Rev. Eva Au was excellent. She was easy to work with and listened to what we wanted. The ceremony was personalized for our needs. I was looking for a bilingual reverand but had some trouble since it was difficult to find someone that spoke both languages well. However, Eva was able to perform the ceremony in both cantonese/chinese and english perfectly. Her cermony words were beautiful and touching, it even made one of my male friends cry!

I ordered my bridemaid's dresses at Mariposa and I was extremely impressed by their service. Ilayda was patient and helpful when we were searching for bridemaids dresses. If its difficult handling one bride and her dress, imagine trying to please four women. We ended up ordering 4 different style dresses, but with the same color and fabric by Bari Jay. I loved how the dresses turned out and my bridal party was happy since they were able to choose a dress that best fit their style and body. I didn't get my dress there since I already purchased from a different bridal salon but I would defintely recommend brides to go there to try on wedding dresses. The place is small but very cute and filled with great dresses.

My sister actually used Elaine for her wedding make-up and hair and I knew I had to book her immediately for my own. It's pretty difficult to find a make-up artist that can work with asian features but Elaine is an expert! Just look over her website and you'll see for yourself what she can achieve. It's amazing what a good make-up artist can do. I just looked through her books and she did exactly what I wanted. My make-up stayed on the whole day from 11:30 AM to 11:30 PM. I just had to reapply lip-gloss and blot my face. THe only negative thing I would have to point out is that her staff is not as good as she is. Bridal party hair was so-so, some up-dos had to be fixed because it looked too much like high-school prom. My bridemaid's did their own make-up.

I didn't meet the DJ until the day of the wedding but I was not disappointed! Joe at atmosphere was a pleasure to work with. I hired Atmosphere to provide music for the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. They were also hired to do the lighting for the reception and the room looked beautiful. Joe responded to my questions promptly and provided his professional input. I only chose a few songs for the wedding and I let Joe choose the rest and music turned out great. Joe was also the MC for the wedding and he was flawless.

Flower Allie was the first vendor I found through projectwedding.com and glad that I did. There were so many great reviews and I had to get see for myself what the fuss was all about. As their website says, they do the best $3000 to $4000 weddings! I went to another vendor for a consultation and with everything I wanted it would have been about $6000. I ordered 2 different kinds of tall centerpieces for our reception and was blown away. They were grand and spectalur! Allison was not cheap at all on the amount of flowers. The pics of the centerpieces are in my photos but they're not that great since they were taken by a friend's personal compact digital camera. Allison was able to provide all the wedding flowers I dreamed of and was able provide excellent input. Like other reviews, she is super busy and I found the best way to contact her is by phone.

The first vendor I would have to praise is Serenity Events. Our wedding went as planned thanks to the coordination of Serenity Events. The Langham Hotel where we had our cermony and reception required that we hire a professional wedding coordinator for the month of, and thankfully they did. Now I understand the importance of a PROFESSIONAL wedding coordinator and not just having a "friend" help you. We actually worked with the associate wedding coordinator Joanna Kim instead of the main coordinator but we were still VERY pleased with their services. She was always available to answer my questions and nicely too. Even if something did go wrong on the wedding day I never knew about it, she took care of everything. We had an emergency on the day of the wedding...my veil and part of my dress ripped, but I was calm. I knew I could just call Joanna and she would be there to fix it, and she did! My wedding party even had to praise Joanna Kim for running everything smoothly. My guests even came up to me and told me that I looked too relaxed and calm for a bride. I told them, it's because of my wedding coordinator!

My sister used Orchid Boutique for her wedding flowers and it was such a HUGE disappointment. The flowers for the wedding day were completely different from the sample (trial) flowers she showed us a week before the wedding. The sample centerpieces were full and beautiful, however on the day of the wedding they were much smaller. She spent $5000 on flowers and it looked like it was only worth $3000 or less. On the day of the wedding, she cut the amount of flowers and changed the type of flowers that were discussed in the contract. On top of that, she did not even notify us of the changes before they were implemented. Like the other reviews, she does NOT remember details you have requested. Overall, we were RIPPED OFF!!!