Margo is a great family friend of mine. She was been working with silk flowers for more years than I can count. Her work is very beautiful!! When I went to go see her for my consult I told her I wanted glitter pumpkins with an enchanting feeling. She would come of up different ideas and present them to me. Everybody loved the way she decorated our hall. It was very unique and personable to us the bride and groom. She is very creative and can do anything you want! She also did all of our flowers including: bouquets, boutonnieres, ring bear pillows, kissing balls for the flower girls, corsages, etc. We had to go with silk flowers due to my allergies especially in the fall, when our wedding took place 10-18-08. Everybody thought the flowers were real and they even smelled real too! She can do any kind of flower arrangements you like and will work within your budget! I highly recommend her. One of the best parts is that since our flowers were silk the bridesmaids got to keep their bouquets and I got to keep my bouquet!

Lori offers great packages to cater to your budget. She is a very sweet lady
and her work is phenomenal! She will show you many samples of other
wedding couples and each one is very unique in their own way. She spent the
whole day with us from our ceremony to the end of our reception. She is so
discrete when videotaping that you do not notice she is there. She get’s every
detail on video and the quality is really good. She had the best price in town.
I would highly recommend her for your wedding and she will work with you,
such as if you want a love story or photo montage on your video, as well.

Karen is the sweetest lady and is one of the most creative people I know. When you go to her house, her office is in her basement. She has so many samples to show you and she works with a lot of brides. I would recommend booking her early rather than later. I booked her kind of late but she was still able to work with me and our end product wedding invites were absolutely amazing! We did a “Happily Ever After” theme invite with a castle! We received so many compliments and to this day people want to book her! You can choose what you want made and she will do it. She will do her best to work within your budget and she gave us some extra’s. It was an hour drive for us but worth the drive in a heartbeat. Tell her Prince and Princess sent you and she will most likely know who that is =) It is simply amazing what she can do with invites. People book her a year and two years in advance that is how popular she is!

We booked this company by a referral through a good friend of ours. They have a nice selection of Limos. We ended up going with the white Hummer which could fit 18-20 people comfortably. It was hard to get in and out of the limo but I would imagine it’s difficult for bride’s altogether especially if they have a huge dress like mine. The chauffer was very pleasant and arrived on time. He got us everywhere on time. I do recommend making sure the chauffer has written instructions or a GPS because he did not know the location of the park we were heading to. It was a minor problem, but he should have been prepared with directions since I told the company in advance of all the locations and I gave them addresses. We only paid $700 including tip and we had the Limo from 1:30pm to 6pm. This was not a bad deal at all. I would book this company again for other events and recommend them to couples getting married. The limo was very clean and the Hummer was a lot of fun!

We booked Phyllis through a friend of a family who has been ordering Phyllis' cakes for years. We were very impressed with her portfolio and her prices. She has the most inexpensive, most beautiful cakes in town. She has every flavor imaginable and can do just about anything. You can truly tell her passion is making cakes! She made us a beautiful castle cake and was able to go below our budget which helped us out a lot. She was easy to work with and everybody loved our wedding cake. We also had colored ocean blue fountains in our cake, it was absolutely beautiful! We will be ordering cakes from her in the future. She also does showers, birthdays, etc.

I thought we had the perfect DJ when we booked this company. Mike Housewright said he would be our DJ at our wedding reception so we agreed to book him. On the night of our wedding he was not the person we booked and someone else was there. I had sent in our paperwork and the DJ was still confused with what was going on as far as the grand entrance and such. So instead of being able to enjoy greeting our guests as they arrived at the hall he had to pull me aside and I had to explain to him what was already on the paper. I believe his name was Tony. I had a request list and he did not play but three songs on our entire list. He played whatever he wanted. He was not able to read the crowd and a lot of people were disappointed with the music he played. He could not even play the proper song for our Garter toss. We knew Mike would have done a great job but instead we got stuck with some random guy we didn’t interview and there was no explanation why Mike was not there. I found out later he was also hitting on underage girls and telling my maid of honor “to get her freak on, on the dance floor.” To me that is very inappropriate for a wedding, this is not a club! Don’t let the cheap prices fool you. It’s true you get what you pay for. I wish we would have looked into this more before we booked this company, but our day was coming very close, at the time.

