KGranzow's reviews

Amazing photographer.

Our engagement shots and wedding photographs are perfect. Very easy to work with, very professional and easy going. Knows the area and places to get the best shots.

Would recommend to EVERYONE.

For examples please see my pictures.

http://www.gartnerstudios.com/

Gartner Invitations, programs, water bottle labels and thank you cards are so easy to do and all coordinate. They are a great way to add personalization to a wedding without the big price tag.

Our personalized water bottles were a big hit, and gartner makes brown bags that say welcome to our wedding. We left welcome bags in our guest hotel rooms.

Although their products are sold at Target, Walmart, and Michaels... i prefer the website. They also have cute ideas posted on the site and it is really great to find the additional items that you can't always find in stores.

Michaels is great! When i couldn't afford what i wanted for necklaces for my bridesmaid, they helped me at michaels figure out how to recreate the look. Also made wedding programs.It was perfect, affordable and easy!

After the wedding I made photo albums on shutterly and had them mailed out to my in-laws and parents. They all really loved having a small album that they could show everyone. They also are always having specials. I got my albums at 30% off.
Super easy, affordable, and quick.

$25 each for dresses that started out at $199. I still don't understand. I found the dresses while on Anntaylor.com on night over 9 months before my wedding. I got everyones sizes that minute and ordered them. Shipping was only $6 so I was able to ship them directly to my bridesmaids all over the country. I ordered 5 plus an extra one right away. By the next morning they were gone. The same one in another color went down to only $19.
When I got the dress in the mail it was slightly a different color than I had expected. When I called, they said I could return the dresses even though they were ALL SALES FINAL. The customer service even tried to help me find another dress I might like. I ended up keeping them because they were so cute.

Overal a great experience and the dresses were perfect, and couldn't be beat for the price. And I know my sisters have worn the dress more than once.

A great place to get do it yourself craft items. If you live near Watsonville CA , you can pick up your order at their warehouse and save the shipping charges.
We got centerplace mirrors and round vases. Great prices! Great quality!

My husband was incharge of the music. He only gave the DJ/MC limited direction. Our DJ Warren did an amazing job. He was great at reading the crowd and changing the music as needed. The dance floor was always crowded! We had such a perfect time. There was also a dance off, which the DJ got it all on tape (not part of his job) and mailed it to us after the wedding.

Fast set up and take down. Great communication.

We got our save the dates and our invitations through MagnetStreet. They were really easy to work with and made the process fun. The cute magnets save the dates still are on all our friends fridges.

For the price and the quality, I would recommend MagnetStreet to everyone!

The hall is the greatest place to get married in monterey. It is so fancy and elegant. The hall is huge (like an indoor soccar field.) The food was really tasty also. People say they didn't have time to eat at their wedding, the food was so good that I made time.

The only downfall is that working with the event coordinator was a nightmare. She lost documents, never gave us the full story on anything and was not very good at communication. There is no one else to work with, so you are pretty much stuck with her.

All in all, the hall is worth every penny.

UPDATE: A month after the wedding I found out that 2 of the 16 tables didnt get cake, even though there was a whole grooms cake leftover, several people never received their meals, and the bartender (which we paid $50 an hour for) left the station several times during the night and did not know who to work the cash register. :( Very disappointing.

They provided my dream wedding cake along with the coolest groom cake ever. People came up and said it was the best tasting wedding cake they had ever had! My husbands grooms cake had a tank bursting out of it. It looked so real! They did such a great job and were so sweet to work with.