Planning a wedding in 2 months is not what most folks recommend, but we did it anyway. Our wedding…read morewas 10/16/2021, and I found my venue in August. Ferris Steakhouse, Rocky River, OH. See my review of it. Mary Jane Ferris, wedding and event coodinator extrodinaire, sent me to Ferris Steakhouse for a venue. Then she connected me with Brenda, SociallyArtistic for all my flowers and decor. OMG Brenda is unbelievable! She worked with me and completely understood my personal, crazy situation of family etc. My daughter decided the colors for the wedding because she is a busy doctor and hates shopping. Brenda was so understanding and let me wait until my daughter told me the color of the dress she chose before we decided on our pallet. So cool. Socially Artistic delivered all the bouquets and boutonnieres to the church for the ceremony. She was there when we all arrived and pinned the flowers to the men and made sure all the ladies had their bouquets and corsages. It was a little hectic bug Brenda was like a rock in the torrent. I also got a wrist corsage for my mother-in-law. It was exquisite and perfect. My mother-in-law spent a lot of money on her gorgeous dress so I did not want to stick a pin in it. She loved her flowers. In fact, she has not had one word of criticism for the entire wedding and I've been her daughter-in-law for almost a week! I am just getting to the reception. Brenda and her team turned the party room at Ferris Steakhouse into a fairytale scene! Glorious hydrangeas an roses of every pink hue everywhere. And lovely candlelight at multple heights all around the room. There were candlelit flower garlands on the fireplace mantle and over the doorway to the party room. Every table was laden with small and large arrangements. Unbelievably charming!!! There was a topiary on the appetizer table that was magnificent. I told Brenda that I wanted twinkle lights and she delivered! Our reception was magical, thanks to Socially Artistic and Brenda's magic. Now I will tell you how easy Brenda made the whole thing. Really easy. Whether your wedding is in 2 months, or a year or more, call Brenda. You will be so happy you did.

I hired Brenda to be the day of coordinator at my wedding this past weekend and I don't know how I…read morecould have gotten through the day without her help. The first time I spoke with her she invited me to meet with her in person and made me feel at ease to choose her as my coordinator. About a month before the wedding, we met again to go over all the final details. She was extremely helpful in polishing up the last minute details, such as how to add some time to the ceremony. Any uncertainty I had, she had a solution, and a good one! She was very responsive to me during those days leading up to the wedding. The wedding was so well put together the day of. She helped coordinate and communicated our bridal party schedules. She was calm and comforting during what could have been a stressful time. She set up all of my décor in a perfect way. Everything was just perfectly coordinated. I highly recommend Brenda for your wedding. Although we didn't hire her for her full planning package, I am certain she would do a fabulous job on that as well. Thanks again Brenda for everything you did to make sure our wedding was perfection!

Working with Jenny and her team was such a blessing. In planning our 15th Corporate Anniversary,…read moreJenny was a tremendous asset in planning the details of the gala, budgeting, and creating an atmosphere of fun. It was a relief not to have to worry about anything the evening of event. Her staff was friendly and courteous. The guests all loved the Masquerade theme and commented on having a great time. I would recommend Elegantz Eventz for your next event. Thanks Jenny!

From the owner: From memorable weddings to spectacular parties Elegantz Eventz will…read moreturn your private party, charity gala or corporate meeting into the event of the year. You can count on us to be committed to excellence in every aspect of planning your event. Our attitude is "Whatever it takes" by dedicating ourselves to bringing new and creative ideas to your special event. Trust in our 20 years of experience that Elegantz Eventz has in event planning and in the world of non-profit organizations with that "creative touch." We know the inner works of Northeast Ohio and have the relationships in place to deliver world class results every time. Our goal is to create more than just one amazing event it's a long term relationship. We take the time to listen to you, your values, goals and budget. This allows us to serve as an extension of you, the ability to jump in and assist you throughout the year. Whether it is done to achieve and maintain a high level of distinction in event planning or an atmosphere to better position your event to gain a world class reputation. Our number one priority is you, meeting your needs by working with you every step of the way.

