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Wedding review!! Long!

I never really post on here  but I loved reading other peoples reviews while i was planning so i thought i would share!!
( I am sure that there are tons of spelling mistakes, i just copy pasted this!)

Venue: (ceremony and reception) Madison beach hotel - B
The only reason why i am giving them a b is because of the comunication before hand. Comunication witht he wedding cordiantor wasn;t the best and could have deff. been better.  At one point i had a meeting with her, we drove all the way there and she took a walk in instead. (We live about a hour away). So that was really crappy.
But for the day of the wedding they were wonderful! The wedding cordiantor actually wasn't there because she had a death in the family, but trish and jeremy took over. FI was supposed to do a lot of the set up and the staff ended up doing everything and told him to go get ready. When he got back he had him just check all the rooms to make sure they were the way we wanted everything and that was it. Which was really great! Bc we had to set up the flowers and everything else. 
The food was great. The view, you can not beat it, it is absoutly amazing.  The staff made us feel like king and queen, and they were there with anything we wanted or needed in seconds. They were truley wonderful. my sil dropped her card out side the venue and didn't notice until the end of the night, she couldnt find it out side and just went home. The next day, we had to go back to madison for something and the staff gave us the card, with money in it, and said someone found it out on the road. I was pretty impressed by that.

Photographer: Studio 1923 A++++
Do I even had to say jereome is amazing? Well he was amazing! I have to say i was a little nervous with the thought of someone following us around all day taking pictures, but as soon as he arrived i felt completely comfortable. He helped put my veil on, he made sure i had my bouq for pics. He was taking tons of candid shots, which is great! When he 1st arrived we were at the hair salon and my MOH was sitting out side reading the card i gave he crying, he pulled up and she told me he started taking pictures of her. I'm sure he thought that she was my moh but couldn't have been 100% sure, but he didn't want to miss the shot of raw emotion, which i really think is really great. Also, the kids loved him! He would get our son to smile in every picture and was playing with them, he was really great with the kids i was impressed. He felt more like a friend then someone walking around taking pictures of us. He made us feel so comfortable and relaxed, like he was a long lost friend or something.
Really book him. You can not go wrong.

Flowers: Sharon Elizabeth, Berlin  A++++
Really, they go above and beyound. My bouq was amazing, the tables were amazing,  my moh bouq was amazing, everything was perfect. Sharon is amazing at what she does, and the rest of the staff is so wonderful to work with.
Another vendor you can not go wrong with.

Hair: Salon Allure westbrooke: A++++
Denise did my hair, the owner, when i went for the hair trial i thought i liked it but when i saw pics i didnt, so i emailed her and told her how i felt and she said no problem just bring some pics in of what you like the day of. I did and she hit is right on the dot. I loved my hair. Also, she is great to talk to, you know why you sit there for 2 hours getting your hair done. It was never ackward or like werid silence, she has a great personality.

Makeup: Salon allure westbrooke: A
There are 2 people who do make up at the salon, one person also does hair, the other person they hire to come in to do the makeup when they need her. She was nice enough but I think i looked a little pale, and i didn't like the color of my lips. When i look in pictures now i feel like my face is kind of pale which kind of bothers me. This could have probably been avoided if i did a trial, but i didn't. So i wouldn;t rule them out completely for make up if you could do a trail.

Mani's and Pedi's: Ace, southingtonn ct. A++++
They did such a wonderful job! I made an appointment and when we got there they were pretty packed but we got right in and started right away. While i was getting a pedi she was prepping my nails which was nice and relaxing. I couldn;t make up my mind about fake nails or shelac (sp?) she talked me into shelac and I am so glad!! My nails still look great, and they look so healty! They also have ton and tons of options for shelac. My feel look great also lol. I would deff reccomend going there if you live around there, theres a reason why they are alwasys busy!

Music: Bobby Morrill A++++
We didnt want to have a dj because we had such a small wedding. We hired bobby morrill kind of on a whim from gigmaster. I was a little nervous about it but it turned out great! I picked a song to play for us walking down the aisle and for when we walked back out of the aisle and told him he play what he wants for the rest. He learned one song for me which was super nice of him. Everyone complimented him, and he actually has a sheet of all his music that you can request for him to play. My flower girl made a few special requests, twinkle twinkle and the abc's and he gladly played them for her lol. I know that is not the route everyone would take for a wedding but i would also recommend him for partys and stuff like that!

Tuxs: J.T. Ghamo , berlin turnpike, A++++
We went with jt because we have had to deal with mens wear house before and there are always so many problems. JT Was great!! They were so easy to work with, we got such a great deal on there tuxs and at the last min i went in there and asked them to order one for our son, ( I was just going to buy him something but couldnt find anything!) And they took care of it perfectly. Everything went perfect. The boys looked great, there was absoutly no problems at all. Also, i know that a lot of people us mens wearhouse because of having groomswent acorss the country, The best man was from boston and the guy at JT just told him to go to a tux shop up there and have them measure him and then call him with the info. I was a little nervous about that but nope the tux fit great. I would absoutly recommend them!!

Bridesmaid dress, Sugarbits - convertable wrap dress (online): B
I let my moh pick the dress she wanted in the color that i wanted since it was only her. Well we both know a few girls who have these dresses from sugarbits that they wore as bridesmaids dress. They are pretty cool because you can wrap it a million ways and she was deff wear it again. It was the seafoam color. The only reason why I gave them a b is because when she went to try the dress on it started to fall apart. Now, I know they was a fluke because I have a friend that ordered 12 (yes 12) for her bridesmaids and each and everyone of them was perfect. What bothered methe most was I e-mailed them and they never got back to me. I had my mom sew the dress so its good as new, but the lack of customer service really bothers me. But you can find these dresses on etsy and the dressy group, also victoria secert. I would recommend them, They are super comfortable, super flattering and the girls can wear them how every they want.

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