I hope you all find these reviews helpful, I know they were always helpful for me when I was planning and I always thought it was awesome to hear everyone’s reviews. They always made my decisions on certain vendors better. I was a as honest as I could be and if you have any questions about certain vendors feel free to ask me.
My wedding day was amazing, I wouldn’t really change anything about it. The only thing I wish I did was see DH before for photos. It was so damn hot outside to do pics after the ceremony but we managed, I do wish that was one thing to do while we were fresh and ready before the ceremony.
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church---A++++Working with St. Patrick’s was great. I highly recommend them!! It was the prettiest Catholic Church (IMO) in our area, Jupiter. For the money we paid it included the church, a cantor and the organist; which I found most churches you needed to find them separate. Pat the woman I dealt with the whole time was great and always responded to my emails or calls quickly. Father Campbell was great too and very easy to get a long with. The Catholic Church requires Catholics to do certain things such as the engagement encounter and a FOCCUS program, which we did and it wasn’t too bad or as bad as I assume. Maryann was my DOC at the Church; she’s a sweetheart and did an awesome job. I did not get ceremony decorations because the churches usually have flowers of some sort at the altar and I didn’t want to pull from the churches appearance, but she added pew ribbons; which were a surprise and made the church look even better.
Frenchman’s Reserve---A++++++Pat Saylor at Frenchman’s was a doll and so helpful. She always answered my emails quickly and didn’t mind how many questions I had. She was extremely helpful. I planned most of our wedding from the island and doing everything with Pat through email helped out sooo much. I met with her the times I did come home and went over things with her and about 7 months in advance from the wedding we had a cake tasting but it was actual little individual cakes. I was shocked and thought it was very awesome. The day of the wedding went amazing! Yes there we’re some mishaps but oh well, I didn’t know about any of it except one thing that day. That morning we all got ready in the locker rooms and there was food for us well bagels and fruit and drinks and the guys were able to order whatever they wanted. The only thing we didn’t have Champagne like I asked for, but oh well. I was very calm the whole morning, then we were running behind and I had double tag team on my hair haha. But otherwise getting ready went smoothly, I guess I just assumed I didn’t need to do anything but now looking back I wish I would of I guess prepared more for the morning of doing things.
The cocktail hour was great, everyone loved the food, and enjoyed. I heard the brie went really quick and they never replenished when it was out but I didn’t know till the next day and when I found out I was a little annoyed knowing that Frenchman’s knew that was my cocktail hour foods and they should of never ran out. But whatever, then moving to the signature drink, that was great. Introductions went well. Appetizer was amazing, the food was delicious. Then I heard the next day that the fish we had ran out fast too but they replenished with a different type of fish. The only thing that bother my DH and myself is that we both are Crown drinkers, and some of our friends mentioned that there was no crown, and when we asked Pat (DOC) she said there was crown and that she will make sure it was at the bar. With that being said she made sure there was some, but I don’t know if they ran out or if they never had it and was trying to pull a fast one by not having it on shelf for us. We were also told Grey Goose ran out and when I spoke to the bartender it was a different story to me and that “they were getting it” so whatever. That is what bothered us when we had top shelf liquors. There should of not been any “running out” IMHO We were suppose to take the extra cake home, but apparently they cut bigger slices for our guests so we never got to take extra cake, which I was disappointed by and I am in the process of seeing what they can do. The cake was included in our package. All in all everything was great, the food, drinks, cake, linens, locations, set-up and all. I would definitely recommend Frenchman’s and would give them another chance to having another event there.
