Kristeen Widmyer is a luxury wedding planner based in Southern California. Equipped with a strong sense of style, she loves mixing bold and unique designs with traditional elements. Having planned over 200 weddings, she’s mastered the art of creating unique events. The couples she works with love her relaxed approach when guiding the planning and design process, creating a fun and stress-free experience.

 

For over 20 years, she’s planned intimate social affairs, including celebrity weddings, as well as large-scale events for clients in the entertainment industry. Her work has been featured on prestigious wedding blogs such as Style Me Pretty, Green Wedding Shoes and Inside Weddings and also by magazines including California Wedding Day, The Knot, Town & Country, US Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter. She is a 4-time winner of “Best Wedding Planner: Los Angeles” in California Wedding Day's Best of Awards (2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019).

 

Kristeen received her degree in Advertising and Art History from the University of Florida. She lives in Valley Village with her husband Dennis, her sons Weston and Billy and her 3 cats: Rocky, Max and Murphy. In 2020, she took on the role of Creative Director at The Animal Pad, an all-breed dog rescue that focuses on saving dogs from high kill shelters and the streets of Mexico.  She is also a partner of the award-winning invitation design company, Strictly Personal Designs.