Portland wedding planning without the overwhelm.
For couples who want a beautiful wedding without spending a year buried in spreadsheets and vendor emails. Higher Love was built for you. You make a few simple choices, and I take it from there.
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Hi, I’m Kylie.
Founder · Portland born & raised · St. Johns localI’ve spent nearly seven years working in the wedding industry, across venue management, catering sales, luxury coordination, and large-scale event production. That includes 40+ weddings at 30+ Pacific Northwest venues, and I’m a preferred planner for St. Johns Inn and Weddinglandia. I know how venues operate, how vendors think, and how to make a wedding day feel completely effortless for the people getting married.
Hiring a planner should reduce the decisions you’re making, not just help you manage them.
Most planning models give you three tiers: day-of, partial planning, full-service. Most of them help you manage your decisions. Higher Love is built to reduce them, with a tried and true formula with pre-curated options at every turn, so the choices you face are narrow, clear, and manageable.
Hire love. Higher love.The big decisions made simple, one step at a time.
No research. No rabbit holes. No decision fatigue. Just a clear sequence of simple choices, and someone ready to guide you through each one.
Pick your package
Choose your celebration type and guest count. A $1,500 deposit reserves your planning package at booking. Choose a decor collection now if you already know the look you want, or decide later, whether that’s a collection or a custom design.
Pick your venue
Once your package is confirmed, I’ll present up to five fully vetted venue options for your date range, each ranked with honest pros and cons. We tour your top three together.
Build your team
A curated and ranked shortlist of up to three vendors per category: catering, photography, music, and more, matched to your vision and budget.
I take it from there.
Contracts, logistics, timeline, and every detail of the day itself.
You show up and enjoy your wedding.
Photo: Lindsay Blair Photography
From the couples and venues who have worked with me.
“Neither of us were contacted by anyone once for clarification during the wedding. Kylie was running logistics and making sure everything was taken care of without us having to lift a thumb. We walked away thinking the gale force winds were a special treat — which never would have been the case had she not jumped into action in advance. She acts with professionalism, is great at her job, and is so much fun to work with. A triple threat.”
“We had less than 3 months to pull together a formal wedding. Kylie was able to make that happen. She put together schedules, planned layouts, and updated us regularly on progress. She was the first one on site, and we didn’t have to worry about anything after we left. If you are even considering a planner, give her a call.”
“She has tons of experience that she pours into her coordination, and her attention to detail is impeccable. She has the perfect mix of creative and organized. … We weren’t stressed at all on our wedding day or the week leading up to it, because we knew everything was in great hands. … Our wedding day went more smoothly than we could have imagined, and we got to just be present and enjoy every part of it.”
“Kylie is always a pleasure to work with. She’s organized, professional, and makes every event run smoothly. Our team loves when she’s at the venue — everything goes off without a hitch.”
The ground rules.
weddings a month, max. Every wedding gets my full focus, from the first decision to the last dance.
months’ notice required. The minimum planning lead time for a quality wedding day.
vendor kickbacks. Every recommendation is made for you, not for me.
My pricing is published. No inquiry required.
Higher Love runs on a tried and true formula, with published pricing and pre-curated options at every turn. Decision fatigue is real, and so is the mental load. My job is to make planning simpler, keep you in the loop when it matters, and get you to your wedding day feeling calm and ready.
Decor
Your planning package includes decor design, coordination, styling, and clearing. Choose one of my eight pre-designed collections or create a custom design together; either way, design is included. The decor itself is priced separately. For 75 guests, collections run about $3,000 to $3,950. See decor pricing.
Guest count
Your tier is based on your estimated guest count and is locked at the planning midpoint. After that, you only move up a tier if your final count goes more than 15 guests past it. Anyone who needs their own seat counts; babies on a lap don’t. Above 120 guests, pricing continues from the Grand package with a charge for each additional table beyond 15, plus a third onsite coordinator: $450 per additional table and $800 for the coordinator for Ceremony + Reception, or $400 per table and $550 for the coordinator for Reception Only. 200 guests is the largest celebration I plan. Get in touch for your exact total.
Payments & travel
A $1,500 deposit reserves your planning package and is credited toward your total. The remaining balance is split into two equal payments: one at the midpoint of your planning and the final one week before your wedding. I plan weddings across the Portland metro, Hood River, and the Columbia River Gorge. Weddings outside that area include travel costs for my team, billed at cost: lodging, airfare or other transportation, and a daily meal allowance.
What’s included
Not sure which package fits? Schedule a discovery call.
Design is included. The collections make it easy.
Every planning package includes decor design. Choose one of eight pre-designed collections for a complete look in a single decision, or we’ll design something custom together. Either way, I take care of sourcing, coordinating delivery, styling, and clearing.
| Guests | Soft & Simple | Midnight Romance | Modern Vineyard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | $1,200 | $1,480 | $1,580 |
| 50 | $2,100 | $2,590 | $2,765 |
| 75 | $3,000 | $3,700 | $3,950 |
| 100 | $3,900 | $4,810 | $5,135 |
| 120 | $4,500 | $5,550 | $5,925 |
| 160 | $6,000 | $7,400 | $7,900 |
| 200 | $7,500 | $9,250 | $9,875 |
Three of eight collections shown. Estimates are for the decor itself and are finalized with your confirmed guest count. Delivery from our rental partner is separate.
Explore all 8 decor collections →
St. Johns Inn, Portland. One of my favorite venues in the neighborhood.
Photo: Lindsay Blair PhotographySustainability is part of the formula.
Your wedding should feel good. So should everything it leaves behind.
Nothing single-use if I can help it.
Every decor collection is sourced through a rental partner. Linens, flatware, glassware, and centerpieces are returned, cleaned, and used again. No landfill contribution from your table settings.
Leftovers go to people who need them.
When possible, food remaining at the end of the night is donated to St. Johns Village Transitional Housing Complex, right here in the neighborhood.
Your flowers have a life after the reception.
Unless you’d like to keep them, floral arrangements are donated to Assumption Village Assisted Living in St. Johns after the wedding. A centerpiece that spent 6 hours on a reception table can spend another week brightening a room for someone who needs it.
Food and flowers, grown close to home.
I work with caterers who source ingredients locally and florists committed to locally grown flowers. If a bloom can be substituted for a locally grown alternative without compromising the look, I'll do it.
Let’s plan your wedding.
Clear scope. Published pricing. A formula that works.
Before you reach out, the only things you need: a rough guest count, a general budget, and a sense of when you’d like to get married.