Our Services

  • Day-of Coordination

    If you want to make sure your day runs smoothly without making your family or friends work, this is the package for you. You’ll have help creating a timeline, working with your selected vendors, and keeping everything according to your plans.

    Package starts at $2,450

  • Partial Planning Services

    This package has a focus on providing research and options for vendors for you while still offering the same services as a day-of coordinator. If you are in need of booking some vendors and don’t know where to look, this is the package for you.

    Package starts at $4,650

  • A La Carte Add-Ons

    If you’re looking for something that is more hands-on, we can customize a package that suits your needs perfectly!

    • Planning consulting meetings

    • Additional vendor meetings

    • Vendor research

    • Additional hours of coordination

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When you book with us, you will be getting:

  • Peace of mind knowing your details are handled

  • An open line of communication for any of your needs

  • A wedding day that you, your family, and friends can fully enjoy

The Journey From Engagement to Wedding Day

  • 1. Consultation

    We typically have a phone call/Zoom call to go over the package you have chosen and to get to know each other. Once you sign and book with us, we start working for you! We will review your contracts and send you our planning resources. You can always reach out with the “open door policy” we offer too!

  • 2. Planning

    For all of our packages, there is still an element of planning necessary to make sure your wedding goes smoothly. We will have a few meetings throughout the process to ensure that all details are handled and that there won’t be any surprises (unless they are planned surprises, of course!) for your wedding day.

  • 3. Coordinating

    Once it’s actually your wedding day, all of the planning will be finished and at this point it’s a matter of the execution. We make sure that all of the potential problems are dealt with before you even hear about it, and we make sure all of the vendors are working together to create an amazing day for you.

Nice to meet you!

I’m Rachel MacQueen (she/her), the one behind Firmly Rooted Events. I’m a Type A, houseplant enthusiast that loves playing tennis with my husband or hanging out with our silly corgi, Pierogi, and my team and I would love to be your coordinator. You can rest assured though knowing that we will have your wedding covered!

  • "We encourage any couple to choose Rachel - she is outstanding!"

    - Kirsten and Manny - Danada House in Wheaton

  • "Our biggest regret is not booking her earlier in the planning process."

    - Freddy and Emma - Saddle and Cycle Club in Chicago

  • "Rachel was the best coordinator to work with and made our wedding day a dream come true!"

    - Allyson and Matt - Bolingbrook Golf Club

  • "If one is looking to hire an event coordinator, Rachel is definitely highly recommended in our book. You can be certain that she has YOU in mind."

    - Jenissa and Christian - Providence Vineyard in Hebron

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • A wedding planner will help you for all steps of your planning like finding your vendors, helping establish your budget, and keep you organized throughout your engagement - and then making sure everything is exactly as you dreamed for your wedding day. A wedding coordinator will take your plans, your vendors, and your vision and coordinate all of those things on the wedding day to make sure it all goes according to plan!

  • A wedding planner/coordinator will be able to make sure you don’t have to worry about people constantly coming up to you with problems or questions on your wedding day. If you assign these duties to a friend or family member, they won’t be able to enjoy themselves either. The goal is to have someone else that knows how to fix wedding-specific problems take care of everything so you, your family, and friends can actually enjoy your wedding day.

  • The sooner the better! I would typically be the first or second vendor that you book in your wedding planning journey. Your wedding planner will be able to help you every step of the way, so it’s best to book as soon as you can! Dates also fill up quickly so it’s best to secure a planner that you love before you find out they are unavailable.

  • The sooner the better! Dates fill up quickly and it’s better to have the vendors nailed down rather than wait until later to find out I’m unavailable. This also means that I can start looking over contracts sooner to see if there are red flags we need to address, and you can have all of my planning sheets sooner to make sure you have your wedding day details covered!

  • No problem! All of the packages are customizable. Any package can be adjusted to add or remove certain items so that you are getting exactly what you need.

Schedule a quick consultation to make sure you can enjoy your engagement and wedding day without the stress.