UPDATED WITH PRO PICS_Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

I know every LIW bride says this and it is so true – it all comes so quickly and I cannot believe the time has come to write my review!! It all seemed so far away but then the last few months of it all flew. ENJOY YOUR MOMENTS BRIDES! It comes and goes so quickly. Hope this review is helpful to any future brides. Feel free to FM me with any quesitons. I know my wedding would have been so much harder to plan and no way near as WONDERFUL without all the prior LIW brides input and this wonderful site for making it easy to search and find help. This site is a godsend! So here goes….

LIW site – A+
I seriously picked almost all of my major vendors as a result of feedback I saw on this site from real brides. It made the planning so much easier. I started off with a short list based on input here and then went with gut instincts once I met with the particular vendors. My only critique of LIW would be that, on a few occasions, certain vendors that fellow LIW brides raved about seemed to be censored out. I didn’t care for this at all. I feel we should all be able to make our own decisions. With that said, the positives of this site far outweigh any issues I had.

Organizing it all – Excel file master spreadsheet
My excel file kept my attendees, address labels, list of who had received invitations, shower invite list, seating arrangements, who gave what gift and when etc. all organized. It was my bible this past year. Always kept a backup saved just in case as well!!!

Engagement Ring/Wedding banns – A+
George D’Auria (516-659-8631: Thurs/Sat by appt. – Jewelry district/Manhattan).
George is someone my family has known forever and I told DH to always buy any future “gifts” from him – he is the nicest man and you get so much more for your money bypassing a retailer. I wanted a classic solitaire diamond/platinum band and wanted 5 diamonds on the wedding band for me. Rob wanted simple white gold for his. Our rings came out amazing. Mr. “D” is the best and I highly recommend him.


Weight Loss Assistance – A+
Jenny Craig and NYSC
I joined Jenny Craig 9 months before the wedding and lost 50 lbs when all I was said and done. I ended up not searching for a dress until about 6 months before the wedding because I knew I would be losing weight. They were a great program to really focus on weight loss. I definitely recommend them. I also joined the gym and got a personal trainer a couple of months before the wedding. Victoria at NYSC in Manhattan was an amazing motivator and I would highly recommend any brides who are overweight to spend the money on this – so much is spent on all these other “things” and this was the one thing you truly do for you – I felt beautiful on my wedding and I also felt HEALTHY! Here are my before (Fall 08) and after (Wedding day) pics.




Hotel Block – A
Best Western Woodbury Inn – Jessica (www.bestwesternwoodbury.com)
I found out after I booked the RH that the US Open Golf would be at Bethpage our wedding weekend and basically any mainstream hotel or upscale hotel was either sold out or the prices were $500+ a night. The Best Western Woodbury and Executive Inn are right across the street from the Woodlands so we went in to see what they were like. I initially was so disappointed that we couldn’t get a “nicer” hotel but have to say that Jessica was lovely to deal with and we were able to block 15 rooms (and added more later) and got a really inexpensive rate. With the economy going in the tank during the year, this ended up being a great deal for those who had to travel and I was glad we had the rooms. And the rooms themselves were fine. Simple and clean and a great location. In addition, they provided a free shuttle service for guests to the RH and back later in the night. The only problems we encountered were in the beginning, the phone # for their toll free line broke so guests had difficulty trying to get through. But overall, for a value hotel, they did a good job and you couldn’t beat the proximity or the free shuttle.

STD – A
Vistaprint (www.vistaprint.com)
My STDs came out great and were so inexpensive from Vistaprint. Another LIW bride posted a discount coupon and it was even less than I thought it would be. Since the US Open was going to be on Long Island during our wedding weekend, I sent them out 9 months prior so people could make hotel arrangements early. I bought clear labels and made address labels from my master list in excel (merged into Word) – I am not computer savvy by any means – the Avery label box explained how to do it all.



