Belle of the Ball | Love Letters

christine hoffer

Hi Christine,

Just wanted to send a quick note to say THANK YOU for everything you did for me and Dallas on our wedding day. We are at a wedding that has been beautiful and memorable...but at which everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. We keep turning to each other and saying how wonderful our wedding was and how it's all due to you!

Now that it's been a few months from our wedding, we've had the chance to talk to many friends who were at our wedding. Everyone absolutely loved it and had the best time. Even people who couldn't come and friends of friends we didn't invite have told us they heard it was amazing.

Thank you for everything and for making our day seamless for us!

With love,
Diana

Christine,

I cannot imagine how Loren and I would have survived without you!
The whole experience went so smoothly and we are so very grateful to know you and have had you with us all the way! It was all a fantastic whirlwind.
Thank you thank you. We are forever grateful for your friendship and amazing talents!
Planning on staying in touch.

XOXO
Marilyn Phillips

Dear Christine:

You have achieved “Most High Goddess” status in the Hobby family.
I’m not sure how to express our gratitude for the job you did to make our day so special.
What a talent you are in all respects, but it’s less what you do than how you do it.
In short, you subtract drama as complication multiplies and that is a singular gift!
Thanks again for your friendship and assistance.

Cheers,
Paul Hobby

Dear Christine-

Wow - what a special woman you are! Grace and I feel so blessed to have had you as our Hobby/Grundy team captain.

You are uniquely wise, organized, unflappable and caring. And crazy beautiful at the same time!

Thank you for literally making our dreams come true. And thank you for putting 200% of your heart and expertise into our wedding.

You have given us the biggest gift we could have ever dreamed.

Love,

Janet Hobby

Christine

Thank you for all of your hard work in making our wedding such a huge success! Every detail was so beautifully orchestrated and we loved every minute. It is such a joy to unite our families and we appreciate all that you did to add to our joy! Thanks for everything - you are truly amazing!

Best,
Lester Grundy

Dear Christine -

Just a quick note to say thank you for helping us make Christine’s wedding the best ever! I could not have done 1/10 the job that you did by myself. Your creativity, calm demeanor and constant availability made everything so much less stressful for us; and the best decision I made in the whole nine months was hiring you! Your professionalism and reputation are tip-top and you are so respected and loved by so many - now I know why. Everyone says it was “the best wedding” they have ever been to. “Perfect” is the word I keep hearing and reading. I love your faith, your prayers and fighting for our cocktail hour! We are friends in Jesus forever now.

Love you,

Dana Strake

Dear Christine,

I appreciated working alongside you on the planning and execution of the wedding of Ashlee Brown and Benton Love.
You are a seasoned professional and it was truly a joy to experience the love and precision in the manner of how you work.

Regards,

John Friedman

Dear Christine:

Gods gifts come to all of us but not all of us choose to receive them.
The “marriage” of your gifts with your work is so apparent to those of us fortunate enough to have the opportunity to be blessed by that powerful union!!
Thank you for all you’ve done to make this weekend a blessing for Emily, our family, and the marriage to come.
And thanks, most especially, for using His gift so beautifully. We have loved being in your care.

Bless you,

Laura & Rob Walls

Christine,

Thank you for making our dream wedding come true! You made our wedding weekend exactly what we wanted and took the pressure off of us and my family.
You and your assistant Emily were nothing but a joy to work with - very professional, efficient and fun. We never once worried about logistics or something falling through during the process.
Thank you for also taking any anxiety of mine during the planning and making me feel like a level-headed person still.
We know that you went above and beyond (especially finding us a post-rehearsal spot).
We hope to see you again soon.

Emily & Stephen Maroda

Christine,

Thank you again for the fabulous job that you did for the Walls-Maroda wedding!
The details were perfect because of your great knowledge, planning, organization and execution.
We had a wonderful time celebrating our children.

Gratefully,

Julie Maroda

Dear Christine:

I do not have the words to properly describe how to thank you for making my 40th birthday dinner so fabulous! So I will try my best: it was spectacular, heavenly, glorious, gorgeous, amazing, extraordinary, perfection, full of love, luxurious, picturesque, breathtaking, unforgettable, beautiful and…….a celebration of me!

Crazy - I never like to celebrate my birthday and I would never ever associate those words with myself but you turned my birthday dinner into an evening that was pure heaven to me - surrounded by your magic with my friends and family.

Thank you so much for all the details and for the love that you poured into making the evening so special to me. Honestly, there is no way it could have been better to me. It was perfect!

Thanks to you, my 40th was such a special one.

Love,

Stephanie Cockrell

Christine:

Well…..we did it!! And in only 3 months. I’m not sure how I’ll every really truly repay you for your time, energy, smiles, using your home for our portrait, therapy, idea, 3 trips to Durango and everything in between. The wedding weekend was the most fun I’ve ever had - thanks to you! Thank you for taking on this project of me and my wedding. It was perfect!

Love you,

Meredith Riddle Chastang

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to you and your team for another PERFECT event!! I echo Johnny in that I cannot say how nice it is to just sit back and enjoy the fun while everything is being taken care of!! I had an absolute BLAST at my party!!! DJ, FOOD, DECOR, LADY IN TABLE, CAKE, PARTY FAVORS, AND 100 OTHER LITTLE DETAILS!!! Thank you for thinking of EVERYTHING and making my 40th such an awesome memory!! My friends are still talking about how awesome everything was!!!

