About Cotton and Oak

A celebration with a distinct point of view.
An experience that feels entirely yours.

Cotton & Oak plans and designs weddings from coast to coast and destinations beyond. We bring creative direction, thoughtful hospitality, and experienced planning to celebrations that feel personal from the very first welcome to the final farewell.

You bring the people and the reasons to celebrate.
We bring everything together.

Thoughtful Planning. Gracious Hospitality.
That's Cotton & Oak.

A beautiful wedding begins long before the first guest arrives. We bring structure to the planning process, helping you navigate decisions with a clear understanding of your priorities, investment, and overall vision. We assemble a creative team suited to your celebration and guide the details into one cohesive experience.

Design and logistics develop together as we consider how a space feels, how an evening flows, and what your guests will experience throughout it all.

Behind every welcoming arrival, set table, and well-timed transition is careful preparation. Our role is to hold those details close so you can be fully present, simply surrounded by the people you love most.

Meet Katie Mast | Founder + Creative Director

Katie brings more than a decade of wedding industry experience to her clients. Her approach combines a creative eye with practical judgment, a steady presence, and warm communication when it matters most. She brings clear direction and genuine care to every stage of planning, and understands that planning an event means navigating meaningful decisions, family perspectives, and a significant investment. Clients value her ability to listen, offer honest guidance, and make a complex process feel more manageable.

Alongside her planning work, Katie has supported and built some of the most respected wedding industry platforms and companies, including HoneyBook, Aisle Planner, and Rock Paper Coin, and speaks at industry conferences on business relationships, tech and marketing, and the ultimate client experience.

An Enneagram 2, CA native now based in NC, Katie feels at home near the coast, with her husband, two amazing kids, and two pups.

Fun Facts:

My first job was working in consumer products and licensing at DreamWorks Animation and Blizzard Entertainment

Our dogs, Oakland and Berkeley, are named after CA

We moved to NC, so my husband could make a "little" video game your kids might just know all about

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