Invites, Table #s and Name Cards – A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
T E S S A ( www.E v enst ar Pap erie.com)
Tessa was really becoming popular on LIW when I began planning and she has taken off like crazy in popularity since then and for good reason. I found her to be genuine, charming, devoted, funny and an inspirational person to work with. Her daily blogs were fantastic and she is committed to her craft. On a few rare occasions I’ve seen some brides frustrated by her (usually over her primary mode of communication – email – or how long it takes to design and print the final product). This always baffled me because whenever I looked at their wedding dates, they seemed to be months and months or over a year away. Who needs invites over a year ahead of time I wondered? To me, she was upfront about things from the moment you begin the process with her in terms of your deadline when you need things by etc. I will say this to future brides – if you have the time and patience, and you are looking for a personalized and beautiful custom invitation, go with Tessa. She is incredible. But there is a process involved so you do need patience. Her first mockups weren’t what I was looking for – but I kept communicating via email with her and giving her specifics and within a couple of weeks after the first mockups, I had the version I wanted - she NAILED it. My entire wedding theme, colors etc. began with the invite she created for me. I mean this sincerely. I built the flowers, DIY projects, favors etc. around it. And when the finished product arrived, it was beautifully packaged and looked like a present itself. I literally received calls, texts, emails from countless guests and others who saw the invite I had sent telling me it was the most beautiful invite they had ever seen. And it truly was. I adore her and recommend her with all my heart.



In addition to our invites, she did my table #s to match my invite (and I put them in inexpensive frames I bought at the Dollar Store). She also did the place cards (though I had her leave table #s blank and filled them in myself because of late responders to our wedding).



Dress – A+
RK Bridal – Casablanca #1835
I cannot rave enough about this place. I am 38 years old and was the last of my friends and siblings to marry and the one piece of advice every single person gave to me was “Do not spend thousands of dollars on your dress”. I don’t mean any insult to those brides whose one dream is to wear a really expensive dress – that is absolutely a personal decision. But for me, with us paying for the wedding ourselves – my goal from the beginning was to do my best to see if there were beautiful dresses out there for less than $1000. If I didn’t find one, I was going to pay more. I had heard about RK Bridal from LIW brides and did a search beforehand for what brands they carried – I immediately fell in love with about several Casablanca dresses I saw online and brought those pics with some others in for my first consultation. RK is not for everyone. If you have dreams of being pampered in a fancy boutique, this isn’t for you. It is a place where if you know what “look” you want, you can find beautiful dresses for much less than other places. My dress was gorgeous with a long train and beautiful beading. And it was only $750. I choose a very simple veil because I was only going to wear that for the church and that was another $115. I highly recommend both Casablanca brand dresses and RK to any brides.

One other note – I didn’t use them for alterations – instead, I recommend going with your own seamstress – RK quotes pretty high amounts for alterations but I used a woman I normally go to and it was ½ the price of what RK would have charged.



Shoes – A+
A.Marinelli Special Effects (bought at a local shoe store in Manhattan)
I wanted a sandal with some sparkle and loved these shoes. They were so comfortable and I wore them the whole night and did not have foot pain at all. They only cost about $65.



MOH dress and FG dresses – A+
Coren Moore (www.corenmoore.com)
I had been a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding and fell in love with the dress we wore for her wedding. So when the time came to pick out my sister’s dress, we went straight to the same place, Coren Moore in NYC (across the street from RK Bridal). We ordered her dress in sage green with an ivory sash and flowergirl dresses in ivory with a sage sash. They were beautiful and the people were very nice to deal with.



Tuxes - A+
Gino's Fashion Tuxedos - Farmingdale (www.1888mytuxes.com)
Boy do the guys have it easy. I went with the BM and DH to the place the BM had gone for his wedding and this took all of 15 minutes. Classic black Ralph Lauren tuxes with ivory shirt, vest and tie for DH and black vest and tie for BM. They looked gorgeous in them. Very easy.


Rehearsal Dinner – A+ (despite the rain)
Backyard BBQ at my sisters
We basically made some things, bought lots of stuff at Costco and also got a couple of hot dishes from local restaurants we liked for wings (Lisa’s Buffalo Grille in Greenlawn) and a pasta (Mr. Sausage in Huntington) . A really inexpensive way to throw a party for a huge amount of people. We had about 60 attend the RD (because our families are so large).

RD Tent rental – A+
Loeber Tents (www.loebertents.com) We weren’t inviting children to our wedding so we planned our rehearsal dinner to be a really fun backyard bbq the night before the wedding at my sister’s house (including all our nieces/nephews so they could be part of the festivities). Who would have known the rain we would get in June would be like a monsoon. With that said, thankfully I had prepared for the worst and a friend had recommended Loeber Tents; they were terrific. Despite the horrible weather, we had a nice dry event with the tent set up just off of my sister’s porch. They set everything up the day before and took it all down the morning of my wedding. I was really happy with how efficient they were and the quality of the tents/tables. Brian was really nice to deal with as well.

