The Sketchbook – A Journey Etched in Petals and Passports

I didn’t choose destination weddings.

They chose me—on slow trains in Spain,

under skies that smelled like olives and jasmine,

between streets where tiles whispered stories older than my name.

It began as wanderlust.

But somewhere between San Sebastián and Madrid,

travel stopped being a place to arrive at,

and became a way of seeing.

Of sensing.

In Cádiz, I learned that time could stretch like linen in the sun. In the north of France, that celebration can be candlelight and silence. In Cuenca, Ecuador, that stillness is a design element too— that a wedding can feel like a prayer whispered into the mountains.

And then, back home in the Caribbean,

I realized: We are born knowing how to celebrate. Here, joy is rhythm. Here, color is not decoration—it is language.

Here, we don’t follow trends. We follow light.

This is what I bring to every destination wedding.

Not just logistics. Not just flowers (and we all know I loooove them!)

But a way of looking.

A way of listening.

Because designing a wedding weekend is not about perfection—

It’s about coherence.

About stitching memory to moment,

sound to scent, linen to feeling.

About letting the place speak too.

At Torcello, we design with reverence.

For the couple.

For the land that holds them.

For the beauty that isn’t obvious—yet unforgettable.

So yes, I travel.

But not to escape.

To gather.

To return with pockets full of textures, sounds, and sketches…

and to turn them into something that feels like you.

Because a destination wedding isn’t just about the view—

It’s about what you carry home from it.

xoxo

Gabi.-

Photo 2: Asia Pimentel Photography