I am so sorry to hear about your horrible experience. I would love to talk to you and anyone else that has had a similiar experience, I just don't know how to contact because I do not want to put my personal information on the blog. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks!

I used Calla Lily Events for my September wedding. Trevia was horrible. She charged so much for making me do all the work. I chalked it up to not doing my research very well on wedding planners, but my other vendors complained about her, the wedding site where I got married and had my reception complained about her. My GUESTS even complained about her, especially when she went around my own wedding telling people I was a mean person, I was bossy, saying she didn't like my dress, etc... She was late to every appointment, refused to contact vendors to coordinate their arrival times on the day of (I had to do it), my dress was very complicated and she refused to learn how to fasten the train and help me get dressed like she was supposed to. I am still made about how she went around to my guests bad mouthing me. She even made my husband help her get our centerpieces set up...and she brought two other girls with her that day. It took everything in my husband not do have her dismissed from the site.

She was awful, I had to do her job for her...the job that I paid her to do. It was just pathetic. I seriously thought about opening my own planning company after my own wedding since I did so much and had my own vendors compliment my design and sense of style. I am so sorry for your experience but I, like you feel like I am out money because I paid her several thousand dollars to do work that she never did. Feel free to contact me back!!! I'd be interested in seeing how your story turns out. I feel for you, I really do, especially after being in a similar situation with this company.

To Connie Moore:

I invite you to watch the story again to see the efforts we made to get the other side of the story.

I also invite you to read the comments posted from some other brides. Check out those comments in the story section. Here's the link: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0208/495788_interact.html

I was amused by your comments. This "wanna be reporter" has been investigating stories for more than 28 years. I think I've past the "wanna be stage." Hmmm... does that make me a "has been." LOL

Have a good day.

ROSS

I am disgusted with Seven on Your Side's report on Trevia Newell of Calla Lily Events while Trevia may have had a couple of bad complaints from her clients there are hundreds of people that Trevia has done an excellent job in representing but did Ross McLaughlin, an over-zealous wanna-be reporter, ever think of interviewing anyone that had something positive to say, definitely not based on what I saw.

It takes many years to build a great reputation and a few minutes to tear one down which in my opinion is why Seven on Your Side should know better especially when it comes to reporting fair and balanced stories which should have been done instead of using scare tactics against the accused. The tables should be turned on Seven on Your Side and the way it fails to present two sides of the story then maybe Seven on Your Side would think twice before ruining a reputation that took many years to build especially if the story like the one I saw is based ironically on a totally un-ivestigated one-sided in-accurate point of view!

Fired Up at Seven on Your Side!

Signed

Bravo to Ross and 7 on your side for a great report. We had a terrible time with Calla Lily Events planning our wedding last year. Google them, and you'll see multiple people complaining about their services.

How bad can the weather man be off. Here in Hemet at 1pm it is not only raining, but also snowing. At 37 degrees I'm surprised that it is also raining and the snow is not sticking. It is still beautiful watching it come down. Woke up to snow on the low range of mountains north of us this morning, and got excited about that, but snowing here in east Hemet is much better.

JEWELERY STORES BATE N SWITCH. Please get a private appraisal outside of the store which you purchased from. One of the mall major jewelry chain stores charged and put in writing and on our receipt (day of purchase) that our diamonds were all si2 quality diamonds but they were NOT. What was in the ring were i1i quality diamonds. They also wrote that the ring was worth $1,000 less than what we paid for it. Now we are trying to fight the system to do right by us.

Satisfied Customer,

You're wrong. The story went exactly as told. Just because you may have used them and liked them, doesn't make Shellie and Ryan's case any less important. We tried to get the comments of both Ryan and Trevia Newell of Calla Lily Events, but if you watched the story, well, their response was less than kind. They had multiple opportunities to give three sides, heck even 10 sides to the story...but they chose to ignore us. We report the facts.Always have.

I am glad you had success on multiple occassions using them, I am curious though..For how many weddings did you use them?

HODER

Call us. Let's hear your side.

I really don't think the is the way the story went. I used Callalily Events, LTD for several events and all was successful. Before placing company's on display seven on your side should really find out all details there are three sides to a story. The owners of Callalily Events are dependable and outstanding people.