Goom’s cake: Corby’s Cakes (Shemry Brown): A+
It was AWESOME! First, the flavors were delicious (carrot cake w/ cream cheese frosting & chocolate chocolate chip w/ mocha filling). This was a pirate ship theme – with a mini pirate Matt and bride Candace on the ship. We got tons of great feedback on this. I would go to Shemry for all of my cake needs – she is phenomenal and I think she should charge more!
Favors: Sweenor’s: A
So my family is pretty much obsessed with Sweenor’s chocolates, so this made sense. My parents did all the legwork for me on this, but I don’t think they reported any trouble dealing with them, the boxes looked nice, and the chocolates were delicious, of course!
DJ: Alan from Moondance: A+
He was great to work with, pretty easy going and laid back. People were dancing all night, even while the dinner courses were served. I only heard good things from guests and my parents were really happy with him too, which was nice. I originally had a VERY detailed must play/do not play list. My advice: throw those out! We gave him a list instead of “artists we like” and guidance for the feel we wanted (old and new music, fast and slow songs, etc.). He did really well with it, and played some songs that I would originally have said “NO” but you know what? They get people dancing! He’s a professional and knows what he is doing, so I say give him some guidance but let him do his thing – he’s great!
Invites: 1st Class Wedding Invitations: A-
I found the invites I settled on by luck. It was sort of by clicking on a Facebook ad and then clicking to another site and another and then I saw these. The quality was beautiful, site was easy to deal with. They left out about 25 invitations in the first shipment but I contacted them and it was fixed ASAP. I loved my pocketfolds and made my mom a pocketfold convert! We got lots of compliments – one uncle even wrote on his reply “classy invitation!”
Hair: Kris Sheridan – A+
Nothing much to say here as she’s been doing my hair for 20 years or so and I love her to pieces. But I absolutely loved my hair – if anyone is looking for someone I’d be happy to pass on contact info.
Rehearsal Dinner: Chelo’s Waterfront – A
Nothing really to say here because it was a whirlwind! I barely ate the food, but guests liked it especially since it was a New England theme with chowda, clamcakes, etc, and most guests were OOT. I didn’t have any responsibility planning it, but from MIL and DH, sounds like it was fine.