San Jose brides please help

prissybride

I am helping a coworker with her wedding in San Jose, she moved to Houston so is feeling overwhelmed by not being there and being able to shop around for things.Her budget is 30k for 250 peoplePlease recommend or show me your biosReception venueFloristCakeDecoration personDJLimosHair and MakeupInvitationsPhotographerVideo

jackelbride

We're getting married at Eagle Ridge in Gilroy. I know my venue is in that budget and maxes out at 250 so it would work. My venue has associate vendors with their package so I didn't have to look for a dj, florist, or baker. I recommend looking at herecomestheguide.com so she can find a venue that she loves!I do recommend Terra Tabbytosavit for photography!http://terratabbytosavit.com/blog/And Giao Nguyen for makeup and hair.http://giaonguyen.com/Etsy for invitations!www.etsy.com

sm23

I'm getting married in Los Gatos so most of my vendors are based out of the South Bay, many from SJ.Venue: Nestldown (I think her wedding might be too big)Florist: Christine Le with Bluume, Palo Alto (very affordable)Cake: Jen's Cakes in San Jose (though I loved Margaret's French Bakery in Campbell too)DJ: Big Fun DJ - based somewhere in the South Bay.Limos: Lonestar TransportationHair and makeup: I'm using my regular hair person from Walnut Creek, Karen Cordill, and she travels. My make up person is Chez Murphy - affordable and great to work with. She's based in Redwood City but travels all over.Invitations: My FMIL made ours, but I used weddingpaperdivas for our save-the-dates and was planning on using them for invitations as well. Pretty affordable and great quality - very quick turnaround. She can view all the options online and order samples too.Photographer: Danielle Gillett, based out of Felton (Santa Cruz area). She is absolutely amazing and travels all over.We don't have a decoration person or a videographer.Good luck to your friend!

jasmine0108

Hi! I think her budget is totally doable! :)We are getting married at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose. Very reasonably priced, but you have to bring in your own catering. DJ: Prolific DJs- DJ KrucialI everyone else is a family friend including our DJ:FloristCakeHair/makeupDecorations personVideoWow... didn't really look at it that way! Sorry I wasn't really much help!We did our own invites on our own but I second Jackelbride! Esty is awesome

cromero49

Definitely check out Here Comes the Guide - www.herecomestheguide.com.  It is awesome and will tell you how many people a venue holds and have a ball park cost.  Reception venue: Los Gatos Opera House holds 250, but not really more.  There were lots of other places though that I found from the website above that I liked.Florist - My florist is on the more expensive side and based out of SF (An Added Touch - love her work!!), but I have heard from friends that this place is great and affordable http://twg.initsoft.com/. It's called The Wild Geranium and is located in Los Gatos.Cake - We are using Sweet Passions, which is San Jose on Alum Rock Ave..  Super reasonable and awesome cake (they have a cupcake kiosk at Valley Fair)!  I have also heard that Jen's Cakes is very good and fairly priced.Photographer - We're using Ron Griggs - http://www.mirrorimagephoto.net/. Again, very affordably priced and you get a lot with each package.  

mjlkhk

I'm in Mountain View (15 minutes from San Jose)....Reception:-Biltmore Hotel  www.hotelbiltmore 30-60/head-Flowers - Costco $450 for a 12 person bridal party-Cake - through our venue, but I did research on the following and found them reasonably priced and they do good work. --www.cakeexpressions and   www.sugarbutterflour-DJ - Dan of Plantinum Entertainment - AWESOME guy and reasonably priced. HIGHLY recommended-- www.platinumentertainmentgroup-Photographer - Nikolay Misharev www.dphotolab / and Ryan of Ryan Willis Photgraphy www.ryanwphoto HIGHLY recommendedHope that helps!!  All the sites end in .com but if i typed it theknot would format it all wrong lol.

Jen_503

Reception venue-Maggiano's but it only holds 160.Florist-www.lanielizabeth.comCake-www.cakeexpressions.comDJ Alan Waltz was amazing   Limos -chiq limousinesHair and Makeup - Aveda Atelier salon, but I only recommend Maya for hair, Elizabeth for makeup. Stassa and Yvonne were good with makeup, too.Invitations - Magnet streetPhotographer - Michael Soo All The Way! www.capturethelove.comVideo- Daniel Nguyen

Lindze75

Reception venue: villa ragusa $49/plate for our package plus negotiated $2000 site fee + $16/per adult for drinks and $6.50 per child for drinksFlorist: tbaCake: A piece of cake bakery, Santa Clara CA YUMMYDecoration person: tbaDJ: either Elite or Sound in Motion TBALimos: TBAHair and Makeup: TBAInvitations: Michaels BRIDES kitPhotographer: Ille Photography www.illephotography.com in Sac but travels to bay area all the time, packages startingg around $1700Video: TBAHTH!!

Lindze75

PS - my venue can hold up to like 700 so it would definately work but we're using it for reception only since we are having a catholic ceremony at the Santa Clara University Mission Church.

laabeja

I live in San Jose, but found a beautiful ceremony and reception spot in Pleasanton.Venue: Palm Event CenterFlorist: BluumePhotography: ChocostudioHair: Jill Newby from Antoni Paez Salon

stephmwood

Venue: Opera house, although like PP only about 250 can fit total, not extrasFlorist: Lindsay from the Wild Geranium, loved all of her workCake: Jen's cakes No dj, limo, hair and makeup or videofamily friend for photographer. and we made our invitations

ktreiber

DO NOT use Christine with Bluume, I had a horrible experience with her which I will be posting more about later.  She was sweet at first but difficult to get a hold of, nonresponsive in the weeks before the wedding, late in finishing the contract then blamed me for the last minute payment and demanded a cashiers check, was awful to me the day before and at my wedding.  The flowers themselves?  eh.  Pretty skimpy compared to what we had discussed.  Don't know if that was because she was pissed at me or if that's her usual game.  Oh and she's been in the middle of a "location move" for months and months, her excuse for not having a real shop where you can meet or see examples of her work.