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Part II Vendor review from my 8/30/2003 wedding

balilove Posted: Oct 17, 2003 11:29 AM+

balilove MEMBER SINCE: 12/02 TOTAL POSTS : 1489 WEDDING DATE: Aug 30, 2003

Posted: Oct 17, 2003 11:29 AM

Part II Vendor review from my 8/30/2003 wedding

Part II:
Ultimate Class Limosines A+: Richard the driver of the bridal coach was a wonderful and helpful man. He and I were brainstorming various ways to fix my right shoe that had decided to grow larger!! All the limo people were great. On time or early, very helpful especially at the end of the night when they were trying to shuttle the very drunk guest and wedding party back to the hotel. The cars were immaculate, drives helpful, funny and courteous--ABSOLUTELY PROFESSIONALS. Special thanks to Matt the owner who deserves the applauses for helping coordinate the transportation. We also used the company for our out of town guests and for our ride to the airport for the honeymoon. Everything was exactly as we planned it.

Gary Leli Photography A+: Gary and his assistant, Bruce who I referred to as Buster all day and night were great. Unobtrusive, polite and organized. They often divided and conquered, we had a large reception and wedding party. I have seen a preview of our pictures and we are thrilled. If you are even having doubts about who to chose as you photographer--go and see him, his work said it all for me. And we are getting all of our proofs which was very important to my husband. My family and bridal party loved Gary and Bruce several of them commented that it is nice to finally work with NON-RUDE photographers that are not barking at you. Gary truly loves what he does and it shows--he made the formal picture taking fun and expediated the process. The unobtrusiveness was wonderful for us, we never felt like there were cameras sticking in our faces when we were having the time of our lives!

Wild Rose Video A+: Marie and her assistant, Ken were equally as wonderful. Their reputation of producing extraordinary DVD's/videos speaks for their artist creativity. Marie is a personal favorite to me, being a 'rock' of sorts for me during difficult times prior to the wedding when I was very ill. We look forward to seeing our final product, we are confident that it will be a knock out production--the demos of her and her husband's work that we saw prior to the wedding just blew us away. She uses handheld equipment which is key to an unobtrusive effect. Also having 2 people is also key so that they can shot the bride and groom at the same time while they get ready in different rooms.

Make-up Artist --Faces by Ginamarie: A++++
I had to give here mucho pluses for working in a room that didn't have the best lighting and then taking me to the natural outside light to make sure I was looking good. I wanted to look glamorous--I had the works on, I looked at myself in the mirror during the reception and said, 'Gee I really do look beautiful, Mom...' Thanks to Gina's artistry with make-up I looked as beautiful as I felt.

WithThisRing Posted: Oct 17, 2003 11:35 AM+

WithThisRing MEMBER SINCE: 11/02 TOTAL POSTS : 14142 WEDDING DATE: Sep 18, 2004

Posted: Oct 17, 2003 11:35 AM

Re: Part II Vendor review from my 8/30/2003 wedding

congrats

everything sounds wondeful

my cousin got married a week after you at the same hall.

I cant wait to see pics

Robeymuse Posted: Oct 17, 2003 12:06 PM+

Robeymuse MEMBER SINCE: 1/03 TOTAL POSTS : 3000 WEDDING DATE: May 16, 2004

Posted: Oct 17, 2003 12:06 PM

Re: Part II Vendor review from my 8/30/2003 wedding

Karen, it sounds so beautiful!
I was thinking about you the other day and wondered how everything went! We missed you on here but I am glad you are okay!