I love Kismet & Clover. They are so talented, in a non-pretentious, genuine way. One might be…read morewondering what the heck they do. Basically, they offer a few different services, including rentals (we're talking antique furniture, mismatched vases, suitcases and other gloriously vintage goodies for event decor), as well as full event design. I went with the latter for my recent wedding, and hired Jessica to take the reigns when it came to decor for my event. Working with her was the perfect amount of collaboration for me. She listened to all my Pinterest-y ideas, took note of my dream theme, and ran with it. Every once in awhile we'd be in touch; she'd ask me my thoughts on burlap and other things, and pin decor ideas to my Pinterest board. I helped with some of the crafting (but honestly not that much) and worked on my own little projects for the day. I can't imagine what my day would have been like without her and her husband! A hell of a lot more stressful, I'll tell you that much. I also really appreciated their emphasis and support for other local artists. I could have ordered a zillion things on Etsy, from artists based in the U.S. and further (which I have no issue at all with, yay for Etsy!), but Jessica opened my eyes to a myriad of local Calgary artists who are doing amazing things in our city. I was thrilled to spend much of my wedding money supporting local artists. Let me just conclude with this. I was so, so touched by the little, thoughtful details she came up with. The decor was a perfect, symbolic marriage of both my new husband and I. If you want a wedding with charming, thoughtful decor and don't have the first clue where to start - check out Kismet & Clover!!!!! I recommend wholeheartedly.

From The Newly Wed Husband Who Doesn't Care About Decorations:…read more I never would have guessed I would be writing a review on a wedding decorator, but I owe it to Jessica & crew. I wasn't involved in planning the theme, colors and decorations (cause I'm a guy and my input is invalid), and that was okay with me. My wife claims Jessica was a breath of fresh air to work with and my only concern was the price (which was extremely reasonable and WELL WORTH IT). What I experienced from Jessica's end was on the day of the wedding. Unfortunately there were some flaws in the logisitics at the venue, the space was cramped, and the venue manager was bat sh*t crazy to put it nicely. Jessica took all the stress away from my wife (and as we know, a happy wife = a happy life), and made the event flawless, memorable, and an absolute delight. I can't say enough good things about Jessica and her help. The decorations as I'm told were beautiful and full of character. What I noticed the most was how much she cared, and how much she wanted to make our day better. Thank you Jessica! - The careless husband

He is awesome he decorated the hall for my wedding. It was amazing. Thank you so much Rafi. The…read moreguests loved it. It was very cheap, we checked some other businesses like Superior decor it was really expensive and a family friend told us about crystal decor it was very cheap. Once again thank you so much Rafi.

Recently I was invited to a wedding reception for a friend. I asked if they needed help to set up…read moreanything and they did need a few little things. I show up and the people from crystal decor that were supposed to be there already when I showed up did not show up for hours after I arrived. Because of this I ended up setting up most of the decorations with a few other guests while we waited for the decor people. When they did show up the staff did very little to help. They set up a few chairs, some tables, a few decoration pieces and promptly left. There were many items missing including the number of tables that were supposed to be there. The few guests that were there to help set up some smaller items ended up setting up almost the entire venue. As well I discovered, after talking to the bride, the decoration was not what was agreed. The staff then showed up late for the reception, after most guests arrived, and did not set up properly. No tables had glasses, water, etc, as agreed. As well the staff were not dressed in a respectable manner for a wedding, T-shirts, sweats, and so on. At the end Crystal Decor asked for more money claiming they didn't receive enough even tho they poorly set up and missed many items. Recently I found pictures of the reception on their Facebook page promoting "their" work that truly was the work of the guests that showed up early to help. Overall a horrible experience with this company. If you want a event to be well decorated, on time, stress free and on budget this is not the company for you.

