When Cali comes to Michigan

When California's own Monica & Rob initially Skyped with me back in August of 2012, I was taken immediately with their creativity and resourcefulness.  Monica does graphic design and besides working for Google, Rob dabbles as a blacksmith!  This, my friends, is a recipe for a great wedding!

We worked on these nuptials for the better part of a year and all that hard work paid off!!  The baroque-inspired florals (from Kevin Miller of Twigs & Branches...of course) were an AMAZING focal point in the Raisin River Room of Weller's Carriage House in Saline and all of the little details came together SO well.  It took me about 2 months and no less than 20 bakers to find someone capable of creating the bride's tiered Swedish Princess Cake and countless other hours and phone calls figuring out a way to hang twinkle lights over the dance floor in a venue that won't allow anything to be fixed to walls, ceilings or floors (including chords).  But I have to admit, the details made this wedding - almost as much as the couple's DIY projects - from their very own working letter press, to the hand-fordged wedding rings (remember, Rob's a blacksmith),  to their completely creative wedding website and Monica-created invitations!  I can't wait to see the professional photos... but, like always on these recent-wedding posts, my iPhone photos will have to do...for now. 

East Grounds, Weller's Carriage House

Path down to the ceremony space

Swedish Princess Cake care of Trifles

Bride's Bouquet

Weller's Raisin River Room

Thank you to the following vendors for making my client's day SO perfect!
Florals - Twigs and Branches Floral
Cake - Trifles
Venue - Weller's Carriage House, Raisin River Room & East Grounds
DJ - Elite Entertainment
Photography - A Girl In Love
Videographer - Elite Entertainment

Kelli & Brian's Rustic Chic Wedding 7/6/13

Last weekend I got to travel to Port Sanilac and Deckerville to help coordinate the beautiful rustic-chic wedding of Kelli & Brian.  The bride, an event planner, did a TON of DIY projects and turned out a beautiful, unique event!

The venue was amazing - Inner Circle Estates of Deckerville.  The Estate is comprised of a beautiful house, amazing grounds and more "interest" areas than you could ever image!  Guests began with cocktails near the pool and peacock (yes, I said peacock) and could walk around the house and over to the barn to see the other animals.  Dancing was setup near the outdoor patio and stone church and dinner was served on the lawn under a beautifully constructed wedding frame tent.  Guests could also enjoy tours of gardens, a dip in the pool (yes, a guest went in the pool in their dress clothes), or cigars on the brick patio overlooking the trees.  I have to thank the entire staff of Inner Circle, especially Denise, for their hard work and dedication - they were amazing to work with and I hope I get the chance to be there again!

And although I don't have any professional photos to share, yet, I still want to highlight the photographer that Kelli found for her Big Day.  I had never worked with Glass Jar Photography before but was immediately blown away by the work that is highlighted on their website.  They have a very unique feel to their photographs and they fit Kelli & Brian and their wedding perfectly.  They are a husband-wife team based down South that love to travel so much that they do almost all of their weddings "on the road" each year.  You'd think this would be expensive, but even after travel to Michigan, their packages are comparable to most middle-range photographers based out of Metro-Detroit.  Check them out and I look forward to sharing some of their photos of this wedding in the near future!

Escort Cards - Each guest had an individualized slip of paper with their name

Cocktails

Guest "Book"

Vintage Photo Booth 

Thank you to the vendors!

Inner Circle Estates, Deckerville

Glass Jar Photography

DJ Kurt Lewis

Faulkner's Catering

Crown Party Rental

Great Bakes Cakes

A librarian, the biker maker and 88,000 square feet..without the tent.

Back in May, 2012 I was fortunate enough to meet with a wonderful couple - Nina and Brett - and Nina's parents, Colleen and Alakh.  I was so happy when they decided to use Beautiful Day to help plan their June 2013 nuptials and we got right to work!  Throughout the following 13 months, we amassed a rock-star team of vendors to help create the perfect personalized wedding day.  One of the goals of the wedding was to find unique ways to incorporate the couples occupations and passions - Nina's job as a children's librarian, and Brett's hobby of building bikes.  I was THRILLED with the outcome and am so excited to share the details of their Big Day with you!  The location and details were so impressive that I think my blog post would be more justified with fewer words - and more photos... so please enjoy my post and another to come when I receive the professional photos!

The back of the amazing Meadow Brook Estate

As usual, I have to thank my AMAZING vendor team that made this all possible - you all stunned me, the families, and the couple with your creativity, professionalism and absolute dedication to your work.  We couldn't have done any of this without you, so THANK YOU a hundred times over!

Meadow Brook Hall

Twigs & Branches Floral

Clicking Through Life

Mike Staff Productions, DJ and Videography

Cakes Our Specialty

A Simple Ceremony, Officiant

Luxe Event Linens

Colonial Events, Lighting

Aristocat Transportation

Shutter Booth

Beautiful Day Planning, LLC