Reviews by MIAE

This review is for Elizabethan Lodge, Blackburn North VIC

verified email - 03 Sep 2009

The Elizabethan Lodge was the perfect venue for our wedding. Waking up and getting ready there, no having to travel through traffic jams. Beautiful little chappel out the back, and they organise the whole reception- decorations, canapes through to dessert. Also gave some good suggestions for DJ, photographers etc. I actually dropped a special sixpence down the drain, and one of the staff went well out of her way to retrieve it for me- I thought it was gone forever. Great staff, and helped everything run smoothly on the day.

Approximate cost: $75 a head

This review is for Special Treats By Carolyn, Knoxfield VIC

verified email - 03 Sep 2009

Caroline responded to emails quickly and efficiently. She was lovely, and didn't mind my husband eating almost all of the sample cake she had. She also creates little cake toppers to match you- same hair style, dress, suits etc. Very cute! Ours are now sitting on our shelf. Works with you to design the perfect cake. Also, it tastes amazing! We had trouble narrowing down to only three flavours, they were all so good.

Approximate cost: $600

This review is for Jason Vannan Photography, Malvern East VIC

verified email - 03 Sep 2009

The people are incredible here, very professional, helpful, and so easy to get along with. Made us feel comfortable right from the start. We had a few meetings with them before our wedding talking about what we wanted from our wedding photographer, and one straight after our honeymoon. On the day of the wedding they were amazing, helped so much with everything from the boys tying their ties properly (which apparently none of them knew how to do), to helping me putting my shoes on, to suggesting locations for us to have photos taken. As soon as possible after the honeymoon they met up with us again, to organise your album. We designed the whole album, from cover to layout, to amount of photos on each page- everything. Expensive, but worth every dollar. Wedding photos are one thing you want to get absolutely right, and with Jason, we did that. It took a long time to get the album back (5 months), but that is because they made sure everything is perfect before they give it to us. Highly recommend them.

Approximate cost: $around $5000 all up (massive album, plus two small ones for our parents, extra photos for family, co