Love,

Randi Carrabba

Dear Christine,

Camille’s wedding was a tremendous success and there is no doubt that you were responsible for all aspects. Karen and I are very appreciative of your hard work, organizational skills, vision and guidance on the littlest details. We were able to enjoy the wedding without any worries about anything.

We have received many compliments on how the Bayou Club looked, the quality of the band you found and the menu selections. Most of our friends thought it was the best wedding they had ever attended.

The wedding exceeded our expectations and allowed us to have a wonderful day with Camille and Andrew. Thanks to you for making the wedding very special.

Larry George, Father of the Bride

Christine -

I can't even begin to describe how wonderful last night was. I am not exaggerating when I say that that was the best night of my life so far. I had so, so, so much fun, and I know everyone else did too (especially my parents!) Everything was SO perfect. The decorations, the party favors, the green light... I'm so sad it's over. You did SUCH an amazing job. Everyone will be talking about our party for a long time.

Thank you so so so much again! You truly planned an unforgettable party.

Lizzy McGee

Christine, Lindsey and Chelsea,

I wanted to send y'all a quick email to thank you for all of your hard work and everything you did for us to make the weekend and especially the wedding so special!! Every single detail exceeded my expectations times a million and I couldn't be more thankful for the friendly Broadmoor staff! Gentry and I keep getting texts and emails that we had the best wedding ever and our friends are depressed it's over. Seriously, I can't thank y'all enough! I already miss planning and preparing with y'all! Hope you finally got some rest after the crazy weekend!

Amy Carrigan Robinson

Good Morning Mrs. Hoffer,

My name is Heather Burke and I just got married March 2nd and Natalie was my wedding consultant. I'm sure you get tons of emails, letters, etc about Natalie, but I just wanted to let you know what an amazing job she did and how much I enjoyed her both professionally and personally.

Natalie was so responsive, so patient and just so engaged in every aspect of our planning and I loved working with her. I wasn't always that particular about things so she gave wonderful suggestions and helped me pick something without pushing me. She was always very respectful of our budget, never making us feel bad about having to cut costs or watch what we spend. I truly feel so blessed that I contacted Belle of the Ball and met Natalie. Our day was better than I could have ever imaged because of her and I am so grateful to you and her.

Beyond all of that, she is such a great person who I have enjoyed getting to know and talking to on a regular basis. I am so sad the process is over because I won't be talking to her all the time, although, I still told her I am going to email her a lot. My family, my husband and everyone else just love her.

Thank you so much for your time. You have put together a world-class company with amazing people and I will do my best to refer clients going forward. I was referred by Ginny and Virginia Simmons (I work for Mr. Simmons).

Best of luck in the future and thank you again.

Heather Burke
(Bride)

Your company is one of a kind!
Johnny's 13th birthday party was over the TOP!
I'm proud to say that you're a friend, neighbor and my Party Planner.

My Best,
Johnny Carrabba

Well I think you pulled off the wedding of the 21^st century at the Bayou Club. It really was spectacular and we have gotten tons of compliments on how the Bayou Club has never looked so beautiful. Please let all the vendors know how thankful we are for what they did. Tell Rob he went way over the top and it will be remembered as the new bar for the Bayou Club. Also let Derrick know what a great job he did. You’re the best !!

Blake Liedtke

Dear Christine,

You were the reason the party was such a smashing hit! Thank you for all your calm leadership, wise counsel, incredible resources and friendship. The whole process was a pleasure thanks to you.

Janet Hobby

Dear Christine,

I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for everything. The whole planning time was actually fun and smooth - even with my short visit to the hospital 4 weeks before the wedding.

The wedding was wonderful and you made it happen. You are so great at what you do and you are a kind, fun person to boot!

I'm so glad to know you!

Love, Ann Jonak
Bride

Dear Christine,

I cannot thank you enough for everything you did to help prepare for Blake's and my wedding. We are so grateful for all of your hard work and could not have done it without you.

It was so much fun working with you and I'm sad it has come to and end! I will definitely give you a call next time I come to Houston. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart!

Sincerely,
Ryan
Bride

Dear Christine, Celina & Alyson,

I am sorry this is just now getting to you because I have been meaning to write it for forever. But, from the bottom of Adam and my hearts we want to thank you all for everything you did to make our wedding the most amazing and special night of our lives.

It truly was a dream come true for us down to even the smallest of details and non of it would have been possible without your professionalism and hard work. You really are fabulous at what you do and we were so blessed to have worked with the best wedding coordinators in Houston, not to mention the nicest and most down to earth as well.

I really enjoyed getting to know each of you and spend time with you. It never once seemed like we were meeting to discuss "business" and I really liked that a lot.

Thank you again for everything! Hope to see you soon.

Love,
Lauren Allen
Bride

Dear Christine,

I'm pretty sure my hair looked like this for the wedding!

It was another perfect wedding and once again I am indebted to you. Thank you for all of your hard work - you are wonderful!

Stay in trouch - I always have coffee!

Susan
Mother of the Bride

Dear Christine,

Thanks for all your help with Amy's wedding. We were so pleased with the wedding and it really helped to have you to consult with on all aspects of the wedding.

It always made Amy feel better to talk to you - especially about B-O-B! We certainly valued your input.

Thanks Again,
Gail Ramsell
Mother of the Bride

Christine,

You made us look so good!

Thank you for being so much fun to work with AND doing SUCH a fabulous job! It was perfection!

With Love,

Margaret, Jenny and Jim Elkins