I was disappointed with the David’s Bridal at the Madison Heights location. They seem so busy there and the consultants are running around trying to help out 3-4 girls at a time. There was a very rude lady there who did not put all the dress orders in and one girl almost did not receive her dress. Luckily we found out months in advance and they were able to order her a dress. There prices are very high for alterations and can end up costing more than the dress itself. The reason why I score this place a two is because they are disorganized and not that friendly. I am not sure if it is just this particular location or the company in general. The dresses were beautiful but cheaply made. I will never return to this store again and I especially warn brides not to go there. Their dresses are overpriced and you can get nicer ones for less or at least break even for better quality.

After looking just about everywhere for bridal shoes I was driving by on Van Dyke one day and saw the store Veil and Shoes. I stopped in and they have a huge variety of shoes. I wear a size 11 due to my height with a narrow width and could not find bridal shoes anywhere. The staff at Veil and Shoes were very friendly and I was able to pick out a beautiful pair of bridal shoes with a low heel since I am extremely tall and did not want to be too much taller than him on our wedding day. The shoes were very comfortable and of great quality. They were open toe, by Colorific, and I paid no more than $70 dollars for my shoes. They were very comfortable on my wedding day and I wore them pretty much the whole time. Since I was purchasing shoes, some of my girls ordered their shoes there, and I purchased three beautiful flower girl dresses. The manager/owner gave me 20% off on each item. They have a beautiful selection of flower dresses. Since my flower girls were all 15 months they were able to get a small size and their parents only had to pay $75 per dress minus the 20% discount. I did not see these dresses cheaper anywhere else. I highly recommend this place and they can do rush orders if need be.

Aziz is the best! Where do I begin? This is the first place I looked at dresses. I was in love with the first dress I tried on. I ended up purchasing the very first dress and I Just knew it was the right one for me. The funny part is I tried the dress on in October and didn’t go back till February and they were still able to get my dress and purchase it for a clearance price since I put down a $50 deposit. I worked with Aziz who I highly recommend. The dresses there are expensive. However I had a budget and Aziz worked with me. She found me a beautiful dress marked originally at $2,000 and I got it on clearance brand new for $700. I have never felt so beautiful in my life and Aziz was the most helpful person there. She helped me pick out a veil to go with my dress and she was at my every appointment as I requested she be there when I came in for alterations. When I picked up my dress it wasn’t just throw in a plastic bag. It was over a cardboard mannequin and it was perfect on the day of my wedding! I went to many other dress shops and nobody compares to the service and quality at Alessandra Bridal.

After looking around at 15 different halls the Vintage House was our absolute favorite. They were easy to work with, very friendly, and their hall is absolutely beautiful. Our wedding theme was a “Happily Ever After” and this hall fit perfectly. They have huge chandeliers, mirrors in the hall, windows, and the dance floor was pretty big. Outdoors there is a beautiful fountain surrounded by a small garden. Also there is a fireplace outdoors with plasma TV’s and a gazebo. Perfect for anytime of year! We received so many compliments with the quality of the food we had at our reception. They offer a lot of choices and the food is the best we ever had at a wedding! They offer many varieties and the cook won medals in the cooking Olympics. I believe she is German and food is the best you will ever taste. They offer a taste-testing and after you sample their food you will most likely be sold on the Vintage House. For a Saturday evening we paid $29.95 a person including full open bar. It doesn’t get better than that. They also gave us free chair covers and sashes. I do recommend making sure they have your color first so you know your color scheme and you are not running around at the last minute finding chair sashes to match. You will not be disappointed at the Vintage House. They also have Halloween, Thanksgiving, New Year parties etc. We plan on having our baby shower there in the future.