DJ and MORE VENDOR Recs...from a former bride

Hey Ladies,

So, it just dawned on me that this is the time where a big majority of couples get engaged and start planning for their BIG DAY next wedding season for upcoming year. I just celebrated my 1 year, happily married. I wanted to share with all the new upcoming Brides who are still in search for vendors, my vendor recs. Someone approached me the other day for DJ services, and of course I gave them Jorge at Creative Sounds Chicago, so here is a bit of info on vendors I've used and why I loved them. WEdding Day-BEST DAY of My LIFE! Please feel free to email me with any ?s to personal email as I don't check this often: pajarito81@hotmail.com

DJ: Try Creative Sounds Chicago. Jorge is AMAZING, and professional! Has years of experience doing weddings and it shows! He works with brides' budgets. **I think he has a November booking special right now too, my girl saw him last month at the Chicago Bridal Expo and got his info.

www.creativesoundschicago.com

630-301-4946,  jorge@creativesoundschicago.com


 Makeup/Hair: Antonette White , www.antonettewhite.com
she travels, is professional, highly skilled, and affordable pricing. She does airbrush as well, and includes a free trial with her prices. She's awesome!! I found her in a bridal magazine, her work was featured.

Photography: I used Jermey Bircher of Modern Image Studios. But if I were you, I would use him privately thru his own co. so that he can negotiate with you and have more leeway since he would work for himself and not thru a studio. He was amazing!!  I couldn't get Wes, so I took Jeremy and it was the BEST decision. He's very talented. I believe you can check out some of his work and reach him thru this website: www.3line9.com


Alterations:  Egle was AMAZING! She used to own her own shop and now works out of her house in D.Grove and has a small shop inside as well with accessories including shoes, jewelery, flowergirl dresses, etc. She was very professional and her work is fast and detailed! Total trust with my dress, highly recommend!
 Egle's Creations 630-739-8539

8906 Lemont Rd Downers Grove, IL 60516

www.aeglesbridal.com

Day of Coordinator: THIS was the BEST decision of all vendors we made! We used "Sweet Pea Wedding Studio" Kristin Cavaretta.
www.sweetpeaweddingstudio.com
Kristin was awesome! She was extremely helpful the week and day of our wedding. She tied all the lose ends especially at the last minute and was there for us when things didn't go as planned. She was very professional from the beginning to end. I even had RED WINE spilled all over my dress during the cocktail hour by a guest, and Kristin was there to save me, my wedding, and my dress with her assistant and the emergency kit they brought. They got out every stain scrubbing on hands and knees within 10mins. She made my wedding run smoothly. I can't recommend her enough. Her pricing was very reasonable too and definitely worth every penny!!

Wedding Venue: Hyatt Regency O'hare, this place was so classy and chic. I can't say enough about it. Amy was our on site coordinator. She was very easy to work with and accomodating. The food was fabulous, the service was superb, the rooms all recently renovated,and that glass elevator in the middle lobby with high ceilings just makes it all that more of a glamourous ambience.  We were mins away from the city yet we did not get charged city venue pricing because it was located on the outskirts. Definitely recommend! Our guests' still talk about how beautiful our venue was!

Limo/ Limo Bus: Masters' Transportation
www.masterstrans.com
Jim Venn is owner and was so helpful, really sweet on the phone, and accomodating. Its his family business and he's been in this business for years so he takes every customer very seriously.  Prices were reasonable and pick up times were right on on schedule.

Cake: Baking Institue
Spoke and met with Igor the head chef. He is so talented at his craft. You can tell he is very experienced and passionate about what he does. He is always being featured in various bridal magazines. He's quick to respond to emails, professional about his services, and really nice to work with. Our cake was just beautiful and soo so good. Highly recommend!!!

Linens: We used Chair Covers by Sylvia.
www.chaircoversbysylwia.com
Margaret was our contact person. Their onsite location is beautifully decorated, by appt. only, but they take the time to accomodate you and show you various options. Their prices are very affordable. Very professional staff, the linens MADE our reception room. They have a variety of linen styles, and I loved that Margaret took her time to show us the various knots and ties, and napkin foldings, etc. I never had a bad moment experience with them throughout the whole process. Very professional and friendly!

Musicians: Di Arte Entertainment- Daniela Bisenius
One of our favorite vendors because of how beautiful they made our ceremony to be. Its undescribeable. I only spoke with Daniela a few times on the phone and exhcanged a few emails prior to the wedding, and her and her instrumentatlists' were on time, played so beautifully, looked and sounded professional. She has been doing this for YEARS, you can tell. SHe takes her career and co. very seriously. She will help you pick out music to accomodate your special day if you need help choosing. Her rates were reasonable. We had 3 musicians: flute, cello, violin. Small deposit up front, was easy to work with!

Ceremony Vocalist: Robyn Vitson
Sung all of our chosen music so beautifully. Did not have any rehearsals with our instrumentalists' until the morning of, and she sounded incredible! She has demos on her website. She is a very experienced ceremony singer. Highly refer.
www.tritor.net/robynhoyevitson/

Videography: Shoot the Bride Films-Jeff Manimbo
RUN!!!! Scam artist! Do not use! Took me months to get raw footage, no edited footage, raw footage some is missing. THis man is suffering from several small court claims as he has done this to SEVERAL brides!!! RED FLAG!!