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O Frabjous Day Events offers wedding and celebration planning, especially for LGBTQ couples. We are based in the Bay Area, but have worked with people all over the country. We use our talent and expertise to let you feel like a guest at your own event, and would love to help you create the perfect celebration to match your vision, personality, and budget.

My passion is helping people plan fabulous, meaningful, stress-free celebrations of all varieties.

I have been a Certified Wedding Planner for over twenty years. While I am based in the San Francisco Bay Area and love doing weddings here, I have also helped clients from Seattle, Washington to Washington, D.C. plan their events.

It is my honor to serve on the board of my local WIPA Chapter, the Wedding International Professionals Association, as the Director of Programs. WIPA’s mission is to provide industry leading education for our members, produce inspirational networking events and advance the ethical standards of the wedding industry.

My wife and I have been happily married for over fifteen years. Our wedding was the best day of our lives. I want to help you have the best day of your life, too!

Warmly,

Laura

  • LGBTQ+-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious

Reviews of O Frabjous Day Events

Arianna
Arianna Sent on 08/18/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Laura is the best planner I could have imagined working with!

My wife and I worked with Laura for about a year planning our wedding. Laura walked us through every step of the way, provided us with planning materials and timelines to keep us on track, scheduled consistent meetings with us, helped us work through all of the decisions, and carried the weight of any challenges that arose. Laura was an absolute joy to work with throughout this planning process, and the day of could not have gone smoother. I was essentially stress free the day of due to Laura’s extensive timeline and my trust in her. Our venue was particularly challenging, as it was not a traditional wedding venue, so we had to coordinate all services and vendors. It’s because of Laura’s attention to detail and experience that we pulled this off! I cannot recommend Laura enough, she is a joy to work with and REALLY good at her job. I can’t imagine working with a wedding planner who is more organized (and also as fun to work with!) Our wedding was perfect and we will forever be grateful to Laura!
Lara
Lara Sent on 07/31/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Laura is the best!

We worked with Laura for a little over a year leading up to our wedding and it was hands down the best wedding decision we made! From advising us on vendors to making budget-friendly decor recommendations, Laura's guidance helped us immensely throughout the planning process. As a queer couple, we also really wanted someone who could help us change or discard traditions that didn't work for us and instead create a celebration tailored to us, and help us avoid the most cis/heteronormative parts of weddings (tons of gendered language, prescriptive roles, etc.). Laura got it immediately and expertly helped us navigate the wedding world. She's also a real pro at navigating complicated family dynamics, which was so helpful. She asked all the right questions, kept us on top of things, and executed the logistics of our wedding day flawlessly. Laura is down-to-earth, trustworthy, dependable, and a true expert. I felt so at ease knowing we were in good hands with her. I could fill pages singing her praises, so suffice it to say--she's the best!
Sarah
Sarah Sent on 05/01/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Laura is a wedding wizard!

Working with Laura was truly fantastic. I am so thankful for her and her incredibly thoughtful planning process. Laura created a helpful timeline for planning, mapping out what comes first, what comes later and what to let someone else handle. I had no idea how many moving pieces were involved in having a wedding, and I was so grateful to turn the planning over the Laura who knew exactly what to do and was a true professional. She is joyful, communicative, and really good at what she does. I would recommend Laura to anyone.
Annie
Annie Sent on 10/27/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Planning a wedding in the Bay Area? You MUST pick Laura

Laura is a wedding magician. She made our wedding a dream come true, even while navigating 240 guests, a non-standard caterer, a multicultural custom ceremony in a planetarium, an outdoor parade, and a bride-groom dance in the dark while we wore neon light-up shoes. Many of our guests said it was the most fun wedding they attended, and I know it could not have been possible without Laura.

Laura LOVES weddings and turned otherwise tedious tasks fun- meaning that my husband and I could actually ENJOY wedding planning and focus on the fun stuff! She also is so organized (she has a MASSIVE binder for each couple) that very complex logistical items caused us zero stress because we knew Laura had it all under control. As an example, when we did our venue walk-through, she asked all the hard questions and my husband and I just sat back and enjoyed the view!

Laura takes on few clients each year so she can devote her all to them. It really showed. She is well worth the price, because then we could enjoy a smooth planning process and also make our wild creative dreams actually happen. We were lucky to have her.
C
Chandan Sent on 09/22/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Laura is a LEGIT wedding planner

Laura is an expert at her craft. She makes wedding planning absolutely seamless, never misses the details, saves you tons of money, and on top of that makes it really fun. I would hire her again without a second thought.
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Jessica Sent on 06/04/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Best decision we made!

