There were so many things to do and some of them I had NO CLUE where to start! So this is a blog dedicated to anyone who is planning a wedding and needs a direction or place to start!
Before you do anything- print this TO-DO LIST off! It gives you a timeline of where you should be and saved my life!!! http://www.ldsweddings.com/articles/4months.html
Photographers:
Amanda Proudfit: I saw that one of my friends was getting some cute portfolio pics done as she was getting ready to graduate college. I saw that she had them done through Proudfit Photography. I check out there website and found out that they did engagements for a SUPER good deal! ($75) They are currently running 50% off portfolio building prices. Amanda is SO artistic. She has a great eye for uniqueness and making things beautiful. Can't go wrong here. Check her out!http://proudfitphotography.com/
http://www.facebook.com/#!/proudfitphotography
Videographer:
Katie Nielson: Katie is the MOST reasonably priced, creative, beautiful videographer you'll ever meet! I met Katie about 3 months before I got married when she started working at my last job. She does videography as a second job- I thought it was pretty cool. I personally wasn't planning on having anything to do with a videographer. I thought they were just another "wedding tradition" that sucked peoples wedding funds. BUT THEN I WATCHED KATIE'S SAMPLES on her blog... I almost cried they were so amazing. She has her own style. It's not just like a home video. It's super classy. I'm telling you, YOU HAVE TO go through Katie! I can't rave about her enough! Check out her blog below and watch for yourself, then look at her AMAZING prices. It's a no brainer. Her email and facebook link are below as well. PS- Katie is hilarious on top of being amazing at this! You'll have so much fun with her!Blog: http://kchristinevideography.blogspot.com/
Email:katiechristine1989@gmail.com
Facebook:http://facebook.com/
Wedding Decorations:
Kris Larsen: Meeting Kris was a miracle. Her daughter worked with my mom at the hospital and told us we should go over to her house and check out her stuff. Oh my did she have the most amazing wedding decorations we'd ever seen. Hiring Kris to do my wedding saved my life!!! She took care of pretty much everything! This was one part of my wedding I would do exactly the same again. It made things stress free and everything was exactly how I envisioned. I loved our reception thanks to Kris!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Fine-Day-Wedding-Event-Planning
Email:
Phone #: 801-668-0433
Massage:
Abby Stuart: The best thing you can do for yourself is get a massage! When it's the week of your wedding, go see Abby. She will change your life! She is right out of Weber Canyon and has a massage studio in her home. Abby is THE nicest lady you'll ever meet. She only charges $40 for a full hour, head to toe, massage. I think that is an awesome deal, the best I have found. CALL HER!
Phone #: 801-479-1027
Ring Shopping:
Here are my feelings about some of the places we went ring shopping and where we found the best deal:
- Shane Co: Sales guy didn't give a rats left ear about what we wanted. Wouldn't help us, just kept handing us rings we didn't like after we told him several times what we were looking for. Waste of time.
- Jerricks: Jerricks was awesome. Had some of the greatest variety I've seen. Really really cool guy. Very helpful
- SE Needhams: SO OVERATED. They had hardly any selection, had hardly any room to sit. Was a huge disappointment.
- Jonathan Jewelers: This is where we got our ring! Jonathan was so willing to custom build our ring and not charge us every dime. He was fast, great to work with, really respected us and did everything he could to make us happy! SO GREAT! www.jonathansjewelry.com/
(801) 943-0303
6900 Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Wedding Dresses:
This is a hard one for me to talk about- I had horrible experience, after horrible experience wedding dress shopping! It was awful. Simply because I didn't feel like the customer, I felt like the farm girl taking orders. Every dress shop told me when I could come, how many dresses I could try on, some wouldn't even let me touch/look at the dresses they had. I could only describe what I wanted. I hated it. I like freedom, choices!
My advice is to go to the small less known shops- avoid David's Bridal and major Utah dress shops. Way over priced, and look like every other dress I've seen. The two dress shops I liked the best were Fairy Godmother Bridal and Fantasy Bridal. They were still way pushy, but had the most unique and variety of dresses I'd seen.
Google their names if you are interested!
Wedding Cakes:
Ingrid Roeschmann: Ingrid is from Chile and she is SO cute! She is the wife of one of my former co-workers. What I loved about Ingrid is that she is a perfectionist. I showed her what I wanted my cake to look like and she went and bought a Cricut to make the details sharp and crisp! She is one of the only people who actually does REAL fillings in cakes. She did Nutella & Strawberrys, Nutella and nuts, IT WAS SO GOOD! I love Nutella! Contact her over facebook! OH and she is a GREAT DEAL TOO!Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ingrid.roeschmann
Reception Music:
Marny Proudfit: This girl is LEGIT!!!! Oh my gosh I couldn't have asked for a better voice! She will make it big someday! Listen to her and make the decision for yourself!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marnyproudfit
Listen to her Music Here: http://www.soundcloud.com/marnyproudfit
I love everything you said :) I just wanted to add a couple things. First, I'm sad you didn't have the best dress shopping experience. I wish I would've told you about Gowns by Pamela. They are AMAZING! I had the privilege to work with Pamela herself and she was so beyond perfect. You get one-on-one attention and the person who helps you is actually listening to what you want. I went wedding dress shopping expecting not to find anything I liked- I was looking for something unique. After listening to my likes and dislikes Pamela was able to find "the one" for me in about 2 tries! I'd say everyone needs to go to Gowns by Pamela first. Their selection is amazing and there is always the option to buy or rent (which I personally loved). There's a store in Provo and Salt Lake. Here's the website:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gownsbypamela.com/
I also wanted to mention that I loved Morgan Jewelers. They had top quality jewelry and a good selection and weren't too concerned about selling. We felt and still feel taken care of there.