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Hi ladies,
We're doing the do at Miller Lash House on Friday, July 10th, 2009. We'll be having our ceremony on the lawn on one side and the reception on the other side under the marquee with cocktails on the porch/lawn/patio in between, overlooking the tent. Our experiences w/ this venue so far have been excellent on every occasion and the staff there is bar none, among the best we have dealt with in the wedding industry thus far.
I'd like to hear from other MLH brides about their experiences in planning their wedding at this venue, and which other vendors they'll be working with in the process. Also I'm interested to know what your theme is like... I'm just curious how others are doing things, for their MLH wedding. 
So far we've only booked our planner for initial consulting/referrals to vendors, to help prepare a budget and point us in the right direction as well as for the rehearsal and day of coordination - we bought her "month of coordination" package which gives us a few meetings leading up to the day of in the month leading up to the big day once it arrives.
We booked Crystal Adair-Benning from Distinct Occasions and so far she's been wonderful to deal with, answering all our questions honestly and professionally, and without much delay despite how busy she is. We have complete faith in her and look forward to working with her more closely as the big day approaches.
We are currently still looking for DJ/Entertainment, Sourcing a caterer (have decided it's pretty much between En Ville & Daniel et Daniel at this point), photographer... and not sure if we need to hire a decorator because the caterers we're looking at working with happen to be event design specialists as well so we may not need a separate decorator, I'm not sure. Would be interested to know how other MLH brides are doing things in terms of which vendors are slated to do what.
So MLH brides - if you're here, post back!
2 B Wed July 10, 2009!
Me (29) + FH (32) + his son (12) = 10 years together in unwedded bliss. 
Done so far:
Booked venue & coordinator, fought with FMIL, made up with FMIL, lost e-ring, found e-ring... only 6.5 mos to go! OMG!
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hey there 2bewed! sorry, i haven't been on the board much lately and i tried replying to your pm but it says your inbox is full!
so you decided to go with MLH? that's awesome! is everything still falling within your budget then? may i ask what your caterer quoted you per person? and are they going to charge you that "landmark fee"?
as for me, my planning is on hold for now...
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hey there 2bewed! sorry, i haven't been on the board much lately and i tried replying to your pm but it says your inbox is full!
so you decided to go with MLH? that's awesome! is everything still falling within your budget then? may i ask what your caterer quoted you per person? and are they going to charge you that "landmark fee"?
as for me, my planning is on hold for now...
hi there! This CB Board is really getting on my nerves. I deleted so many messags from my account and it still says it's full - which makes no sense. i think there is something still wrong with the board personally.
Anyway thanks for getting in touch!
Why is your planning on hold right now??? I thought you booked Marigolds & Onions and MLH??
I have been unsuccessful with getting in touch with anyone from Marigolds & Onions and while Brad from Presidential was a pleasure to speak to, he never got back to me with a quote and/or sample menu after our discussion a few weeks ago like he was supposed to.
So i crossed them both off my list. I think it's Cristina Bustamante is the rep at M&O is that right? If so, I had a less than friendly experience w/ them on the phone. First of all I had to leave multiple messages before I got in touch with anyone, no one was calling me back. I asked the receptionist to send me a sample menu and she said she would then forgot. Then I followed up and she sent it over but it had no quote attached, just a menu which I could've likely seen online. Anyway I emailed Cristina and the receptionist asking for someone to get in touch and no one did. I followed up a few weeks later, and asked to speak to Cristina, who got on the phone but who was unpleasant to speak to - she was obviously flustered and not having a good day... unless she is always irritated to have to speak on the phone? I asked if she'd gotten my message and she was upset that I was asking by the tone in her voice, and said she had gotten back to me (she had not). I said I hadn't received anything and that it was ok, we could move forward from here, and she insisted repeatedly that she'd gotten back to me. I replied again that she had not, or that if she did I didn't get it but that it was ok... that we were on the phone now, that's all that mattered. She then told me she had sent a message to some other girl named Carla and insisted she copied me on it. I repeated I didn't get it but it didn't matter... she then said she would put me through to Carla, then said Carla was not available and said she would have her get back to me. Guess what? Carla never did. So M&O is off my list too.
Daniel et Daniel so far has been great as has En Ville. Both quoted me between $50-60 pp (food only) not including linens or anything else. By the end of the quote including service staff, serving pieces, linens, serving trays, glassware and all that jazz, it came to like $17-18k no matter how you slice it. Both menus were fabulous (customized based on my input). Both handle all decor and rentals for you which makes things easier and both are event design specialists.
We also met with Bob from jewell and he was a doll but unfortunately they don't handle all the rentals and are not event design specialists. if ALL you need is catering I'd recommend them - their prices were amazing and menus customizable, plus Bob is a very nice guy to deal with as is his receptionist.
We just decided to go with one of the others because of the event design component. Though it's like $5k more to do so. That said, if you went with Jewell then rented all extra decor and furniture rentals on your own I think the price would end up being about the same if not more. So either way the price is about the same.
What about you? I seem to recall your M&O quote was pretty high but I can't remember what it was. You can email me if you want at screaming UNDERSCORE success AT rogers DOT com. Thanks!
2 B Wed July 10, 2009!
Me (29) + FH (32) + his son (12) = 10 years together in unwedded bliss.
Done so far:
Booked venue & coordinator, fought with FMIL, made up with FMIL, lost e-ring, found e-ring... only 6.5 mos to go! OMG!
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| I am getting married at MLH on June 27, 2009 and am using Presidental Gourmet, and they have been amazingly helpful! Brad Widish is the rep. there and he helps with everything! We are doing the ceremony under the altar (still need to figure out how to decorate it), cocktails on the lawn and the reception in the tent. We are hiring a planner, I am thinking Melissa from One Fine Day, because I don't want to worry about a thing! I think P.G. might be slightly more costly than the others but they are like half-planners, and will take care of a lot of details. I am thinking about renting a canopy tent for the ceremony and am so stuck on decorating ideas, the gardens are so beautiful that I don't want to go overkill but I feel like I should do something!
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| Oh, and for a photographer, we are going with Jon Rennie (www.jonrennie.ca) he is fairly new (read: inexpensive) but we had him do our engagement shots and he is amazing!!!!! I would definitely, definitely very highly recommend him!
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Hey NLC! congrats!
I'm assuming you mean you're having your ceremony on the lawn with the stone steps in the grass by the front door (which is kind of on the side)? I was wondering how to decorate the arch as well... but we'll come up with something. I think I want to actually use some sort of canopy instead of the wooden arch but we'll see. It can get pricey that way, but at least in middle of July (our date is July 10th) it would provide us a bit of shade, and look nice too.
It's hard to get inspiration because there are not a lot of photos online of weddings that have been done at this venue. They have a lot of photos AT MLH but you can't just go there anytime and look at them - you need an appointment and they sit with you while you're looking at them, so I felt a bit rushed to look through them all quickly when i was there, even though the girls did not rush us, but I just felt like they needed to get onto other things (mind you it was near end of the night on a weeknight when we went to sign the contract).
Do you know if the dance floor in the middle is the black/white one or not? I saw the brown one and I wanted the black/white one for our wedding but not sure how much that costs. I guess I'd have to talk to Yanna about that.
Have you decided on a DJ yet? And by the way, do you know if you have to use one of their 'preferred vendors' for DJ services or if there is a fee to use someone else? I was wondering that.
2 B Wed July 10, 2009!
Me (29) + FH (32) + his son (12) = 10 years together in unwedded bliss.
Done so far:
Booked venue & coordinator, fought with FMIL, made up with FMIL, lost e-ring, found e-ring... only 6.5 mos to go! OMG!
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