondrous and beautiful moment.

If you are thinking about a new spin for this year’s celebrations, consider how Your Event can jump in and make your party sparkle. The holidays are full of good intentions as we imagine the joy of bringing family and friends together to honor traditions; yet the pulse of our busy days is often too rapid to allow for careful planning of the details that we want to be just so. Whether you are bringing everyone together under your roof or seeking accommodations to allow for a larger party, Your Event can work with you to create a space suitable for any crowd, plan and or personalized décor. We will secure a caterer that aligns with your culinary tastes and traditions, take time to adorn the gifts with exquisite wrapping and trim, and we’ll be there to do the heavy holiday lifting so that you can truly enjoy time together and feel as pampered as your guests. It’s never too early to talk holidays, so give us a jingle!

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FEATURED EVENT

Your wedding is an occasion like no other, a chance to create a uniquely wonderful sendoff into your new life as a married couple. It’s festive, stylish and filled with love—and at the center is the two of you. At Your Event, we believe that everything about a wedding should reflect the couple being celebrated. That’s why we take extra care to really get to know you and formulate a plan that’s distinctively suited to the people you are. Our standards are high; our attention to detail unsurpassed. The care and pride we take in accommodating each couple’s individual needs is something we do wholeheartedly. With Your Event, you really can have exactly the wedding you want. Let’s make it happen!

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2022 Micro Weddings

A shift in your wedding priorities need not come with all the compromise.
We have partnered with two fellow vendors to streamline the planning process.
OUR MICRO TEAM | PLANNER • CATERER • VENUE
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If you already have a venue and are interested in hiring a planner to plan, manage
and perhaps even design your private micro wedding, one who also understands
the intricacies of navigating in the current climate, we are here.
Have a peek at these summer micro weddings, both spectacular in their simplicity and completely
tailored to meet each couples vision, intimate private settings and current safety standards.
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Private Family Farm + Private Estate

Determining where to have your celebration is probably the most important wedding-related decision you will make—other than choosing your future spouse, of course! So many details can fall into place only after taking that crucial step. But researching venues takes time…whether online, on the phone or on the road. We can help! Let Your Event source and offer venue possibilities based on the criteria most important to you and our intimate knowledge of the region’s premier locations. Then you can spend your valuable time visiting a select list of locations you are far more likely to love!

MEET THE TEAM

Paula Smith

OWNER & DIRECTOR

Laurie Wilson

SENIOR PLANNER

Mickaela Grimaldi

MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT

Paula Smith has assembled a top-notch team to support her in making Your Event the very best it can be.
While each team member brings unique skills and talents to Your Event, all share a common commitment to giving clients superior service
—along with a passion for creating joyful memories. Paula is eager to put her team to work for you!

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