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.

My son and daughter-in-law held their wedding and reception at The Estate on Coffee Creek this past…read moreweekend. We worked with the owner, Nick to make sure that everything went off without a hitch. We had heard some bad stories and read some poor reviews, so they also hired a Wedding Coordinator whom had held events here in the past for extra assurances. We're really glad we did both because everything went so well! The venue looked beautiful on the morning of the wedding! Nick had everything ready and had the outdoor landscaping trimmed as requested. The food was amazing and everything was presented right on time. Our guests were all treated wonderfully by the staff. Thanks for assisting in making our son's wedding day such a success!

Last night was our second opportunity to enjoy the culinary talents of Chefs Nicholas Kustala and…read moreMichele Kucinich. Chefs prepared a seven course private dining experience for us again. This time there were six of us celebrating an important event in our lives. We walked away having just two words to say... "ohhhh my!!!" Such an amazing night. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you both. ONLY thing missing was the Yelp extraordinaire young, yet highly qualified Maitre 'D, Master Nicholas Kustala. Sorry we missed you.

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.

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.

She's very sweet and professional. Loved her services! Wanted to do a quick marriage and she made…read moreit happen. Highly recommend her services.

Enthusiastic and personable, Cathy approached my (very) small (me and my partner only) ceremony as…read moreif we were hosting 500 friends and family. Even though it is was only the two of us, she clearly wanted to make sure it was right while still respecting our wishes. Within minutes of meeting us, Cathy had composed a short but beautiful speech that honestly captured the essence of what I wanted our private moment to mean.

I don't know where to start because my expectations were exceeded by far!! My baby shower was not…read morethe first event she has done for our family but this one for me was extra special...I got more than what I wanted!! Everything turned out beautifully and I honestly can say I won't go to anyone else besides her best prices in the city!!

From the owner: Adored Events by Kelly specializes in Wedding and Event planning as well as decor services for any…read moreevent. We also specialize in creative balloon art services which is always a great touch for any event big or small. Contact us today to start planning your event!