What a wonderful note to find in our post from two fabulous Southern gentlemen I remember talking with in length and in great discussion at Stephanie & Justin’s evening wedding; and once again the following morning when I ran into them again in the hotel lobby when our entire crew of over 30 members were breaking everything down and taking away all the remaining fabulous details!

Truly charming gentlemen indeed. Two men whom I will never forget!

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Hi Debra ~

My partner and I have attended many weddings around the world in our 41 years together.

However, we wanted to tell you that none have been as elegant, sophisticated, and “real” in theme, as what you all did for this particular wedding.

The unique use of olive branches on the “Church Chairs”, magnolia garlands down both sides of the walkway, the fabulous soft lighting with the elegant candles, and the special effects of the professional lighting in the “Church Setting” creating the appearance of church windows, and in the “Italianate Palazzo” dining setting with the wonderful hanging strung lights, and the projected leaves on the walls, were spectacular.

You and your support staff are truly professionals. We wish we were young again, we would have you do us a wedding just like theirs, except it would be a “Southern theme” with lots of pastel gowns and big hats like they wear down south. We are sure that Stephanie and Justin loved every touch, we could see it in their smiles. We know the mother of the bride loved it because she said so.

Our best to you.

Mr. Byron Roberts and Mr. Dennis Merrill
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Again, tfep&d strives for these types of reviews long after the wedding event has taken place! We want the feeling and experience of our client’s events to resonate within their invited guests hearts, souls and memories forevermore.

And as I did share with Sir Byron & Sir Dennis ~ we of course can create that Southern Charmed renewal of their vows, coupled with mint julep cups indeed I dare say!!!!

Click on the title link of this blog posting above to view their one-minute video snippet!! Enjoy!

This note was received this past Saturday from our lovely bride, Mrs. Stephanie Sheehy-Castillo coupled with one magnificent gift basket! The Tres Fabu Team owes her a note of gratitude! This letter made myself and my team tear-up with pride and we all feel so humble for her words and for sharing her experience with our team’s efforts to create a unique, magical and memorable wedding weekend her entire family could remember for all time! My event team and Stephanie’s team of vendors, knowing her and her family’s entire story a year before the wedding ~ we all embarked on a journey together, determined to create a day focused on the love and joy to create a celebration that would envelope all this and more!
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Dear Debra

I told you after the wedding that I had so many things to tell you that I could not find the words. So now, a few weeks have turned into months later and this is my attempt to express a small bit of what you have done for me and my family.

I was never the girl who dreamed of her wedding day. A tomboy. Did not care for dresses and not wedding dresses for sure. Wedding dreams never really swirled in my head to be quite honest.

I never thought about weddings really until I heard someone whispering about how sad it would be that I would never have the opportunity to walk down the aisle with my Dad or have my Father & Daughter Dance on my wedding day. For the next several years, I thought over and over again how no matter what, I never ever wanted to hear people whispering about how sad they were for me, and if it meant I would never have a wedding, so be it. I went from never thinking about weddings to thinking I was never going to have one.

After Justin and I met, within months, we seemed to be the kind of couple that would be together forever, wedding or not. Marriage was not necessary……..but then one fine day…..came the ring. ECSTATIC!! In the days after the proposal, we had a decision to make. A small non-wedding with just family or a big wedding celebrating the joy, love and hope in our future together….this was what my family had always wanted for us…..what everyone (even tomboy me) had always had reserved in the back of her mind as a possibility. Justin told me it was up to me, if I did not want to ‘deal’ with those whispering voices real or in my head, we could just have small family ceremony.

Would my wedding be sad? Would I break down? Would people feel sorry for me and not happy for me? Would my family be okay?

The choice was already made. I was going to celebrate this to the fullest. I had high hopes. I was not sure how yet, but I knew it was going to be good.

And then I met a wedding planner who lived on hopes, and made dreams come true.

From the minute I talked to you, I knew I was in excellent hands and it was the best decision of the decade to have you as the maestro of all celebrations!

Debra, our wedding was the best day of my life. I do not remember feeling so happy, so comfortable, so ‘taken care of’….so hopeful and eager to continue this voyage with my new husband and our new joint family. When I see the wedding pictures and the snippets of wedding video from our day, the first thing I see is pure bliss in my face. Surrounded by friends and family, I was blissed to the max, and it was contagious! Everybody on the both the night of the wedding and weeks later kept telling me how wonderful, fun and joyous our wedding was.

No whispers.

No sadness.

Just joy. Loud and clear joy!

So for this I thank you. You made dreams I never knew existed come true.

Love,

Stephanie Castillo

Post script: One of the stories I heard the very next day after our wedding day.

The night of our wedding, one of our wedding guests (a nurse) saw the doctor she works for in the lobby with his daughter, they were returning from the Nutcracker performance that evening.

He asked what she (the nurse) was doing at the hotel lobby, and she said “Well I am here attending a wedding……” The doctors seven year old daughter inquired if she could see the wedding, and reluctantly, we let her take a peek inside.

After just seeing the Nutcracker, her only response to what she saw in the room of our wedding celebration was “THIS is the most beautiful wonderland!!!”

Yes, it was!!!

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Again, these are the moments and ultimately the feed back, Tres Fabu Event Planning and Design and my entire Dream Team of Professional Vendors strive to achieve for each and every client, each and every weekend.