Alyssa is great! My family has been using her since 2010 and as long as she's taking photographs…read morewe will keep using her. I love to recommend her to all my friends and have had a few use her and they love her too. You can always tell a great business by their return clients. While you can't see everyone's pictures, you can see they have galleries and a lot of them are return clients. She has great packages too. I've had 2 grandchildren and we've used the baby plan for both of them. We used her as our daughter's wedding photographer, and for senior photos. She's so versatile and is easy to work with. I'm so glad I found her and will continue to support her and her business! #alyssafilkinsphotography

We signed up for a mini session with Alyssa Filkins Photography. Alyssa Filkins was professional,…read moreon-time, and easy to work with. She captured great photos of my girls. In the 15 minutes we had with her, she took a ton of photos. The edited photos she provided after 1 week are wonderful. I am having a hard time deciding which ones to print. I highly recommend Alyssa Filkins Photography!

Great business. He was fast and knew what I needed and also did something a little extra that I…read moredidn't know he could do! Very appreciative now I have what I need and have been waiting to do for awhile now he really helped me out. Highly recommended!!!! Thanks!!!!!

Absolutely amazing!!! If you need any VHS videos transferred, Sean is your guy. The price is…read moreimmaculate compared to others, and I gave him 20 tapes and he had them done in under 10 days. He even numbered the tapes and flash drives so you know exactly what was on them. 10/10 and if you don't go here I'm sorry!!!!! Best deal around

Our experience with Anna Hall Photography was amazing. All our correspondence leading up to the…read moresession was prompt and informative. Having a large family, a special needs child and a newborn had me a bit nervous. However, Anna was a dream to work with. She was quick to engage my kids and patient and calm throughout the entire session. We never felt rushed and the photos are so beautiful. Thank you Anna! I am a very grateful mama!!!

A good friend referred me to Ambience Event Services when looking for a reliable (and fun) DJ for…read moreour wedding. Once we spent a few minutes on the phone with Mark, we knew we found a great match. This is a very professionally run company, one that you can count on! DJs are very important when planning the "big day", they help facilitate the evening - from the ceremony, to wedding party announcements, toasts, bouquet toss, last dance, exit, etc. etc. etc! Do not compromise when it comes to finding a DJ, you really want someone that you can trust to take care of the details, that is organized and friendly (yet assertive) to get things done....and that is definitely Mark and his wife Kristine and the Ambience team. During rehearsal (the night before the wedding) I was surprised to be approached by Mark and Kristine (it was the first time we had met them in person), although we spent quite a bit of time on the phone prior. They stopped by to check out the venue-to make sure everything ran smoothly the wedding day. They take everything the extra mile. Very reliable and dependable people! The wedding day....every single person... I mean every single one... was on the dance floor. We had an absolute blast, and I am so happy to have found Ambience Event Services!

We hired Ambience Event Services to DJ for our wedding. From the beginning it was clear that Mark…read morehandled his business in a professional and devoted manner. It was clear that he had lots of experience with weddings and not only from the DJ perspective. When we met with Mark about the details of the event he methodically worked through what we wanted, as well as potential planning conflicts we may have in our schedule (maybe we should take sunset photos and then cut cake, etc). Since he has worked many aspects of the wedding experience (planning, DJ, etc) he was able to point out potential weak spots in our timeline and offer advice on how best to achieve the experience we wanted. For the event, we had a very specific entrance for the wedding party, entrance for bride/groom, and finale for (secretly choreographed) first dance. Our timing was pretty precise, down to the second, for all of the aforementioned and Mark got it PERFECT. It was really important to my wife and I, and it was reassuring when he showed up having clearly practiced for what we wanted. The same goes for the ceremony, as my wife's processional song was a secret to everyone there, even me. Mark is also a master of handling a crowd. He politely and respectfully nudged people into the right place, whether it be inattentive groomsmen about to make the wedding party entrance or getting folks efficiently through the catering line. He can even handle slightly intoxicated family member/friends looking to make rogue song requests. He does everything in his power to ensure that your big day is exactly what YOU want. Our wedding ceremony and reception was perfect, and Mark played a very big role in its perfection.

My fiance and I met with Alyssa last night for our engagement shoot. She was so amazing and…read morefriendly made us feel at ease. I can't wait to see all the images! I would definitely recommend her to family and friends :)

I started taking drum lessons back in October 2024 with Jeremy. I had such a good first lesson that…read moreI knew I had to come back immediately after that initial lesson. Jeremy is extremely knowledgeable and meets you at your knowledge level. I can only speak to the drum lessons, but they have 2 drum kits next to each other in a back sound-proof room, so he can show you something and let you try it out next to him. The sessions are very laid-back and he made me feel very relaxed getting things wrong and learning the right way. Since he knows multiple instruments, he often pulls out his bass or guitar and plays along with you. He teaches from a list of songs you know and are familiar with. My favorite genre is metal or alt rock so far I've learned Metallica, Fallout Boy, Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, among others. The lessons are a really great deal in my opinion, my price comes out to $100 for two 1-hour lessons. Can't beat that. They're very flexible on time and dates, and if you're running late or something else, he's very understanding. I couldn't recommend this place and instructor more. If you're on the edge of thinking of learning an instrument, take the leap and just hit the contact button on the website. I didn't regret it and these lessons are the highlight of my week.

