PA/NJ Brides - Who are your vendors?

We had a DW in Vermont.

Cates Wedding:

Ceremony - Parish church in Drexel Hilld

Reception - Grand Ballroom of Mendenhall

Cake - Dough Main Bakers, in Rosemont.

Florist - Ways Green, Kennett Square

Gown - Irmas Bridal, CH, NJ

Hair - Up Your Do - Jill Kozur of Le Pappillion Salon, Jenkintown

Bride and MOB Make-Up - Dylan Michaels of Le Pappillion Salon, Jenkintown

BM Dress - AA of CH, NJ

BM Hair & MU - Stepmother's Stylist Friends

Tux - Jos A Bank(DH is doing Ardmore)

Photographer is Michaels of Bensalem.

Invitations & Reception Items - Kelly King of King Desings

DJ - Brett Gregory

Limo: Trophy

Wedding Planner/Decorater - The MOB ; )

Our venue was the Ramada Inn/ PHIL airport about 2 mins from the airpoort.

photographer was Krista Patton

DJ was a family Friend

Dress was Stella Maris in Holmes

tux's were Mens warehouse Springfield

All in Delaware County

and our Limo was Prime Time Limo

We're from Philly, getting married in KOP

Venue: Radisson Valley Forge-Grand Ballroom

Florist: Petals Lane (Roxborough)

Cake: Master's Baker (Malvern)

Bridal Gown: Bridal & Tuxedo Shoppe (Newark, DE)

BM Dress: Toast Bridal (Willow Grove --horrible don't use)

Photo: Laura Casner Photography (NY--college friend)

Invites: Kelly King of King Designs

DJ: Nick Montone (DJs at my job)

Video: Still looking (suggestions)

Tux: Jos A Bank

share yours??

Wow, I didn't know both of you were Philly area brides.

Mrs.BtoBe, Radisson was on Cate's short list, however, she wanted something closer to Delaware County, where she is getting married.

Venue: Inn at Lambertville Station (Central Jersey)

Photographer: LuRey Photography (South Jersey)

DJ: Roots & Groove (Media/Philly)

Save the Dates: Paper on Pine (Center City, Philly)

Invitations: Wedding Paper Divas (internet)

Dress/BM Dresses: Vera for David's (Bensalem)

Suits: Men's Warehouse (anywhere)

Rings: Safian & Rudolph (jeweler's row, Philly)

Flowers/Decor: Dahlia (Pennington - Central Jersey)

Still looking for a seamstress and shoes! I think that's it though.

Carole, we got my MOH's dress at the Cherry Hill AA as well

I was scared making an appointment there because they get HORRIBLE reviews. Our sales person definitely wasn't the best but we preferred the hands off approach anyway. I helped my MOH get dressed into most of her dresses and we could talk about what we liked without someone breathing down our necks. However I could definitely see not being happy with the service if searching for a bridal gown.

I'm lucky my seamstress is the shop owner where I bought my dress, and she said she'll do my fittings at her house which is about 20 mins closer to Philly in Wilmington I found my shoes ironically at Macy's. I'm limited b/c I can only have 3 in heels max b/c my dress needs no hemming and it would be too short

@Carole...yes I love the Radisson and they have been fantastic and now that is the casino I'm uber excited that everyone can come and have a great time!! I also really like Mendenhall!! I'm from West Chester, he's from Philly so the Radisson made sense as a half way point for the families

@MrsOhler, I called there first as I am an AA bride, but the woman was SO rude on the phone I cancelled my appointment when I found the dress at the other shop in DE

Mrs.Ohler...I was underwhelmed by AA in CH. I specifically didn't go to them for my dress because they had just opened. We went to Lancaster for my dress. We needed centrally located for everyone, so AA in CH made sense. I went w/ Cate, her two MOHs We didn't want too much hands on either. She knew what dress she wanted. Hell no to getting a bridal gown there. The thing that ticked me off the most, I discovered there is an AA in Exton, which may have been better.

MrsBtoBe...Have you been to the new casino yet? Your location makes sense as well. Cate needed hotel accomodations for a lot of guests. Many people are coming up from Florida. Heck, her ILs are in Florida. That's how we stumbled across the Mendenhall. We were looking for hotels. It is the same distance from our church to the Mendenhall and to the Radisson, so it works for us. She was also looking at the local mansions, but none were near hotel accomodations. She was also considering the Hotel Dupont.

When my MOH's dress came in, we planned for us to pick it up together when she came down to South Jersey for my shower. It was her job to "get me out of the house" while everything was being set up.

She called to let them know she'd be picking up her dress and they fought with her telling her that there were no appointments and that she couldn't come pick it up that day. That was after she called every day for a week and left multiple messages that never got returned.

