Aspen and Joey were one of my favorite weddings from last year at Aria in Minneapolis. Aspen and Joey hired Lasting Impressions to assist in the wedding design as well as coordinating the day of the wedding. The Design and Day of Package is one of my favorite services we offer because I love to take clients ideas for what they would like the day to look like and make it come to life!

We started by using cooper as an accent color and metallic in the invitation design as well as in the vases and accent pieces. PHOS was hired to create a beautiful light installation about the ceremony and the head table. The Patrick Lenz band was brought in from Kansas City to entertain the wedding guests well into the night!!!

Vendors:

Rental Items: Apres Party Rental 

Wedding Coordinator: Lasting Impressions Weddings

Floral – Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events

Ceremony and Reception Site – Aria

Caterer – Deco Catering

Hair and Makeup: Emily J

Photography – Janelle Elise Photography

Rental Items – PHOS

Transportation – Renees Royal Valet

Band – Patrick Lentz

Cake – Nadia’s

Stationery – A Milestone Paper

Dress- Annika

Alyssa and Luke had a beautiful Summer Machine Shop Wedding in Minneapolis! The day could not have been more perfect and that is all because of the hard work Alysssa, Luke and Alyssa’s Mother Kesha put into the planning process!! Kesha actually reached out to me before Luke had even proposed to find out about Wedding Coordination Packages. She would be in touch as soon as they were formally engaged to get the process started (This surprisingly happens about 4-5 times a year 🙂

As soon as Luke proposed we hit the ground running securing the Machine Shop as our Venue, Janelle Elise Photography as our photographer and countless other vendors that made the day all come together!! The couple also wanted to add some really special details to the day to make it their own. Including our officiant.. It was Alyssa’s Grandfather and he did an amazing Job!! Alyssa and Luke’s favorite dessert is Ice Cream and their favorite place to get the ice cream was Grand Ole Creamery, so an ice cream bar seemed like the perfect sweet treat for the night!!

We wanted to incorporate the skyline of downtown Minneapolis into our decor. With the help of A Milestone Paper we created a design that was used on the invitations, day of stationery. We even had metal cutouts of the skyline incorporated into the placecard table and gift table (that the grooms family made!!)

Alyssa and Luke, It was wonderful getting to plan this wedding with you and I wish you lots of love starting your new life together in Louiseville Kentucky!

 

Vendors

Wedding Coordination- Lasting Impressions Weddings

Floral – Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events

Ceremony and Cocktail Music-Lake String Quartet

Photography – Janelle Elise Photography

Rental Items – PHOS

DJ  – Instant Request DJ

Hair and Makeup-Primped

Caterer – Deco Catering

Stationery – A Milestone Paper

Videography – Ty Walls Films

Dessert- Grand Ole Creamery

Ceremony and Reception Site – Machine Shop

Rental Items: Apres Party Rental 

A Classic and Elegant Hutton House Wedding… Thats what I would use to describe Sarah and Will’s Wedding and both of their personal styles.. Classic and Elegant!

Planning with Sarah and Will was a breeze. She was decisive, had a vision of what she wanted and also knew a handful of vendors that she wanted to use. We first met at the Hewing Hotel for coffee and to start to get to know each other and instantly I knew that this “Sarah and Sarah” team would have a lot of fun together!!

Sarah and Will chose Hutton House for their ceremony and reception. It was still very new when they booked the venue and they were excited about the outdoor space for the ceremony and the possibilities for decor at the venue. The wedding day proved to be one of the most stressful I have ever endured due to the weather. All day we had a 50-70% chance of rain and we decided to “go for it” and try and do the wedding outside. I have never checked my phone so much in one day… and Thankfully for us.. It did not rain.. NOT all day!!

Sarah loved all of the details.. She wanted a boxwood backdrop for photos, she loved the idea of hanging greenery and chandlier’s, she wanted a live band, We brought in a greenery motif on her invitations and day of stationery. But the thing that I will always remember most about Sarah is that she really focused on the things that mattered… Will, Her friends and her family and just really being present in the moment and taking in this ONE day that goes by so quickly!!!

Vendors:

Wedding Coordinator: Lasting Impressions Weddings
Makeup – Julie Phaxay
Rentals – Girl Friday
Band – Blue Water Kings
Caterer – Create Catering
Ceremony and Cocktail Music-Lake String Quartet
Ceremony and Reception Site – Hutton House
Floral – Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events
Invitations – Paper Rock Scissors
Photography – Janelle Elise Photography
Rental Items – PHOS
Rental Items: Apres Party Rental
Videography – Josh Flom

For More Hutton House Weddings  and information on Our wedding planning Packages

Minnesota Orchestra Hall Wedding

Kelsey and Kyle.. where to start, where to start???! Gosh, I love this couple so much and when I saw their wedding images I started to tear up going through all of the fun moments of the day!! You see, Kelsey is incredibly organized, super thoughtful and had an eagle eye on the vision of her day from the very beginning. She was a dream bride and I was happy to help her co-pilot the planning with her so that she could relax on the day of the wedding and just live in the moment!!

