Working with Terry from Inlight Lighting was one of the best experiences I have had working with a vendor. Terry was completely honest with us when we were deciding on whether to have uplighting for our reception venue. He gave us his professional opinion and was brutally honest with what we could expect from lighting in a venue with such low ceilings. Either way we decided to have uplighting anyway and Terry provided us with the best quality of service and awesome pricing as well.

For the big day Inlight provided a clean and easy setup for our lighting and everything was done to our exact specifications that we had discussed.

I would definitely recommend Inlight Lighting to any bride.

Amor bakery...you are the sunshine of my cake life :)

After agonizing over cake selections and visiting several other bakeries in the area we decided to check out Amor bakery. From glancing at the cakes in the store window and the cakes that they had in their display catalogue I was initially not very impressed, however once we met with Tommy, the owner, all our doubts melted away. Tommy was funny, easy to talk to, listened to all of our wants and needs and assured us that whatever style we chose, whether it be from his catalogue or from a picture we find online, he would be able to deliver.

We had called ahead requesting to try to cake flavors, sponge cake with fresh mangos and strawberries, and vanilla cake with custard. Not only were both selections delicious but Tommy made them, on the spot, right when we sat down. Talk about fresh!!

The cake was delivered on time and in great shape and everone was very happy with the cake. Not only that but the cake order, for a 3 tier, whipped cream with fresh mangos and strawberry sponge cake, with ribbon and designs, including delivery, only came out to $250!!!!!

HOW CAN YOU BEAT THAT PRICE FOR AWESOME CAKE???

Overall we really did love our venue for our wedding ceremony here at the James Irvine Japanese Garden, however the process of planning and booking with this venue was frustrating at times. At the time of our booking we received special pricing for our wedding so + 1 star for that.

The reason why I did not give 5 stars is due to the coordinators promising 1 thing verbally and in the written contract, it stating another. We had to reiterate and reconfirm many aspects of our ceremony and cocktail hour before the day of and had to be sure that we were not be charged any extra fees or panalties due to some rules and policies that were vaguely written out in the contract.

Communication with the garden staff was also a challenge. I would leave a message via telephone and receive an email response an hour or two later or I would send an email to one coordinator and the other would answer in her stead.

In the very end the staff at the garden did pull through and the ceremony went off without a hitch.

I would recommend this venue to another bride however I would stress the fact to get everything and anything and writing.

Steve did a wonderful job MCing and DJing our wedding.

Not only was he very accomodating to our, at times, eclectic music choices he also had a very large library of music that catered to our tastes.

Everything went off without a hitch with the pacing and timing of the reception all thanks to Steve.

I would highly recommend him to any bride.

Pat Maki and her players were wonderful to work with. They showed up on time and played beautifully during our wedding ceremony and cocktail hour.

They are a priced a little higher but provide great value for the price. Their song selections range from the traditional wedding arrangements to the more modern movie soundtrack selections.

I would defeinitely recommend Pat Maki Players to my fellow brides.

Bernie I love you!!

Bernie was a breeze to work with and was always knowledgeable, friendly and accomodating. He made sure to meet all of our wants and wishes and delivered at a great value for the price!

Bernie sat with me through my many sporadic color changes and last minute additions to my floral order and always responded with patience.

Our wedding florals were beautiful and everyone oohed and awwed at our florals.

I would recommend Bernie for all of your floral needs and I will be sure to be returned to him for all of my flower orders for any speciali occasion.

THANK YOU BERNIE!!

Kevin Lee Studio was one of the best "purchases" we made for our wedding. Kevin and his team all throughout our wedding planning process was always professional, caring, and went out of their to make my husband and I feel comfortable and to meet our wants and needs. For the day of our wedding Kevin came with 3 assistant photographers and everyone of them were professional, friendly and so very talented. They were like ninjas! They were un-obstructing but were able to get the perfect shots everytime.

After the wedding day Kevin delivered the promised product in a timely manner and we were so very happy with all of our photos.

I would recommend Kevin to any potential bride.

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Christina and her team are wonderful to work with! Christina and her team showed up right on schedule and got to work beautifying my bridesmaids, two mothers and myself.

Even with last minute changes and scheduling snafus (all on my part, sorry Christina!) Christina was very understanding and worked around my mistake in the scheduling and made me and my girls beautiful.

All of my bridesmaids were gorgeous and I think I looked pretty darn good the day of too :p

I would HIGHLY recommend Christina to any bride! I wish I could keep her in my pocket so that she can make me look beautiful everyday :P

Christina is my MUA for my upcomming wedding in April 2010. When first meeting Christina her warm smile and sweet demeanor immediately drew me to her. Not only is she a wonderful person but during the day of our trial she went out of her way to make sure I knew where to go and how to find her :)

Our trial went very smoothly and I was amazed by the loads of makeup and supplies that she has. Boxes and boxes of quality makeup and brushes and loads of hair styling tools. I loved what she did with my hair and makeup; clean, fresh and natural.

Christina is EXTREMELY easy to talk to and the few hours that she spent making me pretty went by so quickly because it was so fun! Before I knew it I was done and I was very happy with the result.

There is no pressure to sign a contract right away and Christina's main concern was that I was happy with the way I looked. Not only is she professional and skilled but she is truly like a good friend.

I am looking forward to working with Christina to make me pretty the day of my wedding and I definitely recommend her :D

I was referred to a fellow PW'er to Coco's and I was very pleased with the work she had done. I did not need any alterations on the gown except to put in a bustle. Coco did a simple three point bustle on my Maggie Sottero gown and I was pleased with the work. I did have an issue with how one point of my bustle was a little too high, she fixed it right away. Another issue I had was that I noticed that one of the hooks she installed on the back of my gown clipped too tight into it's sister hook and I noticed that a bead or 2 fell off of where the hook was sewn on, I understand that this was bound to happen and 2 beads from the 5 billion beads on my dress is no big deal but still I had to minus a star for that.

Overall I am pleased with her quality of work and her pricing can't be beat. I paid $35 for my 3 point bustle.

When I initally called to make an appointment at this salon I was told that no one would be available to help me due to them being fully booked, however I was free to come in and browse their selection.

I came to this store specifically to look at their sample sale selection for a trash the dress session or maybe even a reception dress, however their selection of sample dresses was all poorly taken care of. I have been to other sample sales and their gowns were kept clean and you could tell they were well taken care of, the gowns at The Wedding day were stained yellow, ripped apart, and makeup stains all over and they were still trying to sell them for $500 - $1000. I noticed that many of their floor samples of the new styles were also not well taken care of, they were thrown over chairs or haphazardly hung in random places.

Heather, who was working in the back of the store, offered to help me out while browsing gowns and she was kind enough to put me in the bridesmaid changing room (which was fine by me). I give 2 stars to Heather, she was nice, sweet, personable and very helpful, however I would give 0 stars to everyone else.

Their selection was not very wide and they did not have a wide variety of silouettes either, I noticed that most were either A-line or ball-gown styled dresses, not many trumpet, drop waisted, or mermaid styled gowns.

Overall I would not recommend comming to this salon unless you are local and is less then a 10 mile drive from here.