A Wedding Planner designs and styles your wedding celebrations, as well as organizing all the logistics, managing all of your suppliers, and running the timeline on the day itself. 

Wedding Planning varies from ‘On The Day’ assistance (where your Planner simply oversees everything on the day of) to ‘Full Service Planning’, where they are with you from the beginning of the planning process right through the wedding. This is what K & K Celebrates offers to our clients, for celebrations across the UK and Chicago. 

Wedding Planners are there to help build your dream wedding. We consult with you on your visions, then build on these foundations to design, curate, organize, and manage your wedding celebrations. We build out every detail of the celebrations, a job demanding both creativity and organization, from the smallest touches like stationery and linens, to the huge choices such as your venue - all resulting in celebrations which go beyond your wildest dreams. 

As well as being there throughout the planning process, we are also there throughout the celebrations themselves. This ensures that the timeline runs smoothly and that the newlyweds and their guests can remain completely immersed in the celebrations, without any concern for logistics, suppliers and timelines. 

The investment for our Wedding Planning service averages 15-20% of your overall budget, with a minimum fee of $18,000. 

Our services work best with a minimum wedding budget of $200,000. This allows us the creative freedom to bring your dreams to life. Following a consultation with Kim and Kristie, you’ll receive a bespoke proposal, with a detailed breakdown of the cost for our services. 

We are super selective on the number of events we take on, accepting only 6-8 weddings per year, depending on whether these are multi-day or single day celebrations. 

We never ‘divide and conquer’ to take on more weddings; if you choose K & K Celebrates as your Wedding Planners, Kim and Kristie are both here for you. We only take on a handful of discerning couples - those whose aesthetic marries with ours, and whose prerogatives are for creating an immersive, beautiful occasion full of joy, for both their guests and themselves. 

K & K Celebrates is based in the heart of Chicago, in Lincoln Park. Situated only two miles from Downtown Chicago, we love to bring events to life in the city we know so well - alongside bringing K & K magic to our favorite destination locales across the UK. 

K & K Celebrates is led by identical twin sisters Kim and Kristie. We are two dedicated Planners, who both attend every wedding. With backgrounds in fashion show production and a passion for historic venues, we offer an unmatched combination of creative vision, logistical precision, and personal dedication. We take on fewer than eight weddings per year to ensure each couple receives our undivided attention. 

Yes. K & K Celebrates has extensive experience planning at historic UK estates, including Somerley House in Hampshire and Sennowe Park in Norfolk. We specialize in the heritage and storytelling of period properties across England, Scotland, and the Cotswolds. 

Absolutely. Based in Chicago, K & K Celebrates has deep relationships with the city’s most sought-after venues and vendors, from atmospheric historic buildings in the Loop to intimate spaces in other city neighborhoods. 

Yes – always. Unlike with most Planning firms, both Kim and Kristie are present throughout your wedding celebrations. This is a core part of our K & K Celebrates promise, and is why we keep our client list intentionally small. 

Yes. Many K & K Celebrates clients are US-based couples planning weddings at UK estates. Kim and Kristie manage all cross-Atlantic logistics, vendor coordination, and venue relationships, making the complexities of an international wedding feel effortless. 

K & K Celebrates specializes in venues with history and heritage – English country house estates, period manor houses, Scottish castles, and architecturally-significant buildings in downtown Chicago. We are particularly drawn to venues with their own stories, which then weave through the detailing of your unique celebrations.