I'm Kristine

a wedding planner and designer based in Ireland

The couples I love working with are planning more than a beautiful wedding. They are bringing the people they love to Ireland and want to host them extraordinarily well.

The effort of travelling from across the world is met with warmth and generosity. The setting is remarkable. The food, music and atmosphere are considered. And the design feels entirely at home - both in the place and with the people at the centre of it.

No two of my couples are alike, and neither are their weddings. Their cultural roots, personal story and sense of style become part of the creative language, resulting in a celebration that feels wholly, unmistakably theirs.

Kristne Hayes wedding planner Ireland
wedding ceremony flowers in Mount Juliet Ireland

Photo by Studio Lordan

 

“In addition to her professionalism, Kristine was just a genuinely kind and lovely person to work with. She made the entire process enjoyable, and we are so grateful to have had her by our side. We can't recommend her highly enough!”

- Olivia & CJ, Private Estate Marquee Wedding

Photo by Studio Brown

How I Work

Planning the whole experience

A destination wedding is a rare thing: the people you love, gathered together in one extraordinary place, often for several days rather than a single celebration.

I plan the weekend as a whole.

We begin with what matters most to you and build the celebration around those priorities. I bring together the venue, supplier team, design, logistics, entertainment and hospitality, considering not only each individual element but how they work together.

Some couples want to be immersed in every creative decision. Others want to give me the brief, trust the process and be brought in when a decision genuinely needs them. I shape the planning around you.

By the time everyone arrives in Ireland, the complicated part is already done.

My team and I run the weekend from behind the scenes, leaving you free to be exactly where you should be: in the middle of it.

 

“Kristine handled a thousand-piece wedding puzzle with absolute calm - scheduling six major vendors across a river by the tides and solving every problem before I even knew it existed.”

- Katherine & Brian, Waterford Castle

 

Design That Belongs

I begin with the couple and the place

I trained as an interior designer, and thirteen years of working on weddings has only deepened the way I see a space.

Every venue already has a design language: its architecture, landscape, proportion and light. Rather than covering that up with a predetermined aesthetic, I use it as the starting point, layering in your own taste, references and story.

Sometimes a room needs very little. Sometimes it wants colour, pattern, scale or an installation that transforms it completely. I consider the room as a whole: the tablescape and florals, certainly, but also lighting, furniture, materials, sightlines and the way the space will feel when it is full of people.

The result isn't a signature look repeated from one wedding to the next. It is a wedding that could only belong to you, in that particular place.

And because I am both planner and designer, the creative direction doesn't exist separately from the experience. The room works as beautifully as it looks.

 

The Wedding Weekend That Moved to Music

A cinematic winter wedding at Gloster House, shaped by art, music and deeply personal details.

Their very own castle for the weekend

An intimate destination wedding at Lismore Castle, designed around generous hospitality and unforgettable guest experience.

One wedding, two ceremonies at Adare Manor

A Catholic and Persian wedding at Adare Manor, where two traditions came together in one joy-filled celebration.