I had boudoir photo session with Kali in May 2008. I absolutely love Kali’s work. She’s an amazing photographer, has a great eye, and very creative. I have to admit, I was quite nervous that day, but Kali was so easy going that I felt totally comfortable during the shoot. Her personality is great. She has great ideas on how to pose, thankfully, because I’m so bad with pictures. I’m usually not photogenic, but I’m amazed at how well the pictures turned out. Her prices are reasonable. And she was willing to work with my schedule. Other photographers that I contacted weren’t willing to do it on a weekend at all. Kali happened to have a weekend that opened up and it worked for me. She was very professional and showed up at exactly the time we we were supposed to meet. I just received my album and it’s fabulous. Love it! I got this as an anniversary gift for my husband. Hope he likes it. I highly recommend Kali Kraum. I wish I knew her before my wedding.

My wedding was in October 2007. Nicole was one of my favorite vendors. I loved all the floral arragements at my wedding. I had a budget of $2k for flowers and she was able to work with my budget. I knew I wanted cymbidium orchids for my bouquets and boutonniers. Because I had a small budget, Nicole suggested using seasonal flowers for the centerpieces and they still came out lovely. The best thing was I didn't have to stress about flowers at all. Nicole's so creative, when we had our first meeting, she threw out so many ideas by just looking at pictures of the wedding site, that got me excited about the wedding. At the time, I was stressed about everything and was not enjoying the planning phase. I ended up paying a little over $2k and I got the following:

Bridal and (4) bridesmaid bouquets - all cymbidium orchids
8 boutonniers
3 corsages for mothers
13 centerpieces
cake decoration
toss bouquet
2 large arrangements

I reused all the flowers used during the ceremony for the reception. She even added an extra touch for the head table that made it look even better. I received so many compliments on how nice the flowers looked that day. Nicole did a fabulous job for my wedding!

On another note: My cousin used Nicole for her wedding too and I must have to agree with her that the flowers were okay, but not outstanding at her wedding.

In conclusion, Nicole is super nice, very easy to work with and would work with your budget. I would recommend her to everyone!

Maria was awesome. I loved the way my makeup and hair turned out. I have oily skin so she used airbrush makeup on me. My makeup lasted all night. She also worked on my bridesmaids and the mothers and they all looked fabulous. She’s very punctual, showed up exactly at 7:45am, as promised. She finished our hair and makeup with time to spare. As others have mentioned, she does go above and beyond to help with wedding. She was there to help me get dressed, showed me how to sit in my poufy dress, handed me water, assisted the photographer during pictures session, just anything I needed that day. She stayed and gave me touch ups all the day until the reception started. I can’t say enough good things about her.

I was very happy that I had my wedding at Poppy Ridge. The staff there are very helpful and the site is beautiful. The cost is very reasonable. The banquet manager, Becky, did a great job coordinating the reception, she stayed the entire night, and also coordinated the ceremony. I was a little worried before the wedding, because Becky was a hard to get a hold of sometimes. But she came through on the day of and everything turned out perfect.