I'm following Carrie (aka Lurkyloo)'s format for the trip report, since her was well-organized. So, next up is vendor reviews!
Photography: By The Robinsons
The Robinsons (formerly known as Studio 222) were SO much fun to work with. Becka and Nate are very laid back and really made us feel all at ease. And we became good friends - we've hung out since our wedding! They made us feel very laid back at our engagement session, and at our wedding we barely noticed them (in the best of ways). They really captured the essence of our day, and everyone enjoyed working with them. I highly recommend them!
Videography: Shutter Life Productions
We loved working with Shutter Life! They had a lot of flexible packages - and for anyone who wants photo and video, they do both and you get a discount if you use them for both. They were incredibly nice, and the two small clips we've seen so far (they're currently working on our video!) were awesome (and got re-grammed on Instagram by the official Disney Weddings account!
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Floral: Wedideas, Hobby Lobby, Disney
For personal floral, I DIY'd my bridesmaid bouquets using daisies and natural touch roses from Hobby Lobby:
For my own bouquet, I decided not to try DIY, and instead ordered from Wedideas.com. They were very nice and created a great bouquet for me, bouts for the Dads, and corsages for the Moms. All natural touch flowers:
For both of them, our planner and photographers handled them all day and didn't realize the bouquets were fake until I mentioned it! So if you go faux flowers, I highly recommend natural touch.
We had to use Disney for non-personal floral, since our venues were WP and ADH. We kept it simple, but Disney did a great job with what we wanted.
My big "must have" for whatever reason was rose petals lining the aisle. Don't know why! I really wanted it! It was our biggest ticket item but I loved how it looked. We requested 75% white, 25% coral petals.
We also had floral and candle votives lining the aisle, at every other row. That and the rose petals were all the aisle decor we had - simple, but I don't think the WP needs much help!
At the altar, we just had those simple white rose arrangements.
At ADH, we used existing seating and then added a few rounds to the dance floor. Existing seating had one vintage Coke bottle per table:
Unfortunately I don't have a super clear shot of the big table centerpieces, but it's 3 Coke bottles, and 3 varying vintage bottles (such as pharmacy bottles, milk bottles, etc).
Our cake table:
And they re-purposed our altar arrangement at our sweetheart table:
Hair & Makeup: Patricia LeJeune
I cannot recommend her enough!! Her entire team was amazing. I had done a hair and makeup trial (and loved it), but even for my Mom and bridesmaids who didn't have trials, they were able to quickly adapt to everyone's hair & makeup requests. And that hair and makeup STAYED, holy cow! Everyone's makeup and hair was still holding up after 14+ hours (between getting ready, wedding, reception, DP...). And my hair survived a convertible ride from WP to ADH! In the photo below, you can see how my hair and makeup survived that very fun but very windy ride:
Dress Steaming: Carolyn Allen's
They were great! They delivered my dress right on time, and quickly steamed my dress and all my BM's, and my mother's dress. They all looked great, and they were super nice (even at 6 in the morning! Woof.).
Tuxedos: Men's Wearhouse
They went well also - thankfully though, our best man tried on his tux two days before the rehearsal and was able to call and have them swap out the pants. The GF will hold onto them for you, and even let you try them on and then hold them again til you need them, so it was no issue - but definitely try things on if you can prior!
Manicure: Senses Spa at GF
Cannot recommend enough!!! It's a little pricier than some salons, maybe, but so worth it. First: hand and arm massages. Second: access to the spa for the day (sauna, hot tub, heated chairs, reclining chairs, snacks...bring a bathing suit!). Third: my manicure, which was just regular polish, lasted from the day before our wedding til the end of our honeymoon...TWO WEEKS later. And our honeymoon was a fairly active cruise, lots of swimming and such! I chose a simple mint nail polish with Mickey on my ring finger.
The Dress/Veil: Alfred Angelo in Altamonte Springs, alterations by Carolyn Allens
For any local brides, the Altamonte Springs consultants are SO nice! I got my dress there, but opted to have it altered at Carolyn Allen's after I got some mixed reviews on AA's alterations. Great decisions all around! Veil, belt, and dress were from AA. Carolyn Allen's did a great job sewing on the belt and altering the dress to fit me like a glove.
Jewelry: Etsy, Epcot
My earrings were from the Italy pavilion at Epcot, and a wonderful gift from my parents! The World Showcase stores have a lot of jewelry options.
My hair pins were rose gold colored pearl pins (to match my rose gold wedding band). I purchased these from "Like2Accessorize" on Etsy, and they were great!
My "something blue" was this bracelet that I purchased from Etsy seller "SprigJewelry". It was beautiful! Also in this photo, you can see the perfume I got the wedding from the France pavilion at Epcot - they even did free engraving with our wedding date, names, etc.
Shoes: Modcloth
And last but not least: SHOES. The comfiest part of all. With having a floor length dress, I was in no mood to be in heels all day when no one was really going to see my shoes anyway. I'm SO glad I chose these - I wanted some hidden spunk, and they were so ridiculously comfortable. In fact, the day before the wedding, I wore heels to the rehearsal - and got THREE blisters on my feet. The day of the wedding, I wore these shoes all day, no bandaids needed, and my blisters felt fine. Best. Shoes. Ever!!
Phew! And that wraps up vendors. Next post will be about the bachelorette party that happened a week before the wedding! Thanks for reading.