RD cake – A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Danielle’s Delights (Email: [email protected])
Our best man’s sister recently started her own cake making company based on her incredible passion for baking. I had seen some of the things she’s made for communions, birthdays, showers and asked if she would do our rehearsal dinner cake. I wanted a Yankee theme since DH and I are huge Yankee fans. Her cake was out of this world. Pictures don’t even show the incredible detail that was included. And it tasted delicious too. She made a bunch of cupcakes decorated as baseballs too for the kids. She was incredible! I highly recommend her for any events you want a theme cake for.



Day of Weather – A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ok, only June 09 brides can truly understand how torturous the month of our wedding was in my opinion. For a month that traditionally is so beautiful, it seemed to rain every day. I sadly obsessed over this and tried not to but couldn’t help it. It poured up until the day of our wedding. Everyone told me not to worry – that my Dad would take care of things and some sun would have to come out (sorry if this sounds corny but I lost my Dad to cancer 4 years ago so everyone I know was praying and keeping their fingers crossed and hoping for a miracle). I woke up on June 19th and the clouds started to part and by the late morning, the sun was out and never went away. One of my favorite moments was sitting in the limo waiting to be told I could go into the church and I just looked at the locket with the pic of my Dad on my bouquet and thought “He did it – he really did it. The sun is out/ He’s here.”

Photographer/Videographer – (Final review A+; Planning/Day of – A+)
Duet (www.duetwedding.com)
Duet was another vendor I saw rave reviews about on LIW. And I literally met with them and never met with another. I found their entire operation so impressive and the work of the various photographers spoke for themselves. We went with Sam’s team simply because the albums I saw of his felt more like my style. I couldn't be happier with my pics. The entire time leading up to the wedding and the day of, I liked this company tremendously and the people who work there. Sam and his team were lovely the day of and seemed to be everywhere and yet barely noticeable. They took a beautiful mix of pics and candids....I just ordered our album today and it was so hard to choose from the over 2500. I love that you get to keep the CD too - you can order your own extras etc. Definitely recommend Duet and Sam was a sweetheart. Haven't seen the video yet. Just ordered it today.

Here are some of my favorite pro pics...


Locket for bouquet - B
Annie Howes (www.anniehowes.com)
The locket I ordered with a pic of my Dad (who is deceased) came out beautifully. But Annie forgot to mail it to me. So as we got closer to the wedding I had to email her a couple of times to ask her where it was. She felt horrible and said she thought she had sent it so I'm assuming this was just an innocent mistake. But still, it stressed me out so for that only a B.



Florist – B-
Pedestals - Robert (www.pedestalsflorist.com)
I choose this vendor because of the rave LIW reviews as well as the fact they were recommended by our RH. I then began to panic a few months later when I started to hear some negative reviews. It’s hard not to give Pedestals more than a B- because the flowers were lovely, especially my bouquet (where Robert included a locket of my Dad I had made up). My problem with the company itself is what I’ve heard others complain about: 1) You call, they don’t answer; 2) You leave messages and they don’t respond or convey things to the person you’re working with; 3) I went in for my final review and everything seemed great with Robert but I then asked the receptionist to send me the final invoice and it had incorrect information all over as if I hadn’t even gone over it all with Robert (e.g., 4 flower girl bouquets when I clearly stated we had 7 flower girls – things like that); 4) I faxed them the revisions and called to confirm they received and it took a couple of calls before I finally got Robert on the line and he had never seen the revisions; 5) He ended up not making some of the revisions (e.g., following my wishes for lighter peonies in the CP, like it stated in my contract); 6) He didn’t follow my wishes with the church flowers or with MOH’s bouquet which was supposed to be a different color then the FG bouquets. Again, were the flowers beautiful and did people comment on them? Yes. Were they what I asked for – not in all cases. Very frustrating. When you pay for a service, you should get what you asked for and not have difficulty communicating. Robert was a really nice guy. But service should be MUCH better in my opinion.



DJ – A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FM Entertainment – Paulie (MC) (www.FMDJS.com). This was another vendor that seemed to take off like crazy on the LIW boards when I first started planning – it seemed as if 80% of all LIW brides were using Frank from FM. People raved about them and how great Frank was. I was on the fence about a band or a DJ – cost of a good band was way too much for us but I didn’t want cheesy – so I went to visit FM for a personal showcase. They already told me Frank was busy for our day but Deirdre felt they had someone else that would suit my needs and I went in and met Frank and listened to Paulie MC. It was funny – from the get go, I thought Frank seemed nice but a little bit arrogant – I just didn’t click with him. But I loved Paulie – I was only there maybe 15 minutes but the package they had for an MC and DJ sounded really reasonable and I liked Paulie’s personality. Fast forward to June 19th and I am telling you Paulie was THE BEST!!! I loved him. The DJ with him was Frankie and he was awesome too. From the moment we got there, Paulie was checking in to make sure everything was just to our liking. He played most of the stuff on my wish list and lots of other great stuff – the floor was packed all night and everyone told me it was the best DJs they’d ever heard – I loved how fun the music was but they were very classy. I highly recommend FM Entertainment and encourage others to go meet them in person because you may find out Frank isn’t the right one for you but the others on his team are. A great experience!



