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Champagne & Confetti

Event management in the Greater Boston area Offering event management services for nonprofit events, weddings, and celebrations in the Greater Boston area.

I'll bring your vision to life with a custom event design - complete from the smallest detail to the transformation of a venue. Any event can achieve that unique look and feel - whether it's a backyard pool party or an extravagant Gala, my goal is to provide a beautiful and seamless event experience for you and your special guests.

10/12/2026

One of my favorite parts of working with nonprofits is figuring out how to make the mission visible.

Not just putting the logo on the step-and-repeat or the mission statement on the screen.

I mean actually translating the mission-driven work into the live, in-person experience.

What should guests notice when they walk in?
What should they feel?
Where should their attention go?
What can we create that makes the mission easier to understand - or harder to forget?

Sometimes that’s a bold installation. Sometimes it’s the story that unfolds throughout the evening. Sometimes it’s an unexpected interactive moment that gets people talking. Sometimes it’s a tiny detail that, if you know the organization, suddenly makes perfect sense.

That’s the part of event design I love.

Because I’m not interested in making a nonprofit event look like every other nonprofit event.

I want the design to feel so connected to the organization, the people it serves, and the story you’re trying to tell that it couldn’t belong to any other organization.

That’s when design stops being decoration and starts becoming part of the experience.

Client |
Planning & Design |
Venue |
Catering & Bar |
Photography & Videography |
Lighting & AV |
Rentals |
Custom Fabrication |
Custom Fabrication |
Florals |
DJ |
Photobooth |

10/10/2026

Their wedding was sleek, minimalist, black and white. So their shower was the complete opposite. 🌈

A&K could have treated the shower as a preview of the wedding: a smaller version of the same aesthetic, repeated so everything felt cohesive.

Instead, they wanted to explore another side of themselves.

So we built a completely different world. Bold color. Lush florals. Playful details.

It was joyful, unexpected, and a little bit irreverent - a celebration of q***r love, held at the restaurant where they had their first date.

That’s what I love about thinking about a wedding season as a collection of worlds rather than one aesthetic stretched across every event. Each celebration gets to have its own personality, its own energy, its own little piece of the story.

The shower didn’t need to be the wedding’s opening act. It got to be its own show.

Because when you’re building a world around two people, there’s no reason you can’t build more than one. 🌈

Planning & Design |
Photographer | .studios
Content Creator |
Venue |
Florals |
Tarot | .zoe
Cake | .bakery

10/09/2026

Every photo in this post is missing most of the design. ☁️

A camera captures one sense. An experience is built on all five.

Sight | Color, florals, lighting, and layers of detail created the visual world
Sound | Deliberate soundscaping set the energy, including a live electric violinist
Scent | A signature fragrance established the atmosphere
Taste | Sparkling rosé & cotton candy made the cloud concept tangible
Touch | Plush textures, fabrics, and surfaces invited tactile discovery

That’s the difference between something immersive and something merely beautiful.

A beautiful room can be fully understood in a photograph. An immersive one only makes sense when you’re standing inside it.

And that’s what I love about events. They’re ephemeral by nature. They exist for a few hours, in one particular place, with one particular group of people, and then they’re gone.

You can document an experience.You can’t quite capture it.

And maybe that’s what makes it so special.

Host |
Planning & Design |
Venue |
Catering & Beverage |
Entertainment & Photo Booth |
Fabrication & Florals |
Rentals & Lounge | .collective
Photography |
Videography |
Lighting |
AV/ Screens |
Interactive Entertainment |
Balloons |
Graphic Design & Signage |
Wholesale Flowers |
Hotel Room Block Provider |
Weather Concierge |
Sparkling Rosé |
Cotton Candy, Ch*****ne & Dessert Carts |
Calligraphers | & .inkscalligraphy
Linens |
Signature Scent |
Content Creator |
HMU |

10/07/2026

Lucky, because my workday is someone else’s best day of their life. ✨

That’s the part people don’t always see.

Behind every relaxed, beautiful celebration is an enormous amount of work: hundreds of hours, countless emails, a thousand decisions, and a team quietly making sure everything happens exactly when it should.

Our couples want to feel unhurried. They want to be fully present. And they want a celebration that feels beautifully considered without looking like every detail has been considered.

I call it the ballerina effect.

You see the effortless movement. You don’t see the years of training, the choreography, or the work happening just outside the spotlight.

A wedding should feel the same way.

Every decision made early enough that nothing feels rushed. Every placement considered until it looks completely natural. Every timeline refined so carefully that guests never realize there is one.

Because effortless is never an absence of effort.

It’s what happens when someone else has taken care of it all.

And honestly? We love being the ones behind the curtain.

Planning & Design |
Venue/Caterer |
Florals |
Photographer |
Videographer |
String Ensemble |
DJ |
Hair & Makeup |
Cake |
Rentals |
Calligraphy & Seating Chart |
Stationery |

10/05/2026

You don’t have to be an artist to have an eye for good design.

Some of my favorite clients will tell me in our first meeting that they’re “not creative.” And then they’ll describe a hotel bar they can’t stop thinking about, the exact green of a door they walked past in Lisbon, or why a certain song makes them feel like they’re in a film.

That’s not someone without an eye. That’s someone who’s been collecting inspiration their whole life without calling it that.

What they usually don’t have is the language—or the permission—to do something with it. They know what moves them, but they’ve never been asked to build from it, so they’re not sure it counts.

It counts. It’s actually one of the best places to start.

My job isn’t to bring you taste. You already have it. My job is to help you trust it, give it language, and take it somewhere you might not have dared to go on your own.

Styling & Design |
Photography & Videography | & .co

10/03/2026

Trusting the process can be hard when you’re handing over something that matters deeply to you.

