newport brides... vendor help

tesha23

hey ladies i'm getting married next may at castle hill  .... i live in new york so its a bit diffcult if reseaching vendors for my wedding ... who are you ladies using for a dj, flowers, photograghy, hair and makeup and im guessing cake not sure its castle hill provides cakes. thanks ladies.

angiem33

DJ - Mike Mancini
Flowers - Whole foods
Photographer - Sabrina Scolari
Hair/MU - Heather and Christy from The Beauty Bar

Happy Planning!

massetobe

hi there, i'm a castle hill bride too! i'm getting married there in just about two weeks! they've been GREAT thus far so fingers crossed! are you working with marie?

here are my vendors:
band-kahootz (out of boston)
photographer-zenobia studios-they also do a photo booth which we're doing as favors and guestbook
videographer- wedding reels
florist- golden gate
transportation- archway bus
invitations- junemoonink.com (she actually lives in ny)
cake- sin desserts (castle hill provides a cake in the packages but we decided to bring in our own...even with the cake cutting fee it's more cost-effective).
hotels- middletown hampton inn, middletown residence by marriott, newport harbor hotel

good luck with everything!

massetobe

oh and hair/makeup.

hair-wavelengths in newport
makeup- krystal lucas aka krystal treanor

cicconesp

Hi There
Congrats!  You will love Newport!
dj:  DJ Ramu & the Crew out of Boston:  http://ramuthedj.com/
Flowers:  http://www.robinhollowfarm.com/Home.html (Its a fresh cut flower farm outside newport, all organic and VERY reasonible)
photograghy:  http://www.kharberphoto.com/
hair and makeup: Jennie Kay Murphy http://www.jenniekaymurphy.com/ (recently featured here http://newportstylephile.wordpress.com/
Cake: Fatullies Bakery http://www.fatullis.com/
Also something you make like since i'm guessing you'll have a lot of out of town guests - I had this fun little watercolor map made on Etsy of the cermony site & hotels.  We're including it in the invitations on the reception card as well as in OOT baskets.  http://www.etsy.com/transaction/32376568

kathanddave

Good Luck here are some suggestions:

Band: Cover to Cover
Flowers: Toni Chandler
Hair-Cathy Fay @ Allagria
Makeup-Apothocary in Newport Emily Perkins
Photographer-Kate Whitney Lucey

Hope this helps!

RoyalOrient

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Flowers: Toni Chandler Flowers and Events, Golden Gate Florist, Florals by Alisa, Broadway Florist, Flowers by Semia, Sayles Livingston Flowers, Twigs,  Stoneblossom, The Flower Girls, Vine and Vessal
Cake: Sin (my bakery), Scrumptious, Something Different Cake Couture, Creative Cake Company, Confections, Cappuccino's
Make Up: Sara Faella (my make up artist) Jennie Kay Murphy, Jennifer Hodge (SpectrumRI) New Leaf Salon, Robin McAloon, Kristin Greene, Krystal Treanor, Jane Sincere, Skinplicity
Hair: Sam C (my hair stylist), Chanda Sek, Christine Squier , Formal hair Design Kristin Greene, Sara Faella and jennie Kay Murphy also do hair too.

Photographer: Visual-Obsession (my photographer), Raw Photo Design, Kristen Spencer, Adelina and Grace, Avenna Studio, Tyra Bleek,  Lisa Rigby, Melissa Robotti, and my favorite NYC photog, Erica Lyn

I have no recs on DJs or bands since I have a foreign band playing at our reception. Our venue is Easton beach rotunda. G.L on planning! Castle Hill is gorgeous!

great resource guide
http://www.bestnewportweddings.com/

wyadler

I'm getting marired there next June!
Florist: Toni Chandler
Photographer: Symbol Photo
DJ: Victor Partytime
Makeup: Krystal Treanor
Rehearsal dinner: Regatta Place
Transportation: Newport Trolley

tesha23

thanks alot ladies ..... i found photographers to  be quiet expensive and i wa sthinking of getting someone from boston .... do you mine sharing the general cost that you might be paying for a photographer and flowers ....

tesha23

hey massetobe ..... why is it more cost effective to bring your own cake .... ? i am having an indian wedding so my theme is indian spring .... hopefully alots of peonies and tulips to have that those indian colours but spring look ..... so i'm hoping that i can have a indian theme cake .... would be happy to hear what makes it more cost effective ....

massetobe

sure, what's your email? I can send you details.

tesha23

hey  masstobe .... thank you so much. my email is tesha.prashad@yahoo.com
.... i hope all your wedding plans are goin smoothly

tesha23

hey masstobe .... thanks for the info sorry i didnt have the time to reply to ypur email .... i too am having a friday wedding  but i didnt realise that you have a choose the catering ... thats great info i hope all is going well for your wedding so far ....

frosen

Hi There - congrats

Hair - Jill Hartel ( A good friend that is a freelance hair stylist for weddings)
Makeup artist - Allison Barbera, freelance makeup artist that I found throught the knot and lives in Newport - she is AWESOME and much cheaper then the salons
DJ - John Zucco
Flowers- Broadway Florist - Paul is AMAZING
Photographer - K Photography - she is wonderful, already did our engagement session
Videographer - David Petty with Legacy Productions

jlp11118

I just got married 4 days ago in Newport, and am from CT so I completely understand the out of state planning.  I just posted a long blog post about my vendors, but below is a recap;

Hair/Make-up: Jennie Kay Murphy
Flowers: Julia Huggins Floral Design
Day of Planner: Jessica Castiglia jlcastigliari@yahoo.com
Cake: Mad Hatter

Not local:
Photography: Robert and Kathleen (they are from CT and are amazing!)
Band: Drop Dead Sexy from Philadelphia...amazing!

I would highly reco any of them!

tesha23

hey jlp11118 ... where in newport did u get married ....

McManusKA

Go with Toni Chandler for flowers! She is right in Newport and she is fantastic. As for DJ I'm not sure as we have a band...Cover to Cover

Leahrose722

DONT BOOK DROP DEAD SEXY WHO SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOVE!
I booked Drop Dead Sexy for my August 2011 wedding about 10 months in advance. We worked with Chris AKA Ducky as well as their booking agent Zac. It turned out that our wedding was the weekend of Hurricane Irene but our wedding was Saturday night in the Hudson Valley (far from the worst hit areas). All week long Chris as well as Zac told us that they would be there. They even said they would be there "if they had to play using a generator". At 8pm Friday night they event texted my fiance and told him that they had booked rooms (that we were paying for) to sleep at after the wedding so they wouldnt have to drive home. At 10 pm, during our rehearsal dinner, Chris called my fiance and abruptly told him that they were not coming and that we needed to "start calling DJs in the area". Ironically, my cousins friend is a DJ who lives in Philadelphia (Where the band claims to be from) and he drove Friday night to get to our wedding venue Saturday morning, played his heart out, then drove BACK to Philadelphia on Sunday without any problems. We got all of our money back but I DO NOT recommend Drop Dead Sexy. They are unreliable and unprofessional. P.S. Plenty of our friends and family were able to drive home Saturday night and none of our other vendors cancelled on us. They should not have cancelled on such short notice!!!