We're hitched, now here are the reviews...
Venue/Profile Event Center: A+ Heather was outstanding to work with, as well as her whole team there. Everyone raved about the decor and the food and I can't tell you how many people said that this was the best wedding they've ever attended - and I believe it :) Our reception was perfect!
Photographer/Matt Lien:
Flowers/Donato's: A+ Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!! Everything I asked for and more!
Hair and Makeup/Smart & Chic: A++ One word - amazing. Nothing but good reviews from us, all 3 ladies were amazing. I didn't have a trial, just brought pictures. Amber was able to do exactly what I wanted. I had airbrush foundation, which I loved. Julie contacted me after the wedding, after she heard about what happened to my dress and therefore no outdoor pics, and set up a "rock the dress" photo shoot with Graddy Photography. We had an amazing time, she did my hair and makeup and I LOVED everything about the day. She set up the photographer, rented a tux, bought a bouquet and bout and went this us to the shoot to touch me up along the way. She went WAY above and beyond to fix something that they didn't have anything to do with, and I will forever be grateful.
DOC/Maria with Ispiri Events: A+ Maria was great to work with and I am SO thankful I ended up hiring a doc. I don't know how my reception would have turned out so perfectly without her help. She contacted all of my vendors the week of the wedding and met with me 3 times to discuss my vision. She attended the rehearsal and took charge of handling our rowdy crew :) The morning of my wedding she set everything up at the venue. I was worried about how everything would look so I gave Maria pictures and labled each box with detailed notes - everything looked perfect and better than I imagined! She kept us on track once we arrived and made sure we did everything we had planned (order of cake cutting, toasts, dances, bouquet toss, etc.) She fixed my bustle when it came apart and made sure the hubby and I made it over to the photobooth. She was there until 1 AM helping with the cleanup too. I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone!
Cake/Sweet Treat by Jeff: A+ YUM! after attending 5 cake tastings I thought we were done...until I heard about Jeff Perila. He works from his home, and we went there for our 6th and final tasting - SO happy we did! His flavors are amazing. We ended up choosing the turtle, oreo crunch, Bailey's and Kahlua flavors for our 2 tiered cake, 200 cupcakes and surprise Surly (DH's favorite beer) groom's cake. His prices are extremely reasonable, even delivering and setting up all the way from Savage. He also provided the cupcake stand, for a very small fee, and even decorated it with the ribbon I sent him. He was very quick to respond to emails and used the decorative cupcake liners I sent him along with the ribbon. Everyone commented on how good all of the flavors were and I was really happy to have some leftovers :)
Alterations/Louise:
Rehearsal Dinner/Pizza Luce: A+ We were at the downtown Mpls location, in their newer banquet room and had a great time. We had our own private bar and the food was excellent. The snow coming down (April 15th!) made for a pretty view outside their large windows.
Menswear/Savvi: A+ All of the guys looked great and there were no problems with anything. We used the Maple Grove location and even in the midst of prom season everything was ready when it was supposed to be.
Limo/Sonic: A+ The driver arrived early (I saw the limo pull up before I walked down the aisle) and he even came in to introduce himself and to let us know he was ready when we were after the receiving line. We were in the newest Escalade. It was clean, stocked with champagne glasses and ice and very impressive all around. I know we all wish we had more time to just drive around and party (ipod dock, so we had our playlist ready to go), we ended up changing our mind at the last minute on what bar we wanted to go to, and that wasn't a problem at all. Great service and a very reasonable price - we shopped around! I would use them again and recommend them to anyone.
Videographer/Brady with Highlights: A Brady did an oustanding job, even giving us an extra DVD of "bonus footage"! This will surely be something we cherish for the rest of our lives.
Hotel/Radisson:
Band/The Blue Ringers: A+++ Seriously awesome! They MADE the reception! They normally don't do many weddings, but we're related through my brother-in-law. I blame them for me not walking around and talking to people - I could not pull myself off of the dancefloor :) They played from 8-12:45 and I danced all but maybe 20 minutes. LOVE them!!!
