One client-launch fee explanation, an editable discovery review, and clearer boundaries between sample tools and real account records.
Edit individual sections, keep your answers, and return to the final review. The final step now includes your story, services and working preferences.
Please try: Prepare a fictional brief, change the guest count from the review, then return and confirm the new value. Nothing is submitted until you authorize and save.
Review celebration discoveryThe website, discovery, portal fee notes and referral preview share the 5% standard fee, $199 event minimum, $50 credited deposit and lower marginal tiers. Checkout remains off.
Please try: Compare the pricing explanation in discovery and the client information page. Check that professional invoices remain separate.
Review client-launch pricingSample navigation preserves the selected event. The client sample profile stays in the sample, and both audiences can compare real-account tools with advanced demonstrations.
Please try: Switch between sample sections and paired client/professional views. Confirm the same event stays selected and open the availability guide.
Review the client sampleNew room, photo and blank-canvas starting points; editable objects, palettes, layers, draft recovery and branded presentation versions.
Please try: Build a small focal setting, move and recolor its pieces, save it, and share a frozen version with the fictional client.
Review the ComposerView only versions deliberately shared from the professional sample. Review decisions stay attached to the exact version.
Please try: Switch to the paired client view in this tab. Review a shared presentation, request a change, then compare it with the next version.
Review the client handoffSeparate today’s date from the latest release date, identify affected sections, check the loaded version and show the complete Council card photographs.
Please try: Check the update summary and section links on desktop or phone. Report confusing labels or cramped controls.
Review the Council entranceComposer is a fictional sample tool in this release. Sample designs save in this browser tab; Council feedback saves to your account. Real-project cloud saving, real delivery, AI rendering and production-ready artwork are not enabled.
Earlier changes: September 8 · old Client Council email links now forward to their current invitations. September 7 · private Council entry and section notes, client fee wording and sample invoice calculations. Unchanged sections do not need a full repeat review.
There’s a place for your craft here. Join the free professional pilot to prepare your business profile, explore tools as they roll out and help shape a workspace for the way you work.
Free after membership approval. No Fête clients are introduced during the professional pilot. Official Fête Verified status comes closer to client launch after a separate review.
Apply to join FêteAfter the public client launch, early members can choose $49/month or $499/year, protected for their first 24 paid months. No automatic billing. See membership details and benefit availability.
Why join Fête
Talent matters. So do access, trust, visibility and the right relationships. Fête helps you reach better-fit clients, find dependable collaborators and grow inside a professional community that understands the work.
Better-fit opportunities
When client matching launches, see the event details, budget, expectations and why Fête thinks you fit before pursuing an opportunity.
Stronger collaboration
Build trusted professional relationships and work alongside complementary specialists on the same event team.
Member access + pricing
Gain access to preferred partners, member pricing and practical resources—from kitchens and printing to balloon supplies, storage and utility vehicles—as each benefit launches.
Trust that travels
Prepare for Fête Verified review during the pilot. Official status is awarded closer to client launch, after requirements are met; a Fête work history develops through completed events after launch.
Founding members will not simply enter the community. They will help shape the standard, the culture and the connections that come next.
Membership beyond the network
Fête Access is planned to offer preferred member pricing through local partners. Kitchens, studios, printing, storage and other resources can support your work wherever the event takes you. Specific partners, rates and availability will be shown as each benefit launches.
Industrial kitchens, cold storage, balloon and event supplies, large-format printing, signage and content-production equipment.
Cargo vans, box trucks and utility vehicles for event inventory, plus flexible and temperature-controlled storage options.
Coworking areas, private client rooms, studios, member gatherings and event space through Fête or preferred partners.
Negotiated member rates, preferred pricing and easier access to recurring business needs without having to own everything yourself.
Built in phases: every benefit is labeled Live, Pilot, Building or Planned. See what each label means.
Built from the needs of Atlanta’s event community. Read the founder’s story and 2022 research.
The founding membership offer
Approved professionals join the Founding Class free during the pilot. Explore professional portal features, Venue IQ and Fête Access as they roll out, and share feedback to help shape the experience. There are no Fête client introductions during this phase. Official Fête Verified status is awarded closer to client launch after a separate review. Client matching and optional paid membership begin after the public client launch. The invitation-only Founding Council has its own pilot terms below.
After the public client launch, members who joined during the pilot can choose:
Your founding rate is protected for your first 24 paid months. The protection begins when you choose paid membership after the public client launch, while your membership remains continuously active. Your free pilot time does not count toward those 24 months.
We’ll invite you to choose a paid plan when the pilot ends. No automatic billing or payment commitment during the pilot.
15 invitation-only seats remain · invitations in progress
Your founding rate is protected for 24 paid months after the complimentary founding term while your membership remains continuously active.
Advisory—not governance. Council members help test Fête and revalidate the 2022 research; they are not employees or a legal board.
Examples: Professional applications and approved professional workspaces.
