I went to Santa Barbara Bridal for my Bridesmaid dresses because it is one of the only places in the region that carried the full Vera Wang line. Marie, our sales person (and a manager there) was extremely helpful and patient with the whole process. She even sent me some swatches of the fabric from my dye-lot to help with the rest of my planning. All the girls got their dresses right when Marie told us they would, and she was great helping me manage the process of getting sizing and shipping dresses out for girls who lived in different places all over the country.

After trying on a $500 veil at the bridal salon that I liked, I was pleased to discover I could re-create the same veil at VeilShop.com for $60! With shipping, a storage bag, and hanging clip, I spent not even $90. It arrived really quickly too. One great thing I have heard about them is that they have a great return policy if you want to get two different veils to try with your dress, and return one.

I got my gown and did my alterations at the Studio City location. I saw some negative reviews about their customer service, but did not encounter anything like this at all. In fact, I have gotten two cards in the mail from my sales person (Jennifer Blue) since making the purchase. Not only has she been wonderful customer service-wise, but she also recommended I try on the dress that ended up being "the one." She really understood not only what I was going for, but also what would look good on me. Regarding alterations: while I am sure I could have found cheaper, it was just more convenient to keep everything on-site. Plus, Anna (the seamstress) did an amzing job of bringing the dress in everywhere (I had lost 20 pounds since the time of purchase) and even threw in a little upgrade for me just to be nice.

Long story short, don't let the negative reviews fool you, as I (as well as two other brides I know who recently purchased their dress there) had a perfect experience with a huge selection of high-end designer dresses, great customer service, and flawless alterations.

Some of the best prices we found online for a wedding web-site. We were able to get two years of site hosting, and two years our custom domain name for a total of $85.00. It is also very user-friendly, so I highly recommend. One thing that is cool is that you can change both design and color scheme at any time with just a click of a button. My guests were all very impressed with the wedding web-site.

I am really glad that I only chose them for my Groom's Cake and not my wedding cake. While Hansen's does make DELICIOUS and gorgeous cakes at a great price (I have used them before for cakes for other special occasions), their customer service is lacking. Luckily when I went in to order my custom groom's cake, the service was better (I must have found one of the friendlier sales people there), and they did an amazing job making this cake from a picture I provided and a color swatch. The big issue (besides the customer service problems I have encountered in the past) is that the cake showed up 2 hours later than the end of the delivery window. As it was after store hours (we chose the last delivery window of the day), I couldn't even get in touch with anyone at the store to find out the status. It was extremely upsetting to me because it arrived at our RD 30 minutes into the party (and 2 hours late overall), and was a surprise for DH that I thought wasn't going to happen at that point. The stress it gave me was a lot that evening, and (as I said earlier), I am just thankful I didn't have to go into that same stress at a greater extent if they were my wedding cake vendor.

Once we tried Plusko's it was nearly impossible to consider anyone else. First of all, they were the friendliest and most helpful of all cake vendors we spoke with. Second, their cakes are delicious. Third, their prices can't be beaten. We got a four-tiered square cake that serves over 200 people for $525 including delivery/set-up. The price was so good that we opted for a four-tier cake (even though guest-wise we only needed three) to add the desired height. Plusko's also offers to recreate a top tier for you on your 1st anninversary for free so no one has to eat frost-bitten, year-old cake. One con with Plusko's for some is that they don't do fondant, so their design choices are limited. For us this worked out perfectly because my husband hates the tatse of fondant, and because we wanted a simple cake anyway. Our only regret was that we were so busy during the reception that we didn't get to eat enough of this delicious cake!

We heard about Terry Hanson from Knottie springchic. His prices are fantastic, and his packages include a highlight reel as well as cool DVD features. We felt very confident with Terry, and loved that we had that confidence without paying an arm and a leg. He was great to work with on the wedding day, and was completely non-invasive. It was amazing how even being non-invasive that he manages to capture the day perfectly and even some special moments that we didn't notice that day. We were very happy wth the final product, and just as happy with his customer service and communication the entire time. If you are on the fence about having a videographer, I say just do it. It was so nice to see our wedding come alive again after only having still pictures. We will cherish our DVD forever.

This has to be the best choice we made for our wedding (and we LOVED most of our vendors). We are delighted to have found April, whom we met at one of my friend’s weddings. She and her fiancé Ray are an artistic photography team from Seattle. We were not only amazed by her creative vision, but also extremely comfortable with her from a personality perspective. We also love keeping up with April’s Blog to see examples of the amazing work she does week in and week out. In the end we did almost all of the packages she offers: e-pics, b-pics, wedding, and Mr. & Mrs./TTD. We absolutely adore our pics from all these sessions. We will cherish them forever, as they are truly works of art, as well as a most beautiful way to capture this special moment in our lives.

We chose Michelle because she was the full package. I had seen great examples of her work on weddings that were of all different styles, I had heard exceptional things about her service (which she proved to us immediately), she had some of the best prices we have heard, and she really got what we are trying to do. It wasn't until talking/meeting with Michelle that we had the artistic vision for our wedding. And boy did she deliver! Everything was exquisite, and ready when it needed to be even with the limited amount of set-up time Calamigos allows vendors. I can not recommend her highly enough based on the combo of her talent, customer service, and prices.

We booked our DJ really late in the game and were very lucky to find DJ Kelly with Sounds Like Fun DJ's. He was extremely professional, and seemed to do everything he could to make us happy. At the wedding he was friendly and fun, but not cheesy. One of the most important things for me was that he acted as a "reception coordinator" to keep everything moving and flowing based on our timeline. Because of this, I didn't have a care in the world once the reception started, because Kelly kept it all going for us. He included our special requests in nicely with music of his choice, which were perfect choices for our guests and our party. He also made for a really fun night. The dance floor was packed the entire night, and by the end the whole place was dancing and singing together (young and old). Many of our guests said it was the most fun they had ever had at a wedding. How can you ask for more?