Jessica Pennington
Owner & Lead Planner
Jessica combines a background in professional events with her passion for working with people and a love of design, to help couples create a wedding that is not only unique and beautiful, but also a successful and smooth-flowing event! In 2007, Jessica opened Stella Event Design to offer Southwest Michigan brides professional planning services tailored to meet their needs.
From rustic barn weddings to elegant lake shore ceremonies, Jessica’s knowledge of Michigan’s beautiful West coast make her an invaluable asset to couples planning a unique lake shore wedding in Southwest Michigan. She prides herself on helping her clients to enjoy the planning process, while offering incredible hands-on service. Jessica specializes in destination weddings on the lake shore and is available for Full Service & Basic planning, Day-of Coordination, custom planning services & hourly consulting.
Jessica has a bachelors degree in public relations with an emphasis in special events and has been planning events in West Michigan since 2001. She works and lives in St. Joseph, Michigan with her husband Joshua.
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Brittany Johnson
Event Planner
Brittany first joined Stella Event Design as an event assistant in the Spring of 2009, and quickly became a valuable asset to our team throughout our 2009 wedding season and beyond. After graduating, Brittany joined Stella Event Design as a full time Event Planner. Brittany goes above and beyond in absolutely everything she does, and she has an amazing passion for helping people to plan amazing events. Her excitement and personal, hands-on approach helps brides & grooms to not only relax, but to feel confident that their wedding is in caring and knowledgeable hands.
Brittany works out of her home in Grand Rapids, Michigan and plans and coordinates in both Southwest Michigan and the Grand Rapids, Holland and Grand Haven areas! She is available for consultations in both Grand Rapids and St. Joseph and is available for day-of coordination, basic planning, full service event planning, and custom services! Brittany has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Taylor University and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Mary Beth George
Event Planner
Mary joined Stella Event Design as an assistant in 2008 and quickly gained the trust of both clients and vendors. With previous experience in floral design and a passion for organization, Mary enjoys helping couples create the wedding of their dreams while helping them to relax and enjoy the event planning process. Mary specializes in Day-of coordination and enjoys helping couples to relax and enjoy their wedding day as she works to tie up all of the details!
Mary has a bachelos degree in counseling from Great Lakes Christian College and she lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband BJ and son Liam.