About Christine

I grew up as an Army brat in Germany with my parents. We moved back to the US permanently in 2000, I finished my last two years of high school in Stafford, Virginia and then made my way to Virginia Commonwealth University for college.

After graduating in 2009, I began wedding planning as a side hustle to my full-time job. I saw that my clients were always frustrated that there were no bridal gown shops in Virginia that offered high-quality dresses with an intimate, personalized experience that were also LGBTQ+ friendly and offered an array of sizes and styles. Everything was either an uptight, traditional shop with no diversity or a big-box bridal shop with no intimacy.

In 2014, I opened Urban Set Bride with my mom, Jennifer, to fill that void. Urban Set offers high-quality, designer wedding gowns in a cozy, private boutique that welcomes every type of bride. We also spent the next few years growing our wedding planning business, the Hive Wedding Collective, to include four full-time planners and handle 60+ weddings a year in Virginia, DC, Maryland and beyond.
I also manage social media accounts for 4 active businesses.

After my second son was born in 2020 (the only bright spot in a garbage year) I decided to pivot my focus to consulting. I’ve helped four friends start their own businesses; it’s time to offer my knowledge and experience to the masses.

I live in Bon Air with my husband, our two boys and our rescue dog, Frida Bonita. I love spending time with my family and friends, trying new restaurants, drinking wine on a porch with my girlfriends, indoor and outdoor gardening, (begrudgingly) working out, reading and unwinding with bad tv.

Co-Owner and Creative Director of Urban Set Bride, a designer bridal boutique that has been voted Richmond’s Best Bridal Shop by three different publications for five years in a row. It’s one of the highest rated bridal shops on the East Coast.

Owner and Lead Planner for The Hive Wedding Collective, a boutique wedding planning team that’s been voted one of the top-performing event planning companies in Richmond and has been published in Vogue, Style Me Pretty, Munaluchi Bride and many more.

I proudly served on the board for Girls for a Change and I’m still a huge cheerleader and ally for the organization. GFAC is a Richmond based non-profit to uplift and empower young Black girls and girls of color to excel in all facets of their young lives.

2017 VCU Top 10 Under 10 winner - VCU Alumni 10 Under 10 awards program recognizes the noteworthy and distinctive achievements made by alumni who earned their first VCU degree (undergraduate, graduate or professional) within the past 10 years.