Portland
Planners & Coordinators

Silk & Shadows is a wedding planning and coordination team based in Portland. We’re Ava and Sasha, and between the two of us we plan, coordinate, decorate and officiate weddings all over Oregon and Washington. We started Silk & Shadows because we genuinely love weddings, especially the ones that don’t feel like they came out of a template. Over the last few years that has taken us everywhere from historic mansions and hotel ballrooms to restaurants, farms, orchards and completely empty fields where every table, chair, tent, light and drop of running water had to be brought in. We’ve had weddings with llamas, horses and very determined dogs, ceremonies in pouring Oregon rain, surprise performances, complicated family traditions and décor plans involving a frankly ridiculous number of candles. We’re very hands-on, which means once we take over a wedding, we’re not standing in a corner watching the timeline. We’re talking to vendors, setting things up, moving things around, finding missing people, fixing whatever decided to go wrong that day and keeping all of it as far away from the couple as possible. Sasha also officiates, which comes in especially handy when one of us needs to be focused on the ceremony while the other is already making sure the reception is ready. Our favorite weddings are the ones that actually look and feel like the people getting married. They can be dark and dramatic, colorful and chaotic, very traditional or not traditional at all. At the end of the day, our job is to make sure all the work you put into planning it turns into the wedding you were picturing, while you get to be there for it instead of managing it.

Welcome to your Wedding Planner BFF era 💅 I'm Sloane / slohn /, the owner of S.A.S. Event Planning, and I serve couples throughout Washington, Oregon, or wherever your wedding takes me. Planning and coordinating weddings is my absolute dream job. Seriously. I wake up excited to do this every single day. I don't see your wedding as another event on my calendar, I get genuinely invested. I want to know what matters to you, what you're excited about, what you're stressing over, and the weird little details that make you you. By the time your wedding rolls around, I want it to feel like I'm helping one of my friends get married. I have a type-A brain, a sarcastic personality, and will always stay calm even if an unexpected hiccup tries to test us. I'm not the coordinator who creates unnecessary drama or barks orders at vendors. I believe kindness gets more done, and the relationships I've built with other wedding professionals are one of my biggest strengths. Most of my work happens behind the scenes. While you're enjoying your engagement, I'm sending emails, checking in with vendors, adjusting timelines, answering questions, and so much more. As your coordinator, I want you to be fully present. Laugh with your people. Cry during your vows. Dance until your feet hurt. Make memories instead of managing logistics. If you're looking for someone who works incredibly hard, cares about your wedding almost as much as you do, and will probably become your biggest cheerleader throughout the entire planning process... I think we're going to have a lot of fun together.

A Portland-area wedding business listed as a complimentary unclaimed profile. Business owners can claim this listing to verify and manage their information.

A Portland-area wedding business listed as a complimentary unclaimed profile. Business owners can claim this listing to verify and manage their information.