My Great Aunt did our Catering. Not only did she save us a TON of money, she made all of our favorite foods perfectly and everyone really enjoyed the meal-especially Jake & I!
We also had a sandwich and chip bar set up at about 11:30 p.m. for a little something extra when people started getting hungry again-it was a hit! =D
I LOVED our CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I almost didn't want to cut into the damn thing I loved it so much! (ALMOST!) The wedding CAKE was one of my favorite parts of getting married LOL!
My Aunt, who does Wedding Cakes professionally, did our Wedding Cake as a gift and she did an AMAZING JOB! Every other layer was White Cake and Red Velvet Cake =D
It was perfect and looked EXACTLY like the picture I gave her of what I wanted the cake to look like and it tasted SO GOOD! I received a TON of compliments on our Cake!
Denny & Sue are family friends and take wedding photos as a side job/hobby. They did an amazing job with our pictures!!! We couldn't have been happier with the results! They took posed pictures before the Reception started, the bridal dances, cake cutting, and the usual pictures, but they also went above and beyond and took pictures that I never would have thought to have asked them to take-but am SO GLAD THEY DID! We have so many great pictures and memories thanks to them and I'm thrilled with their work! =D
Let me start with saying I dealt mostly with Stacy and I absolutely loved her. She returned all my phone calls and emails usually the same day or the next day-which is REALLY nice =D
When I met with Stacy and Tom (husband, Tom)-there are two Tom's with the business) to pay the balance about 3 weeks or so before our Reception and gave them a list about a mile long...I am not exaggerating by much either-I'm not usually too picky about much, but music was VERY important and I had certain songs that I just had to have played....they looked at the list and laughed first of all...cause the list was just ridiculous (I admit it..haha) but they said "No problem, we have these songs and the ones we don't have we'll get and we'll play them". Wow what a relief =D
The Reception Hall doesn't have cell signal at all and I was wondering how we were going to let someone inside know that we were there so they could tell Stacy to start our Entrance Song..but when we pulled up there was Stacy and Tom (not husband, but SUPER nice guy) THANK GOD!...Stacy was on it!
Once we sat down-Stacy and Tom were asking the entire Bridal Party what we wanted to drink (wow full service!) so they got our drinks for us and we started our toasts (best to get those nerves out of the way!) Then it was time for dinner-Tom insisted on carrying my plate for me! WOW!!!!!! I've never seen this done before, it was not necessary, but of course I appreciated it and I didn't spill anything on my dress =D What a guy! The rest of the night they asked if we needed anything too...it was really sweet and just above and beyond any of my expectations of a DJ service! (P.S. They played the dinner music I had listed and then some..it was PERFECT!!!!!)
So onto the First Dance and the other "Dances" they were all played perfectly (the correct versions that I had listed on the paper) and then it went into open dance and mingling for the Bride and Groom. Time REALLY gets away from you when it's your wedding (I wish I could have DANCED more, because they were playing ALL my favorite songs (the list)-and then some!) but of course I had to say hello to all of our guests first. Stacy also was great at keeping me up with when it was time to cut the cake, time for the dollar dance, time for the Bouquet Toss and Garter Toss and when it was getting down to the last half hour...Thank God...cause trust me time gets away from you when you are busy with your guests =D
Jake and I were both so happy with A+ Digital DJs and highly recommend them! =D
I HIGHLY recommend Makeup in the 702 for your wedding makeup and hair!
Megan did an AMAZING job on my makeup! They came to my hotel room and had everything with them! At first I thought that the services were a little pricey, but once they handed me the mirror and I looked at myself-WOW WORTH EVERY CENT!!! I have never tried airbrush makeup or fake eyelashes (I have really deep set eyes) Megan put those eyelashes on me and for the first time in my life my eyes actually popped! I was also impressed by how well the airbrushed makeup looked-it was amazing-I was somewhat broke out, because like most brides, I was stressed prior to my wedding day and our Las Vegas vacation, but you could NOT TELL AT ALL once Megan worked her magic on me...I actually asked her if she would be willing to come to Michigan with me to redo my makeup for our Reception haha =D The makeup held up the entire day and night too as promised-we had a Las Vegas Strip Photo Tour, which involved several stops and LOTS of walking in a heavy wedding gown in 95 degree heat..the makeup didn't budge, I cried during the ceremony-the makeup looked FLAWLESS, and it literally did not come off until I TOOK IT OFF with makeup remover....PERFECT! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!
I asked Whitney (who did my hair) to please do the "Carrie Underwood" half up-half down look with curls/side swept bangs..she did a great job-looked JUST LIKE THE PICTURE! It stayed pretty well too...I wish I had a curling iron about 3 hours later cause half of my hair started to go straight, but I think overall it still looked amazing and I still got a TON of compliments and nobody but me noticed of course =D These girls know what they are doing!!! A+ VERY SATISFIED!!!!!
We did the 2-Hour Las Vegas Strip Photo Tour, because we wanted wedding pictures done before our wedding on the Las Vegas Strip and Michelle with Toner Photography made it happen! She picked us up at our hotel, we went to the different locations that I had picked out prior to the tour, and then dropped us off at our Ceremony location (which was the Stratosphere-we got married at the Top of the Stratosphere).
On the tour, we went to the Famous Las Vegas Sign, New York-New York Bridge, The Paris, and the Bellagio..we were also lucky enough to get some shots of the Bellagio fountains going off in the background..Michelle timed it just right she is AMAZING and if you are going to Las Vegas to get married I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Toner Photography!!!!!!! =D
Our pictures came back and I was stunned-we seriously looked like we could have stepped out of a Bridal Magazine! Michelle takes amazing pictures! =D