This is a long review but we encourage you to read it…read more Overall, our "Lasting Impression" is that the company was unprofessional and did not deliver what we paid for. JP, the President, was incredibly rude and awful to work with. We rented a large tent (40'x120'), dance floor, chairs, tables, glassware, etc for our 200 person backyard wedding. They created a digital layout for us, showing exactly where the tent poles would land and where our dance floor and tables would be. They also visited the event site twice to make sure the tent would fit there. JP visited the site himself and told us it would work. A crew delivered and set up the tent. They left large holes in the yard which we had to repair to avoid injury to our guests. They also mistakenly put an extra anchor in the yard which we had to ask them to remove. Many of the poles were crooked and the tent had visible stains. When the crew came to install the dance floor, we were told they couldn't install it as previously diagrammed by Lasting Impressions and as agreed to/contracted/and paid for by us. The floor installer commented on how crooked the tent installation was and couldn't seem to figure out how to install the dance floor with the tent poles in place. My father had to spend several hours working with the floor installer, loaned him a tape measure (since he barely had any tools) and helped him figure out how to get most of the flooring installed. In the diagram, the tent poles were shown to go on top of the dance floor. However, when they showed up to install it, they told us that the pole would have to go on grass instead. So, we had a dance floor with a hole in the center, another trip hazard for our guests and not what we had agreed to or wanted. In addition, due to the pole placement, we had to forgo an entire row of our dance floor, which we had already paid for. As for pick up after the wedding, there was no communication. We were originally told Monday or Tuesday, and that they would follow up with an exact time. We emailed and called JP to see when everything was going to be picked up, but never got a response. Instead the truck showed up in our driveway in the afternoon. Thankfully we were home to receive them. Afterwards, we reached out to JP to ask for a refund for the dance floor that his team did not put down for us. Not only did he refuse to refund us, he accused us of making his team wait for us to remove lighting from the tent (they were not delayed) and he didn't even apologize for their error. After a mistake that big, that's the very least he could do. Additionally, when trying to rent everything for the wedding, JP would send us quotes with items missing and inconsistent prices. In the few weeks leading up, we had to follow up with him several times to make sure that we did, in fact, have everything reserved. We had never received a final agreement or notice for final payment so we reached out to them. JP blamed us, claiming he had asked us for the signed estimate many times but never received it. We forwarded him the email where we had sent the signed estimate several weeks earlier, but he never acknowledged it. When JP eventually sent the final agreement, the prices had been raised from the original quote. We asked about it and were told that we were supposed to be charged for an extra delivery charge, so really we were still saving money.  The final agreement was also missing several items from the original quote, including the propane oven that was going to be used to cook our guests' food. If we had not double and triple checked everything, it could have been a disaster. Lasting Impressions was disorganized, hostile, and made promises they couldn't keep. They put their customers in an impossible position because it's too late to make changes or hire anyone else. The bottom line is - don't trust Lasting Impressions with your event, especially something as important as a wedding.

Just flat out unreliable. I got a call the DAY OF the pickup saying that they were going to give us…read morebigger bases because they weren't sure how heavy our drapes were. I thought sure that's fine. They never told us they also gave us different size uprights than what we ordered. So, day of, we're setting up and uprights are way too big. We couldn't use a single piece of the equipment. I was very upset with how they handled it after. No phone call, just repetitive emails 2 days after I tried to contact them denying any mistake on their part. No following up unless I kept bothering them. They appear to be very disorganized and just downright don't seem to care about anything but getting their money. There are plenty of other rental business in the area that you can depend on but sorry, this is definitely not one of them.

