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Brilliant_Rock
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When we first got engaged, I had FI attempt to do a business trade with a few of the big wedding vendors as our budget, as lots of you know by now, is like $10k for 100 people in Rhode Island. It''s not the easiest thing to balance getting it for "free" with quality and something that fits your vision lol. Anyhow, we ended up confirming a trade with a limo driver, a DJ, and a DOC. Great! (Actually, we had a florist at first, too, but he ended up closing down a couple months later
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Well, limo guy and DJ are fantastic thus far but DOC has been MIA for, no exaggeration, 8 months!!! She would do this thing where she emails me and asks when I''m available the following month.......then I''d respond with my availability.......and then she would NEVER respond to that........until a few weeks later, she''d do it again....and the cycle continued that way.
I was fed up so I asked my FI how much the trade show banner was going to cost us to make in exchange for her services and I worked from there looking to replace her. I went on the Knot, found a BUNCH of raves about this one lady, called her up and had an appointment, no lie, 2 days later (this past Monday). She was SOOOOOOOOOO fantastic. She met me at our ceremony spot and we basically had my entire ceremony designed in an hour. She''s going to make lemonade and bring some linen so that we can serve lemonade and ice water to my guests (orignially, I was just going to have bottled water on ice for them). She will even set up my ceremony chairs and make my petal aisle (saves us $150 for set up fee).
This is where she gets tremendously MORE wonderful........
*she offered to address my invitations that very night in her trained handwriting (!!!) and then emboss our return address, get them stamped, and send them out the next day! Too bad my embosser didn''t come until yesterday and I had already labled them
OH well, I still had her emboss, get them stamped and send them out for me. I had to work this morning early so that was a load off 
*She''s lending me one of those fantastic slilver plateau cake stands that I"ve been oggling that cost $70 bux
*She''s lending me a sliver tray for our gift cards
*She''s doing a bathroom ammenity basket for FREE because she has tons of leftover, unused stuff from all the weddings she''s done
*She''s offered us her home to get ready in on the wedding day (this could save us $150 if we do it as we had to pay our site for that extra time)
*She can order flowers for me wholesale!!!
Okay, plus she''s going to do all the other DOC stuff and run my rehearsal with her assistant!!!!
I think in a matter of 2 days she''s saved me $400! If any of you RI brides want a R.A.V.E., you let me know and I''ll pass her info along!!! (Get her before your invites are done so you can use that service she provides as well!!).
Apparently, she''s more like a DOC on crack
as I didn''t find ANY other DOC willing to do the things she''s already done for me in 2 days. The fact that she handles the actual design of my ceremony and reception, will meet with me THREE times before the actual wedding, and does things like set up ceremony chairs makes her more like DOC+.
I just had to rave about this! I mean, she''s gonna serve lemonade to my guests at my ceremony. I
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Well, limo guy and DJ are fantastic thus far but DOC has been MIA for, no exaggeration, 8 months!!! She would do this thing where she emails me and asks when I''m available the following month.......then I''d respond with my availability.......and then she would NEVER respond to that........until a few weeks later, she''d do it again....and the cycle continued that way.
I was fed up so I asked my FI how much the trade show banner was going to cost us to make in exchange for her services and I worked from there looking to replace her. I went on the Knot, found a BUNCH of raves about this one lady, called her up and had an appointment, no lie, 2 days later (this past Monday). She was SOOOOOOOOOO fantastic. She met me at our ceremony spot and we basically had my entire ceremony designed in an hour. She''s going to make lemonade and bring some linen so that we can serve lemonade and ice water to my guests (orignially, I was just going to have bottled water on ice for them). She will even set up my ceremony chairs and make my petal aisle (saves us $150 for set up fee).
This is where she gets tremendously MORE wonderful........
*she offered to address my invitations that very night in her trained handwriting (!!!) and then emboss our return address, get them stamped, and send them out the next day! Too bad my embosser didn''t come until yesterday and I had already labled them
*She''s lending me one of those fantastic slilver plateau cake stands that I"ve been oggling that cost $70 bux
*She''s lending me a sliver tray for our gift cards
*She''s doing a bathroom ammenity basket for FREE because she has tons of leftover, unused stuff from all the weddings she''s done
*She''s offered us her home to get ready in on the wedding day (this could save us $150 if we do it as we had to pay our site for that extra time)
*She can order flowers for me wholesale!!!
Okay, plus she''s going to do all the other DOC stuff and run my rehearsal with her assistant!!!!
I think in a matter of 2 days she''s saved me $400! If any of you RI brides want a R.A.V.E., you let me know and I''ll pass her info along!!! (Get her before your invites are done so you can use that service she provides as well!!).
Apparently, she''s more like a DOC on crack
I just had to rave about this! I mean, she''s gonna serve lemonade to my guests at my ceremony. I
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