Vision DJ’s---A+++++++++++++++Jorge was amazing, he did an awesome job and I can go on and on forever about how great he was and how awesome this company is. Jorge was able to play everything I asked of him and more. The uplights, party lights and the DJ Façade were awesome and so nice. I thought it was going to be too much but it wasn’t it worked out great. I was very please with everything and Jorge. He or the other Jorge always emailed me back right away and answered any questions I needed. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
Gil Sosa (Florist)---A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++OMG…….This guy is a Genius!! My flowers, centerpieces and everything I had for flowers were over the top amazing!!! I personally never had any issues with Gil with communication, but you are definitely all his the week of your wedding. He does whatever you want and takes soo much pride in his work. I was suppose to bring all his glass vases back the week after the wedding, like Monday or Tuesday, he actually stayed in WPB during my wedding and came back and cleaned up and took all his vases which I was shocked and it was nice to see him come back, which saved me money and time from driving to Miami. He also did my sweetheart table for me; which I was surprised for that as well. I was originally going to do it but with money constraints I told him to not do it and I was very happy to walk in the room and see it done. He does care for his clients and takes very good care of you. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM!!! He works very well with your budget too. He even put a single orchid at everyone’s place setting, which was a surprise too.
Elegant Imagery (Photog)---A++++++Final Product Reviews pending till I receive it.
Victoria and her father D is whom I dealt with the entire time. They are based out of Melbourne but go anywhere in Florida and even do out of state and destination weddings. I found out about them because my friend used them for her wedding 2 yrs ago and I loved how bright and colorful the images were as well as the uniqueness that was in the pictures. So I booked them right away before searching out more photogs. Sometimes I regret not looking for more, but what she offered me and the package I got was to good to give up. I wont get pics back for about 10-12 weeks from the wedding and Im sure teasers close to that too which im bummed about but oh well. I dealt with Victoria all the time through emails or phone, she has always been fast to email me back and call back and she’s a sweetheart. I do recommend them to everyone. Their work is awesome and this company is a 4th generation company within the family. Her dad D is the one who did our wedding and even our engagement shoot. D was always so nice and great to work with. He has some awesome ideas for shoots and was super nice about things. I really cant wait to see how these pics turn out, especially since how damn hot it was outside lol.
My Treasure Videos (Javier)---So far A+++++++++++++++++Final Review-PENDING final product
Javier is by far the best; he is soo awesome, such a sweetheart and definitely loves his work. He was always quick to respond to emails and all. He was on time and worked so hard and was at my wedding for about 10 hours. (same with photog) I didn’t even see him at times and I know he got everything on film. There were times we didn’t even know he was shooting
I am excited to see my trailer and the final product.
Foto-R-Fun (photobooth)---A++++++++++++++++OMG, if your debating to get a photobooth, don’t debate any longer it is a MUST DO!!! I am so happy I went with this, Gregg at Fotos-r-fun was great, he brought markers and all for my guest book, which was unexpected since I didn’t buy the book through him. He came on time and had tons of props for the booth. EVERYONE loved this and kept raving about it and how it was such a great idea. Even DH didn’t think it was necessary to have at first but I was like um no I am definitely doing it and he now says he’s glad I did get it b/c we had a blast with it.
Deluxe Limos (limo)---B Our limo driver was great, on time and everything. The service was good too, only down falls was No Champagne when there should have been, radio didn’t work, and we didn’t get the hummer I asked for but we did get the Escalade which was the other one I asked but decided that week of we wanted the hummer. No problem, but Raymond the owner did credit me back some $$ for the champagne which was nice. Overall they were good.
My Dress – Brides of Florida---A++++++MJ and Macky were so great to work with. I mostly dealt with MJ, she was working when I bought my dress and she was so patient with me when I was looking for my gown. She helped me and pulled different dresses to try on. I had in mind a dress to try on and also wanted to try others and she did just that with the help. I did fall in love with the Harlow Maggie Sottero gown, it was over my budget that I wanted to spend but when she told me I can rent my gown, or tiara and that my alterations would not cost me any more than $150 total I was sold. I didn’t want to spend $200-$400 on a veil and I actually found one at the store that matched my dress perfect and I went with that one. Then about 2 weeks before my wedding day, I was in for my alterations and a brand new veil came in and I chose that one since it matched my white dress perfect and was brand new. It also matched perfectly to the dress. MJ was such a sweetheart and sooo helpful and I am so glad I went to her for my dress.
