Cake - Batter Up Cake Company
Alicia did a wonderful job with our cake. It was exactly how we envisioned it. J really wanted the grass on our invitation to be on the bottom tier. We gave her a copy of the invitation and it looked exactly the same! It tasted great as well although I only had one bite which I had during our cake cutting. I just wish the icing wasn't so thick. It seemed a bit much to me.
Alicia did a wonderful job with our cake. It was exactly how we envisioned it. J really wanted the grass on our invitation to be on the bottom tier. We gave her a copy of the invitation and it looked exactly the same! It tasted great as well although I only had one bite which I had during our cake cutting. I just wish the icing wasn't so thick. It seemed a bit much to me.
I found Lora through our awesome photographer, Tammy, a week before the wedding! I know, it was insane. I had to cancel on my original make up artist since she was too hard to get a hold of and was too unreliable. I was hesitant in the beginning since there was no trial whatsoever but she sent me pictures of her work and I was very impressed.
Lora came to the farm and did my hair and make up and she did a wonderful job. She changed my hair a couple of times until I knew it was perfect for me. I loved what she did and I got compliments throughout the day. My make up didn't feel like it was caked on my face and it looked very natural and fresh. I will definitely use her services again.
Leann did an amazing job on my bouquet and all the flower arrangements she did for the wedding. Her prices were amazing too! I had a bouquet of roses and freesias, the two corsages were freesia and hydrangea, J's dad and grandpa had a single rose for their boutonniere, and J has a freesia for his. She came to the farm and arranged all our ceremony flowers of hydrangeas and roses on planters that I provided which we also used for centerpieces at the reception.
Musician - Wagner Trio
We only had a duo (violin and cello) for the ceremony since the flutist was not available. I never met Ethan but I talked to him on the phone and we exchanged plenty of emails. They added a really nice touch to our ceremony and their music was great! We started the ceremony late and they played the whole time. They were definitely worth the money since we booked with them a couple of weeks before the wedding.
We only had a duo (violin and cello) for the ceremony since the flutist was not available. I never met Ethan but I talked to him on the phone and we exchanged plenty of emails. They added a really nice touch to our ceremony and their music was great! We started the ceremony late and they played the whole time. They were definitely worth the money since we booked with them a couple of weeks before the wedding.
Reception - Sheraton Richmond West
We had plenty of food at the reception and I think that we might have overfed our guests. There were 4 different kinds of hors doeuvre's that were passed during the cocktail hour, dinner consisted of salad with sea bass, tomato basil soup, raspberry sorbet for the intermezzo, and NY strip loin for the entree which was of course followed by our cake. Guests also received truffles to take home and there was this presentation of sweets on a platter for each table during coffee service.
We had a beer and wine host bar throughout the whole reception but we brought in the wine ourselves to cut cost. I'm glad we did this since we went through a case and a half of wine with only 45 guests for 4 hours and not all of them drank.
We had a beer and wine host bar throughout the whole reception but we brought in the wine ourselves to cut cost. I'm glad we did this since we went through a case and a half of wine with only 45 guests for 4 hours and not all of them drank.
They are definitely our favorite vendor! We loved their work from the moment J found them on the Internet all the way through our engagement session and wedding. Our gallery of pictures went up on their site not even three days after the wedding! Jason and Tammy were with us from the moment J arrived at the farm early that morning up until we had our last drink at the reception. They also brought in a 3rd photographer from Richmond, Rae, who was mainly there at the reception to take pictures before our guests started to arrive.
They are definitely a great duo and we are soooo happy with the pictures they've taken. I give the hubbie tons of kudos for finding them! We can't wait to start designing the album with Jason. I'm already thinking of the next time that we might need their services again.
They are definitely a great duo and we are soooo happy with the pictures they've taken. I give the hubbie tons of kudos for finding them! We can't wait to start designing the album with Jason. I'm already thinking of the next time that we might need their services again.
