Founder & Lead Planner
Simone Whitfield
Eight years coordinating weddings and private events for Charleston-area venues and a downtown hotel. Leads every full-planning wedding and writes each timeline herself.
Ivy & Oyster is a Charleston planning studio for weddings and private celebrations. We were formed in 2026 as Ivy & Oyster Events, LLC, and we work the way good stationery is made: carefully, in order, and with everything written down.
Every client receives a published package price, a written payment schedule, a day-of timeline and a weather plan before the first vendor is booked. We collect insurance certificates from every vendor, we never supply or serve alcohol ourselves, and we tell you plainly which permits and licenses are yours to obtain.
Our job is to carry the logistics so you can host the people you love — calmly, on time, and without surprises in the fine print.
The team
Four people, one plan.
Every client works with a named lead planner and the same coordinator from the walkthrough to the last dance.
Design Director
Daniel Okafor
Trained in floral design and letterpress printing; six years at a stationery and event-design studio in Savannah. Palettes, invitation direction and table plans.
Wedding Day Coordinator
Rosa Delgado-Hart
A former hotel banquet captain with six years in event operations. Runs rehearsals, vendor arrivals and the run of show.
Client Care & Operations
Grace Lin
Came from hospitality accounting. Manages agreements, payment schedules, vendor insurance certificates and privacy requests.
Business identity
Who you're contracting with.
- Legal name
- Ivy & Oyster Events, LLC
- Formed
- South Carolina, 2026
- Studio
- 164 Spring Street, Suite 2B, Charleston, SC 29403 — by appointment
- Phone
- (843) 718-2465
- hello@ivyoyster.com
- Insurance
- General liability and professional liability insurance; certificate available to venues on request
- Licensing
- South Carolina does not license wedding planners. We hold a City of Charleston business license.
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 9:00 am–5:30 pm ET · Saturday consultations by appointment
Our standards
- A written proposal, fee and payment schedule before anything is paid
- Every vendor's certificate of insurance on file before the event
- No alcohol supplied or served by us, ever
- Photos shared only with written permission and photographer credit
- Reviews published only from real clients, unedited and unpaid