Events of Distinction

Here are just some of the raves we heard about Events of Distinction:

“She is fantastic and I highly recommend her! She really left no detail unanalyzed! I got to enjoy my wedding, and I owe that to Joyce. My husband says that hiring Joyce was the best decision I made—other than marrying him, of course!!!!!!!”

“Joyce had some of the greatest ideas. She carried the theme throughout the event by having the most spectacular and fun centerpieces—It was just an amazing, amazing night and all I did was basically choose the right event coordinator!”

“After working with Joyce in the planning stages, she so created that trust in her abilities, that I was able to give up control and enjoy every bit of my wedding day. Joyce was very creative and gave me many suggestions on how to enhance my ideas in ways I would never have thought of.”

“She did everything from the invitations on! She was a very good negotiator with the vendors, and amazingly organized. I simply don’t know what I would have done without her. My wedding was simply perfect and Joyce is simply fabulous!!!!!!!”

“She is really a top professional in her field. The events we have done with her are truly the most phenomenal ones. She has an exceptional eye for detail and her events are always class acts.”

Fashion forward and on top of what’s hot and not in weddings, Events of Distinction just doesn’t produce weddings, they design them. Their wedding works of art have graced the pages of national publications including Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, InStyle Weddings, Elegant Bride, Modern Bride, The Knot, Bridal Guide, and numerous others. Helping clients articulate their vision, Events of Distinction paints a perfect canvas, eliciting emotions of joy and laughter for guests to experience.

Events of Distinction is led by the versatile Joyce Scardina Becker, a combination interior, floral and event designer extraordinaire, with over 25 years of industry experience. A Certified Wedding Consultant (CWC) and Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), Joyce is the Director of the Wedding Planner Certificate Program at California State University East Bay. But Joyce says it’s her passions—for special events, fashion, interior design and travel—rather than her degrees that make her the wedding wiz she has come to be. She approaches designing a wedding as if she were designing a home: each celebratory moment—the ceremony, cocktails, dinner and dancing—represents a transition of space, having its own personal identity but still belonging to a cohesive whole, for guests to be wowed as well as welcomed.

Joyce’s innovative designs and meticulous planning are not the only attractive qualities that have drawn hundreds of brides to her. She is the author of Countdown to Your Perfect Wedding, an indispensable guidebook which is broken down into 52 chapters for each week of yearlong planning process, giving couples valuable information they need to know, when they need to know it. Joyce has dispensed her wedding wisdom on KRON, NBC11, and ABC7 in San Francisco and Los Angeles, among other television programs, and she currently serves on the Advisory Board of Catering Magazine.

Respected and adored by peers and clients, Events of Distinction is a jewel among those in the nuptial know: they are on preferred vendor lists at the Julia Morgan Ballroom, the Kohl Mansion, Ralston Hall, Carneros Inn and other venues. Events of Distinction has been honored as one of the nation’s top wedding designers with prestigious awards: the Gala Award for Best Wedding from Special Events Magazine and the WESTIE Award from the International Special Events Society.