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I'M BACK!!!!

Hello everyone!!!  Congratulations to those that got married in September and October.  I got married September 19th and returned from our honeymoon on October 8th.  I'm finally settled in enough to get online! :) The wedding was amazing and so was the honeymoon.  The majority of our vendors made the wedding run so smoothly!  If any of you are looking for vendors here are some recommendations:Hair and Make-up - DO NOT GO WITH NINA BARBOSA!! She was 2 1/2 HOURS LATE!! This made it impossible to take pictures before the wedding like we had wanted.  AND she did not stay until I walked out as promised.  The list of negatives goes on and on including her asking me days before the wedding how I came up with the total amount owed and that I needed to add $100 for travel.  I referred her to the contract SHE WROTE which stated the total AND that travel was INCLUDED!DJ - Tony Muzzin with Nor Cal Pro Sound was awesome.  We got so many compliments about him! He really took the time to listed to what we wanted as clients and was extremely knowledgable.Photography - Jody Yorston we are also getting so many compliments about our photos.  She and her husband are very laid back, professional, and put people at ease during the wedding.  Everyone loved how they were never really "seen" and were very professional.Ledson Winery and Vineyard - we booked our wedding when they weren't advertising as a wedding venue.  Since then their site fee has more than doubled what we paid.  But the venue was wonderful, everyone enjoyed all of the wine we provided at the wedding and were blown away at the castle.  The staff was extremely attentive and professional, they really took care of us as the bride and groom.Caterer - DK Catering AWESOME!! I cant say enough about Chef Dave and Patricia (a husband and wife duo).  Very professional...they too listed to what our vision was and immediately fixed anything we didnt like.  Everyone really liked the food...they created dishes based on what my husband and I liked and were VERY generous with the portion sizes.Cake - Laurie Lucov - she created a beautiful cake on OUR budget! Everyone else we spoke too kept telling us they couldnt make a cake on our budget (which we thought was reasonable).  Laurie gave us a price break and the cake turned out so beautiful.  She also took our ideas, made sketches, presented them to us and delivered! :)I think those are all of our vendors (we did the flowers ourselves).  I hope this is helpful to you! 

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  • edited December 2011
    Thanks for the update and Congratulations!!! This is totally helpful and I will keep your reviews in mind!
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  • edited December 2011
    Wow! So glad you posted about Nina.  I was just considering a trial with her.
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    edited December 2011
    Glad to hear everything went well, aside from your make-up.  Post pics! I'd like to share that I had the opposite experience with Nina.  I didn't have any problems with her, she stayed until I left, and I thought she did a great job.  I am local, so that could be a difference...I'm assuming she had to travel to you, BreeZ?  It's good that you posted about Nina, but I know there are many other brides that can attest to a good experience.  Just FYI to others thinking about using her.
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  • edited December 2011
    Hi date twin! I'm glad everything went well for you overall!And I should say H&MU artist twin as well! We had Nina that morning and I have to say I was worried about her having two clients that day (we had 8 girls for hair and make up) - I wouldn't have ever known if we weren't Knotties. We started really early (6am) and she left fairly quickly (I assume to go to you unless there was someone in between too) and we had one make-up artist who stayed with us until we left for the venue (she was fantastic!). Overall, everything went well with her but I had two things that were said that weren't done and I believe that was a lack of communication between Nina and the other MU artist who she brought for us that day. Just more for those considering her to think about - I'm happy to provide more info if people are interested.  One piece of advice - if you can request to be the only client that day.
  • edited December 2011
    Hi Date Twins!! :) I'm glad to hear my feedback was useful to some of you.  I know we've all had different experiences with Nina (I had no issues when she traveled to me for the hair trial etc she was right on time) and I'm glad to see different posts about everyones experience with her!  I would understand that she would be running a little late with another wedding on that day (originally I think she had three weddings that morning but one cancelled...I booked her about a year before my wedding).  But 2.5 hours is horrible time management.  I still dont know why she was running so late and I'm still upset that she set us back so much.I'll try to figure out how to post pix :) We've been so busy since we got back.
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