Gary Rafferty, the head florist at their Memorial Road location, is just wonderful!

My fiance and I had colors and a time of year, but we had no idea what we wanted. We went to a few other florists first and kept getting the hard sell for out of season blooms that were EXPENSIVE!!

When we sat down with Gary, he opened his books, pointed out flowers and arrangement types, and then worked with our budget.

The best part was that the day before the wedding, one of my out of town brides maids showed up with a dress that was red instead of black. I called Gary, knowing he was working on the flowers, and he simply added some red roses to the arrangements and to her bouquet, so it made the whole thing look perfect!

I was complimented on my daring choice of colors (purple, black, and red) instead of having people think she stood out like a sore thumb.

Since we had several children in the 4-8 year age range, we contacted Dawn to Dusk inflatables regarding rending a bounce house of some sort.

It took several days to get a response, and they basically scoffed at our desire to keep the children entertained. They were impossible to get ahold of by phone and they were not quick to respond to emails.

After getting nowhere with them and finding their attitude unacceptable, we chose to not use them as a vendor.

As proud members of this church, my fiance and I paid nothing to hold our wedding (including the reception) at this location.

The sanctuary has beautiful white washed wood and is a friendly, airy, and light space. I was thrilled to be married here, and the openness of the church just made it better.

Two ministers (one man and one woman) are available and can perform weddings, or you can bring your own officiant. Access to the location is given on Friday, or (if there is no need for the space earlier in the week) it can be negotiated for eariler.

The courtyard area has a beautiful canopy that has wisteria vines that bloom beautifully in the spring and the architecture is classic and beautiful.

The only downside is limited on-site parking. There are only about 25 parking spaces on the property, but there are lots across the street and lots of street parking. If you have a very large wedding, valets would be helpful.

We had our makeup done at Dillards. It was wonderful. The ladies at the Estee Lauder counter made certain everything was ready, since me and my girls aren't really "girly".

Colorband was wonderful!

If you are a full-figured bride, go see them!! Unlike some photographers, Roy and his gang have some beautiful and proud pictures of larger women on their walls. The whole staff is incredibly professional and the pictures turned out wonderfully.

Initially, I didn't even want a photographer, but my fiance felt that his grandfather (who lives in California and wouldn't be able to come) would really appreciate the pictures, and his macular degeneration meant we needed good photos. Unfortunately, Grandpa passed away two months before the wedding, but we decided to keep the photographers anyway.

I am SOOO glad we did!! The pictures are wonderfuly and we still have studio credit to get more albums!!

The best part is that Roy sends these to the Kodak vault, so no matter what, we can always get reprints.

Laura is AMAZING!! After purchasing my dress at David's Bridal, I talked to their alterations department. Essentially, they wanted to alter things that didn't need altering (like bringing in the waist) which would have messed up the beading and they didn't want to bustle it in an easy style. They told me that alterations would be around $250 and take 6 weeks. Being that the dress was only $300 and I took it home that day, there was no WAY I was having them do it.

Instead, I went to Laura. She's been our family's alteration specialist for years. She bustled it and determined that there was no need for other alterations. She charged me $15 and was done in 3 days!!! Best of all? She even steamed it for me!!

My cake was perfect!! The lady who does the wedding cakes has been doing them for almost 50 years, and she takes great attention to detail. She doesn't always understand exactly what you want, but only a couple of minutes of photo showings helped with that.

She matched my colors perfectly, and she also has pictures in her book of places where she has matched the beading on a bride's dress in frosting.

My experience with David's was so-so at best.

I purchased my dress from them, finding one that had been a "special" style, meaning it had been sent to the store but was generally available only in the size they had on hand and the company would not be actually making any of the dresses.

The dress was perfect and the price was *CHEAP*. It was a floor model, but did not have any of the stains or wear that many of the other floor dresses did.

One of my bride's maids also purchased her dress from them. Unfortunately, they forgot to take the inventory control tag off, so the day of the wedding (she didn't have to have altered, which is why it wasn't noticed), we wound up having to do some creative pinning on the skirt to make it work.

My mother in law also got her outfit at David's, and they screwed it all up. She bought a purse and shoes to match the dress, and they didn't dye them initially, then dyed them the wrong color. They also screwed up the alterations and charged her almost $300 for them. It was horrible.

My bigges complain about David's is that they won't leave me alone!! They are still sending me surveys and vendor information, even though I have called them repeatedly to ask them to stop!