My 10/30 Wedding Review - Thatched Cottage - LONG - With Pics!!

Hi everyone!! I’m finally back. Missing paradise already!! Hawaii was fabulous and my wedding day was the BEST DAY of my life. I can’t believe how incredible it was. Everything went off without a hitch and everyone had a terrific time.

Here are my vendor reviews. I’m an extremely critical, demanding person and I notice every detail of everything, so these are all my forthright and honest reviews. If anyone has any other questions, please feel free to post or FM me.

Our whole theme was “elegant Halloween”, so a lot was tailored to that. I’m also a very internet-oriented person, so I got lots on line.

Invitations – FESTIVALE – (A+) – www.festivale.net I loved my invitations. I wanted something classy and unique to set the tone and I hadn’t seen anything like these before. They were handmade ivory paper with torn edging and orange raffia with Black Chancery Font to tie in the elegance and the Halloween theme I was going for. People were very impressed and festivale was great – all on-line proofing and they did the addressing for us too. They were just beautiful!! No problems at all!!

Cake Topper – RIGHT BRAIN CREATIONS – (A+) – www.rightbraincreations.com - I loved my cake topper too. I had it custom made from this website and she was professional and creative and quick. Everyone got a kick out of it.

Ring Bearer Pillow – PARTY POOFERS – (A) – www.partypoofers.com - I wanted a unique pillow since we had a unique theme and found one from here with a little pumpkin on it. Melanie worked with me on colors and ideas and were a great value. Very quick and professional.

Umbrellas – GOLF UMBRELLAS – (A) – www.golfumbrella.com - since I am so anal I decided that I wanted umbrellas for the wedding party to have in case it rained and I found a place online that would personalize them for free. The cost is pretty low, and gets lower the more you order. They were very very quick and were really nice umbrellas. So nice, in fact, that guests were asking if they could have one. Luckily we didn’t need them, but I felt better having them there and they were a nice touch.

Program Paper, Place Cards, Invitation Inserts, Place Card Holders – PAPER DIRECT – (B+) – www.paperdirect.com - can’t say enough about this site. They have so much at such reasonable prices that I got a lot from them. There were a couple of minor problems with shipments (they sent me the same wrong thing 3 times) but they corrected it quickly for me.

Out of Town Bags, Ring Bearer Gifts – ORIENTAL TRADING (A) – www.orientaltrading.com - cheap, quick, great. Were able to put a ton of stuff in the OOT bags for under $6 a piece, including the bag itself, pretzels, candy, games, pens and paper. Got a cauldron full of toys for my nephew that he loved.