She was like "I WILL be picking it up today." It was already paid in full. She didn't need to try it on. She just needed them to get it from the back and hand it to her.

When we did pick it up, they also had so much trouble finding it and figuring out what name it was under and UGH.

Venue Celebrations in Bensalem

Video,Photog, Lighting East Coast Event Group

Invites Elegant Custom Invitations in Tx

Florist ...between Celebration Design Group or Carl Alan Floral Design

Limos Ali Baba

@Carole--we haven't gambled in the casino yet, but when we went for our tasting we got a tour. They have a class C license so they usually require a $10 purchase to play (which can be achieved by buying food) but every wedding guest gets complimentary access to the casino floor. It looks just like the casinos in AC (super nice-even has a smoking section like AC casinos) table play etc. Only crappy part is the the liquor stops at 2 b/c that's a PA thing

@MrsOhler makes me SO glad I didn't go there!!

I like knowing other Philly brides

Eughinia S. I worked at Celebrations! and live like 10 mins from there!!

Philly here!!

so far:

Venue: Radisson in Trevose

Photographer/videographer: The pros

DJ: Personal friend (if you want his name, PM me)

Cake: Lochel's (included in venue, but really good bakery)

Dress: Probably AA in Cherry Hill, hope it's ok

Trolley: Philadelphia Trolley Works

Florist: Blake's

Venue: Concordville Inn in Glen Mills, PA

Photographer: NKA Studios out of Wilmington

Cake: Dough Main Bakery (included with my package)

Dress: Irma's Bridal

BM Dresses: Davids Bridal

Flowers: Marcus Hook Florists

Invites: VistaPrint

Tuxes: Men's Wearhouse

We are getting married in Florida, but are from Philly so we are bringing our photographer -- Miguel Angel from Diamon Street Films and got STD's from Magnetstreet.com!

If you need vendor recommendations in nj or pa, you're welcome to PM me, and I'm happy to weigh in on the people I've worked with (and there are a ton of them, lol!)

For our US reception:

Venue: The Westin Hotel, Mt Laurel NJ

DJ: Steve and Company

Flowers: Twisted Willow Flowers

Photography: MadisonMae Photography

Invitations:EmdotZee Designs (Based out of NC but AMAZING)

Lighting: DFX Sound Vision

Bridesmaid Dresses: Macy's Demitrius Salon

Photobooth: Boardwalk Photobooth

Tuxs: Men's Warehouse

Cake: Diane's La Patassierre

My Gown: I ordered my reception dress from Macy's Demitrius and my gown I ordered in my parents town in VA since it will be with them until the wedding day

From the Philly area, but getting married in my hometown of Lyndhurst, NJ

Venue for Church: Sacred Heart

Venue Reception: The Fiesta in Wood-Ridge

Flowers: Twisted Willow Flowers and Flowers by Chuck

Cake: Lyndhurst Pastry Shop

Photos: Glenmar Photography

My Gown: The Bridal Suite in Hamilton, NJ --GREAT STAFF!

Tux: Men's Warehouse

DJ: A family friend, DJ Bobby G.

BMs Dresses: David's Bridal

We won't give any business to where my mom got her dress-- people there were rude and ignorant, but they were the only ones who sold the dress she wanted.

Venue: The Hamilton Manor (Hamilton)

Florist: My Grandmother/Comiskys Greenhouse (Hightstown, NJ)

Cake: Eet Gud ( Trenton)

Bridal Gown: David's Bridal (Lawrenceville, NJ)

BM Dress: David's Bridal (Lawrenceville, NJ)

Photo: Luigi Esposito Photography (He is AWESOME and i highly recommend him)

Invites: Friend of the Family/ SmartPress.Com / Paper & More

DJ: DJ William H (highly recommended!!)

Video: not planning to use!

Tux: Mens Wearhouse (Lawrenceville/Mercer Mall)

Venue/Caterer: Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill, NJ

www.trumpnationalphiladelphia.com/

Cake: DiBartolo (provided by Trump National) http://www.dibartolobakery.com/

Photographer: www.nasilelephotography.com/

DJ: DJ Swell aka Lennie Martin *********@*****.***

Flowers: Garden Farm Market in Morrisville PA

Photo Booth: www.entertainmentandbeyond.com

Tuxes: http://chazmatazz.com/ in Princeton, NJ

Dress: Irma's Bridals in Cherry Hill, NJ

BM Dresses: Aimee Michele Bridal in Cherry Hill, NJ (willing to negotiate cost depending on number of dresses ordered. I saved $74 on each dress)