Nurse83's reviews

Oh, where do I start. The Cameron Estate Inn is absolutely beautiful! I had a lot of wedding day mishaps that nobody could control so its hard for me to write a review of anything, as you can't control nature or people, etc. I will say that Rhonda was terrific in dealing with all of my wedding day mishaps. When the electricity was out due to a car accident early in the morning she provided me with a different room to get ready in and even suggested doing the ceremony by candle light. For automatically accomadating us I give her props. Luckily the electric came back on and we were able to have the ceremony with the lights on. We chose the Inn because we planned an outdoor wedding and wanted a back up plan in case of rain. The Carriage house has a beautiful garden, that I didn't get married in due to rain as planned, but they also have a beautiful bay window inside the carriage house where we did end up getting married. It is a very nice back up plan. The mansion is beautiful as well if you are having a smaller wedding (less than 100). The food was not the greatest, and was rather expensive. I was disappointed with that. The pork was to have an apple onion gravy and the turkey was to have some other sauce and they ended up getting switched (at least on our plates which were served). The rest was a buffet which seemed to go well. Rhonda and the staff did a great job making the best of things for us, however, on the financial end of things (the people that actually own the business) are obviously money hungry as every little thing was charged for. There is a $20 fee/per fake tree if you want to keep them inside the reception area. There is a $150 bar setup even for a cash bar (that we were never told about). There is an additional charge for extra linens if you do not sit 8-10 people per table. If you give a high count and are wrong, you pay anyway. The service was great, but if I had the chance again, I would have picked somewhere else. There are usually 2-3 weddings each weekend which makes things difficult with the overlapping. I heard a lot of "when that party leaves" and "well depending on how many rooms that party takes" which made me feel pretty second hand. I felt that I wasn't spending as much so we weren't getting treated as well. That got better the day of the wedding after all of our mishaps, but I wonder if they didn't feel the need to make up for the power being out, the road being closed or the rain, would we have been treated as nicely that day?

Wonderful dried flowers and supplies!

Sweet confections cakes are some of the nicest people I have ever met! The cake was absolutely delicious, which is what I wanted, a cake that people would actually eat.. (ours was white chocolate cake with peach filling and buttercream icing)Everyone raved how delicious the cake was and I would have to agree (in fact I polished off the remaining 2 pieces in our room after the wedding..lol)Delicious and beautiful. They got the design exactly right.

Alanna and Blaise's replacement (he was sick) did a wonderful job at my wedding. They played during the cocktail hour and the wedding ceremony for a very low price. I am Irish so I wanted a subtle Irish feeling to the wedding which they definitely provided. Plus my husband and I go to the Renaissance Faire in Pennsylvania every year which their larger band plays (Arcona Reel Band) and we wanted something that was tradition to us. They did a wonderful job and were very easy to work with!

Usztics was wonderful to me!!! Lynn did an amazing job on my wedding! I worried most, and had the most bad dreams about the flowers for some reason, but it turned out to be the best thing about the wedding! Everybody commented on the flowers and totally loved them. I tried to have strict control over the flowers, but once I got overwhelmed and gave control over to Lynn her creativity blew me out of the water. It was perfect, especially my bouquet. Loved it! Sometimes its hard to keep in touch with Usztics during the holidays (a lot of my planned was around Valentines Day, Mothers Day) but fear not, they are responsible and hard working. They will not let you down.

BEST massage in town. Thanks Kiki!!!

Kiki did fake eyelashes for my wedding which looked BEAUTIFUL. Kim did a beautiful spray tan for me for the wedding. She also did a beautiful mani and pedi for the wedding. They are able to figure something out for everyone and everything. I didn't want permanent lashes or nails so the girls went out of their way to accomadate me. I didn't get "oh no, we don't do that". They did whatever I wanted and did a beautiful job. I also went to Kiki for an after wedding massage the following week to get rid of my stress and she is amazing. First time I have EVER fallen asleep during a massage. I love this salon. I go there for massages, spray tans, pedis and manis. They also sell hard to find shampoo/conditioner by l'oreal that I totally love "Pureology". Thanks for that too!

OH MY GOD! This is my fav part of my wedding! Cyndi and her husband are amazing. We had soooooo much fun doing our wedding portraits. She did a beautiful job at a reasonable price. True, she is slightly more expensive than other photographers, but well worth the price. Her work is truly artistic and can make anyone look beautiful.

We got the flower girl dresses from David's Bridal which were of great price and great quality. They looked adorable! I also got my purse there and some ballet slippers which proved to be irreplacable. :) However, due to the great prices and popularity I found David's to be rather crowded, literally elbow to elbow and pretty impersonal. I did also get the mother of the bride dress at David's (during the week and not during the weekend) and had a much better experience. We got more one on one attention, however, consultants are not nearly as experienced or knowledgable as Alfred Angelo. If you know what you want, this is a great place to get it! If you need a little help, you might want to start somewhere else.

Alfred Angelo Bridal is somewhat expensive compared to David's Bridal but the quality is amazing, the service is fantastic. I tried on several dresses, each time I pointed out what I liked and what I didn't and the girls were so amazing that we quickly got to the perfect dress. The helped me coordinate veil and shoes. I was very happy with all encounters at Alfred Angelo. They treated my bridal party and the bride and groom's mothers with total respect. When I went to David's Bridal on the weekend I found it so packed I could not get through the crowd. Alfred Angelo is crowded as well on weekends but the service is always wonderful and the smaller environment made everything more personal. Thanks to Merry and all the other girls at Alfred Angelo!