I'm going to post this in the Cape May thread but since the vendors I used are general South Jersey vendors (they aren't from Cape May) I wanted to post this here, too.
Long story short, I give an A+ to pretty much everyone I worked with. Everyone I used was so professional and the quality of their work was outstanding.
Venue: The Peter Shields Inn in Cape May. Gorgeous! The food was sooo good and Bridget (the coordinator, who also officiates weddings) was such a pro. We stayed there for the weekend and the rooms were perfect. It was a great location for picture taking and it is directly across from the beach. We got married on the beach and then had a cocktail hour on the large porch overlooking the ocean.
Hair and Makeup: Karen Capcino. A lot of you have used her so you know that she does amazing work. I just wanted to add to that because she and Kelly (her business partner) were awesome. They were so nice, they were able to work quickly, and I felt like a super model when they were finished.
Music: I used the ThomasD band, which you can find on the Gigmasters website. He (Tom Duffy, the band leader) played solo guitar for our beach ceremony and then played as a jazz trio for the cocktail hour/ reception. He works with a bunch of other musicians so they can put together a band based on your requirements. They do jazz bands, funk bands, swing music, etc. We could only have three instruments in our venue, so we used a guitarist (Tom), a bass player, and a pianist. They were excellent and I got so many compliments about them.
Photography: Perfect Day Photography did our pictures. They really speak for themselves (you can go to perfectday.smugmug.com and search through the wedding pictures. If you check out the Brett and Caitlin album under weddings/2010weddings you can see our pictures.) I am not photogenic at all and I was very happy with how these turned out. The price was also very good (you can find pricing info on perfectdayphotography.com)
Flowers: We used Robertson's, which is in Philly. The flowers were absolutely gorgeous. They are a bit pricey, but it is so worth it. People were raving about the flowers all night.
The Dress: I got my dress at Sabrina Ann, which is a consignment shop in Ardmore, PA. My dress was a sample dress, so it was 50% off. They were so helpful and they had a really good selection. The most telling part is that I was torn between two dresses, and one was much more expensive. The woman who helped me basically told me that the cheaper one was more flattering on me (and she was right.) She could have talked me into spending more money, but she didn't.)
The only vendor that I was not particularly happy with was our baker, Bredenbeck's in Philly. The cake was delivered with a couple of smudges in it and they didn't quite get our order right (they didn't remember to put flowers on any of the tiers except the top tier even though we asked them to, which I have in writing.) However, the cake was still pretty and it was actually very tasty.
Oh, we got our invitations from Wedding Paper Divas. They were easy to work with and the invitations looked really good.
I think that's it. Let me know if you have any questions about these vendors.