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!

I am just arriving back from a Thanksgiving Trip back home and it is always one of those trips that I come home refreshed and reflective of all of my blessings! 2018 has been another wonderful year filled with so much love, creativity and the hard work of hundreds and hundred of vendors and for that I am forever grateful!!  We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families!!

Now onto Demi and Ryan’s Beautiful wedding day!!! This one of many weddings we have a privilege of planning at Aria with a including Russell Heeter and Landon Oldenburger! 

Demi and Ryan hired us a year before their wedding and when they hired us, they already had most of their vendors reserved. Luckily for me, Demi had hired some of the best vendors in town and the rest of the planning was a dream! Because the couple lives out in Massachusetts we condensed all of our Decor and Design meetings into one big trip back into town and did all of the rest of the planning remotely! When the big day arrived, everything came together perfectly.. the only thing we could not predict was the ninety degree September weather! But even through all of the sweat, we had such a great time celebrating with this fantastic couple!

Vendors::

Wedding Coordinator – Lasting Impressions Weddings

Ceremony Site- Lake of the Isles Church

Reception Venue – Aria

Caterer – DECO CATERING

Photography – Russell Heeter

Photobooth – Time Into Pixels

Videography – Landon Oldenburger

DJ- Instant Request DJ

Band – Synergy

Transportation – Renees Royal Valet

Floral – Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events

Rental Items  – Apres

Chandliers – PHOS

Hair and Makeup – Primped

Cake – Farina Bakery

Invitations and Stationery Items  – Paper Rock Scissors

Ryan + Demi from Landon Oldenburger Videography on Vimeo.

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 Wedding

When I first met with Heather, about a year before her wedding, she already had a great idea of what she wanted her wedding to look like and how she wanted it to feel for her guests.The couple had booked the Machine Shop for her wedding reception and they had already hired a handful of awesome vendors. I was lucky enough to get to work together with her to bring the rest of her vision to life!

Heather knew she wanted to add a lot of soft colors and elements to the decor to soften The Machine Shop’s Industrial Look. Kindred Blooms was the perfect florist to bring all of Heather’s Visions together! They incorporated soft fabrics, hanging floral and ribbons to create a 3D ceiling installation that turned the Machine Shop’s industrial space into a whimsical wedding venue.  Trees were added along the sides of the stage to bring an element of the outdoors inside. Paper Rock Scissors and Farina brought tied all of the elements together in the stationery and dessert designs.

The ceremony took place at St. Thomas Chapel, which held a lot of special meaning to both Heather and Guiseppe since they both attended college there!

We had the privilege of working alongside Russell Heeter and John Hoel who captured all of the elements of the day (Love these guys!!) and Good for Gary certainly got the party of the dance floor! The weather was perfect and I could not have enjoyed working with Heather, Giuseppe and  her mom planning this beautiful wedding!!

Vendors

Wedding Planner –  Lasting Impressions Weddings

Ceremony Site  – St. Thomas Chapel

Reception Site – Machine Shop

Caterer-  Damico Catering

Transportation  Renees Royal Valet

Ceremony Musicians – Loring String quartet

Photography – Russell Heeter

Videography- Vibrant Films

Floral – Kindred Blooms

Band – Good for Gary

Rental Items – Apres Party Rental

Makeup- Eyes and Irons

Hair  – Brett Dorrian

Cake – Farina

Photo booth – Traveling Photo booth

Stationery – Paper Rock Scissors

Café Lights – PHOS

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I had the honor of helping Melissa and David plan their June wedding at Aria in Minneapolis and let me tell you.. I just loved working with this fun family!! It all started last year when I had the honor of planning Melissa’s sister Jenni’s wedding at Nicollet Island Pavillion. Two sisters getting married 8 months apart…. now that’s a busy year for all of the friends and family involved!!

When Melissa hired us she already had the venue and a handful of vendors.. so our services were geared toward helping her and David design the wedding they had envisioned in Aria. Melissa ended up picking a very soft mauve bridesmaids dress color and we geared most of the floral and stationery to this fresh, summery color palette. It helped to soften up the very industrial and dark wedding venue to make it feel like a secret garden in the middle of the city. The hanging greenery and lights structure by PHOS and Sadie’s Floral was the piece that I thought gave the most impact to the room. It not only helped to lighten up the space, but also gave a beautiful and magical feel to the space!

Vendors:

Wedding Coordinator –  Lasting Impressions Weddings

Ceremony and Reception Site – Aria

Caterer-  Damico Catering

Photography – Lauren Kirkbride

Videography- Ali Rogers

Floral –  Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events

Stationery – Paper Rock Scissors

DJ –   Instant Request

Photobooth – Selfie & Co

Rental Items – Apres Party Rental

Cake –Nothing Bundt Cakes

Hanging Lights/Installation- PHOS

 

It was such an honor to be part of this beautiful Hutton House Wedding and we are excited to relive the day in this video by Josh Flom.  To see photos and hear more about this day take a look at this blog post!