Exquisite Expressions and Events

I am simply elated to be the first to review this company on Unilocal!
Shelby Tuck-​Horton is the owner of this company. She and her assistant SAVED OUR WEDDING DAY from catastrophe. We’d had an absolutely horrendous 10-​month ordeal with our original wedding planner (see review for Jeannelle Muhammad Designs/​LifeTime Events, Inc.), which culminated in termination with that company with just 6 weeks until our wedding. Luckily for us, Shelby happened to have our wedding date unbooked.
My husband and I live in California and were super busy during this time, as are most couples planning a wedding. We also had the additional stress of having experienced exceptionally poor service from the previous wedding planner. What Shelby and her assistant were able to accomplish with just 6 weeks, our original planner was unable to achieve in the 10 months we were under contract with her.
We secured the services of Exquisite Expressions & Events, Inc. on August 11, and we were married September 20. Not very much time – but she was able to pull off the most classy, elegant, and tasteful wedding for us! We still receive compliments about our wedding and by far, the most common adjective used to describe it is «classy.»
If there were any problems on that day, we were not aware. She thought of every detail, handled everything tactfully, and was even able to help me with my dress malfunction! Our entire wedding day ran flawlessly and seamlessly like clockwork, and everything began and ended precisely on time.
Shelby was able to understand our vision, helped shape it without compromising it (given the time constraints), and exuded and demonstrated an overall sense of competence. She was extremely timely in her responsiveness and truly efficient with our time.
The flowers and décor were fantastic – from the table cloths, to the chivari chairs, to the napkins, to the uplighting– everything was quality. Shelby used quality vendors from her arsenal, who were exceptional in their own right. She has real connections and is very well-​known throughout the D.C. metropolitan area. The prices that she got us for flowers, linens, and décor were absolutely amazing, a true testament to who she knows in the industry and how much they value her business. She has been in the event planning business for many years and has formed genuine relationships with TOP vendors in the area. I don’t know exactly how she was able to get some of the deals she got us, but she did, and all with an extremely short window of time to pull it off.
A weight was truly lifted off of our shoulders once Shelby came into the picture. We wish we had used her at the outset. Look nowhere else!