My mom, MOH, and I spent the day before the wedding getting our pedi’s and nails done. It was so fun. The girls there are super nice and sooo fun to joke with and talk to. I got a cut on my foot from the pumice thing and unfortunately it laid RIGHT where my strap for my wedding shoes did. I was upset about that, but overall the rest was a great experience. The day of we went in at 11am for wedding make-up. They allowed our photographer to come with us and he got some good shots! I didn’t love my make-up, but then again, I am extremely fussy and particular about how I do my make-up on a normal basis. My mom and MOH looked stunning, though!! I went home and took off the lipstick, applied my own (I never, ever wear it, so I made sure to use something lighter that looked more like me!) and put my chapstick over top. Jason (photog) advised me to take off a little make-up on my lower cheeks because I was too whitewashed there. I added some shimmer eyeshadow and put on more mascara, and then I looked HOT! HaHa. I love that it stayed on all day long and looked really, really nice for pictures.

They did us a HUGE favor by taking on our order when my original bridal shopped closed and only charging us for the bridesmaid dresses at cost. They were fantastic to work with. When the dresses came, however, one of the tops was completely wrong. I know that Lendzions had the right numbers because I had double checked them over there. So, Main St. ordered the wrong number, but swore it was Lendzions that gave them the numbers. Whatever the case, they called the company and they kindly agreed to send out the new top ASAP. It arrived in August and it was the correct one, this time!

For all the work Hana had to do, she did a fabulous job. My first fitting was great; she spent a ton of time with me. The second one, she was rushed and running all over the house. She seemed like she didn’t have the time to talk to me the way I wanted. I left feeling OK, but discouraged about the bra cups. She and mom had thought they looked better in my dress, but I just didn’t like the way they lay. The final pickup was great. Hana let me try it on, took the cups out, adjusted my bustle and then steamed my dress again. She also steamed my veil for free. It all looked amazing. She did my girls’ dresses too and they all looked great. She had to add extra material to the bottom of one girls dress, and it looked the best it could considering the circumstances.

Only a couple minor adjustments were needed, and they told me dad he didn’t need the bigger size shirt, but his was pretty snug in the arms. He didn’t complain, however. They were ready early and we had a bridal show discount so we got a $100+ tux for only $60 each. They were all clean, neat, and they gave the guys all free socks. They loved that!!

Julie works out of her home and makes an awesome, awesome cake. Everyone raved about how it’s the best wedding cake they ever had and by the end of the night, it was gone. We had it wrapped for people to take because we had a dessert tray, but the people who stayed a long time ate some before leaving!! The only complaint I had was trying to get a hold of her in the few weeks before the wedding.

I cannot give Katie enough praise. She did everything we asked for, and more. She was a doll to work with and always giving insight and letting me have my ideas at the same time. I got to see the room before anyone else and my breath was taken away. The flowers were EXACTLY as I had envisioned and the girls’ bouquets were even more gorgeous than I ever though possible. It was so nice to see it all tied together. My centerpieces of calla lilies turned out phenomenal and she made my bouquet look sooo pretty. She did me a favor and tied my grandmother and grandfather’s wedding bands to my ribbon and I loved the way it turned out!! Our cake flowers were stunning as well. She also did some of the set up of the room and it really set the tone for everything else. I highly recommend her!! She was affordable and so helpful!!

Erik was so nice to work with. He called me the Monday before the wedding and went over all the details I had previously sent over. He got there an hour and a half before his start time. He did our ceremony music as well and it was great. The only problem I had was that he didn’t play hardly anything on our must play list, even though I told him we put them in order of most important to least important, and he didn’t play a special song to my mom I had really wanted. I didn’t remember until the day after the wedding about that, however. All in all they kept the party going. In the beginning everyone was dancing, and because we had such a long reception by 10:30-11pm everyone started clearing out. Our Bridal Party stayed on the floor until 1am, though!! Erik said that it was fantastic and uncommon for that to happen at a reception that was 8 hrs long!!!

I cannot rave enough about Jason. We loved working with him for our engagement pictures and our wedding pictures were even more fun!! He’s a wonderful person with such great ideas and does amazing work. He set up a table at the reception to show the pictures from earlier and everyone kept complimenting us on his work. We cannot wait to see our proofs… the slide show blew us away!!! He seemed to get all the pics we asked for- we didn’t make much of a must take list because we trust him and we know that he knows what he is doing. He was with me for over 12 hrs that day and he never skipped a beat!!