Professional Services in Lansing

Fantastic Alterations by Kelly's owner, Kelly Wheaton, professes that in her 25 years of tailoring she has learned to "alter anything to fit anyone," and believes that skilled tailoring has the potential to completely transform an outfit's appearance. She applies her skills to both men's and women's clothing, performing work from small jobs, such as mending and hemming, to major projects such as the repair of dresses, suits, or the cloth coverings of Conestoga wagons. Along with weekday appointments, she schedules fittings for both evenings and weekends to accommodate clients' schedules, and, as the sole employee at Fantastic Alterations, she ensures all customers receive the same standard of service from visit to visit.

Such Media’s technicians bring old media into the modern age by transforming video, audio, and images into digital formats with professional-grade technology. Video and audio tapes that no longer function with today's devices gain new shelf life thanks to transfer services, which preserve ancient audio and video on DVD, CD, or any other storage medium. Scanning and digitizing services turn photos, slides, and negatives into digital files that can enhance presentations, print projects, and online ventures. Video-production experts can film and edit customers' video projects, including TV commercials, training and corporate videos, and online videos. Technicians can also duplicate CDs, DVDs, and flash drives.

Chef Isaac introduces foodies to a palate-pleasing style of cooking he learned under the tutelage of his father, a student of legendary recipe maker Julia Child. While lingering in the aromas and sung notes that filled his childhood kitchen, he soaked up the skills that would lead him to create a menu that was praised by Dine Michigan. Roasted chicken tempts tongues alongside barbecue ribs, sliced pork tenderloin in a white-wine sauce, and handmade meatballs with vegetable-infused tomato sauce. One who vows to leave stomachs satisfied, Chef Isaac pairs his entrees with gourmet takes on mac 'n' cheese or warm spinach salad and ends meals with a sweet note, such as the apple flambé, which sizzles and spits like a surly tea kettle.

After experiencing a particularly long wait at a restaurant one evening, Chef Isaac decided to expand his culinary reach into the homes and minds of his clientele with a slew of delicious services. Cooking classes divulge his techniques with comfort foods and healthy cooking or guide students through the creation of specific dishes such as stuffed pasta with meatballs. Chef Isaac also brings his skills and signature menu into patrons' homes, thereby freeing up more time for them to spend with their families or search for patterns in taped episodes of Press Your Luck.

Fruit Basket Flowerland’s 20 acres of nursery space contain beautiful hanging baskets, annuals, and perennials. The nursery has seen those perennials bloom dozens of times since it opened back in 1949, and today the business has blossomed out to three locations. Home gardeners can peruse a huge selection of soil, fertilizer, and plants, or sign up for instructive gardening classes, which teach participants to care for their plants and to exterminate weeds without running afoul of weeds-rights activists. Fruit Basket Flowerland also houses a vast selection of patio furniture and three lines of Weber grills.

Open every day of the week, Uptown Cleaners prizes promptness as much as it does availability. The family-owned business dry-cleans an expansive assortment of garments, both formal and casual, with a typical turnaround time of one to two days. To ensure tangible wedding memories without locking the band in their basement, guests can rely on the cleaning staff to preserve wedding dresses.

Portage Cleaners & Laundry owner Shirley Winterburn shares her 37 years of experience with her staff as they spiff up wardrobes with eco-friendly GreenEarth Cleaning solvents, which render colors brighter and fabrics softer. The shop's dry-cleaning experts scrub stains out of casual clothing and business wear with an especially delicate handling of silk shirts and sport coats made out of eyelashes. Visitors can bring in their duds for professional laundering services, or take on the garment-cleansing endeavor themselves by feeding their soiled linens to more than 100 washers and dryers. The staff also complimentarily performs minor repairs such as quick hemming or replacing lost buttons. Portage cleaners offers free pick-up and delivery to homes and offices in the Kalamazoo and Portage areas, and same-day service is available on weekdays.