Professional Services in Ann Arbor

Whether offered as a gift or beautifying your coffee table, floral arrangements are thoughtful no-brainers that join jumbo shrimp in the category of coveted oxymora. With dozens of arrangements for every budget, both Della's and Accent can make a corresponding bouquet for every known ritual, tragedy, and competitive event life has to offer. The juicy purple and lavender of the My One and Only Bouquet ($50.99) is ideal for your favorite life partner, bridge partner, or mail carrier. Woo your high-school geometry teacher with the soft pink daises and lisianthus peeking out of a see-through cubic vase in the Floral Festival Bouquet ($45.99). A bevy of colorful tulips ($44.99) turn any dining table into a bright brunch venue certain to please weekend visitors and aesthetically astute kittens.

At Pictures Plus, teams of framing technicians help preserve and display customers’ precious artwork and images with mounting and framing services. The walls of the studio beckon to visitors with rows of leather, pewter, and enamel frames for protecting art and family photos. They can also peruse shadow boxes, good for preserving and presenting medals, seashells, and collections of celebrity toenail clippings. The shop’s Urban Ashes collection allows framing experts to preserve Michigan's precious natural resources through the use of locally salvaged materials and scrap ash wood.

For more than 30 years, the team of dedicated shutterbugs at Wurzell Photo Studios has captured indelible images of generations of Toledoans. Whether they're shooting professional portraits in the studio or traveling throughout the region to capture weddings, special events, and sports games, team members combine an eye for artistry with years of industry experience. The photo experts also shares their know-how with aspiring shutterbugs in group and private photography classes, where they teach students shooting and editing techniques, such as how to remove red eye or crop out the ghosts that reside within most cameras.

Filing just one annual tax return can be stressful for most people, but at Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Detroit, the tax-savvy team calmly files thousands each tax season. The network of Detroit tax centers—a subset of a nationwide chain with more than 7,000 locations—specializes in individual federal and state income tax returns and boast between 150 and 500 hours of training. Offering services that are often more affordable than do-it-yourself software, staff tax experts also back their handiwork with an accuracy guarantee; clients are reimbursed for any penalties that result from a staffer’s error. Returns also come with free online filing, which reassures taxpayers with round-the-clock return status alerts and saves them the hassle of wondering whether the Monopoly Man has received their papers yet.

Creative guru Victoria Martin II closely supervises each design project and event-planning service that gets contracted through Catalyst Events and Design, and her skilled coordinators craft personalized parties and wardrobe makeovers to match any budget or aesthetic. With offices in Toledo and Detroit, her planners tap into a vast network of vendors and suppliers, composing fun, inventive themes for clients’ parties, such as a Valentine's Day singles' mixer or a Bastille Day bounce-castle storming. As Catalyst’s party planners guide hosts through detailed budgets and invitation writing, its talented decorators and fashion experts breathe new life into homes, businesses, and personal wardrobes with style and space makeovers.

Photographer Steve Dean—whose wedding photography has graced the cover of Lansing City Limits magazine—brings out clients' unique personalities in striking, personal photographs. Portraits of individuals, high-school seniors and kids capture fleeting moments in time. Professional acting and modeling headshots highlight charisma and charm, and glamour-and-boudoir photo shoots draw out clients’ sensual sides. Dean expertly retouches finished photographs to remove blemishes or shrink down surrounding buildings so that clients can pretend to be giants.