This is just a short overview of the vendors that we used.
Dress:
Linda Lee: B-
I gave them this because I was happy at first. I liked my dress and all was good. I was sort of unhappy with my alterations. Once I went in after purchasing it was like I was offered no help at all. The only other dress shops I have been to were DB and Pearl's and I felt even waiting for Pearl's was better, BUT when I was trying on dresses there it was a nightmare. My bustle would not stay up on my dress as they only put 3 points on it with flimsy clasps on it so my dress was torn at the bottom at the end of the night.
BM Dresses:
Bustles and Bows: A
Very helpful. I had OOT BMs and my sister got pregnant after geting measured and they were nothing but nice and quick to return calls and help with anything.
Wax Museum: A+++++
Beth is great. When we went to the Wax it was hot because the air just being kicked on as they were returning from vacation. The room was just a giant blank canvas. I did not really know what to expect since I had never been to an event here, but since it was just down the street from our church I went with it and I am glad i did. Beth did everything that she could to help the night of when my florist dropped the ball. She also was willing to help me with anything I needed as I was under a lot of stress because of my sister having a baby days before my wedding. She was even willing to come down to our church to help with our second line. The room was amazing! More than I ever could have hoped for.
Catering: Benedicts: A
They food was great and they were easy to work with. We made our own menu and the food was delicious. They gave us tons of food to take home as well so we did not go hungry the next day.
Pigeon: B
We used them for our rehearsal dinner which we had in a room we booked at a relatives apartment complex. They food set up was nicely done and they were very professional. I thought the food was a little bland for "New Orleans" style food as we had gumbo and things, but their artichoke and crab cheesecake dips are AMAZING!
Big Easy Photo booth: A+
Everyone loved this! I had the package where we had a guest book and a jump drive with the pictures on it after. I loved the guest book! We lost the jump drive in transit from the reception to hotel, but they got us a new one by the time we got back from our honeymoon!
Photography: Stacy Marks: A
The only photos I have so far are my bridals, but he was great. When the dj didn't want to play what I was asking he was trying to help me out, lol. Anyway, I did have a few younger girl cousins and friends say that he was following them around taking their photos, so I just hope I don't have a ton of pictures of my 18-21 year old cousins/friends. We will see, but He did get this really good picture of me and my friend that I loved.
Video: Suzy Marks: ---
Since we don't have the video I can't really rate her, but she was so sweet and they were very professional.
Florist: Ladybug's Garden and Gifts: D
I will give a little bit of a background first. They did my sister's wedding, her's was their first. We also give their store a lot of business as they are not just a florist, so since we know them well we decided to go with them. I told her that I did not like roses all so much so if we could please limit them that would be good. I also gave her photos of bouquets with succulents in them that I loved. At my bridals I get my bouquet and it was very pretty peonies, ranunculus and a few roses in, no succulents because it was too hard to do. Well at this point it is mid-December (We met with them in June/July so they had time to work with them since they had never used them before). I like the bouquet so it wasn't a big thing, I just wish she would have told me something so I could have looked up other ideas. Now before the wedding I go in and she tells me how the only roses that will be there will be in the FG's kissing ball, fine. My bouquet will have succulents and all the BMs will look like my bridal one. She also showed me mock ups of the table center pieces. She even says that they can get peonies cheaper now. Perfect. Well wedding day comes, she's an hour late, turns off her phone so we can't contact her. Everyone is waiting for her. Hair/makeup (b/c they were making me something for my hair as I wasn't wearing a veil), photo, and video. The bouquets were ALL roses. I had no flowers on my cake, the center pieces looked nothing like we discussed and the table downstairs at the Wax museum was not decorated like it was supposed to be. I probably would not be as upset if it were not someone we do a lot of work with, but I can say we will no longer be doing work with or recommending them.
Hair: Just Face it: A
They were super nice and patient when they had to wait. My hair did fall by the end of the evening, but I was dancing like a crazy lady.
DJ: Omega Sound: B
I did not like the cheesy MC'ing and he did not play a lot of the songs that I took the time to request the played more of the maybe songs than must play songs.
Second line Band: Smitty D's: A
They were great! They had a little kid dancing with them and an Indian. Everyone loved it!
Church: St. Jude: A++
We go to church there and love it. Father Tony is the best. Ms. Cynthia and the musicians were great. Everyone wanted to know when mass was so they could come back to attend.
BFP #1 6/18/2012 // EDD 2/28/2013 // Birthdate 2/7/2013
