It's hard to put into words how much I appreciate Ernestine and her team. So I guess I will start from the beginning so all of you readers can kind of understand just how amazing this group of people is.
I met Ernestine and her daughter at a w...edding expo that I was attending for a friend and I immediately fell in love with Ernestine's energy and motherly attitude toward the brides she worked with, so when the time came for me to get engaged, I sent her an email and got a quick and excited response back.
During the wedding planning, she was so helpful, upbeat, and most of all, kind. With my mother being out of state, Ernestine sort of filled in where my mom couldn't help due to the distance, and that just felt good. She truly was a constant cheerleader. She picked up on my anxieties that I was feeling and was constant positive energy and I honestly freaking loved that.
So for my wedding, I planned for like 100 people, long story short about 50 people told me last minute they couldn't come. So, of course, I felt hurt, nervous, anxious that my wedding was going to be a total flop and this often came out in our walkthroughs and planning sessions. Ernestine DID NOT let me fall apart, she somehow just calmed me and made me excited every time I started to.
Fast forward to the wedding day, we start the day, the decor is beautiful, every detail completely spot on. Her and her team handled the vendors like a BOSS. Our photographer had an awful attitude and Ernestine was not afraid to sit them down and let them know that their attitude was not acceptable.
Throughout the pictures, they kept me hydrated, kept me happy, kept our photographers saucy attitude to a minimum and kept everything in order and handled any problems to perfection.
As the night was dying down, the photographer's negativity and the lack of dancing got to my head and I had a little "moment" at my wedding to where I wanted to end the night early because I honestly thought the night had flopped.
She stepped in and became the life of the party, her and her team were dancing, singing, encouraging, and they really turned the night around. For this, I will forever be grateful. My wedding was almost a nightmare because of my anxiety, but Ernestine refused to let that happen. She is someone I will talk about for years to come.