Last month, we had the pleasure of joining Crate & Barrel for their wedding registry event in Annapolis, Maryland. This month, we are excited to participate again at the Arlington, Virginia location! Crate & Barrel's Wedding Registry events are an opportunity for engaged couples to relax and enjoy an intimate shopping experience! Our team will be there showcasing wedding trends and designs. You can register here. For more information on our wedding planning services, contact

On Sunday, September 16, I participated in Crate & Barrel's wedding registry event! It was a great opportunity for engaged couples to shop at meet with local wedding vendors. As the featured event planning company, we shared a fall wedding table setting, using items from Crate & Barrel and Target. I had such a great time and wanted to share the mood board that inspired the decor I choose. Check out our design inspiration for my table setting below! We wanted to go with colors

We are excited to announce Perfect Office Solutions as a new client! Perfect Office provides entrepreneurs, freelancers, and business owners flexible and affordable community-based office space solutions. Our company was hired to plan monthly networking events for the Perfect Office Solutions company. Stay tuned as we'll be announcing upcoming events soon! #JSimmsEvents #DCEventPlanning #MDEventPlanning #PerfectOfficeSolutions

Our company was hired by The Numb3r Agency to plan their first financial workshop (we also manage their digital media). Talking Numb3ers was created to help business owners learn and discuss their finances in a chic and trendy environment. We provided the following services for this workshop: Theme and Concept Development Venue Research and Selection Decor Sourcing and Shopping Event Marketing Budget Management Content Creation Vendor Management Day-Of Coordination We began o

On Sunday, September 10th, our company had the pleasure of hosting Ashley N. Artistry's first makeup class! Guests were greeted with champagne and hors d'oeuvres as they learned Ashley's passion and purpose behind her business and workshop. The event then transitioned to an interactive demo, where Ashley showed attendees how to create day-to-night looks and some of the beauty industry's top secrets! Guests were able to put their skills to the test by recreating looks they lea

On Saturday, June 24th, J. Simms Events had the pleasure of hosting the D.C. tour stop of Dr. Ivan's national book signing and boot camp -- The Live Longer Tour! The tour stop was in partnership with D.C. based trainer, Exclusive Results. Attendees participated in an intense, but fun boot camp, which consisted of multiple one minute stations. From tire flips to jumping jacks -- guests learned workout techniques to help maintain a healthy lifestyle. After the cool down session

On Saturday, January 14th, I held my first signature event for 2017! I was inspired to host an event after first having a vision board party with friends the year prior. I saw the importance of writing down your goals and how having a visual picture of where you want to go is a major key to achieving success. I approached Black and White Look and asked if they were interested in being my event partner - and they gladly accepted! From there, I developed the concept. I knew I w