My Shoes – Christian Louboutin’s Very Noeud slingbacks Pink Shoes.---A++ I ordered them from an online company. (forgot the name of hand)These shoes were amazing, very comfy, and well worth the money. Now our little secret they were authentic, everyone loved them and loved the idea of colored shoes with the dress. I recommend doing colored shoes if its you!
Jewelry – I bought my earrings from Dillards, super cute and cheap. My bracelet was my mom’s I borrowed.
Hair---A+++++ – My friend Kathleen did my hair and my girls, she did an amazing job and I would recommend her to anyone. She has been doing my hair since I was going to homecoming lol. She did an awesome job and my hair held curls awesome that day.
Make-up- Denise Kellerman---A+++++++Awesome vendor, she was great to work with, on time and did amazing on everyone including myself. She was very patient with things, knew what I was looking for and if I wanted something changed she didn’t mind at all fixing it. She is a sweetheart. Not many people know about her on the TK but, I was recommended to her by an old vendor Melissa on here who bailed out on me right before my trial, needless to say everything worked out and Denise is a doll. I highly recommend her!!!
Bridesmaids Dresses – David’s Bridal---A+++My girl’s bridesmaid dresses were from here. I picked out two dresses for the girls to choose from and they all chose the same dress. I never had any problems with DB as some people do and I was very happy with the whole process.
Men’s Warehouse---A+++Groom, groomsmen, and dads all got their tuxes from here and everything turned out great. Everyone’s tux looked great on them and no complaints. I was very happy with them as well.
Rehearsal Dinner – Waterway Café-A+++Awesome, everything was great, they were organized and everyone loved everything I was really impressed with the way it worked out since there was about 35 people there. I have been there numerous times before and always enjoyed it.
B-PICS-Crystal Fielding – A+++++++++++++++++++Crystal is awesome, she is so much fun to work with and I enjoyed doing the b-pics, the pictures came out awesome and DH loved them and was very surprised when he saw them. I will totally use Crystal again in the future!!!
My Publisher- A++I ordered DH b-pics album from them, it came out awesome and I will definitely be ordering my parent albums from them. My publisher works fast and good.
Save The Dates – Magnet Street---A++++++I ordered my STD’s from them and they did an awesome job and was quick about them., and very inexpensive
Invitations – DIY’d them, I went to Staples to print them out, which they also get an A++++, My mom, DH, and myself all worked on them and they came out awesome. We all deserved a+++++++++++++
Actual invite design- My cousin Shawn---A++++++++++++Shawn is a graphic designer and does awesome jobs on things, so I asked him to design our invite and he was honored to do it. He did an amazing job and I was soooo happy we went to him to do them. I will always go to him for anything.
Programs-Alissa-Blue Line Design---A++++++++++++Alissa did an amazing job on my programs, she knew exactly was I was looking for and I am so happy we used her to design on programs, awesome job and highly recommend. I will def reuse her. Alissa also did my valet tags, which came out awesome, but I totally forgot to use them b/c I left them at my house.
Guys gifts-we gave them Best buy gift cards and a bottle of liquor
Girls gifts – I got them a tote bag, bottle of wine, purse holder, scrabble necklace, bath and body works items. They all loved them.
ETSY Seller – dwilcox and wickedlymodpendants – A+++I ordered the scrabble necklaces through both these vendors and I was very pleased with the outcome on them. Such a cute little gift.
ETSY Seller - threelulustoo, ---A++++I ordered tote bags for my bridal party and Love them!! They came out awesome and the size and price were awesome too. I am very pleased and Angie was a great person to work with.
ETSY Seller - Buttercreambee,---A+++I ordered my drink flags through Bee, she did a great job and it was a super fast turn around. I just decided to get the digital one and DIY them.
ETSY Seller - ARTKITTEN, ---A++++I ordered my guest book through Susan. She customed made it according to my wedding colors. So far she is great to work with and replies fast to emails. It looked amazing.
Photo sharing cards- Vista print---A+++I ordered these and found them to be pointless, serious 1 person uploaded pics to our site so I am disappointed I even got them, I reminded ppl to do it on FB but oh well.