Examples: Prepare your business profile, save calendar blocks, explore sample studios and share feedback. Sample clients, bookings and payments are fictional. Venue IQ and Fête Access will join as they become available.
Examples: Fête Match for the public client launch, Fête Manage, Fête Teams and community collaboration tools.
Examples: Fête Circle, Access partner benefits, Venue IQ and the Fête House vision.
Once client matching opens, Fête will recommend verified professionals whose services, style, budget and availability fit a client’s event. The client decides who to contact and book. Membership does not guarantee inquiries or bookings.
The free pilot lets professionals explore portal features, Venue IQ and Fête Access as they roll out, then share feedback. Fête client introductions and booking opportunities begin after the public client launch.
Clients, events and payments shown in portal previews are sample data.
Pilot approval gives you access to available professional features. You can prepare your profile and review materials during the pilot. Official Fête Verified status will be awarded closer to client launch, after you meet the review requirements.
Founding Class or Council membership does not automatically make you Fête Verified.
The work behind every room
Fête is not only for planners and photographers. It is for the specialists whose personalization, favors, fabrication, printing, installation, food, logistics and technical craft make the finished celebration possible.
Planning & design · Floral · Balloons · Culinary · Sweets · Printing · Crafts · Fabrication · Photography & film · Entertainment · Rentals & logistics · Venue & hospitality
Turns a client’s ideas into the plan every specialist can build from.
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Brings living texture, color and emotion into the room—one stem at a time.
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Makes milestone moments feel larger than life for families, brands and guests.
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Carries Atlanta hospitality from the kitchen to every guest in the room.
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Turns flavor, craft and celebration details into something guests remember.
Explore joining this neighborhood →Makes an event clear, personal and visually consistent from invitation to exit sign.
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Turns names, themes and milestones into favors, tags, toppers, gift bags and keepsakes guests carry home.
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Creates the custom worlds, structures and problem-solving ambitious ideas require.
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Preserves the feeling—and gives every professional’s work a life beyond event day.
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Shapes the energy, movement and technical heartbeat of the celebration.
Explore joining this neighborhood →Coordinates the equipment, access, timing and labor that keeps the whole room moving.
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Brings the space, guest access, venue requirements and weather planning into the event conversation.
Explore joining this neighborhood →What membership means
Membership gives your business a professional home. Fête Verified is the separate endorsement that makes you eligible to appear in client matches.
Event design & creative production
Atlanta & North Metro
Meet Avery ReedFounder & creative director
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I’m Avery, the creative behind Story & Stem Studio. I love the small details people remember: a thoughtful place setting, a playful surprise, a room that feels like the person being celebrated.
Story & Stem Studio creates celebrations that feel personal from the first welcome to the final detail. We bring together event design, balloon installations and table styling to turn your story into an inviting, cohesive setting.
Avery leads creative direction and the client experience, supported by the studio’s installation team.
Creative direction, color palettes and focal moments, with selected details shared for your review.
Custom installations shaped around your space, palette and occasion.
Linens, place settings and personal details brought into one considered composition.
Explore the details, atmosphere and celebrations behind the portfolio.
Use your Fête consultation to talk through your priorities, service needs and investment.
Your invoice and scope explain the deliverables, investment and payment schedule. Review the agreement before moving forward.
Your project keeps agreed milestones, shared updates and decisions together, with communication guided by your preferences.
You belong to the professional community and can use eligible Circle, Access and resource benefits as they become available.
Official Fête Verified status will be awarded closer to client launch, after your business meets the Fête Standard. During the pilot, you can prepare for review; membership approval is not verification.
The simple difference: membership lets you explore available pilot features now. Fête Verified is the separate endorsement for client recommendations, awarded closer to client launch.
Newer talent belongs here, too. The Emerging Professional pathway considers portfolio, references, documentation and supported early projects—not years in business alone.
A pause from client recommendations does not automatically remove someone from the wider professional community. Serious safety, fraud, discrimination or compliance concerns can affect both statuses and trigger review.
The Fête professional ecosystem
Right opportunity · right reason
BuildingThe team behind one event
BuildingCommunity that works
PlannedMore within reach
PlannedKnow before load-in
PlannedOne connected workflow
BuildingFête Teams
Fête Matches introduce professionals who fit the event. The client chooses who to work with, and each professional confirms their role. Together, they become that event’s Fête Team. Fête Circle is the wider professional network where relationships, referrals and shared knowledge continue between events.
Fête Teams · one event
An optional way to build the team
Fête Circle · beyond one event
A recommendation is the starting point. An event team is confirmed only after the client chooses and each professional accepts their role. Established collaborators are one option for building that team.
Looking ahead · planned
Fête House is the long-term vision for shared workspaces, production resources, kitchens and a place to gather. Fête Access is the planned partner network for resources closer to your work. Neither depends on every member using one building.
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The Fête Atlanta founding class
The founding class is for professionals who care about excellent work, stronger businesses and the people beside them. Join early enough to help shape the culture—not merely enter it later.
