Hey Ladies,
I got married on October first and it was the best day ever!! I'm just sad I can't remember everything! We didn't see each other before the wedding and I honestly wouldn't have had it any other way (plus I'd have to get up earlier). But seriously, seeing his face and knkowing I totally wowed him were so worth the wait!!
So here are my reviews:
Darrick Law Makeup Artistry - A++SO amazing! They showed up at 9:00 sharp and got right to work! Darrick herself had another bride to do makeup for and left to do that and was back by 10:15. There were 7 ladies to get ready in 3 hours and they got it...and we all looked beautiful if I do say so myself
One of her assistants even did one of the flower girl's hair when it looked like we were going to be running behind (this was not originally part of the deal) free of charge.
Brenda from Amazing Alterations - A- the alterations looked great. There was just one tiny thing that bothered me...when she took in the sides of the bodice and I came to try it on, I noticed that it kind of bowed out a little on the sides of my boobs, kind of making me look fat. And I have a tiny inkling she would have let me leave with it like that if I hadn't said anything. But when I mentioned it she fixed it without hesitation within about 10 minutes. But other than that everything was spot on. And here's how I looked (excuse the idiotic look on myface):
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church - B- I was kind of disappointed with this honestly. All our wedding prep was great and I thought we'd really made a good connection with our happy, nice priest. However, he was rude to my family at the rehearsal and again on the wedding day. The wedding coordinator lady was also totally rude, even to me. Just snapping at people and being extremely bossy...not authoritative..just plain bossy! Then the day of, we were doing pics after and were almost done, when all of a sudden the priest comes out of nowhere and kind of yells at us saying "It's 3:30, time to get out of the sanctuary. Gotta go!" In just a really rude way. I was pretty shocked.
Intuitive Blooms - Lacey- C-. I know you ladies love Lacey but she just pissed me off. When we initially met, she made me so hopeful and at ease, and she was in budget....it was great. But then the communication started to falter...it didn't improve leading up to the wedding like I had hoped. Then on the wedding day she had a runner bring stuff to the church and she was at the reception. That was fine, but none of the boutonirs/corsages were labeled and really didn't look a whole lot different from each other. She had promised she'd pin them on and figure it all out. The runner didn't have a clue and just left. So one of my bridesmaids had to figure it out and it was just one extra thing that didn't need to happen. Plus, the corsages were all supposed to be wrist corsages and they weren't. On the plus side, the boquets were absolutely beautiful and I was hopeful for the reception. At the reception, things were not great. I paid $25 a piece for centerpiecs that were supposed to be full with roses and hydrangea. Well, there was 1 sprig of hydrangea, 3 small roses and that was about it. It looked chintzy as hell. Furthermore, she charged me $5 per table for rose petals on the half of the tables that were nto floral and there was probably less than one rose ful of petals on each table. AND she didn't put vases up on the head table for our boquets, no toss boquet, and no cake table arrangements. I feel generous giving her a C. I am thoroughly disappointed.
DJ - Paul Singh from Midwest sound A+ - he kept the dancefloor going all night, took my guests'' request, played all the songs we wanted and made sure everyone got the chance to dance. Nothing but good things to say about this.
Limo - Sonic Limo A-. Everything was great, we had an awesome party bus, a fun driver and everything was pretty much amazing. The only downside was they had promised us that we could bring our champagne and other supplies the day before and they would bring it the day of. Well they didn't let us so my fi had to do some extra running around the day before. But oh well.
Photographer - Kara Knutson with M.E. Photography - A+ pending photos. I'm SO excited to see our photos. We had such a great time with her. Everything leading up to the wedding was great, and she was exactly what I needed on my wedding day to calm down. She took charge and (politely) told everyone where to be and arranged the pictures well. Made sure to get all the combinations of people we wanted. Also, she connected well with our group so we all had a ton of fun with her. She even took a seat with some of my guests at the wedding and they had a blast!! Also, her location selection was awesome so I just seriously can't wait for our pro pics. 2 more weeks to wait!
Venue - Manitou Station - A. I was seriously nervous about them. A lot of things leading up to the event were not good. Their sales lady, Lorah is no good at customer service and we had it out a couple times. But as soon as I met Cheri, their day-of person, things turned around - FAST. She made sure everything was amazing and things were flawless. All our guests commented on our awesome food and great bartenders. There's not a lot more to say besides "job well done."
Baker - Key's Cafe A+. We had a gorgeous 5-tier confection with the perfect color icing decorationd. The cake is sooo delicious and all our guests were raving about it. We had chocolate, red velvet and marble strawberry poke cake. I absolutely loved it.
Grand PhotoBooth A+. The photobooth attendants were awesome. They had fun with all our guests and brought really fun props. They also customized the top and bottom of the photo strips for us with our names and wedding date. It was awesome. Looking through our photo guest book was SO much fun the next day.
And here's one of my favorite non-pro pics of the wedding:
