orchid24's st. aidan's/crest hollow country club review
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Hi girls! I got married on 09/04/05 and was blessed with wonderful weather that weekend. Nothing majorly wrong happened. Here is my review, but I'd like to preface it by stating that I am picky, and was disappointed by a few of the vendors that got/get rave reviews on here. I'm just being completely honest with what I experienced, and this is not to deter you from using these vendors. It is just a heads up of what to look out for. My one piece of advice, besides the cliched one of standing back and taking things in, is to be VERY specific about what it is you want, and make sure it is in the contract! Ultimately, the contract is what the vendors refer to, and the vendors cannot remember 'what you talked about' or 'what you showed them.'
I am rating everyone from 0-10 with 10 being the most satisfied with their service, and 0 being the least satisfied.
ENJOY! and just letting you know, it's a little long...
CHURCH OF SAINT AIDAN: 9 St. Aidan's is a beautiful church and I was lucky enough to get married there since my mother knew Fr. Bruno. Many Roman Catholic churches will not let you get married if you are not a parishioner. I didn't like my church where I grew up and I live in Chicago now, so I had a bit of a problem finding a church. They were wonderful for the most part in planning. They give you a packet which outlines anything you need to know, do, etc. I was disappointed in the musical director, because I wanted my friend to sing the responsorial psalm, and he said it would be no problem. He was supposed to go over the song before the wedding, but according to my friend, he didn't seem interested in 'bothering' with my friend. So my friend ended up just reading it. I was really looking forward to this b/c I love my friend's singing voice. The musical director was also a bit hard to get in touch with.
Aga
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great review with lots of details, your pictures are amazing congratulations again
orchid24
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INKSPUN FOR CALLIGRAPHY: 7
Ugh. I was so happy with the envelopes he did for us, so it was a no-brainer that we do table numbers, menus and favor/placecard tags with them as well.
It got weird in the end when the owner kept telling us he hadn't received the paperstocks and placecards I shipped to him. I had paid the post office to deliver them on a specific day, and it took them two weeks after that to receive them! Okay, it may have been the fault of the post office, but the owner had said the same thing with our envelopes. They had 'not come in yet' one week after we had sent them to Inkspun. The fact that it happened twice was hard to believe. I mean, we're in Chicago, not Antarctica. And the table numbers, menus and placecards were to be sent to Long Island.
Um, so we received the table numbers, menus and placecards three days before the wedding. I was just so glad they got to my parents' house in New York. And I had kept hearing about the fast turn around.
The font was not right on all of them. The whole reason I ordered from them was so that the font would be the same as the font on our envelopes. Oh yeah, and one of the tables on the favor/placecard tags was written out (i.e. Table One) instead of Table 1 like the others.
Annoying, but again, not end-of-the-world stuff. Especially when you pay these people, and I could have just shot these table numbers, etc. through my computer myself. It was about the font.
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BLUEFLY.COM FOR BM DRESSES: 9
Gowns by Nicole Miller I ended up buying all my girl's dresses---it was easier this way since all of them are pretty much out of state. One dress came in the wrong size, but I ended up keeping it, since it fit well. Only one girl had to get alterations in the bodice, and the others just ended up having to hem theirs. It saved a lot of headache from ordering from different boutiques in different states.
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CUSTOMWEDDINGPROGRAMS.COM FOR CEREMONY PROGRAMS: 8.5
My programs turned out beautifully, but I felt we struggled with them to get them as we wanted. They made numerous spelling errors on the proofs they e-mailed us, and I was just getting tired of editing, I mean, wasn't that their job? They are located in Louisiana and had to evacuate their office for Hurricane Katrina. Their final proof they had to just send to print without my finalizing the cover in order to get them to us. We just crossed our fingers that they would turn out correct, without any errors, and they did. I added 4 varieties of pressed flowers on the covers to add some color. (An idea I also got from here)
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INVITATIONLANE.COM FOR INVITATIONS: 9
It's a little scary ordering invitations over the internet, but we saw these invitations in a stationery shop and loved them. We felt they were modern, classic and simple and at invitationlane.com, they were 30% off retail.
The proofs were e-mailed to us and the whole process was relatively speedy.
They did send us our order with 9 reception cards missing, but sent out the 9 plus extras free of charge I think within a week.
Other than that, there were no problems and the invitations themselves came out beautifully.
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Wow! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your reviews, the pictures are gorgeous!
Congratulations!!
orchid24
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There are really too many vendors involved with wedding planning, but these are the 'biggies.' Any further questions feel free to FM me!
I'll end this review with a few more pics courtesy of Natasha Staszak---
My husband and I felt more than blessed to have been able to have an LI wedding. The pictures show, how ecstatic we were that day, and how much fun our families and guests had. And that's what it all boils down to--- uniting with your husband/wife, enjoying your day and celebrating your love with everyone special in your lives...
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Congrats Daphne! You were a beautiful bride! Everything looks great and your pics are beautiful!!
Mrs. dleeny
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wonderful review!! your pictures are amazing!
congrats again
enjft
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Great review
DMcK
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Congratulations, you look gorgeous! Wishing you all the best!
lcherian
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i've been waiting for your review daphne!!! everything looked amazing, and you were such a beautiful bride!!! loved your dress!! and i also love your color scheme...you have very good taste!!!
orchid24
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thanks girls, for all the nice compliments!
and leena, since you're such a sweet girl, i'll let the astros avatar slide...
you guys aren't really NOT wearing socks down there, are ya???
SOX PRIDE!!!!!!!
lisau18
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Congrats Daphine, Everything looked beautiful.
zpasigna
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Congratulations! Everything looked perfect on your day!!! Best Wishes!!!
nicothy
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great review!!! CONGRATS!!!! everthing looks great!!!!!
jimmysgrl
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One of the best reviews yet! You are a gorgeous bride!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybride07
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You look Beautiful!!!!!!! Congrats!!
mcaula
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Beautiful Wedding thanks for sharing I loved your colors