Limos – A+
Royalty Limos – Franklin Square (www.royaltylimo.com)
Royalty was recommended by our RH and I went to meet with them and thought Judy was so nice and professional. I got to look at the various limos etc. and booked on the spot. We got a 12 passenger limo, an old Rolls and a van for friends coming in from NYC. There was apparently a problem with the A/C for the van for my NYC guests on the way out to the wedding. However, they upgraded the van to a limo home with champagne for those guests which I thought was good. On a much more positive note, Tom was our driver to the church and Ricky was driving the old Rolls. What awesome drivers – they were so nice and accommodating. And the Rolls had a/c that worked AWESOME – I was not expecting that at all. I highly recommend this company to anyone. Great during the planning and awesome drivers the day of. Loved them!



Hair – A+
Dino at Heather’s, Plandome Road, Manhasset (516-365-2272)
I have gone to Dino forever to get my coloring – he and Lorraina, his assistant, are the best! The one thing DH wanted more than anything was for me to wear my hair down. He loves long hair and doesn’t like buns etc. So I tried to find half up/half down hairdos that might work. At my trial, Dino tried to persuade me to wear my hair in a bun. He said he’d do a trial with it down but said that my face should be what is showing, and I wouldn’t have to fuss. The ½ up and ½ down trial just wasn’t me. He then threw it in a beautiful low bun and I felt like Grace Kelly. Honestly. He said he’d do whatever I wanted though so I took pics of both and showed them to my sisters etc. and everyone felt the bun was the look for me. I am SO grateful Dino encouraged this. I LOVED my hair and DH thought I looked beautiful. Even better, I didn’t fuss all night. And I did sweat dancing but you couldn’t tell because my hair stayed nice all night!!! I recommend Dino to anyone. He is fantastic.

Hair accessory – A+
www.haircomesthebride.com
I saw this on another LIW brides review and found two adorable combs that I had my hairdresser add just to one side of my hair. I loved it and they were only $40 total.



Day of Jewelry – A+
My something “borrowed” and “blue” from my sister in law. A gorgeous diamond necklace and diamond studs with a drop down blue jewel earring. I truly felt like a movie star and was so thrilled that she loaned it out for the day. Too bad I couldn’t keep it



Makeup – A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Angel Eyes – LIW vendor (Denise D’Attolico – 516.241.9805)
Denise was recommended by my first consultant at my RH and then I saw she was on LIW as well.
I loved my trial with her – she is so nice and down to earth. She also could come to my sisters the day of just for me which I appreciated. As the wedding got closer, I emailed her because I had been tanning and so I was worried the coloring might need to be different etc. She said not to worry and showed up at my sister’s house with everything she needed. She did airbrush and I felt truly like Grace Kelly at that point. What an amazing job. I also have to say that she was so calming and nice to be around in that time leading up to the big moment! It really gave me a minute to just take a breath and drink the moment in for a ½ hour before the mayhem. I highly recommend her.



Day-of Lingerie – A+
www.personalizedpresents.com
Another LIW bride had spoken about this company and I ordered a light blue pair of embroidered panties for me to wear on the wedding day and a black pair of embroidered boxer briefs for DH to wear. They were really cute and comfortable and good quality.



MOH DOJ gift – A+
www.weddingdepot.com
I took this idea from another LIW bride – the necklace and earrings were beautiful but I’m not sure they are still offering it on their website. It was #1556 and was a crystal necklace that went beautifully with her dress.

MISC. Gifts – A+
www.blissliving.com
I wanted to get my MOH another gift for allowing us to have our RD at her house and also wanted to get a gift for my cousin and sister who were doing readings at our wedding. I bought them adorable silver charm necklaces that had their children’s names on it and they loved them. THis pic is just a sample from the website since I didn't take a pic of the ones I bought. They were adorable!



