Meet the AFA Team!
Hey! We're Karen, Brooke + Hailee; Co-Owners of A Family Affair Event Styling. We are a mother-daughter trio who love all things style, parties + serving others. We specialize in event styling + are here to help make all your event dreams come true! We launched our business in February 2021 + have loved every second of serving our clients.
A little backstory on how we got started...
Hails texted our family group chat one day + presented the idea... Let's start an event styling business! Brooke + Karen were on board right away, and the buying began (yes, that same day!). We've always dreamed of owning a business together + with our love for hosting parties and styling, this was the perfect new adventure for us. What started as a quick text + a few inventory pieces in a spare bedroom quickly turned into a full calendar for our first year + an entire inventory space (that’s FULL shall we mention). We couldn’t have dreamed that our business would take off so fast + that we would accomplish so many goals within our first year. Now, here we are in our fifth season of business with another full calendar, SO many new inventory pieces + BIG plans and goals for the future. We can’t wait to continue to grow + provide an exceptional event styling experience for all our current + future clients. Cheers!
As Seen In - Minnesota Bride, Wisconsin Bride, Lake Bride Magazine, Wedding Chicks, Edina Magazine, Woodbury Magazine, Minnetonka Magazine + Plymouth Magazine
Hey, it's Karen!
Hi! I’m Karen & I am the mom of the AFA girls. Outside of A Family Affair, I work in education as a district reading specialist. I love spending time with my family, reading, and tending to our cut flower garden in the summer months. We have made so many beautiful bouquets & love when we get to share them with our clients for their events. AFA has given us such a fun opportunity to show our creative side. We love making special days like showers, weddings, birthdays, and other events come to life. Some of my favorite pieces are our velvet chairs and couches - simple, clean, elegant designs. AFA has been our passion project that turned into something bigger & we can’t wait to see it continue to grow & meet more wonderful clients.
Hey, It's Brooke!
Hi there! I’m Brooke & I’m kind of the wild, go with the flow, creative, goofy one of the group. I recently got married to my amazing husband, Dev, and we love our little life in South Minneapolis. When I’m not designing style boards and chatting with our lovely clients, I have quite the list of things I could be doing. I am an elementary special education para at a school in Edina & nanny for a family I’ve been with for 6 years. I am also a singer/songwriter that performs around the Twin Cities & writes and records music for TV & commercials. I love going to Starbucks, hanging out with our pup Lylah, listening to podcasts, and doing anything artsy like painting, embroidery, etc. My favorite style is probably modern & neutrals with pops of fun colors here and there, but I’m a little ADHD so my mind is always all over the place & changing! Let’s be friends!
Hey, It's Hailee!
Hey! Hails here. I’ve always been a lover of all things fashion + design. I have an entrepreneurial brain + am always dreaming up a new idea whether it be for AFA or the boutique I co-own with one of my dear friends, One:Nine Boutique. I live in a tiny town in southeast MN with my boyfriend Dalton + our two dogs, Ruby + Bucky. Outside of AFA, I love: hanging with my family + friends, cooking up a new recipe or sipping a good glass of wine, drinking my iced espresso shots, reading a book on our porch, buying + merchandising for the boutique, starting a new project in the house, + creating beautiful floral arrangements from our cut flower garden. I love anything neutral + am a huge fan of mixing patterns and textures to create a unique styling experience. I would describe my overall style as modern organic. I have big dreams for the future + can’t wait to see how AFA grows and changes over the years. Cheers to dreamy events…let’s chat!