Sofia Nascimento Studios Planner

In searching for the perfect venue, we found Quinta da Penalva, and in turn Sofia Nascimento Studios. After our first conversation with Sofia, we knew we didn't have a choice - she was the one. Sofia is a warm, gentle, kind, beautiful friend and professional, and she works with a team that shares her passion for designing weddings better than you could dream them. Just look at the photos, they speak for themselves.

Collaboration with Sofia was absolute perfection, there's no other way to describe it. From the beginning, Sofia and her team set realistic expectations, were consistent and flexible in their communication, and always kept our needs and preferences top of mind. One of our concerns before starting the wedding planning process was how to go about decision-making, but SN Studios made it so easy, offering options with which you couldn’t go wrong and recommendations that were tried and true. Their relationships with vendors made the process stress-free and accommodating, and left us with nothing but excitement for the end result. Even when the war began in Ukraine and some of our family and friends abroad encountered various travel restrictions, Sofia and her team worked tirelessly to ensure that they had the documents needed to receive visas. When you choose to plan a wedding with SN Studios, you know you are in the company of good friends. From start to finish, Sofia and team provided comfort, sensibility, excitement, feedback, and heartfelt support.

I think it’s pretty obvious that My Fancy Wedding is going to deliver a beautiful wedding (if you’ve looked at their Instagram you’ll know + I've included some photos), but it was all the things that happened behind the scenes that really make them standout as wedding planners. This is going to be long, but worth it.
First off, anyone planning a wedding is always concerned with budget and as a professional producer I’m hyper aware of all things financial. MFW was always so considerate of budget without ever making me feel cheap or bad—they were always very transparent about where money would go the furthest and be most noticed by our guests. I even asked them what they would do with an extra $10,000 and they told me they didn’t think the wedding needed it (and it didn’t because our wedding was spectacular). They are 100 percent trustworthy. In addition, everything budget related was approved by me before the money was spent.

We planned our Lisbon wedding from Los Angeles and the communication between me and MFW was always very clear. Carolina and Sofia may be the two most positive people I’ve ever met in my life. No news was ever bad news and when you are planning a destination wedding it’s incredibly reassuring. For example, I don’t think we would have been able to get our wedding venue if it hadn’t been for them—we were 12th on the waiting list (yes! 12th!!) and I’m 100% certain the only reason we were able to get the venue is because MFW encouraged me to move forward with what I really wanted (and I had to have that venue) and after a few days of checking with all the other people on the waiting list, we got it!

All the vendors they recommended were top-notch and if they weren’t the perfect match, they always went back to the drawing board and presented us with new options that were more in line with what we wanted. For example, Carolina found us our dream acoustic guitarist—I still have no clue how she did it because we had the most absurd request, but she did it with flying colors.

Less than two weeks before the wedding I decided to add a gelato cart, a bigger band for cocktail hour and a few additional things throughout the day. Everything was completed by Carolina without any issues or complaints—she was beyond helpful and made everything so incredibly easy. Everything was literally delivered to me on a silver platter.

Carolina went out of her way to accommodate me—she even helped me find restaurants and make reservations during the wedding for my family. She went and picked up a candle for the birthday cake we surprised my mom with at the wedding. She’s so genuinely kind and thoughtful!!

If you are at all on the fence about hiring wedding planners, don’t be—My Fancy Wedding was 100 percent worth it. If I were to do it all over again knowing what I know, I don’t even think I would have wanted a wedding because there is no way you can do what they can do— the wedding process was so stress-free and on the day of the wedding MFW literally took our breath away with what they created for us. All of our friends and family have told us that they we have ruined any other wedding they will ever attend because ours was so fabulous and I give most of the credit to the My Fancy Wedding team. Truly, from the stationary, to the menus, to the flowers, to the candles, to the chairs, to the lighting—everything was literally a magical dream!

One of the reasons we originally fell in love with Lisbon and the reason we wanted our wedding there is because we loved the people—Sofia and Carolina exemplify the kindness, hospitality and charm of Lisboans. You couldn’t be in two sweeter or more talented hands. You’ll not only walk away with a beautiful, stress-free wedding, but you'll walk away with two new friendships in Sofia and Carolina!

Sofia, Carolina and the team at My Fancy Wedding were wonderful in helping us celebrate our marriage in Lisbon in July, 2019. From our initial meeting, we were impressed with their professionalism and their experience in helping couples who were living abroad to organize weddings in Portugal. We already had some suggestions for locations for our ceremony and reception so it was great to be able to hand off to MFW and let them handle the logistics.
On the day itself they had thought through all eventualities and made the day stress free and a happy occasion..even having to deal with our privately commissioned tram getting stuck in traffic en route to the reception. Their design choices were exactly what we wanted for our low key celebration.
We would definitely recommend MFW to couples who are having their ceremony in Portugal.

When we first decided to hire a wedding a planner for our wedding in Portugal, we conducted a round of interviews. The thing we liked about Sofia and why we ultimately chose her was that she listened and cared about our story. The gears were already turning in her head at that time, envisioning a unique wedding for our unique story. Her team listened to provide beautiful decor and styles while Sofia found us a venue that was beyond our wildest dreams. It was exactly what we wanted. They were efficient and organized through the whole process to give us a successful and fantastic wedding. With specializing in destination weddings, My Fancy Wedding would benefit from a little more attention to transport of people, especially if the wedding is not in a major city. None the less we could not happier with their work. We highly recommend them.