Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Four Winds Co-Founder Kirsten Juntunen realized the need for a full-service destination wedding planning service after working through the difficulties of planning her own beach wedding in Jamaica. Once she discovered the challenges that exist while trying to plan a wedding in a far away place, she decided to combine her dynamic skills to better streamline the destination wedding experience for couples and their guests.

Kirsten Juntunen

Founder/Head Designer

Kirsten started building her floral business at an early age. As the child of two avid artist/gardeners, Kirsten learned how to care for flowers and was encouraged to create artistic arrangements. Instead of setting up weekend lemonade stands in front of her childhood home, she had buckets filled will petite bunches of fresh blooms that she sold on her country road. Kirsten's parents were also teachers, and had a passion for traveling. They were fortunate enough to have the summer months free, so when they were not tending to their garden they were off exploring places like Europe, Peru, Mexico, and the Hawaiian Islands. In more recent years, Kirsten has taken her passionate artistic eye and technical expertise and used them to establish Four Winds Weddings & Events. After completing her degree at Western Washington University, where her focus was event planning, she has enhanced her business by incorporating a Costa Rican branch that provides both wedding design and coordination. She and her husband Jon have now crafted a business that offers their clients their dream wedding designed in some of the most romantic, idyllic spots out there, while living out their dreams of working in an industry that they love full time.