I looked everywhere for shoes! I purchased Lindsey by Grace. Their sales people are great - very attentive and helpful. They had the best selection of shoes that are actually in stock instead of ordering out a catalog, which you can also do. They didn't have my size and so they ordered the shoe. They made me sign a contract and I even had to get them to add that I could exchange my shoes if they were the wrong size - craziness. Luckily, the shoes were the right size and I got them on sale. I've seen them online for $120 and I paid in the low 90s including shipping! This is awesome since I was willing to spend $300 on shoes - I'm a shoe gal!

Southern Oaks gets all their cakes from here. My sister also had her wedding cake from Haydel's, which was beautiful and delicious, so I wasn't worried about anything. Our beautiful fleur de lis cake was perfect... Delicious, moist and amazing! Minus our top tier which we took home, the entire cake was consumed that night!

I had to have the chivari chairs. This is the only all inclusive place (in budget) that included them. Its also really pretty and the people are really nice. However, they book up fast, I was shocked. I called to book for a June date and it had been booked the day before! I guess I should have booked them first. They included the DJ & the cake in our package as well. Everything overall was great, minus a few hiccups along the way. But I definitely recommend Southern Oaks for your site!

Beebe the one vendor I had to have, and I was floating on air when we signed our contract! He and his wife are the sweetest people ever, and they were such a pleasure to have at our wedding. They took absolutely amazing photos, were brilliant and professional in dealing with our large group shots, and were incognito the rest of the time. When we received our final photos and albums, my husband even began to tear up a little! We were completely blown away, and we recommend them!!!!!

He did my sister's wedding and her flowers were amazing! For my first consultation, his wife even brought out different flowers and helped me create my bouquet. It really helped me narrow things down. They were really great in getting my ideas all focused, and they created such beautiful flowers for our wedding. Only problem I saw/knew of was that they were late in delivering, and that really stressed me out because I wanted to do pre-ceremony photos and we needed our bouquets!

They have a lot of rules at the church which frustrated us, but it is the prettiest church I've ever seen. The wedding coordinator there, Ms. Miriam, was very nice to work with. Our wedding was exactly what I wanted, simple.

After a unsatisfactory hair trial with another group, I called Heather and she was available. For my trial, she did my hair and make-up just like I wanted! She also did my hair and make-up for my Engagement pictures and I liked it so I knew I would look just as great for my wedding. She did my hair and makeup on my wedding, and it totally blew me away! Not only did I feel so beautiful, but my makeup was fresh (not caked on or felt heavy), and my hair was perfect!

I bought my bridesmaid's invitations from here. I found the invitation on their website and once I got engaged I ordered them. I did it all through e-mail, but she never e-mailed me once they came in. When I thought it had been ample time, I e-mailed her and they were in. The shop is kind of in a weird area, but it is so cute!

I first tried a place in New Orleans to get my bustle done and the lady had no idea what to do with my train. Danny with the Golden Needle was able to make the perfect bustle in like 5 seconds!

The dress was my first purchase, I didn't even have the locations booked and I had a deposit on my dress. I had a deer in the headlights look! I tried on the dress at a few places in New Orleans. I wasn't satisfied with the prices and service of places I found. Well, we purchased the bridesmaids' dresses for my sister's wedding from Bridal Boutique, so I remembered them having great prices. I made an appointment on a Saturday morning (I suggest making an appointment if you go there, they are very busy). They just happened to have a Jasmine trunk show that day - I had no idea, so was very excited. So, I got the dress for 10% off the best price I had seen - can't beat that! And $300 less than the place that had the best service in New Orleans. I have had a few hiccups but I did try to special order my dress and luckily I ordered my dress early and Bridal Boutique has handled everything very well so far. They are a little disorganized in general, but they are very nice and do handle things well.

The girls also purchased their dresses from Bridal Boutique. and things went well for them.