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My 10.09.04 Wedding Review W/Pics

Julestrd Posted: Oct 15, 2004 07:44 PM+

Julestrd MEMBER SINCE: 2/04 TOTAL POSTS : 1998 WEDDING DATE: Oct 09, 2004

Posted: Oct 15, 2004 07:44 PM

My 10.09.04 Wedding Review W/Pics

My day was absolutely fabulous with the help of these wonderful vendors

Beat The Clock Printing Inc. A+
My invites came in within a week. They looked exactly how I pictured them. They had a great selection and are very good at what they do.

Antoinette’s Cleaners: A++++
She was so helpful with my dress. She knew exactly what needed to be done and finished it all real quick. I asked her to make me two money bags: one black and one ivory a week before my wedding and they were done in 2 days. She pressed my veil added combs to my tiara, pressed the out of town bridesmaid dresses and was very reasonable with the price. I will continue to use her for everything I need fixed.

Glam Gal Designs.com: B
I ordered this about 2 months before my wedding. I never received an approximate date of arrival. I called and e-mailed several times and received no answers, and then one day about 2 weeks before my wedding it showed up. It was exactly what I wanted and was beautiful, the delivery and communication was the problem.

Butterflyxc from Ebay: A++++
I ordered my flowergirl dresses from her. They were absolutely adorable. Her response time was quick as well as delivery. Every time I e-mailed her she replied within hours. Great person to deal with.

Day of Coordinator: Judith Garner A++
She did a good job of trying to keep tabs on my dad, who kept running off for some reason. She was on time for everything and made sure everything was set up.

Creative Designs by April: A++++
I love, love, loved my hair. It stayed all night long. I love what she did with the other girls hair also. She was so sweet and very helpful. She was early, which put us right on time with everything. An absolute pleasure to work with.

Christine Martin: A++++
She did an absolute wonderful job on my makeup. The other girls were afraid of someone else doing their makeup, except one bridesmaid and she did ours so gorgeous. She was early also and brought me the lipstick for touch-ups. Wonderful person and a pleasure to work with.

Flowers by Burton: A++++
I showed them a pic of what I wanted my bo-k to look like and they copied it perfectly, down to the little pearls. The girls flowers came out spectacular as well as all the bouts, mom flowers, and grandma flowers. Loved it all. Still have my centerpieces they look beautiful.

Ferlise Photography/Videography: A+++++
We had Joe Jr. and his assistant Claus. (I think was his name) They were quick setting up and taking down a backdrop in our house. He remembered names, was very professional. We took pics at our house, then after the ceremony we went to Forest Park, where there is a carousel and my husband and I rode it and he took pictures of us. We didn’t even plan to do that, but they wouldn’t let us just stand around it so we had to buy a ticket and get on. It is definitely something to tell the grandkids. He was very patient with all my family since my dad had a tendency to sneak off and we had to search for him. Pictures were quick and fun. He kept snapping pictures when I didn’t even know he was. He was hidden most of the time taking pics of everything.

Lee-O-Bee Entertainment: A+++++
He was a cousin of DH’s hockey friend. And he was awesome. He has almost the whole party on the dance floor throughout the night. He even got my husband to do some kicks to New York, New York. I was impressed. He gave out a bunch of giveaways, that everyone loved. I had asked for him to announce my parents 28th wedding anniversary, he did and waited around till both my parents were in the room. He was very active throughout the entire party and kept checking on us throughout the night.

Designer Limos: A+++ Daniel and Ron
My bridesmaids booked them for our bacherlor/ette parties and they were wonderful. Always on time, very professional, and courteous. On our wedding day they were on time and even helped open doors to the church, fix my gown, hold my flowers.

Tuxedos by Flowerama: A+++
They were great to work with. Jerry was the best most professional man in there. He helped get everything fitted for my dad two days before the wedding.

Jericho Terrace: (pre-wedding) B/C
When we first booked, we had Frank Pacheco as our banquet manager. Since we lived in California at the time, our parents took care of the actual deposit. Our payments were always on time, and we set up our tasting with him and the catering hall and everything was fabulous. We moved back to New York, in July and when I started calling and asking for him, they always forwarded me to someone else. Until I went in to make my semi-final arrangements and met with Anna I didn’t know he no longer worked there. Our families and us included were very upset. So now dealing with Anna, my cousin and I went in for the arrangements and left there feeling very uncomfortable. She told me if I didn’t make my minimum, they wouldn’t throw in any extras, that I wasn’t able to chose a cake design unless I wanted to pay extra money. She almost had me paying for a cash bar prior to the cocktail hour that was suppose to be free of charge, but she gave it to us.
I called about 3 weeks before my wedding to take a look at the cakes, only to find out that I had a choice of 7 different cakes and not just the one she drew on a piece of paper for me.
My husband and I had a 7pm appt for our final arrangements 10 days prior to our wedding day. We were making final payment and dropping off favors and misc stuff. We waited for 45 minutes to be seen. We met with Mike Closs—which is who we wanted to speak with. He was very nice and helpful and threw in a bunch of extras for us since we were quite a bit below our minimum. But he also assured us he would be paying extra special attention to our party and checking on us since we didn’t meet our minimum. We didn’t see him but the one time when we first walked in there. Which brings me to our wedding day
Jericho Terrace: (day of) A++++
Our service staff was AMAZING!!! My bridal attendant was the most wonderful and attentive young lady ever. Jose, our maitre’d, was fabulous. They kept everyone drink filled throughout the entire night. My husband asked to not be disturbed until he was finished eating his steak and no one disturbed us AT ALL, until we got up and walked around. The food was amazing, the only complaint I got was there was SOOO much of it. The whole roasted pig they threw in for us was a huge hit. After cocktail hour they couldn’t believe there was still the main course to be served. The cake was delicious. Everyone LOVED the champagne march. If it weren’t for the staff we would have been very upset with our overall service of the place.
Here are the pics one of our groomsmen took throughout the night.

Wedding Pics

palebride Posted: Oct 15, 2004 07:53 PM+

palebride MEMBER SINCE: 6/03 TOTAL POSTS : 12372 WEDDING DATE: Apr 03, 2004

Posted: Oct 15, 2004 07:53 PM