Church – How does one rate a church? I’ll rate the planning, the Deacon and church itself as wonderful but a GIGANTIC F to the music director in charge
St. Mary’s RC Church, Manhasset
This is the church I grew up going to and the planning process with them was easy. They were very accommodating since I’m not a parishioner any longer. Father Michael was a sweetheart and met with us and helped in the details. They allowed us to do pre-cana in NYC since we live there. And we had a family friend who is a Deacon (Frank Bice) marry us and he was the best and made the day so meaningful.

Here’s where the problem is – they have a music director Diane who is in charge of all wedding music and is also the singer. Her voice is lovely. I spoke with her and met with her and literally had a detailed list of everything we wanted sent prior to the wedding and she told me she received it all and we were good to go. I paid the fee the night of the rehearsal dinner. On the day of my wedding, I am on the altar and the first reading finishes and I’m waiting for Diane’s voice to start singing – nothing. Unity candle lighting and I’m waiting to hear Ave Maria – my favorite song of all time. Nothing. Diane was a no show. No phone calls. No backup singer. Nothing. I will never forget this occurred on my wedding day. Again, brides need to prepare for anything and just enjoy the day. My day was wonderful. And again, most guests would not know what they were missing. But I knew and was furious. I would be lying if I didn’t say that a no show for a singer when I put so much planning into it all is truly unacceptable. And for that, the only bad review of my wedding goes to Diane. PS Still haven’t received an explanation or apology.

Church Programs, Unity and Memorial Candles, Bubbles
Programs and Candles – DIY; Bubbles (www.theknot.com)
These were simple to do. I bought nice 8 ½ x 11 paper at Staples, and created my own program based on some samples I found online for Catholic ceremonies. My one regret is I didn’t make enough of them. I thought a Friday wedding would mean not as many people would make it to the church but they did and we were short. The candles I bought were from Michael’s and then I bought a piece of vellum paper, made a design of DH and my name for our unity candle and then wrote a small scripture passage and the names of my brother and father on the Memorial candle. They came out great and were easy and inexpensive to do. The bubbles I ordered from theknot.com when they had a big sale months ago. They were a big hit. Our church didn’t allow anything else so this was all we could use.



Ringbearer pillow – A++++++++++++++++++++++++
L JO Embroidery (www.ljoembroidery.com) I found this vendor on www.etsy.com and adored her work. She embroidered our names and the wedding date on one side and I loved how simple and elegant it looked. I ordered it in white with a light blue trim because that matches our bedding and we’re going to keep it as a throw pillow.



MISC. DIY
Candy Bar, Picture sharing notes, Menus
The candy bar at the RH came out great. Instead of doing favors, I bought about 12 various sized containers at Christmas Tree Shoppes in pink and green (our colors) and then went to WalMart and bought a ton of different types of candies. At Michael’s they had clear baggies to put out next to the candy for people to take a bag full. It was a HUGE hit and everyone loved it and thought it was such a good idea. I've been to so many weddings. No knock on girls who find favors to give that they love but at the end of the night, a bag of goodies to take is really all guests are looking for. Ours LOVED it and the only thing I would have done differently was buy a little more candy!! :)



We also printed up info on how to share digital pics with us on shutterfly – we basically printed it out on biz cards we bought at Staples and had the RH spread them around the cocktail hour and ballroom tables. It was a great way for us to see pics on our honeymoon logging into shutterfly.

I made the menus using nice paper from Staples and creating 2 columns on an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper in Word. Then used a paper cutter to slice down the middle so we had two menus from one piece of paper.



Cake – A+
Francesco’s Bakery – Hicksville
Our cake was included in the price but you go to Francesco’s to pick out design, flavor etc. and for any upgrades. I knew I wanted an upgrade to the red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting so we went with that but all of the selections from the tasting were INCREDIBLE – and I am not a sweets person at all. They are terrific and I’m glad The Woodlands uses them.



