Weddingbee boards

I hired Bridal Beauty to do on location hair and make up for myself and 6 others. They sent a team of two awesome ladies, Lindsey and Mandi. Lindsey picked up on the style that all the girls had in mind, and every single one of them had gorgeous hair. Mandi was in charge of make-up and made everyone look great. She also took pictures of everyone during the make-up process and Sylvia sent them to my email the day after the wedding. They are amazing pictures and I really appreciated the extra "souvenir" from the day. The airbrush make-up lasts all day (and is cry-proof!) and it doesn't feel heavy or gunky on your face. I don't normally wear a lot of make-up and was worried about it. So if you are on the fence like I was, go for it. It is a little pricey, but I splurged on it. I cut corners on the flower budget to be able to afford it and it was completely worth it. It made for a completely relaxing morning. Sylvia (the owner) was also great to work with on the phone and was very accommodating. :)

Our wedding cake was absolutely gorgeous from the Baker's Nook. I was too busy to have a proper slice on our wedding day, but everyone said it was delicious! The tasting was a good experience as well. They were very friendly and accommodating. I would highly recommended the Baker's Nook to anyone.

We used Marci for our November 2010 wedding. I was impressed with her blog, and another bride had recommended her to me. Unfortunately, I was not really impressed with the quality of the pictures she took the day of. I seriously am struggling to find three pictures worth blowing up and framing. The natural light was kind of iffy that day, due to it being relatively overcast (hello, november!). She did not bring any additional lights/external flashes to help offset the lighting problem, and as a result, we got almost no usable pictures from after the ceremony. The \"posed\" family shots are all really dark and grainy and we are pretty disappointed with them. At the reception, she spent a lot of time trying to capture detail shots, and did a great job of capturing pictures of our guests dancing and having candid moments. We have great pictures of our guests, but not any great pictures of the two of us. To be completely honest, I didn\'t feel any kind of connection with Marci on a personal level. I feel like she is a production line wedding photographer and shoots so many weddings that she doesn\'t stop and \"get\" what each wedding is really about. She didn\'t do an accurate job \"covering\" my wedding. Thankfully other guests got some pictures that we might be able to use. But when you shoot 3-5 weddings a week and then turn around and mail digital copies of prints within 2 weeks that gives you little to no time to professionally edit the images. We used her daughter, Skye, for the fauxtobooth and she did an amazing job. Everyone loved her. If you go with Marci as your wedding photographer , I would highly recommend hiring Skye as well.