JenMar Creations

These ladies are absolutely amazing! I came to JenMar just days before my wedding because the bridal shop alterations department had nearly ruined my dress!
Jenny & Mary squeezed me in for an appointment the same day I called and were immediately able to see the mistakes the alterations department had made. This included: not altering the boning in my dress when taking it in so I had clusters of boning on the sides on my dress and not enough boning support in the front, and instead of removing the excess fabric when taking the dress in, it was folded and sewn down creating even more bulk on the sides of my dress. They also immediately saw it needed to be taken in more, a point the bridal shop alterations staff had argued with me. Basically this very reputable Twin Cities bridal shop had an alterations department that was cutting every corner they could.
Mary & Jenny assured me it could all be fixed. They took apart the entire corset, properly reset the boning, took it in correctly, and added a perfect bustle. The next day my dress was completely transformed and fit perfectly. They even added some antique charms with a blue ribbon inside my dress as my «something old» and «something blue»!
I can’t say enough good things about this amazing ladies. My only regret is not having my dress made by them in the first place!

BRIDES BEWARE! My experience with JenMar was one of most challenging aspects of wedding planning. They pride themselves on saving brides money, which I learned along the way means skimping on quality. To give an example, I asked for an invisible zipper put in the dress and they instead put in a cream zipper because they «didn’t have invisible zippers on hand.» Sadly, invisible zippers can be found at any fabric store, they just didn’t have one when they started sewing my dress. The real issue above all others was that the day I was supposed to pick up my dress, just two weeks before our wedding, they called to tell me it wasn’t ready because they no longer had the fabric I picked out for the final layer of the gown — fabric they had when I first visited them. I ended up taking the dress to another seamstress the week of our wedding, costing me twice what I’d «saved» by going with JenMar.

I recently photographed a wedding and the bride had her dress made here! The dress was absolutely beautiful! Stunning work!

I was lucky enough to have seen a recommendation for JenMar Creations on the knot website, and I am so glad I did. My wedding dress is a simple, off the rack, style from Davids Bridal and it needed some work. Jenny and Mary met with my Dad and I in their studio this past Saturday and we so accomodating, sweet, and had excellent recommendations.
Not to mention — they are taking my dress which, as many are, is desiged for a woman no taller than 5’4″ and making it long enough for my lanky 5’9″ + heels! MAGIC, I tell you! I cannot wait for my follow up fitting in June.