The Dress, Bridesmaids Dress & Veil: David's Bridal
East Brunswick, NJ
My dress cost $600 and the veil was $175, I had no problems with the service as a matter of fact it was great until it was time for the alterations. There was terrible communication problems between the main part of the store and the alteration department, always messing up my appointment's Their seamstress' gave me such a hard time, "no, you can't do that" or "you have to do this" or "no, we won't do that." My bridesmaids and myself went elsewhere for fittings.
Alterations & Tux's: Fantasy Weddings by Marie
Robbinsville, NJ
The tux department was great and good prices, one glitch, Dave (grooms brother) didn't get his tux until the day before the wedding. That really wasn't their fault though it was the manufactures. The alterations department was great too, but someone in the main part of the store had changed my last fitting appointment without telling anyone - even me! So that caused problems but were easily fixable when they squeezed me in. They carry a selection of jewelry, wedding paraphernalia, tuxes, shoes, flower girl, bridesmaids, mothers and wedding gowns. Good place to go - prices on mothers, bridesmaids, flower girl and wedding gowns were WAY too pricey for us though.
The Shoe's: Ballow's Shoes
Bristol, PA
(specializes in hard to fit feet)
Family owned and operated. Good selection of dyeables and they dye them for FREE but I couldn't make that drive again, so all shoes were dyed at Fantasy Weddings. I would definitely recommend going here if you have hard to fit wide feet like me.
Bride's Mothers Gown: LuAnne's
Trenton, NJ
LuAnne's is a landmark! They're a small business, they have very nice people working there and they'll do anything to help you. They always have a great selection of all types of formal gowns (mothers, bridesmaids, prom, and casual) and they have EXCELLENT service. Extremely Recommendable!
Groom's Mothers Gown: Champagne Taste
Cranbury, NJ
I got my prom dress here (they did a great job with that too). They also have EXCELLENT service and carry a wide variety of jewelry, shoes (I think), woman’s clothing (mothers, bridesmaids, prom, casual, and wedding). Also Extremely Recommendable!
Flowers: Concordia Florist
Cranbury, NJ
She did a wonderful job on the flowers I got exactly what I wanted for a great price of $500 +tax, when a "friend" of the family gave me a price of $750 +tax for the same flowers. She also delivered beautiful thank you baskets from us to both sets of parents the next Monday. I definitely Recommend her.
DJ, Photography & Videography: The Pros
1-800-THE-PROS
(serving CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, FL)
They suckered me in with the cheapest price I could find of $1,895 for a package which ended up being about$2,500. after we were done adding stuff to it(still cheaper then their next package up). We went to a DJ show they were having so we could pick out our DJ. The DJ we picked out was great, unfortunately his father died two days before our wedding, or so they tell me. We got stuck with a terrible DJ-Thomas Kelly: he didn't wear a tux and wore a really LOUD tie, he didn't play the pre-selected songs that was sent to the pros on a typed list, there was no interaction & very few people danced, he was rude to some of our guests when they requested songs - instead of saying "I'm sorry I don't have that" he said "NO!" He didn't even know how to play the Tarantella - the MOST TRADITIONAL Italian (which Janine is) wedding song there is! The video came out great I have no complaint's about that. The photos came out great too, although he missed "the kiss." To compensate us they would only give us $200 off the extra photo's we had taken. I would not use them again nor recommend them - you never know who your gonna get!
Reception: The Princeton Elks #2129
P.O. Box 217
Blawnburg, NJ 08504
contact-Wayne or Diane Rudolph
609-466-9813
Great place to have a wedding on a small-medium budget. Buffet prices: 12.95pp, 15.95pp, or 18.95pp. We chose the 15.95 plan but by the time we were done adding stuff (which always happens) it came to 33.00pp. They are very friendly and will change the menu around for you. They just remodeled in time for our wedding. The hall is decorated in pink and mauve draperies, large window like mirrors and lighted trees. EXCELLENT reception site.
Cake: Barbera's Bakery
Trenton, NJ
They did a wonderful job on the cake and pastries. And gave us an extremely reasonable price of $200 for a 4 tier marble cake with a filling of choclate custard and fresh strawberries and $260 for 15 trays of canolis, eclairs, napoleons, pignoli cookies, candies and other great Italian pastries. One problem with the cake, the tiers started to slide from the fresh strawberries, although it sounds yummy (and is) its a price to pay; the hall had to disassemble the cake during the cocktail hour but put it back together for the cake cutting. I totally recommend this baker, not only are the baked goods fabulous but their price is right!
Formal Photo Site: Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ.
Carnegie Center has two stone bridges, weeping willow trees, beautifully shaped pond, gazebo and plant new fresh flowers throught the year. I think there somebody told me there is a fee of $50 to use their site, but I didn't call to ask we just went there with no problems. A truly amazing site, worth going to. See it for yourself!!
Doves: Doves of Love
Jerry & Wendy Scattiglio
33 Shorebrook Cir.
Neptune, NJ 07753
732-922-1198
You can choose to have all twenty released at once or each the bride and groom release one by hand then release the remaining 18, which was our choice. They did a wonderful job and completed our wedding they even give you a dove poem to read or be placed in you program. Twenty birds released. Cost $300 we got a discount of $50 because we signed the contract at a bridal show. Our total including tax was $265. If your theme is doves this is a really cool effect!
Limo's Spectrum Limousines:
They are one of the cheapest limo service's in the mercer county area that has a 10-seater stretch (which we needed). Very friendly drivers and company is willing to drop the price a little. Recommendable.
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