Laura was incredible! We hired her as our day-of wedding coordinator, but she went far beyond what we had envisioned. She helped keep us organized during the months leading up to the wedding and thought of all sorts of logistical details that never would have occurred to us. She also suggested a lot of fun, creative touches, such as using Jenga pieces for our guests to sign instead of a regular guestbook. Multiple friends and family members told us how cheerful and meticulously organized Laura was throughout the wedding as well. She worked well with our other vendors and was just a gem all around!
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Jamie Sent on 11/10/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Our wedding was over a month ago and I'm still raving about Laura to my friends! She exceeded our expectations in every way and had SO much insight and experience on the whole process - my husband and I could not have done it without her!

She truly made our wedding day the best day of our lives - and handled so many last minute requests/alterations with ease that would have totally thrown us off. She handled so much for our wedding, I don't even think I'll have enough space to list it here! Overall, she saved us so much time/money/stress and I can't recommender enough!

Everyone needs a Wedding Planner like Laura to make their day as special as ours was! Thank you, Laura!!
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Aubrey Sent on 12/14/2016
5 out of 5 rating
I cannot speak highly enough about Laura. Our wedding was everything we dreamed of and largely because of her. She was extremely detail oriented, efficient and had great advice for us along the way. The day of the wedding was stress free for us and we were able to enjoy every moment. Laura is truly exceptional in every way!
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Kerry Sent on 03/06/2016
5 out of 5 rating
Can't say enough wonderful things about Laura. She was our saving grace after nearly 2 years stumbling through vendors and getting increasingly overwhelmed and discouraged by the mountain of tasks required to get to our wedding day. Throughout the year leading up to what was truly the best day of our lives, Laura was our rock. She kept us organized, motivated, inspired, and calm throughout the whole process. And the best part is, she really loves being part of the celebration of love. From locating and coordinating with vendors to offering suggestions on decor, advice on our ceremony, vow, scheduling and more, Laura was reliable, flexible, practical, supportive and irreplaceable. Our guests all commented on her poise and execution and recognized her role in all that was successful that day. We'd recommend O Frabjous without hesitation. When we met Laura, she told us her goal was that on our wedding day, we'd have even more fun that we'd ever had imagined. Mission accomplished! She was, without a doubt, one of the best decisions we made.
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Leigh Sent on 08/27/2015
5 out of 5 rating
I am so excited to write this review for Laura at O Frabjous Day Events. We've been working with her to plan our wedding for months, and honestly she feels like a member of our family now. From the moment we sat down with her for our initial interview, my (now) husband and I didn't hesitate to hire her. Laura went above and beyond our wildest dreams for coordinating our wedding. What we initially imagined was going to be a low-key, informal local wedding of course came with a million moving parts that we were finding really challenging to manage ourselves with two full-time jobs and a small child. Laura came in, helped us select vendors (and recommended some fantastic ones), wrote timelines, handled logistics, and kept us on task, all while helping us realize our shared version of our wedding day. She was incredibly responsive to emails (much better than we were, and remained consistently upbeat and patient with our sometimes too casual attitude about deadlines) and our in-person meetings with her were relaxed, fun, and super productive. She helped us manage our own tasks by keeping them bite sized and with gentle reminders.

I can't imagine going through this process without her.

Our wedding day was so fun, so relaxed, and perfectly smooth, and we owe that to Laura. Many guests approached us at the reception to remark how great she was. She's like a swiss army knife - she has a solution for every challenge! She was worth every penny and then some.

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Professional Network & Endorsements

2 Endorsements
Jim Vetter Photography Jim Vetter Photography Wedding Photographers

I photographed a destination wedding in San Francisco recently that was planned and organized by Laura at O Frabjous Day Events. She was a joy to work with before and during the event. She organized a San Francisco City Hall wedding for a couple from Liverpool England. They were completely taken care of and had the time of their lives. Laura is down to earth, positive, and funny. I hope to do another event with her very soon!

The Vegetarian Gourmet The Vegetarian Gourmet Wedding Caterers

I recently had the pleasure of working with Laura Brezel on a big outdoor wedding in Cupertino. Laura worked tirelessly to take care of every detail to make the event run smoothly. She helped make my job easier by asking lots of questions and helping to figure out logistics. She supervised the floor staff and ensured that the hosts and guests were able to enjoy their party -- she is a lovely person and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend her services!

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