Adornment Events

Adornment Events is a Portland-based wedding planning and special events company led by Event Director Carisa Cooper Smith, offering full-service intentional event design for the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The team is known for custom-designed weekend experiences, vendor coordination, and curating events that reflect each client's individual story, personality, and inspirations, including destination weddings and corporate galas. The Adornment team has worked in the Portland area for over 15 years in weddings and special events, with projects ranging from a 20-person orchard country wedding to high-touch corporate galas and multi-day events; Carisa notes she has been creating events since 2008. Based in Portland, serving couples in the Pacific Northwest, couples from outside the region planning Pacific NW weddings, and destination wedding clients; the team has worked at venues including The Barn at Countryside and Skamania Lodge. Reviewers highlight Carisa's detail orientation, calm handling of unexpected issues, thorough vendor communication, and willingness to work with couples planning from abroad or across long planning timelines.