Real Wedding | Amanda & Joe

   This past July I had the pleasure of designing a gorgeous wedding for the sweetest couple. Amanda and Joe were all set to get hitched in my hometown of Manistee, MI and found me through instagram (it really works) because I had tagged a previous wedding up there! Manistee is a cute little vacation town right on Lake Michigan, known for it's charter fishing, National Forest, and mostly (unfortunately) the casino. Joe's family owns a beautiful historic brick home in town that his great-great Grandfather built in the 1880s. Amanda and Joe started there relationship there 8 years ago and knew it was the right place to agree on forever as well.

   Amanda told me about their story and of her vision for her wedding day: white, burgundy, and blush with lots of greens and brass. I was in heaven! I told her that with all the beautiful weddings I'm so honored to be a part of, I've found myself creating wedding designs (color palettes, floral choices) for my own fake wedding, and her choices were my most recent favorite. There was a lot more gushing and oh-my-goshing and all this very professional banter that I'm so good at before quickly deciding that I was going to *basically* do for her what I would have done for myself; and after a few quick emails and phone calls, our collective dream wedding was in the books.

Photographer: Mae Stier | Floral Design: Linnaea Floral & Event Design | Bridal gown: Pronovias | Bridesmaid dresses: Nouvelle Amsale | Suits: Jos. A. Bank | Cake/Dessert: Nantucket Baking Co | Hair: Krystle Waivio | Makeup: Makeup Artistry by Sarah | Ceremony Venue: Guardian Angels Church | Reception Venue: Manistee Golf and Country Club | Paper goods: Carlie Penning | Reception Signage: Morningside Makery | Dessert Table Design, vintage Brass: One Brass Ring | Band: Awesome Distraction | DJ: Moments in Time DJ | Tent and rentals: Statewide Party Rentals