I recently worked with Kristeen on some images for my husband's thirtieth. She was so fabulous! Very responsive and was done within minutes!!!!!! I can't even express how thankful I was for her to help me. It really added to the party and I couldn't do it without her. For any further projects I need help with, wedding related or not, I will be going to her! She's such a sweetheart and very professional. If I ever renew my vows... Kristeen, watch out! ;)

HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend her!!!!!!!!!

I went through Target for my wedding cake! My sister worked there in the bakery, so I thought it to be only fitting! :)

I honestly can't tell you how amazed I was! I am not a cake person... So we just did one 8 inch round, 1 tier to "cut the cake" and had two full sheets for the back for our guests. Yellow cake, raspberry filling, whipped topping. I cannot tell you how many people PRAISED the cake! Even our DJ! They couldn't believe that the cake was from Target! Never judge a book by it's cover.. ;)

I used Mario Tricoci in Schaumburg!!! This was my very first time getting my make up professionally done. I went for a trial and for the day of. The lady who did my make up was GREAT. She was very sweet and she was known for the "natural look". The only down fall is that she did push the make up products and she didn't listen 100% to what I wanted.. HOWEVER, she still took in what I told her, just made it more natural, and I'm telling you, I'm glad I let her. I loved my make up! I felt naturally pretty :) And having fake eyelashes on for the big day was sooooo natural looking! And they didn't bother me at all, which is something that concerned me! And they came off with just warm water.. No tugging, nothing! :) Easy peasy! And I still use the wedding make up that I purchased to this day. I love it!

My mother in law bought our invitations for us on CLEARNACE. I want to say they were $5-7 a box (for 50)!!!

Wilton had templates and such so it made it really easy for us to print our own invitations... We even printed the addresses on the envelopes to make it a bit more "fancier" because our handwriting is terrible and I just couldn't justify paying for professional caligraphy.

This was such a great purchase!
They were simple, they came with the response cards, invitations, envelopes.. Everything I needed!

Highly recommend them if you are on a budget and/or DIY and not as creative! :)

I found Som's Studio on Etsy through an alchemy. She was SUCH a sweetheart and knew exactly what I was looking for!
I love the Haute bracelets, but I just couldn't afford it. She did a custom listing for me for a pearl/brooch bracelet.. After some temptation, she offered me a great price for a "matching necklace". I caved and am sooo thrilled! I still wear my jewelry on special occasions.. It feels great and makes me feel pretty :)

I can't stop looking at it! She's such a joy to work with!

WOW... Dani is PHENOMENAL! I don't know ANYONE who would present themselves like Dani. Coralwed13 (PWer) recommended me to her and I can't thank her enough!!!!! Dani was a dream to work with and I'm already anxious to do our TTD session with her next month! I'm very shy and she made me feel so relaxed and comfortable around her. She is such a pleasure to work with! She stayed with us ALL DAY.. And she was PREPARED. The forcast called for rain, so she brought a few umbrellas. During my hair appointment, my mother in law wanted to head back home... Since it was pouring, Dani WALKED her out to her car with a bubble umbrella. WHO DOES THAT?! WOW! :) She truly took care of things when the stress was rising... And my guests noticed that as soon as a new person came on the dance floor, she snapped them. She was always around but behind the scenes... I loved that about her! Absolutely amazing!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANI!!!!! I can't wait to see you again!

Rev. Jim WAS expensive FOR us... We are a budget couple, but... I am so glad we splurged on him! Our ceremony was outside.. And it did start to rain... Since it rained, we agreed on no chairs for our guests... Which, on the day of, freaked me out.. BUT, Rev. Jim took advantage of that and made our ceremony sooo intimate and fun! He was absolutely phenomenal and I was crying, laughing, smiling, you name it! Rev. Jim made our wedding soo personal! When we first met with him, we spoke for about two hours! We were just so comfortable with him! And he USED what we spoke about that night in our ceremony! I'm so glad we have it on film because it was so touching for us... Who doesn't love things personalized?? We HIGHLY recommend Rev. Jim! He is WELL WORTH IT!

Where do I even begin?! We were recommended to this company from a past bride, and this was the only DJ company we met with! We loved them from day one! We met with Barry where he explained how the company worked, and showed us how it worked. Then, we did the "Meet the DJ" night... Great food.. Great music (DUH!), GREAT DJ's. We picked our top three and we had Matt Griffo as our DJ for our wedding. LET ME TELL YOU.. I felt like I was working with my "professional" best friend. He controlled the ceremony yet still managed to come by me and praise me on my song choices! He is actually one of the people to calm me down some because I was petrified to walk down the aisle. Then, the reception starts... He had the entrances down PERFECTLY and we had a different song for each group... So I was VERY impressed! He also helped make our popcorn! (We brought in our very own popcorn maker) Matt went way above and beyond and I couldn't ask for a better DJ... He always came up to me throughout the night and just chit chatted with me.. I felt like I knew him all my life!! And the dance floor was packed from start to finish. I didn't stop getting compliments even AFTER the wedding on how great he was. My guests LOVED him. He played their requests and was sincere when he didn't have the song.. I can't STOP praising him... Matt was absolutely terrific and I highly recommend him AND the Admit One DJ company. Thank you for making my wedding more special than it already was!!!

TwistedCrystals (Kacey) is PHENOMENAL!!!! :)

I've boughten 3 flowers and a birdcage veil from her and I'm not stopping :) I will continue to purchase from her...
She works with you... She's patient... She's sooo sweet... I can't help but NOT want to buy more and more from her :)

I came here, past the horror stories that are always told...
At first, my BFF and I were having a blast pulling out wedding dresses for me to wear. My bridal consultant was great... At first....
After many different style gowns, nothing was screaming as "the one"... Although very beautiful and comfortable on... My bridal consultant seemed to be loosing patience with me (as she was working with another bride next to me too, and that bride wasn't her #1 fan either), and told me that I need to stick with one style, and not all... Which offset me a little... Isn't that the point? When you don't know what you want, you try a little of everything?
Anyway, my bridal consultant failed to bring ALL my gowns back until much later in the appointment... One of my first gowns I pulled off the rack was one of the last, and happened to be "the one"!! I shared that moment when my BFF and I were almost in tears... After much diliberation, I thought I could fit into a smaller size. I told my bridal consultant that I would like to try this gown on in a smaller size... And she had the nerve to tell me that I wouldn't be able to fit into it!! As one of the managers were walking by, I asked for her opinion, and she took the sides of the dress to see how much room I had, and said that I should DEFINITELY get a smaller size, and she went off to look for the smaller size.
After my bridal consultant found out, she came back screaming at me... Luckily though, the manager came back with a very similiar gown, as they didn't have mine in a size smaller, and it fit like a glove!! And after having a chat with the manager about my uncertainties, she made me feel positive on purchasing the gown... So I did, in the smaller size... And it fits great!! Little alterations are to be made.

I also purchased my shoes there and had them dyed blue. Many people said NEVER dye shoes, there's always problems, but the service was great when I purchased my shoes... The man was very patient with me, as I tried the shoes on and walked around in them for awhile. He also helped me on getting the right size, to be absolutely comfortable. After getting them dyed, they look phenomenal!! I can't wait to wear them for my "something blue" :)

My bridesmaid consultant was awesome as well!! Sadly, after many gowns, I fell in love with a bridesmaid gown that David's Bridal does NOT carry...

All in all, David's Bridal wasn't HORRIBLE... Just the bridal consultant, but luckily I didn't have to deal with her anymore :)