Flowers by Frances is our personal favorite in town. It's a family-owned business and it seems as though they never miss a beat. Our colors were complicated, and they still made it work by finding and ordering a couple of more rare flowers just for our occasion. The pricing is definitely fair compared to other resources and their options are wide open! We highly recommend Flowers by Frances!
We used Walmart of Hays, KS and Bed, Bath & Beyond of Overland Park, KS. Can't go wrong with these two -- many options for people in small or big towns and everything went as planned! Bed Bath & Beyond is wonderful and provides some really neat extra services when you go inside to set everything up! My favorite store!
The Magnolia Hotel in downtown Denver, CO was amazing. They make you feel like a star when you arrive and throughout your whole stay. We strongly recommend this hotel for any trip you take to Denver, CO. We went to Denver, as we are saving up for our first home and needed somewhere easy to drive to, yet fun, and we were surprised by how many great things there were to do there! We went to Comedy Works downtown, as well as several museums and shops and had a blast. We recommend dining at Maggiano's Italian Restaurant downtown, as well!
If you choose to get married at St. Joseph, Kevin Rupp will more than likely be your organist, as he is the church's office and music manager. He does a great job. He is very quick and to the point when you meet with him to choose your music, but he plays beautifully. Renee Michaud of Hays, KS does much work with St. Joseph and she was our chosen vocalist, as she is a family friend of my husband's. She sang like an angel and we recommend her to anyone in this area!
Again, we created the invitations almost from scratch ourselves, but would've been completely lost without Paper and More! Again, our colors were somewhat complex, but they have SO many color options that we were actually able to find EXACT matches of what we needed. The options are endless on this website. We had pocketfold invitations with information in the middle and tabs of information stacked on the far right pocket. The paper was sparkly and absolutely beautiful -- thick enough to be strong when doing much gluing. HIGHLY recommend Paper and More for any wedding projects, invitations, signs, etc!
We rented a projector and huge screen from Grand Rental Station for our videographer to play our DVD slideshow for our guests after dinner before kicking off our dance. They have SO many different items to rent -- the pricing is pretty good and they only ask that you bring it back that following Monday. Great people!
Again, Cooley Productions' Brandon Cooley was our videographer and he was one of our very best wedding vendors! He was so flexible in meeting with us and helped us choose the best video package for us. He stayed much later than he generally does and got our DVDs, slideshows and all extra copies done before we even got home from our honeymoon -- AMAZING work. His DVDs and slideshows are FANTASTIC and our family and friends were so impressed by his kindness and work!
You can't go wrong with Master Cleaner's in Hays. We struggled greatly to find vests that would match the bridesmaid dresses in Hays. We had no luck at two wedding shops in town and their service was weak, but we walked into Master Cleaner's and they had MANY more color options, great service and were very prompt. All orders came in right for our men involved in the ceremony except the shoes were tighter than expected and one color of shirt was off, which they immediately fixed for us. They had back-ups of everything in the store and did great work for us!
My husband & his family have gone here for years to get their haircuts. We had Amy and Tammy do my hair, the mother of the bride & groom's hair, and my bridesmaids' hair. They did excellent -- they knew what the girls were wanting and allowed them to make it creative. They were flexible and are always so much fun. They're great ladies and we strongly recommend them to anyone! Pricing is AMAZING here -- can't get any better than this!
Our DJ was the manager of Complete Music, Scott Kerns. He did PERFECT at our wedding. We had numerous guests comment on how entertaining and fun Scott was. He got the guests sitting involved and out on the dance floor and he, himself, came out and did line dances with us. He was fantastic!