We had a verbal and written contract with Louise for day of co-ordination for our wedding. She…read moredidn't fulfill what she verbally promised and what her website states - a stress free wedding day. While other vendors were telling her not to call me with little details, Louise still called. She mixed up all aspects of the wedding songs (processional and bride and groom introduction into the reception) and then blamed the DJ then tried to blame us saying we never sent her the list (when the DJ had the list she forwarded to him). She almost sent the children of the wedding party down in the wrong order, the venue she set up was a mess (she blamed the hotel for not being at her beck and call - when she had hotel, DJ and my friends helping her - obviously can't get it done herself). She said she doesn't have the proper insurance to use her personal vehicle to run "work errands." Was having a drink at the wedding (not sure if this is general practice - especially when she claims she had no time to sit down). Decor wasn't set up how it was discussed and I even sent her pictures (also she suggested me buy items she didn't use because she "didn't know what they were for") the guest book pens in a vase next to the guest book - "I didn't know what those where for, so I didn't put them out" so our guest signed our black guest book pages with a black pen she put out. Top is ALL off we had paid her to stay an extra 2 hours to clean up our wedding decor - she left. Her excuse is that she checked with the hotel (a server or bartender) to see if they were okay with taking it all down. When in fact she had talked to the event service manager about this specifically and was told that the hotel IS NOT responsible for taking those items down, also in the contract with the hotel which Louise had a copy of. So at the end of the night we were ripped of $$$ and had to take down our wedding decor. 3 of the 4 vendors had negative things to say about her. She didn't inform our photographers of changes to the sched and they almost missed the garter/bouguet toss and the Chinese dragons that came through. 2 very big events during our wedding. Denies that any of this is her fault - CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR HER WORD or CANT FULFILL HER CONTRACT. Her website promotes her wedding, with testimonials from her husband. Don't be fooled.

From the owner: We are a full service wedding and event planning company. Day of Coordination offered, as well as…read moremonth of, full planning, and hourly rates. Call if you're looking for someone to coordinate your wedding or special event, make arrangements for florists, DJ's, transportation, wedding attire, Wedding ceremony locations, venues, live bands, ceremony music, other entertainment, wedding decor, linens & chair covers, you name it, we can help. Budgetting assistance, scheduling, timelines and communicate with your hired vendors on your day.

Dreadful. The…read moreAlberta marriage commissioner, Soleiha Mahrcell, is supposedly taking over from Nomi Whalen, who is phasing out of the marriage business. Soleiha's website is the best thing about her business. In our initial meeting with her, she was sweet and smiled a great deal. As the date of our event got closer, the tone of her e-mails became a bit more terse. She makes it very clear in her contract that she will not attend a researsal. We even offered her more money for her to do so, and she declined. She will send you a number of documents that include information and a contract. The format and font of these documents was quite bizarre and difficult to read. Luckily, she sent them in Word format, so we could re-format them into a font that we found easier to read. Her e-mails come complete with animated emoticons that, while cutesy, make her seem a bit unprofessional. She arrived at our event clearly rushed, as she had just come from another ceremony. She seems to stack up ceremonies back-to-back. She left moments after the ceremony was done and we never even had a chance to say good-bye. On the day of our event, we found her positively snippy towards key family members. Naturally, they had never met her before, since she refused to attend a rehearsal. Our wedding party members did not stand exactly where she wanted them, so she took each person by the shoulders and (gently) shoved them into position. All this was done in front of our guests. Some members of our wedding party found this embarrassing. Instead of a sermon, she will tell a story about how the two of you met. This story is based on a questionnaire that you will fill out. Our guests later told us that while they thought the idea was cute, Soleiha went on and on, ad infinitum. She made a few comments during the ceremony that were flat-out inappropriate. Guests later commented that Soleiha did not seem to notice (or care) that she had made a cultural gaffe and seemed to think of herself as humorous. All in all, we were not impressed. As I look back, I regret hiring her.

We had the same experience as Fay M regarding Soleiha Mahrcell. She appears very friendly during…read morethe meetings prior to the wedding but on the wedding day she turns into a dragon lady. During consultation she was raving about how she would go above and beyond to ensure wedding goes as planned. But on our wedding day when she first arrived the very first thing she was hounding me for is payment rudely interrupting conversation with me and my guests. Even though she claimed to have no other weddings booked after us, we were running 15 minutes behind schedule and said that she would leave if we didn't start the ceremony right away. Would not recommend.

I was looking to send flowers to a special someone and I wanted to support a local business. VaVa…read moreBloom went beyond my expectations in delivering what I had envisioned, and provided so much joy. Would highly recommend checking out Julie and her team.

I wanted to send flowers to a family member, but did not want a standard arrangement. Julie at VaVa…read moreBloom took my specifications and created two adorable arrangements that were absolutely spot on for the recipient. Excellent value and top notch customer service. Thank you Julie!