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Patricia D
May 6, 2011
Unprofessional
I would just like to let it be known to potential clients of Anastasia Stevenson and Sweet Dreams Weddings to beware that she is completely unprofessional and unprepared when it comes to planning and executing 'dream weddings'. She portrays herself as a professional wedding planner on her website http://www.savannahweddingdesign.com/ with a professional staff. Her 'staff' appears to be her family members, several of which are teenagers who are rude and unhelpful. The ceremony was a disaster with little preparation and planning on her part, I am surprised it actually started on time, as she and her 'staff' were rushing to get it all together at the last minute when I had called her the morning of and they supposedly had started to set it up hours before. They kicked my groom and his attendants out of the cottage where they were trying to dress because they 'needed to finish cooking.' So much for the professional catering!! The food for the reception was covered with flies, no covers at all, and only a huge fan to 'keep the flies away.' I served cake to our guests myself with the help of my family when requests for help from the unhappy teenagers were repeatedly ignored. The semi-formal photography that is included in her all inclusive package is a family member with a Nikon and did not even get ONE half decent shot of my husband and me. Needless to say, it is very amateur photography and little work was done in editing the photos. I was promised black and white/sepia pictures and all I have is one of each. My friends took better pictures with their digital cameras! Also, the photo cd got 'lost' in the mail TWICE. Although the fresh flower arrangements were nothing to complain about, my bouquet was nothing elaborate, just a dozen roses tied together with ribbon. I was given the impression it would have been fancier. The men's boutonnieres were huge rosebuds and frankly looked silly because of their size. All in all it was not a nightmare of a wedding, but very far from what I and my parents were expecting: a professional wedding planner and staff who promised a dream wedding. We feel we overpaid immensely for what we received. Beware!
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