But there’s a particular kind of luxury in being able to let go, and knowing it’s handled.

My job is to understand what matters to you, bring my creative judgment and experience to the table, and take care of the rest quietly, thoughtfully, and with discretion.

You shouldn’t have to chase vendors, solve problems, or be involved in every decision. You should be able to enjoy the process, knowing there’s someone anticipating what’s next and looking after the experience from beginning to end.

The goal isn’t just an extraordinary wedding. It’s an extraordinary experience getting there.

Because true luxury is being able to hand something over, and feel completely at ease in doing so.

Planning & Design |
Venue |
Digital Photographer |
Photography Assistant |
Film & Drone Photographer |
BTS Photos & Flat Lay Styling |
Florist |
Cake | .monstah
Stationery |
HMUA | .beaute
Bridal Shop |
Dress Designers | &
Models | .beaute .p80

10/02/2026

This little clothing cart was never meant to blend in.

It was always going to be the focal point.

We designed it as a miniature fashion boutique within the room: custom wallpaper, carefully styled clothing, acessories, and books, and every detail considered to make something small feel completely intentional.

The idea was to take the world we were building and distill it into one tiny installation. Something guests would notice from across the room, then inevitably wander over to inspect more closely.

That’s the kind of detail I love designing around.

Not just something beautiful to fill a corner, but a visual anchor that gives the room a point of view and invites you to come a little closer.

Because sometimes, worldbuilding happens on a grand scale.

And sometimes, it fits on a cart. 🎀

Planning & Design |
Venue | Private Residence
Rentals | .collective
Balloons |
Photography |
Catering |
Florist |
Cake | .monstah
Live Portraits |

09/30/2026

💸 Don't let giving inturrupt your Gala 💸

Everyone knows why they are there. Everyone know's an ask is inevitable. Everyone braces a little. And if that paddle raise isn't precise, and it drags on, people get antsy.

That's because today’s donors are experience-driven, design-aware, and craving connection. If your goal is to increase engagement and revenue, it’s time to rethink what fundraising at a gala can look like.

We design giving into the fun itself. Modern nonprofit event planning isn’t just about logistics, it’s about storytelling, psychology, and atmosphere. When fundraising elements feel intentional, interactive, and beautifully integrated into the event design, guests are more likely to participate (and give more generously).

Nontraditional fundraising activations:
💸Encourage spontaneous giving
💸Feel less transactional and more experiential
💸Appeal to younger donors and first-time attendees
💸Blend seamlessly into luxury or design-forward galas

The key? Making fundraising feel like part of the celebration, not an interruption.

When giving feels like play, people stop bracing for it 🎟️

Client |
Planning & Design |
Venue |
Catering & Bar |
Photography & Videography |
Lighting & AV |
Rentals |
Custom Fabrication |
Custom Fabrication |
Florals |
DJ |
Photobooth |

09/28/2026

I’m a collector.

I collect things that have *seemingly* nothing to do with weddings.

A painting that makes me stop. A strange piece of furniture. A hotel lobby I can’t stop thinking about. The way a particular building handles light. A fashion editorial. A centuries-old technique. A color combination that shouldn’t work, but somehow does.

I save them without always knowing why.

Then, months or years later, a client tells me they want their wedding to feel romantic but unexpected, or theatrical but intimate, like nothing their guests have experienced before, and somewhere in that mental collection is the jumping off point.

That’s where I think the best design ideas come from.

Not from finding the right wedding to recreate, but from having enough curiosity to look everywhere else.

Because worldbuilding is really the art of taking all those seemingly unrelated references and asking: what happens if these things exist in the same world?

Isabella Stewart Gardner is one of my favorite collectors, and designing an event in the Isabella Stewart Gardner was a dream come true. Did you know?! I even named my daughter Isabella 😉

Styling & Design | Ch*****ne & Confetti: Celebrations by Catalina
Venue | Isabella Stewart Gardner
Florals | 𝕊𝕪𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕪 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔻𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟
DJ | DJ BACKSPIN ENTERTAINMENT 🇭🇹
Specialty Linens | nuagedesignsinc
Rentals | Peak Event Services

09/26/2026

The hardest room to impress is one full of event planners 🌈

They've seen all the trends. They know the rentals by name. They can price a floral installation from across the room, and half of them have worked in that venue before.

So when ILEA Boston asked us to celebrate the people who make this industry run, a ballroom was never going to do - so we sent everyone to camp instead 🏕️

The thinking was simple: you can't surprise an expert with a better version of what they already know. You have to change the concept entirely. Give them something to do with their hands, put them somewhere unexpected, and let them stop working for one evening.

The best compliment that night wasn't about the design. It was watching a room full of professionals cut loose (even when the rain poured on us).

Host |
Planning & Design |
Venue |
Digital Photography
Videography: .visuals
Florals:
Apé bar: .merla
Stationary Catering:
Passed Catering:
Roaming Oyster Shuckers & Caviar Service:
Mobile Bar:
AV & Lighting:
Program Creation:
DJ, Live Band & Dance Floor:
Ceiling Treatments:
Lounge Furniture:
Furniture & Rentals:
Staging & Hedge Walls: .collective
Content Creation:
Stationery & Graphics:
Chalk Art: .angelic.artists
Linens:
Ambient Performers:
Custom Fabrications & Balloons:
Stickers, Tattoos & Pennant Signage:
Bell Tent:
Heart & Soul Awards: .101
Photobooth & Friendship Bracelet Making Station:
Patch Bar:
Transportation:
Registration Table:
Entryway Turf:
Entryway Vignette & Décor:
Bar Fabrication:
Hedge Walls & Culinary Equipment:
Marquee Letters:
After Party Venue:
Generator:
HMU:

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Boston, MA

Website

http://www.celebrationsbycatalina.com/

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