My son has taken guitar lessons at the ASM for three plus years, and the staff has been very…read moreaccommodating, as well as offering great instruction. While there are other spots for instruction in a college town, this one offers professional service.

I've been married only three weeks and I'm already on Yelp giving Stella Harper Events (SHE) a…read morereview. Yes, our experience with them was THAT amazing that I really don't want to miss any of the details before it all becomes a huge blur. To give a bit of background, I was planning my wedding from out of state so I knew that having an event planner would be key. After not getting some call backs (terrible thing if you're a wedding planner, btw), I got in touch with Emily, the founder of SHE, and I fell in love right away. As they say, "You just know". ;) She was incredibly down to earth & funny, and her heart & passion for her work were evident even in the first moments of our conversation. We decided on the "Month of" package and imagine our delight when Emily was responding to emails and random questions, sending us vendor referrals (she is well connected!), etc. far before we even entered the last month. This spoke volumes about her character and showed just how willing she was to help clients even if it wasn't contractually necessary (unfortunately, this is pretty rare in the wedding world...). The last couple of weeks were hectic for me but knowing that Emily was so organized and on top of every single one of my emails (which had accumulated over several months by now!) relating to vendors, wedding day timelines, etc., made my anxiety vanish and I was able to focus on just a few things rather than everything at once. I can't stress these next words enough: Our wedding day was UNBELIEVABLY calm and stress free (even our pastor thought it was so weird to see such a calm bridal party just chilling before the ceremony started)! From the moment we arrived at the venue, I really felt like Emily's #1 priority, and I can't emphasize how important this was for a bride on a day where so many things can potentially go wrong. I had a couple of communication errors with our caterer and Emily was able to step in and rectify the situation right away. Deciding on SHE was hands down THE BEST money we spent. There's simply no price tag on "peace of mind" and I'm so grateful that I can look back on our wedding day and all I feel is a sense of calm - no tears, no freaking out, no Bridezilla moments. I could really go on, but here's what you can expect if you ever work with Emily/SHE: - A "Type A" event planner that is actually pleasant to be around. Top notch professionalism but with loads of humor (the girl is funny!), yet she never misses a beat - not a single one. - Punctuality at vendor meetings and the incredible ability to think of questions on the spot, various scenarios that could occur, and to consider all the moving parts of a wedding as a whole. - Incredible calmness. This is SO important as an event planner! - Bride is the priority: She will always ask how you're doing, if you feel uneasy about anything and if you have any concerns. The second you express any concerns, she's already on top of it. - An event planner that is as involved as you want her to be - she can adjust and adapt to any situation. Lastly...Emily is one of those people you meet and you instantly want to be her best friend, seriously. She's so much more than a "vendor" and this is certainly one relationship that's come out of the wedding planning process that I'll cherish. Emily - Our words are so paltry but if you're reading this, thank you for making our wedding day dreams come true. We adore you and wish Stella Harper Events the best!

When I got engaged at the end of April 2015 and decided I wanted to get married before football…read moreseason (southerner here), I knew that Step 1 was finding a full service coordinator. My mother helped me out by interviewing about 15 coordinators, narrowing it down to three. Within ten min of meeting Courtney Drake, I knew she was the one for me! After we had a good laugh about trying to pull this off in just 4 months, she was at work! Within 48 hours I had the initial 'critical items' I needed to get started. She was brilliantly organized and knew exactly how to fit everything into a compressed timeline for a Bride that travels and works long hours. We got married Aug 30th, just 4 short weeks ago, and everything was perfect. The venue (Ventanas) was beautiful, and all my vendors were on point. I rented just about everything, including huge 8 foot long farm tables for an indoor space up an elevator. When I say Courtney had a challenge on her hands, that's an understatement. All I know is this - even though that was the most vendors Ventanas has ever had at an event, it came together flawlessly, and I didn't have a single moment of stress. My wedding day was about my friends, family and the new chapter of my life with the love of my life. It wasn't about details or schedules. Courtney made the entire planning process fun. Everyone at SHE was professional and supportive. There is no way I could have pulled that off on my own- even if I'd had a year to plan it. I simply didn't have the time. My time and happiness is worth more to me than what I paid SHE. I highly recommend them to anyone who asks. Your wedding day should 'automagically' happen. Work with SHE, and it will!!

Working with Brett Glenn Floral Design was so easy despite being in separate states! I wanted to…read moresend my daughter flowers for her birthday while she is in grad school at UGA and I wanted them to be stunning. I spent $118.00 including delivery and my daughter absolutely loved them. I've lost the photo she sent me of the bouquet but I will always use them for any future floral deliveries while she is there.

Brett and her team always do a fantastic job. From every day arrangements to special events, their…read moreservice is always first class. Highly recommend to anyone looking for flowers in Athens!