When Kelsey and Kyle hired me to be their planner they already had booked Orchestra Hall and I was very excited that they choose this venue for many reasons.. including the fact that I had never worked there before (which after 800 weddings, its hard to believe we have not been at a venue before!!). She hired Sadie’s Floral to string greenery through Orchestra Hall and Paper Rock Scissors brought all of the stationery details together in the Menu Cards, Signage and custom Ice Cream cups for the Sebastian Joes Dessert (YUM!!)

Vendors:

Ceremony and Reception Site – Orchestra Hall

Wedding Coordinator – Lasting Impressions Weddings

Caterer – Common Roots Catering

Photography – Melissa Oholendt

Band – R Factor

Cupcakes – Cocoa and Fig

Dessert- Sebastian Joes

Ceremony Musicians – Lake String Quartet

Transportation – Renees Royal Valet

Floral – Sadie’s Couture Flowers 

Rental Items – Apres

Photobooth – Playatta

Hair and Makeup – Brett Dorrian 

Stationery – Paper Rock Scissors

Hannah and Ryan’s wedding day was nothing short of spectacular! The Machine Shop in Northeast Minneapolis provided the stunning setting for their September celebration. Hannah looked FLAWLESS in her Hayley Paige wedding dress complete with the most stunning sleeves I have ever seen! All of the vendors pulled together to make this wedding a memorable day! From hanging greenery and lights by PHOS, to Hanging Swings for our photobooth (Yes, swings!!) there were a lot of classic and unique elements incorporated into their celebration! Sadie’s Floral created the perfect mix of light and summery floral with little touches of burnt orange to give the wedding a fall feel. Damico Catering once again provided a wonderful meal complete with an ice cream sundae bar!

Its couples like Hannah and Ryan that really make my job so much fun! I enjoyed every meeting with them and Hannah and I often found ourselves talking for hours and losing track of time and the tasks at hand!! I am so thankful for social media these days.. It makes me still feel connected to all of my past couples long after their wedding days!!

Vendors:

Wedding Coordinator –  Lasting Impressions Weddings

Ceremony and Reception Site – Machine Shop

Caterer – Damico Catering

Photography – Janelle Elise Photography

Videography – Landon Oldenburger

DJ-  Instant Request

Ceremony Musicians – Michael Shynes

Floral – Sadie’s Floral

Rental Items – PHOS

Rental Items – Linen Effects

Photobooth –Selfe and Co.

Hair and Makeup – Brett Dorrian Artistry Studios

Stationery – Paper Rock Scissors

For More information on Lasting Impressions Weddings please visit – www.www.lastingimpressionsweddings.com

Our wedding planning Packages can be found here as well!

Machine Shop Minneapolis Wedding

This is the season of thanks and as you can probably tell from my last blog post, I have been thinking about that a lot this year. There is a perception that wedding season slows down in the winter months. While the weddings every weekend do slow down, it is the time of the year that we are in back to back meetings with the florists, stationery designers, tasting cakes, booking bands. You get the point 🙂 So while there is never really an “off” time around Lasting Impressions… I am always so thankful for a few more days at my desk to look through photos of the weddings from Summer, organize my files and just thank god for giving me a job that I adore!!!

So on the topic of people I adore, I want to share with you Kim and Alec’s wedding!! This family has a special part of my heart for many years! I first met the Saunders when I got to help Mindy and Ryan plan their special day and then a few years later I got the call that Rachel and Billy were getting married  and then shortly after that Kim and Alec started to plan their big day!! Kim and Alec were not only wonderful to work with, but they were super decisive. Busy careers and coaching schedules left little time for meetings and deliberation. Kim and Alec did a great job of trusting their vendors and with Mother of the Bride Debbie at the helm, there was not a detail missed. 

The weather may not have cooperated as much as we would have wished, but the rain did stop for just long enough to get some beautiful photos in downtown Wayzata and downtown Minneapolis! The couple picked the Machine Shop for their reception venue and wanted a really light and airy decor. Mixing in hanging lights, greenery and light blue fabrics we created a really summery fresh feel.  

To say that I am sad that this is the last wedding for the family is an understatement.. but I will always cherish all of my planning with them and luckily, I get to run into them every once and a while at weddings!

Vendors:

Wedding Coordinator –  Lasting Impressions Weddings

Ceremony Site – St. Philip the Deacon

Reception Site – Machine Shop

Caterer – Damico Catering

Photography – Janelle Elise Photography

Videography –  Story of Us Films

DJ-  Instant Request

Transportation- Renees Royal Valet

Floral –Munster Rose

Rental Items- Apres

Rental Items – PHOS

Photobooth –Selfe and Co.

Stationery – Paper Rock Scissors

Dress- Posh

Tanning- Go Glow

To see more weddings at the Machine Shop Please visit: https://www.lastingimpressionsweddings.com/machine-shop-weddings/

Our wedding planning Packages can be found here as well!