PLEASE READ! When my daughter had her initial consultation…read morewith Merry, she was told by Merry that she would have 2-4 interns to assist her with the wedding event. Merry informed my daughter that the interns would be included in her hourly rate, which then seemed reasonable for her $45 per hour rate (Merry also charges for her driving time to & from event). Merry showed up to the wedding with no interns. Merry informed us later that she made a judgment call that the interns would not be needed at this particular event. The hourly rate still applied. Merry met us at the venue 3 weeks prior to the wedding to go over the specifics of what duties were needed from her - mainly assisting with appetizer/dessert table set-ups, refilling, clean-up of hall and packaging of food items. This was indicated once more in a text message and also in a detailed list that was left for her at the venue. We scheduled Merry to arrive 2 1/2 hours prior to wedding to ensure her plenty of time to tray and set up these tables before guests arrived. The appetizer trays had to be redone by a guest because of the disarray of items Merry placed together. The cookie trays were left incomplete, with the packages left on the table. Another guest completed the plating and stored the packaging. Family members and guests had to repeatedly approach Merry about refilling the trays; Merry stated to one guest that she didn't know she was responsible for that. Merry appeared to be more interested sitting at a table on her cell phone than she did completing the duties that she was hired to do. Merry also had to be reminded to start cleaning up tables as people finished their meals and left to socialize and dance. Several guests came up to my husband and I making comments about their concerns regarding our "Day of Coordinator". Up until this point, I accepted the fact that we made a poor decision in hiring Merry for her sub-par services. I WAS SHOCKED and APPALLED at what our guests shared with us. Merry was going around and scratching off the lottery tickets that were meant as favors for our guests!!! Multiple guests that were sitting in different areas around the venue witnessed Merry doing this. Not only was Merry dishonest with the scope of services she was to provide (no interns) - Merry decided to "help herself" to gifts meant for guests! Purely disgusted with this type of behavior happening at our daughters wedding...from someone that we trusted and hired to make the day less stressful! Merry did admit that she scratched off "ONLY 2 TICKETS". I guess admitting to scratching off "only 2 tickets" doesn't count as being dishonest or despicable, or count as being grossly unprofessional. We know better Merry, we trust our friends and family members that witnessed you. Merry, you revealed yourself - I just hope that this review will help reveal you to others considering to hire you for future services. Police report was made. Merry accepted a reduced fee.

Merry is a great Wedding/Event Planner! She always says you can have as much or as little of her as…read moreyou want. She can make silk bouquets in any arrangement you want. She can design or order any invitation you want. She is a very pleasant person and makes sure all her vendors are good honest people. The Bridal Show she does every year is very nice and FREE so stop by her website or give her a call, her prices are more than reasonable! I am a former intern of hers and what a great experience I had.

Went for Mother's Day brunch. We had a party of 8 which included 2 children and a teen with Celiac…read moredisease. From the first step in the facility, you were taken back by the attention to detail. The tables were done up with runners, flowers, and chair covers. They also offered a beautiful balloon arch for photos. The food choices were plentiful for everyone! I was overwhelmed by the value that was offered for the price and would highly recommend

Excellent, service, very attentive to the work at hand. Would recommend her to anyone that needs…read moreher service.

If I could put 0 stars I would. We had a beautiful wedding & when it came time to the reception,…read moreour DJ did not follow our timeline or order of events. We met in person with Beach Boyz at their office in Cuyahoga Falls as well as completed paperwork before hand. The timeline was even confirmed with Beach Boyz. After we were announced into the reception, we had planned our first dance. The DJ skipped our first dance and we had to awkwardly walk to our head table after standing in the middle of the dance floor for a minute. Approached by the DJ, he said he could not play our first dance because it was not in the contract. He then continued to argue with me in front of all the guests. Our wedding party, my husband and I were in shock. After an extended time he moved to the toasts instead. This delayed our timeline and we had to skip our sunset photos because we no longer had time for them. I couldn't believe it! The DJ then asked what our first dance song was and said he wasn't provided with that information although they were given it twice, in person and on an electronic form. Our first dance was rescheduled for after our cake cutting. When it was time for the first dance the DJ played the wrong song not once but 3 TIMES!!! He then had to stop the music and there was a lull of 10 minutes he was frantically trying to find the right song. It was embarrassing and completely unacceptable! It took our event coordinators to get the song on their phone and the right equipment to play the song. Beach Boys did not have the music or equipment to play the song which is their one job!! I was in utter shock that this could even be possible. How are you not prepared with the music for the day? How do you not review the timeline ahead of the event? I would never recommend this DJ company to anyone and all of our guests would agree. Beach Boyz was so terrible that the owner of our upscale venue said they would no longer be allowed on their premises or they would have to let go of the DJ. I will say although the DJ provided terrible services, the company also failed to provide him with the information and music he needed to perform his job. Do yourself a favor and save yourself from a nightmare on your wedding day and pick ANY other DJ!!

Rich was awesome! From planning our play list, guiding us through the reception timeline he made…read moresure our wedding would be a hit! Rich really knows how to Get the Party Started and keep it going! Guests were in the dance floor all night long and they had a blast! Guests remarked "Beat Wedding Ever!" And even the staff at our venue said it was the most fun wedding they ever serve! Thank you Rich for a great time! Remember, you are family now!!!!