Photographer/Matt Lien:
Flowers/Donato's: A+ Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!! Everything I asked for and more!
Hair and Makeup/Smart & Chic: A++ One word - amazing. Nothing but good reviews from us, all 3 ladies were amazing. I didn't have a trial, just brought pictures. Amber was able to do exactly what I wanted. I had airbrush foundation, which I loved. Julie contacted me after the wedding, after she heard about what happened to my dress and therefore no outdoor pics, and set up a "rock the dress" photo shoot with Graddy Photography. We had an amazing time, she did my hair and makeup and I LOVED everything about the day. She set up the photographer, rented a tux, bought a bouquet and bout and went this us to the shoot to touch me up along the way. She went WAY above and beyond to fix something that they didn't have anything to do with, and I will forever be grateful.
DOC/Maria with Ispiri Events: A+ Maria was great to work with and I am SO thankful I ended up hiring a doc. I don't know how my reception would have turned out so perfectly without her help. She contacted all of my vendors the week of the wedding and met with me 3 times to discuss my vision. She attended the rehearsal and took charge of handling our rowdy crew :) The morning of my wedding she set everything up at the venue. I was worried about how everything would look so I gave Maria pictures and labled each box with detailed notes - everything looked perfect and better than I imagined! She kept us on track once we arrived and made sure we did everything we had planned (order of cake cutting, toasts, dances, bouquet toss, etc.) She fixed my bustle when it came apart and made sure the hubby and I made it over to the photobooth. She was there until 1 AM helping with the cleanup too. I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone!
Cake/Sweet Treat by Jeff: A+ YUM! after attending 5 cake tastings I thought we were done...until I heard about Jeff Perila. He works from his home, and we went there for our 6th and final tasting - SO happy we did! His flavors are amazing. We ended up choosing the turtle, oreo crunch, Bailey's and Kahlua flavors for our 2 tiered cake, 200 cupcakes and surprise Surly (DH's favorite beer) groom's cake. His prices are extremely reasonable, even delivering and setting up all the way from Savage. He also provided the cupcake stand, for a very small fee, and even decorated it with the ribbon I sent him. He was very quick to respond to emails and used the decorative cupcake liners I sent him along with the ribbon. Everyone commented on how good all of the flavors were and I was really happy to have some leftovers :)
Alterations/Louise:
Rehearsal Dinner/Pizza Luce: A+ We were at the downtown Mpls location, in their newer banquet room and had a great time. We had our own private bar and the food was excellent. The snow coming down (April 15th!) made for a pretty view outside their large windows.
Menswear/Savvi: A+ All of the guys looked great and there were no problems with anything. We used the Maple Grove location and even in the midst of prom season everything was ready when it was supposed to be.
Limo/Sonic: A+ The driver arrived early (I saw the limo pull up before I walked down the aisle) and he even came in to introduce himself and to let us know he was ready when we were after the receiving line. We were in the newest Escalade. It was clean, stocked with champagne glasses and ice and very impressive all around. I know we all wish we had more time to just drive around and party (ipod dock, so we had our playlist ready to go), we ended up changing our mind at the last minute on what bar we wanted to go to, and that wasn't a problem at all. Great service and a very reasonable price - we shopped around! I would use them again and recommend them to anyone.
Videographer/Brady with Highlights: A Brady did an oustanding job, even giving us an extra DVD of "bonus footage"! This will surely be something we cherish for the rest of our lives.
Hotel/Radisson:
Band/The Blue Ringers: A+++ Seriously awesome! They MADE the reception! They normally don't do many weddings, but we're related through my brother-in-law. I blame them for me not walking around and talking to people - I could not pull myself off of the dancefloor :) They played from 8-12:45 and I danced all but maybe 20 minutes. LOVE them!!!
