A Charleston Event & Bridal Library
4.8/5.0
Experience you can trust!
Charleston, SC
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A Charleston Event & Bridal Library is a full-service event design & planning company with a beautiful design center, specializing in destination weddings with over 30 years experience. Owner/Designer Elyn Rahman has been creating breathtaking weddings ranging from the classic and traditional to the modern and innovative for over thirty years in New York, London and, most recently, for the past 8 years in Charleston, S.C. and the surrounding Lowcountry. Her gift for understanding and crafting each and every bride’s vision is based on her original design ideas and meticulous attention to detail. Under the direction of Elyn and her team of professional planners, planning for every event takes on a smooth and stress-free quality, and each wedding flows seamlessly. Her association with only the finest wedding professionals in the industry allows her to focus undividedly on the orchestration of a beautiful wedding. When booking your appointment with A Charleston Event & Bridal Library, Elyn is personally on hand to answer your wedding planning questions, and to provide helpful tips on every aspect of your special day. In addition to the above, A Charleston Event & Bridal Library offers exquisite floral design, an in-house rental division, custom invitations, programs, place cards, monogramming and unique custom-made props and linens for your special day. The Company only associates with the very BEST service providers at discounted rates. We offer ’full-service’ planning from beginning to the day after the wedding, ’hourly rates’ for design consultations, ’week-of ’ services and ’on-the-day direction’ services, staffing for ’setup and breakdown’ services and ’custom decor’ services as well. Our ALL-INCLUSIVE WEDDING Packages are individually customized to include just some of the following: * Beach Weddings * Catering Services * Plantation Weddings * Photography Packages * Old Historic Homes * Wedding Cakes and Desserts * Beautiful Churches, Chapels * Bar Services * Best Ballrooms * Entertainment Options for Ceremony & Reception * Garden Weddings * Formalwear Options * Small Intimate Courtyards * Staffing Solutions for setup and breakdown of your wedding * Gazebos and Waterfront Properties * Officiating Services * Rental Properties * Invitations and Save-the-Date Cards * Accommodation Services & Guest Amenities * Transportation Services and much more.................... So go ahead and be a guest at your own wedding with experience you can trust. A Charleston Event & Bridal Library! Our cover photo was taken and is copyright of Taylor Stewart Photography.
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Frequently Asked Questions for Event Rentals
What items are available for rental?
Chairs, Chocolate Fountain, Decor, Lights, Linens, Lounge Furniture, Staff, Tent Accessories
Do you offer delivery, setup, and breakdown services?
Breakdown, Delivery, Setup
Frequently Asked Questions for Favors & Gifts
Do you offer a catalog of products or custom products?
Catalog Products, Custom Products
Do you handle design, printing, and assembly?
Assembly, Design, Printing
Frequently Asked Questions for Flowers & Decor
Do you offer free or for charge consultations?
For Charge
Do you provide free or for charge sample arrangements?
For Charge
Do you offer delivery, set up, and breakdown services?
Breakdown, Delivery, Setup
What type of decor (if any) do you offer?
We offer many types of decorative items ranging from arches, wrought iron gates, trellises, candelabras, decorative glassware, crystal, wrought iron, wedding balloon decor and of course beautiful floral decor.
Do you provide non-floral additions to floral arrangements?
You name it, we'll provide it. We specialize in incorporating unique items into florals such as crystals, shells, buttons, jewels and much more. Country Lace or Irish Linens are also offered as wraps in place of ribbon for bouquets. If you want just a few orchids floating in water with candles, then that's what we'll do for you.
Do you offer full-services, such as wedding day setup, for an additional fee?
Yes. On-the-Day Direction, Setup and Breakdown services are all offered through our company and prices vary depending on the nature & size of the event and work required. We also offer staffing solutions.
Di you have not worked at the ceremony or reception sites previously, would you be willing to visit the sites before the event?
Yes. It is paramount to view the site in order to give accurate estimates. We can make arrangements to visit the site with or without the client.
Do you offer flower preservation services?
No, but have a preferred vendor we use.
Do you offer any other specializations that have not been covered?
Fine linen rentals and custom upholstered furniture as well as custom embroidery options for monograms, names, aisle runners, etc. We also offer custom invitations, save-the-dates and custom wedding programs and stationery as well. Custom embellishments are our specialty.
Frequently Asked Questions for Invitations
Do you offer a catalog of products or custom products?
Catalog Products, Custom Products
Do you handle design, printing, and assembly?
Assembly, Design, Printing
What specialty products do you provide?
Color Matching Proofs, Embossed, Engraving, Letterpress, Recycled Paper
Frequently Asked Questions for Wedding Planning
What types of weddings do you accommodate?
Civil, Destination, Double Weddings, Eco-Friendly / Green, Military
What wedding planning services do you offer?
Day-of Coordinator, Full Planning, Partial Planning
How many planners do you work with?
We have a total number of 4 planners within our company and we also network with 3 other planning companies in Charleston.
What style of wedding do you specialize in planning?
We create all styles of weddings, however living in Historic Charleston, SC, we have a lot of requests for Beach Weddings and Plantation Weddings. A good wedding planner specializes in particular styles of weddings. A seasoned and experienced wedding planner will create ANY style wedding. Every bride has a unique vision of what her wedding day will be like. With an artistic and creative approach as well as listening carefully to our clients, we'll infuse every element into the wedding to ensure it is exactly what the bride has been dreaming about...and MORE!
Specialty: Culturally diverse and Asian Weddings, Jewish Weddings and many "Simple Elegance Theme" in beautiful backdrops. Of course there is never a restriction on Platinum Weddings in Charleston, as we are spoiled with the very best locations to hold the event.
Do you support or cater to any specific religions?
All welcome
What sizes of weddings have you coordinated in the past?
From 2 to 500 guests
Which venues have you worked at or are familiar with?
Almost every venue in Charleston and many in New York and London England.
Additional Questions and Answers
We have two separate locations now. Location 1, is our offices and consultation premises by appointment only. Location 2, is our design center and showroom, where all our brides have a chance to see their ideas come to life. This is also booked by appointment only.
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