A romantic love story led these two to unite their families at the Aria closing out 2018.  Jill & Dan first met each other through their work.  Dan worked for many years abroad at many exotic locations.  Jill would travel often to spend time with Dan and is where their love truly blossomed.   Straight out of a movie scenario!  On December 30th, Jill & Dan celebrated with many friends and family at the Aria in Minneapolis.   Their ceremony took place in the great front hall under the many sparkling chandeliers and were surrounded by candlelight and their guests.  After the ceremony they enjoyed many great memories of their love story along with amazing food from Surdyk’s, cocktails including their signature cocktail (French 75) and danced the night away.  Browse a small handful of the 800 photos that Lucas Botz Photography captured of their celebration.

There is something about a military wedding that makes me emotional every time.   Anna & Al united as a couple at St Annes Church in Hamel this past spring.  Anna wore a sleeveless lace wedding gown with a long cathedral veil and Al and a few of his groomsman were dressed in their dress blues and the remainder in suits.  Anna’s Bridesmaids wore shades of nude and blush.  The day was perfect with blue skies, warm temps and puffy clouds overhead.  The Chapel at St Anne’s was breathtaking with high cathedral ceilings, large stained glass windows and a front entry grand stair case entrance.

Anna and her bridesmaids carried matching bouquets of different textures of eucalyptus, ivory and white roses, ranunculus and large delicate peonies in blush.

After the ceremony guests joined the bride and groom at Lafayette Country Club in the Lake Minnetonka area in their Grand Ballroom.  It was picturesque!   The room was set with a harvest style head table with tall grand arrangements of florals matching the brides bouquet and taper candles.   The set-up of the head table made the room feel “grand”.  The guests tables were set with matching centerpieces and plenty of candlelight that set the scene for romance.

This was the first of many weddings we had the pleasure of designing at the Lafayette Country Club this past wedding season.

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I see it all the time, the same top mistake couples make when styling their wedding. They get their hearts set on a style for their wedding after browsing the beautiful images on pinterest and instagram.

I find myself spending hours enjoying the beautiful designs that are posted on social media. Many of these images are the way many wedding vendors are advertising and sharing their work with others. We fall in love with these looks. Couples begin to dream about incorporating these looks into their own days. The top mistake couples make make when styling their wedding is the most important step that should be considered when selecting a style and color palette and that is the location of the ceremony and reception. When selecting the color palette and style for their day they should considered how these selections will complement their venue selection. One color may look amazing at their ceremony site but clash with the style of their venue. I tell many couples when meeting with them to think of them separately. What will make both sites look breathtaking?

Consider this when planning your upcoming wedding. First consider your locations then take those images and start the process of selecting your palette and style. Use the available tools that are available like instagram, pinterest and other wedding sites to see similar wedding venues styled for other events and weddings. Use these images then when making your own selections. By doing this you will pull together the entire look of your wedding to be visually pleasing all around.

We recently had the pleasure to design the wedding flowers for Abby & Aaron in Buffalo MN.   Abby was such a sweetheart and so much fun to work with.  We met with Abby and her mother-in-law to be and Abby shared her vision of how she wanted her wedding flowers to compliment her wedding.  We worked together to make that happen and still stay within her budget.  Abby and Aaron were married at the Buffalo Covenant Church in Buffalo, Minnesota on a breathtakingly beautiful day, followed by a reception at Rockwoods in Otsego.  The day was captured by local photographer Laura Alpizar.  Browse her beautiful photos…

http://www.lauraalpizar.com/abby-aaron-buffalo-mn-wedding-photographer/