The Brides' Review - My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! with pics!! UPDATED (8/12) with link to proofs!!

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My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! with pics!! UPDATED (8/12) with link to proofs!!

bobbsbride Posted: Aug 09, 2004 02:54 PM+

bobbsbride MEMBER SINCE: 10/03 TOTAL POSTS : 1512 WEDDING DATE: Jul 05, 2004

Posted: Aug 09, 2004 02:54 PM

My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! with pics!! UPDATED (8/12) with link to proofs!!

Here is my review:

Crest Hollow Country Club- A+++++++
They made me feel like royalty on my wedding day! Unfortuneatly we were unable to have our outdoor ceremony due to the rain that morning.

But the ceremony room that we had was set up beautifully!! I was very happy with all the efforts they put into my ceremony. From what I hear the cocktail hour was amazing. Unfortunately we had to miss it because we went to take outdoor pictures that we missed in the morning. The reception was wonderful! The food was excellent.

Officant Vicent Sica- A+++++++++
He did an absolutely amazing job on our ceremony. He is a wonderful speaker! I loved every moment of our ceremony!

PowerHouse Band- A+++++++
They were amazing!! They sounded just as good as the artist's songs they performed. They are a great band for about 1/3 of the price of other bands!! I was so amazed by their performance and energy! I received so many compliments about the band!

Ms. Goldstein (harpist)- A++++++
Another 1/3 the price vendor that exceeded any expectation! I had her play for the ceremony and cocktail hour! It was beautiful! As for those who worried about the harp not being heard at the cocktail hour my mother informed me that the sound filled the room!

Photography- Cassarino Studio's

Service- A++++++
Cassarino's was very easy to work with in finding the right package for our event. They were wonderful at throwing in many different extras from a couple of different coupons that I had obtained.

Proofs-A+++++++
I recieved the phone call to pick them up the day after we got back from our honeymoon!! It was so excited to get them back so soon! It made the wedding excitement last just a little longer! Mickey was our photographer for the day and he did a wonderful job! The pictures came out beautiful! They candids came out just as nice as the posed shots. I wish I could post them all but we got back over 400 and I dont have the time or paitence to post them all! *** Please feel free to view my Proof, the link is on the bottom!*** I don't know how I am going to be able to get my album down to 34, considering I love so many of the pictures!

Designing service-A++++++++
We worked with Little Razz on our wedding album! He was so fun and easy to work with! He helped us lay out the album so that it will look perfect! I am so very excited about my B&W photos that we ordered! They make beautiful portraits that are B&W's with hand painted flowers, this was included in our package (another perk!). Another great thing about them is they gave us a choice between a few different TY's! I picked the traditional photos in slip cards! I was really impressed that they gave me the cards and envolopes! I am just not looking foward to writting them all out! When my order comes in I will post about the quality (which I have no worries in at all!).

Flowers- Flowers By Brian A++++++
They did a fantastic job on everything! I was so happy with my bouquet! It was more than I had imagined! They were so helpful in everything! They invited me to come the day before my wedding to see some of the arrangements and bouquets so if I didn't like something they could change it right away! I didn't need to change a thing!!

Limos-Royalty A++++
We hired a Rolls Royce to take us to Harrison Manor house after the wedding! They driver was so nice and helped up with everything we needed!

Dresses- Adrienes- A
I got my dress for 85% off due to the fact that it is discontinued, so I am very happy about that. There was only one problem at my second fitting. That problem was the dress was not ready so we had to wait!

BM Dresses- B
When we ordered the dresses I had asked the sales woman if the designer made Jr BM dresses. She told me no, but said she would order a Jr BM's dress catalogue so I could see some (they don't carry them!). She wrote it down with my name and number and she never got back to me. Anyway I began researching Jr BM dresses online. I went to the designers website and there was the same dress that my BM's ordered for Jr's. So I had them order it! Luckily they were able to add it to the other order so it was all the same dye lot. My Bm's had a load of problems with the dress not being ready like I had!

Tuxedos- VIP Tuxedos- D-
Oh my! We had heard so many good things about them!! I found great tux's for the GM's. I heard there were some problems at pick up with wrong tux's, rips, and big stains. They tried to give my husband a white vest with a huge stain on it!! The biggest problem occurred the day of the wedding! The moment my husband put on his shoe it fell apart!! Crest hollow glued it back together! Then right before the ceremony the other shoe broke!! Here is the kicker! When my husband returned his tux he told them and they said 'thanks for letting us know!' No I am sorry, NOTHING!!

Hair- My hairdresser of 12 years, Pat- A++++++
She has done my hair for every important day of my life including my proms!! She always does a magnificent job!

****UPDATE****
Here is a link of some proofs that I uploaded into my LIweddings album!! If they look a little funky its because I took pictures of them with my digital and cropped them! In all my idea came out good!! ENJOY! Thank you for all your support girls!

My Proofs!!

drewsgirl Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:01 PM+

drewsgirl MEMBER SINCE: 10/03 TOTAL POSTS : 1224 WEDDING DATE: Jun 05, 2004

Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:01 PM

Re: My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! With pics!!

Congrats!! Cant wait to see pics!

bobbsbride Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:04 PM+

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Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:04 PM

Re: My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! With pics!!

bobbsbride Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:05 PM+

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Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:05 PM

Re: My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! With pics!!

rocky23 Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:06 PM+

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Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:06 PM

Re: My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! With pics!!

Your hairdresser does she come to people's home and what is her info?

bobbsbride Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:08 PM+

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Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:08 PM

Re: My July 5th Wedding at the Crest Hollow review! With pics!!

Posted by rocky23

Your hairdresser does she come to people's home and what is her info?

No Sorry! She opened the salon especially for me on my wedding day at 5 am!!! She works at Artistic Hair Dressers in Farmingdale and they are open on the weekends!! She is amazing and the prices are reasonable!!

misawa18 Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:24 PM+

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Posted: Aug 09, 2004 03:24 PM