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ABOUT BLACKWATER EVENTS

Blackwater Events is the operating company for Milliken Manor.
Owned and operated by Kristen and Jason Delano. Kristen has been in the industry for over 15 years working at various venues in Boston and New Hampshire. Most recently, she has operated Blackwater Events, where she has planned and coordinated weddings and events, and has received many five star reviews. Jason has worked numerous weddings and events, and much of his expertise includes property management, and ensuring a beautiful and well maintained setting.

REVIEWS

"Where to begin? Working with Kristen was a beyond wonderful experience. Her kindness and professionalism throughout the entire planning process blew us away. I am a hyper organized person, but did not have the time to dedicate to our wedding that was needed to execute our vision. Kristen not only matched my detail-oriented brain, but she elevated every aspect of our original vision. I looked forward to every single meeting with her and was giddy with excitement at the end of each one. She brought so much life and joy to every aspect of the planning process and carried that energy through our wedding day. On the day of our wedding the weather was increasingly looking like the rain would hold off, roughly 45 minutes before our ceremony was set to start the weather turned. Kristen and Jay seamlessly transitioned our ceremony to be indoors. It was perfect and beautiful, complete with a full-on thunder and lightning storm! We were able to relax and soak in every minute of the day, knowing Kristen had absolutely every detail under control. Kristen is wildly talented, fun, warm, and unflappable. She handled the entire day with such grace and we are forever grateful to her for everything she did to make our wedding day beautiful."

ANDEE + RICKY

Wedding Planner

"Hiring Kristen was hands down the best decision we made surrounding the wedding in general. From day 1, she was on our team about everything. She made a sincere effort to get to know us, find out what was important to us, and help us create a day that reflected on who we are as people and as a couple. She always made us feel so validated, remembered all of the details that we mentioned (months later would call back to things we had mentioned in our early meetings), and identified vendors that we had never heard of despite our hours of what we thought was very diligent research. Once we saw how well-connected she is with the vendors in the area, we knew that we could trust her implicitly to identify vendors and rentals that would align with our vision. Kristen handled communications with all of our vendors, negotiated for us, and kept an eye on the budget. She met with us as frequently as we wanted and made it clear to us that she was always available by any method of communication. Kristen truly went above and beyond the call of duty (she had multiple phone calls with various members of our family). At the wedding itself, we had so many people comment on how kind, thorough, communicative, and effective she was. Kristen and her team set up the space for our reception and it looked UNBELIEVABLE and way exceeded our expectations. Don’t miss out on having Kristen involved with your wedding, she will make your life a million times easier."

TESS + THEO

Wedding Planner

"Most people say that wedding planning is stressful and overwhelming. If you’re looking for the exact opposite experience, go with Kristen!!!! It was the best decision we made during our wedding planning process. From day 1 she was there to help with every detail and answer every question. And for procrastinators like my husband and I, she kept us right on track!!! Kristen never made us doubt a single decision we made and supported us through the whole process. She truly became a friend to us and we couldn’t be more thankful. We wish we could give more than 5 stars!!!"

MOLLY + CASEY

Wedding Planner

"Blackwater Events (Kristen) is AMAZING!! We are beyond grateful for the exceptional work done by Kristen for our campground wedding weekend in New Hampshire. She really went above and beyond in creating our dream wedding! She worked with us tirelessly to transform our rustic camp wedding (on a 50 degree weekend in June!) into a beautiful wedding venue that all of our friends and family are still hailing as the best wedding they’ve ever been to!! Despite weather disruptions on our wedding day, and other uncontrollable variables, we didn't need to stress one moment as Kristen had a plan B for everything! Even on the wedding day we had to pivot from the plan A and the plan B and, still, Kristen made it all happen and our back-up plan to our back-up plan was perfect. We weren’t the easiest or most organized in months leading up to the wedding, with multiple work trips and competing priorities, and Kristen definitely kept us on track for our big day. Kristen’s organization, attention to detail, creative ideas, and powerful execution skills truly made our special day magical. We genuinely enjoyed working with Kristen and now miss our regular contact :) Thank you Kristen for turning our vision into reality and creating memories that will truly last a lifetime. We can’t recommend her enough to anyone considering her exceptional services."

MARI + RICH

New Hampshire Wedding

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580 Mountain Road, Jaffrey, NH 03452    |    Info@MillikenManorNH.com    |    (603) 369-2705    |

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