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.

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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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!

Opening your home and property to guests during these uncertain times while also enjoying the festivities merits a call to Your Event. A lot has changed for the event industry, as well as for folks who simply want to throw a small dinner party at their home. As a result, we’ve made all the necessary changes and we ask our clients to let us know how
they would like to utilize their space. We can work with our florists to fill your patio or porch with blooms that add just the right pop of color and texture. We have rental resources galore to offset using personal items you’d prefer to keep unexposed or to simply bring in some fun and games. We have relationships with private chefs and caterers who respectfully understand the difference between working in a client’s kitchen verses their own and know how to step in as an extension of your staff and offer menu and food service suggestions that conform to current protocols. On every level, we are equipped to build out a safe and successful plan for small gatherings that can feel personally yours and as creative as you are willing to imagine. Consider the idea of being a guest in your own home and feeling as though you enjoyed a little slice of summer and a little company, too.

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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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