Best Wedding Planner Oakland Near Me

4worldlovers: Tell us your colorful love story and we’ll help you curate a highly creative, comfortable, elegant, and unique event. We’ll be beside you as you select your design aesthetic, choose creative partners, and host one of the best events of your life.

A Monique Affair is all about effortless and colorful elegance. We are a collective of planners, and producers who are dedicated to creating heartfelt and unique weddings and events.

Exceptional events combine colorful love and experienced planning to create unforgettable experiences.

A Monique Affair was founded on the belief that all love deserves to be celebrated. In fact, we’ve been celebrating marriage equality since 1999. Our founder, Chanda Daniels, is a celebrated industry leader on the topic of marriage equality and inclusion. You belong here. Weddings belong to everyone.

Whether you’re planning a wedding or a low-key milestone event our team of experienced planners and producers are here for you! We take all of the guesswork out of your event with over 45 years of experience combined.

Founded in 1999, A Monique Affair has worked with the most prestigious venues and creative partners in the San Francisco Bay and surrounding areas.

During my 25 years of experience in the event industry I’ve had the unique pleasure of gathering the brightest and most committed professionals. There’s a special kind of magic that happens when we all work together to create an event that represents you!

Our collections allow you to work with our experienced team for full-service planning, design, or event direction.

It’s the day of your event. It’s beautiful and colorful. Joy is everywhere. You breathe it all in and realize you are completely at peace. You have A Monique Affair in your corner.

4worldlovers: Based in Oakland, California, and serving the greater Bay Area for nearly thirty years, Barbara Llewellyn Catering and Event Planning is dedicated to setting the standard for the event industry. With style, creativity, and an unsurpassed commitment to excellence, our team of chefs, event coordinators, and service staff create a truly memorable experience for your guests. From small and intimate gatherings to grand galas and fundraisers, each event is met with enthusiasm and perfected to the highest standard. Contact us to start planning your next event.

Planned to the smallest detail. Tailored to the highest expectations. Uniquely crafted for your occasion.

Classic to cutting-edge. Simple to sumptuous. Your vision come to life.


Widely considered one of Northern California’s premier catering companies, Barbara Llewellyn Catering and Event Planning built its reputation on providing the highest quality in both food and service. Our menus range from culinary classics to imaginary twists, many items sourced directly from our seasonal herb garden and in-house pastry department. We prepare all of our dishes from scratch to give our guests a truly memorable experience, from the first hors d’oeuvre to the last dessert.

4worldlovers: If you’re dreaming of a magical wedding day and would like your vision to become reality, call us!

We love collaborating with brides and grooms to make their wedding vision come to life and tell their unique story. You’ll have the advantage of our over 18 years’ experience, skill and artistry at planning and designing unique weddings at your fingertips. As a premier San Francisco wedding planner and designer, Marilyn Ambra Weddings and Events has vast experience at planning and designing some of the most memorable weddings in the Bay Area, Wine Country, throughout California and beyond. Our work is featured in many leading wedding publications.

We collaborate with each of our couples to bring their vision to life. Together, we will tell your story and share it with family and friends in a personally designed and meticulously planned wedding, with attention to every detail. Your wedding will be uniquely yours, with personal details woven throughout the day. From the aesthetics, to event flow and guest experience, we will create a stunning wedding celebration your guests will remember for years to come.

There are so many decisions to contend with during the wedding planning process; Organization and Project Management, Venue and Vendor Selection, Event Production, Vendor Management, Budget Creation and Management, Guest Services, Personal Assistance, and of course impeccable Wedding Day management including a pre wedding day ceremony rehearsal.

We partner with you every step of the way, bringing a calm to the experience and joy along the planning journey. Our style is collaborative, organized, thorough, creative and fun. Our clients enjoy the planning process and often tell us how at ease they are. We can’t wait to share it with you!

Wedding Planning can easily become overwhelming, however, it’s the seamless fulfillment of each element that will result in an enchantingly memorable day. Marilyn Ambra Weddings and Events brings clarity and calm to the process and will put you at ease. You’ll be confident each planning and design detail is carefully thought through and orchestrated, resulting in your dream wedding.