“A wedding at a camp? Aren’t you nervous?” my friends would ask. I said, quite honestly, “ No…because I have Gabrielle.” When our daughter and future son-in-law chose a camp in the Berkshires, MA as their venue for a 2-3 day wedding weekend,... the best decision that I made was to suggest hiring a wedding planner, someone who could help us navigate what felt like a more challenging and complicated wedding.
I count my lucky stars for having been referred to Gabrielle Stone of www.stoneeventplanning.com as she turned out to be a great facilitator, mediator, and (gentle) task master when we all needed to turn in work that were reaching its deadlines. Mothers of the bride, Gabrielle is worth her weight in gold!! While I pride myself on being a very detailed person, Gabrielle was even more detailed and kept us to our timelines. We had 178 guests at our wedding and celebratory reception, and I did not find myself worrying about anything over the weekend as I knew that most everything would be well taken care of by Gabrielle and her able assistants. Therefore, after my daughter and now son-in-law and the bridal party walked into the camp’s dining hall after an afternoon of fun camp activities followed by the wedding ceremony, we saw that it got totally transformed into a lovely dinner setting that was elegant though still in keeping with the casualness of the weekend. Stone Event Planning saw to it that all the tables were arranged in the way we asked for and that there was enough dance floor for our guests to dance all night long, which they did. Gabrielle took care of all the vendors’ schedules that weekend and took charge when a change of plans came up unexpectantly three days before the wedding.
Gabrielle is not only a total professional, but also a lovely and easy person to work with. She was 100% reliable, responsible, competent, and creative. She made wonderful referrals to a number of vendors whom we all enjoyed working with. You (in one of the biggest days of your life) will be in excellent hands with Gabrielle!
Instead of thinking back at all the tasks that had to be done, which were many, I will always look back at our family camp wedding with joyous memories of all the fun and social connections that our two families and guests enjoyed over the course of a full weekend, thanks to all the work that Gabrielle and her team provided for us.
Terry, mother of the bride