The Queen’s Residence is a historic bed and breakfast located in downtown Ypsilanti. It is absolutely gorgeous inside, and the rooms (there are only 3) are amazing. They let us come early the morning of the wedding to get ready. The reason I gave them a 4 was because the owners were a little strange. The woman charged me an extra $35 (which she quoted at $25) because she had to help us get the rooms ready for hair and makeup in the morning. Then she actually pulled me aside and told me that I should charge it back to my hair/makeup ladies because they were “unprepared”. I didn’t appreciate her trying to tell me this (I wasn’t about to charge it back to the other ladies, they’d done an amazing job), as it’s not her concern what I pay/charge my vendors. Anyway, I would stay there again because the house is amazing, but I’d stay out of the way of the owners.

Originally we had decided to skip the video.....every one I've ever seen was corny, and I just couldn't imagine myself wanting to watch it 5 years from now. However about a month before the wedding I had second thoughts.....we'd spent a lot of time and money on dance lessons, and would have nothing to remember it by (pictures never do it justice). Plus I kept hearing from other brides who didn't have video that they regretted it because the day flies by. So I started searching. I checked out Two Penny on a recommendation from another bride, and absolutely LOVED the samples on their site. Not your typical wedding video, they were artistic and edgy. They worked with our last-minute budget, and I booked them right away.

The guys there are amazing. They're young, fun, and full of ideas! They were incredibly inconspicuous on the wedding day which was awesome. We can't wait to see our video!

Weber’s is beautiful, and most importantly, delicious! Our rehearsal dinner at this location was a wonderful time. No complaints!

Cobblestone is a gorgeous location, and overall everything was great. They can be a little tough to get a hold of at times since they have irregular hours, but are usually good about follow-up. We did have a couple minor problems with them. First, we arrived the day before our wedding (during their open tour hours) for our rehearsal (as discussed with them). My officiant was informed that there was a children's halloween event the same day as our wedding, and that they would be parading the children in costume through our ceremony site at 3:30pm (ceremony was scheduled at 4:00pm). I asked the Barn attendant what was going on, and she was utterly clueless. We found out then that Cobblestone BARN and Cobblestone FARMHOUSE are apparently two separate venues run by two separate organizations, and they don't communicate with each other. The man in charge of the farmhouse assured my officiant that their event would be finished by 3:30 or 4:00pm, but I didn't appreciate finding this out the day before the wedding. Luckily the kids didn't get in the way of our pre-ceremony set-up, and were gone by the time guests arrived, but that would have been interesting to witness a costume parade while we said our vows! The second problem that came up was that they set up the wrong number of chairs at each table in the reception area. I specified on my diagram how many chairs per table (most had 8), and they put 10 chairs at every table anyway. We had 2+ empty seats at every table during the reception. Annoying, but it could have been worse. Other than that, we LOVED the location, and saved a ton of money by bringing in our own food, alcohol, and decorations.

When Tyson and I walked out of Marcin's house after meeting with him for the first time, we were both smiling. We looked at each other, and Tyson said, "well, I'm set." And I completely agreed. His work is flawless, and he's a master of lighting. We fell in love with his photojournalistic style.

The day of the wedding Marcin and his wife, Marzena, were right on time and got straight to work. They did such a great job, and other than the formal shots, they were so unobtrusive, we barely noticed them all night (which is exactly what we wanted). They even stayed past their alloted time to get a huge family portrait on the dance floor. We're so excited to see our pictures!!

Kirk was nothing but helpful throughout the planning process. He gave us the option of using a pre-made ceremony, writing our own, or any combination of the two; and he helped us work out the kinks when we couldn't find the right wording for things. He was always on time, well prepared, and efficient. Definitely would recommend!

We really wanted brown tuxes, and President was the only place that had them, so that's where we went. We decided to do a "groom trial", where they order the whole tux ensemble for the groom to test out before the wedding.....I HIGHLY recommend doing this if you can (it sounded like they may be discontinuing this practice). We ended up having to do 2 trials because the first guy measured Tyson all wrong. But in the end, it went smoothly. We had a couple out-of-town men who called in their measurements to our local shop and it worked out well. The tuxes were ready with no problems, and the guys looked fabulous!

Jackie is my caterer's aunt, and was recommended by Donnie when I was in a pinch to find a make-up artist for less than $50 per person. Jackie also came out to us on the wedding day and did an amazing job on our make-up! She even let me keep the lip gloss she’d used on me, as well as the mascara. Our make-up held up so well all night!

We ordered Tyson's black tungsten ring from DeBebians online. I wanted to get it engraved, but was worried that you'd barely be able to read it (since Tungsten is so hard, apparently it's difficult to engrave). The ring arrived super fast, and the engraving looks amazing! It ended up being the wrong size (too small), but thanks to DeBebians lifetime guarantee, they replaced it for a small deductible ($30) since Tungsten can't be resized. We even got to keep the first ring because it was engraved. So far their customer service has been great, and we love the ring!

The cruise was amazing. We loved that we could unpack ONCE, and still visit 4 amazing locations! The only negative part was that the weather was overcast most of the time, and two of our shore excursions got cancelled because of it (although we just scheduled different ones instead). I’d definitely recommend cruising as a way to see several places without having to plan any of it yourself!