Hi all!!!! I can't believe my day is over and so is my HM. The day couldn't have gone any better. I know everyone says it's the best day but it truly was!!! I was so overcome with joy and happiness.
So here goes...
1. The weather...beautiful for Atlantica which I give an A!!!....slighlty overcast but the sun kept peeking through. We had the ceremony outside on the sand and it was perfect!!!! Judy was my matre'de and she was incredibly helpful!!!! I had an extended cocktail hour which was great the food was outstanding...a raw bar with ice sculpture, keab station, pasta and a tuscan table. I would NOT recommend the tuscan table, ginny (the owner) described it being full of fresh breads and cheeses and various breads...it was almost empty with tiny silver tiered trays not worth the money...I should have gotten a carving station. Otherwise they were helpful and curteous..My guest couldn't stop raving about how gorgeous and classy it was...and how great the food was.
2. Flowers B ...Flower Garden in Port Jeff Holl was amazing!!! She hand made this beautful arch that we stood under for our vows. It was natural and even the centerpieces were stick baskets!!!! My b-k was pink and white callies..(James Cresse told me they didn't make pink!!!) with bare grass. My only problem was that I asked for hot pink and yellow in the centerpieces and even showed her pictures..however they were purple and yellow. thank god I'm not picky...because they still looked awesome!!! Honestly I was so happy that they could have been brown and I wouldn't have noticed.
Here's a link to some pics that my friends sent me...and then I'll finish my review
Jess&Joey - Congratulations - You looked amazing!!!! I can't believe you had to buy another dress, but it was perfect for your wedding.
I have been awaiting your review of Atlantica and am glad everything went smoothly (despite the Tuscan table. ) It looked beautiful, classy, elegant. Please post some proofs when you get them! I am down to six weeks and counting.
Congratulations!!! It looked like an awesome wedding! I am also an Atlantica bride for this coming September. Please give me more detailed feedback. I also want to know how many people at Atlantica you tipped out and what you tipped out to them (if I'm not prying too much) Thanks for your help.
Eric Peterson lives in huntington...now I'm not sure where he was from originally. He's married to Brigit (who I work with...)
As for Bridal reflections (Carle Place) they treated me very poorly!!! They were snotty and kept ignoring my requests. as you can tell by my pics..it was a small informal wedding..including the dress. So when I picked out a brides maid dress they insisited I get fitted on that side. Fine whatever. So when I called for my first fitting..they kept asking who the bride was (they thought I was being fitted for a bridesmaid)...I kept telling them over and and over it was informal..blah blah...Very annoying and made me feel like crap. Needless to say my fitting comes and they keep me waiting for 40 mins. They can't find my dress. Afetr an hour they realize that they pulled the Jessica Smith bridal party not me the bride (stinks having a common last name so glad it's changed!!!) So They told my mother and I to go eat dinner and they'd bring the dress from a warehouse...(*we live in suffoolk and it was a weeknight) Finally I got fitted at 7:30 from my 4:00 appointment.. And because I was soooo pi**ed they finally put me on the bride side!!! Shouldn't I have been there all along regardless of the price of my dress?
Anyway they ordered the wrong size so the dress reallllly had to be taken in it looked awful
second fitting...they took it in too much under the arm pits and it cut off my circulation...the seams they sewed puckered throughout the whole flat front. I cried and told my mom I could not get married in this dress (I thought it was jinxed after the whole ordeal...) They insisted they could fix it but I had had enough and just paid for it and left as is. So I would never have to see them again. They weren't helpful or understanding..they just took my balance for the dress and let me take that piece of cr*p home. So that's where it still is...in the bridal bag (which replaced the clear plastic after I threw a fit...) I went out and bought something off the rack and had my dress altered by a family friend... Best decision of my life!!!! I just think that they should have treated me kindly regardless of how much money I was spending...a bride should be treated like a bride.