Reception Hall – OUTSTANDING A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Woodlands, Woodbury (www.woodlandsatwoodbury.com)
I have been to so many weddings on Long Island and really was hoping I’d find a place I’d never been to before. A dear friend’s cousin told me about the Woodlands and knowing how impeccable her taste is, I went to visit it. I had also visited Old Field Club (charming but too far out east for us) and Glen Cove Mansion (nice but didn’t care for the shape of the ballroom). It was a torrential downpour Friday evening in May and I drove up the long winding road to the mansion at the Woodlands and it was like I knew before I walked in the door that this was it. Once inside, it was even better than I could imagine. Totally my taste. Only one wedding at a time. A beautiful old mansion from the 1920s. Fireplaces and gorgeous but not ostentatious. Even better, I loved Eirika (the consultant I met with who left before our wedding date but was terrific). I then did a search for Woodlands brides on LIW and there weren’t a lot of them but every one of them RAVED about it and their pics looked incredible. Even better, I heard the food was excellent. Apparently they had revamped the place and had an incredible chef etc. We booked the next day. During the planning, I had heard of personnel changes and Eirika left and I was irritated I didn’t receive a call or anything but as soon as I called, they put me at ease right away and I started working with Melanie and Nicole and they were AWESOME. Always quick to get back to me and very excited about our planning process. Our tasting was incredible – they made me feel so special and even said how they’d be happy to accommodate my friend who is gluten intolerant etc. Just a class act all the way. Meeting with Nicole to drop off all our stuff (photos, DIY menus, bathroom baskets etc.) the day before was truly a highlight of my planning. She was the sweetest person ever and you would have thought it was her day – she was so excited for everything we had done and gave great advice on where to put pics etc. Our guests were blown away by the personalization of the Woodlands with pictures everywhere. Day of, Sam was my bridal attendant and she was the best. There from the moment I arrived to cater to my every wish. She was awesome as was the Maitre d’ Antonio and all of the wait staff/bartenders etc. They were professional and wonderful and everyone commented on what an amazing place, how good the food was etc. The Woodlands is an amazing place to get married and I’d recommend it highly.



Honeymoon – HEAVENLY A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Greece (Athens, Mykonos and Santorini)
I planned our honeymoon myself using recommendations from friends who had gone to Greece before as well as www.tripadvisor.com which I love. We had a blast and for anyone looking to plan a phenomenal place to go, I highly recommend it. Athens is so impressive with its historical sights and charming Plaka neighborhood. We stayed at a great boutique hotel close to all the sights called Athens Gate. The islands of Mykonos and Santorini were heaven on earth. The food was delicious and healthy and the people were warm and friendly. We stayed at the Mykonos Grace which was beautiful and in Santorini, we stayed in the town of Oia at a place called Ikies. Absolutely gorgeous!! For the entire trip, the weather was 80s, sunny and dry. Seriously the greatest trip I’ve ever been on. We splurged for our hotel in Santorini as you can see from the pics and it was just heaven on earth and totally worth it. Definitely recommend Greece for a honeymoon.



That’s it for now. Feel free to FM me with any questions. And most of all, ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY this time. Try to relax when things don’t go perfectly. It will all be wonderful and you will miss it once the day is over. Good luck!!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

What a beautiful day you had!!! Everything and everyone was gorgeous!!!

Your honeymoon looked amazing!!

Congratulations!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Your pictures are so pretty. I'm so glad everything worked out and you had a beautiful day.

I love the picture of the flowergirls running towards the gazebo, that was so cute. (I had one of your nieces in my class this past year, I recognize her from the pics)

I'm glad that you had a great experience with Paulie at FM, that's who I'm using and haven't heard too much about him, I hear more about Frank.

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

beautiful! congrats!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Beautiful Congratualtions

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Amazing review...the part about your Dad being there made me cry!

And I'm going to Greece on my HM too so your pics just made me

Congrats!!!!!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

i love when reviews come up!! everything looks beautiful, and im so glad to hear the good review of fm entertainment!! congrats!!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Thank you for the review!! congratulations!!!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Congrats great review everything looked great

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Thank you for taking the time to write a review You and your wedding looked beautiful...your HM pics are amazing ....Congrats

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Thanks for the awesome review!Everything looked amazing-- congrats!!:)

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Congrats....Wonderful review!! You were a beautiful bride and love the pictures of your flower girls running so cute and just shows the innocence of children..love that.

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Great review! Your pictures were beautiful and your honeymoon looked amazing!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Great review and I am so glad you had an amazing day!

I am a Woodlands bride so I am always so excited to read reviews from other Woodland brides!!!!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Congratulations! great review!! thanks!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

What a fantastic review!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You also look AMAZING! Such a beautiful bride!!!

Congratulations & thanks for sharing!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

Beautiful and looks like you had a wonderful wedding day and an amazing honeymoon! Congratulations!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

You looked so beautiful, I loved what you had to say about each vendor, I never really read these things through and through but for some reason..I did for you. I wish you the best!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

You looked so beautiful and happy!

Congrats!

Re: Our June 19th 2009 Woodlands wedding (DUET, FM, Pedestals, Tessa, Royalty, Angel Eyes Makeup)

looks like you had a great time!! Congrats