About Us

With over 12 years of event planning experience, Eighteen28’s owner, Stevie Wallace, has worked with over 400 brides and corporate clients. Between luxury weddings, intimate ceremonies, social soirees and corporate conferences, her expertise boasts a variety of clientele. 

In order to keep up with the custom design demands from clients, Stevie expanded her business and onboarded a talented graphic designer to enhance the vitally important design process of any event. With over 15 years of design experience, Matthew McKim joined the team in 2018. 

In 2019, Stevie grew the business to include talented full-time and part-time Event Planners Ashley Martin, Kirsten Hood and Brooke Freeman. The latest addition to Eighteen28 is Business Manager, Emma Licht. 

Planning an event is a full time job. With a busy career and personal life, planning an event can be difficult and most of our clients hire us because they don’t have the extra time in their daily lives to commit to the rigorous demands of planning an event. There’s no such thing as a “small event” because every event requires design, management, coordination and execution.

Eighteen28 is an organized powerhouse of trained event planning experts with years of experience working under pressure. We have been through the event planning process many times before and we’re your ticket to finding professional and trusted vendors. We know the right questions to ask and who to contact to get the job done. We know what high-stress situations to plan for and how to manage them. We oversee the big and little details that haven’t even crossed your mind. We help our clients avoid costly mistakes and hours of wasted time. In addition, and most importantly, Eighteen28 offers peace of mind. Our services provide our clients, their family and friends the freedoms of enjoying a stress-free and memorable event

We truly love and appreciate clients who trust us to identify the distinct differences and little details that make their story unlike any other. When that trust is given, we are able to capture their individuality and work with them to craft a one-of-a-kind celebration inevitably resulting in beautiful event design and unforgettable experiences for the client and their guests.

We pride ourselves on offering our clients an event planning and design experience unlike any other and our personalized approach undoubtedly separates Eighteen28 from our competition. 

Event Planners: Planners love logistics and have a complete roster of vendors and venues they’re able to recommend on the spot. Planners manage proper delegation of the event budget and negotiate competitive pricing with vendors in addition to reviewing contracts, looking for red flags, and answering important client questions. Planners obtain information regarding venue space to ensure all rules and regulations of the venue are respected by all involved parties utilizing the space. They familiarize themselves with the venue’s electrical capabilities and special logistics to develop layouts that accommodate the size of the event. Planners create timelines, orchestrate rehearsals, and make sure to communicate all expectations, important dates, times and other important information to the entire vendor team ensuring that load in, set up, execution and strike happen according to plan.

Event Coordinators: Event coordinators work at event venues. They don’t manage any details outside of their contracted services as a venue. Therefore, they are looking out for the best interest of the venue, not the event. A venue coordinator will only deal with aspects pertaining to the venue such as the set up of a room or space within the venue. They dictate set up and end times and communicate the rules and regulations covered in your contract pertaining to the use of space you’ve rented. They only manage details regarding the items the venue might provide such as tables and chairs. The venue coordinator is absent through the majority of the planning process. They aren’t necessarily there when set up begins and they often leave before the event has concluded. Their job isn’t to help you hire the right vendors (although they might provide you with a list of people they know). They don’t put out any fires when your cake doesn’t show up on time or your florist forgets half the centerpieces. They will look at you and shrug when the breakers blow because you didn’t account for the space’s power capabilities and your band brought in too many fancy lights and blew all the circuits.  

We work with all types of clients each seeking a unique and personalized event experience. There is a common thread among our clients: they enlist and trust the Eighteen28 team to offer creative design direction while managing the stresses of planning and executing their vision. Our clients place an emphasis on an amazing guest experience and trust Eighteen28 to deliver such an experience. Our clients know that little details are just as important as big details and throughout our partnership, our clients trust the direction and expertise we provide them. This dynamic is absolutely vital in order to continue executing the caliber of events Eighteen28 is known for and our clients expect. 

No two events or client needs are the same. Because of this, Eighteen28 offers different levels of services and investments to meet the many needs of a wide range of clients, event ideas, expectations and budgets. If you are not sure what service best meets your needs or for information regarding pricing, please contact us to discuss further. We’re happy to help you determine which package best accommodates your event needs. 

Yes. An initial deposit is due upon receipt of the signed contract followed by two additional payments prior to event day. If alternative deposit schedules are needed, we will work with you to determine what schedule best fits your needs. 

If you are interested in learning more and feel Eighteen28 could be a good fit for you, we encourage you to reach out to set up a meet and greet. It does not matter if you may be considering an event that is a few months to a year away, we still encourage our potential clients to book an appointment as soon as possible. The more time we have to spend working with our clients, the more time we have to make their events truly amazing and unforgettable.

We receive many testimonials from our clients. We encourage you to know and understand what others have to say about working with us. Please send us an email and we will put you in direct contact with clients we have worked with us in the past.