Amanda and Alex’s wedding is finally up here on the blog and I am excited to share this one with you!!!!!! In what feels like a LIFETIME ago Amanda and Alex’s friends and family gathered at the Machine Shop to celebrate their marriage! Planning this wedding with Amanda and Alex was a lot of fun because Amanda knew exactly what she wanted. White Florals, lots of greenery and wood farm tables. Her vision was clear throughout the whole planning and it came together beautifully!!
Vendors:
Ceremony and Reception Site – Machine Shop
Photography- Dedra Weigman
Floral- Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events
Rental Items: Apres Party Rental
Wedding Coordinator: Lasting Impressions Weddings
Bus Transportation- Northfield Lines
Rental Items – PHOS
Cake – Nadia’s Cakes
Caterer – Brassa
It’s hard to believe that this winter wedding was already just about a year ago… and It was the last wedding that we did before COVID took over!! But enough about that, lets talk all about Marlee and Todd’s beautiful wedding! Minnesota in February can be unpredictable, but luckily for us the weather was cooperating very well and created the perfect backdrop for this Leap Day Winter Wedding! With most of their guests flying in from the East Coast Marlee and Todd wanted to make everything easy for their guests and wanted to have a really fun party.
We started planning this wedding just 7 months before the big day and the top priorities were booking our amazing Photographer, Laura Rae Photography and booking a band that would keep everyone on the dance floor all night.. and that was Elan Artists!! The rest of the plans came together through numerous emails and a few trips back to Minnesota for planning meetings! The decor was modern mixed with a classic and traditional element. Round and Long guest tables created a unique atmosphere and also created a large dance floor for our HORA!! The room looked warm and inviting and all of the guests did dance all night long!
Vendors:
Videography – Sunset Blue Productions
Ceremony and Reception Site – Aria
Caterer – Damico Catering
Wedding Coordinator: Lasting Impressions Weddings
Rental Items – Linen Effects
Floral- Sadie’s Couture Flowers and Events
Hair and Makeup-Primped
Transportation – Renees Royal Valet
Photography- Laura Rae Photography
Reception Music- Elan Artists
Amanda and Patrick’s wedding was beyond words beautiful for a couple that have been together since high school and have so much love for everyone around them! When I first got the call about helping Amanda and Patrick my first thoughts were “I dont know if I can plan a wedding in La Crosse Wisconsin.. I know nothing about that area.” But because it was a referral from a very great vendor friend (Thanks Chrissy!) I thought I at least talk to Amanda and see if I thought I could be of service.
Immediately I fell in love with Amanda and Patrick… Their attention to detail, their openness and their love for their friends and family all hooked me and I knew that I needed to be apart of this wedding!! Most of our planning was done via email and over the phone, but I enjoyed every one of my early morning trips to Wisconsin that turned all of our ideas in our head into reality and with every visit the plans became more and more real and soon enough we were creating this stunning backyard tent wedding.
This wedding was much more to me then a beautiful celebration.. It was a time to test myself. After planning 800 weddings, I feel like I have gotten pretty good at it.. but I sometimes miss the excitement of something new.. or a new way to challenge myself… and I got that by planning this beautiful and logistically complicated wedding while being 3 hours away.
I have been asked about this wedding numerous times by different vendors, my friends and family and the first thing that I tell them about this wedding is that it was all about Trust!! I thank Amanda and Patrick for trusting me not only with their wedding day. I thank all of the amazing vendors that we had on board for trusting me and coming together to create a rock solid team! With that I will be done rambling and let you enjoy these beautiful photos!!
Vendors:
Wedding Planner – Lasting Impressions Weddings
Ceremony Venue – Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of La Crosse
Catering – Radisson Hotel
Photography Olive Juice Studios
Videography Joe Pollock Films
Calligraphy: Rosann Konieczny
Transportation – Lamers
Cake – D and L Cakery and Desserts: Cocoa and Fig
Photobooth Slow Motion Booth
Vintage Rental Items A’la Crate Vintage Rentals
Rental Items – Apres Party Rental
Floral – Bittersweet Floral
Band – Casablanca Orchestra
Hair and Makeup – Emily J
Dress- L’Atelier Couture Bridal Boutique
Bridesmaids Dresses – Bella Bridesmaids
Stationery: Paperista
Allie and Erik were married last fall at Diamond Lake Luthern Church with the reception following at the Minneapolis Event Center. It was our first time working at the beautiful downtown venue and it was fun to get to plan the decor for the space with Allie and Erik. The wood beams and exposed ceilings allowed us to add some beautiful greenery to the chandelier’s and make the space feel more intimate. Kindred Blooms added beautiful blooms to brighten up the space.
And every great wedding has a dog right??? Well, Dakota was certainly the center of Allie and Erik’s wedding day and their lives!! I could not miss out on the chance to personalize this beautiful wedding with images and reminders of their precious pup!!! We had Paper Rock Scissors sketch Dakota to add his image to their wedding invitations, day of stationery and cocktail napkins!!
Vendors:
Band – Blue Water Kings
Ceremony Musicians – Lake String Quartet
Ceremony Site- Diamond Lake Luthern Church
Floral – Kindred Blooms
Hair and Makeup-Primped
Invitations – Paper Rock Scissors
Photography – Nicole Marie Photography
Reception Site- Minneapolis Event Center
Rental Items – Linen Effects
Transportation – Renees Royal Valet
Videography – Sunset Blue Productions
Minneapolis Wedding Coordinator: Lasting Impressions Weddings
As I go through photos of Riley and Shane’s Lafayette Club Summer Wedding it makes me have a deep craving to get back to weddings and the lake!! It also makes me realize how much gathering is how our culture has been taught to celebrate. Riley and Shane invited well over 350 guests to their wedding and they both had large wedding parties!! My philosophy has always been the more the merrier and I am sure that when we are able to return to celebrating weddings when COVID passes I will appreciate the large gatherings even more!
Riley and Shane were amazing to work with and I was also so happy to work with a great group of vendors on this wedding!! The photos do not show the July Heat that this bride and groom and wedding party stood in all day.. they were real troopers!! Blush, Champange and Greenery complimented the Lafayette Club Ballroom.. a classic combination.
Vendors
Reception Site – Lafeyette Club
Wedding Coordinator: Lasting Impressions Weddings
Stationery – A Milestone Paper
Ceremony Site – Mt. Olivet
Makeup- Refeyeance 2
Transportation – Renees Royal Valet
DJ and Photobooth – 2 The Maxx Entertainment
Hair – Hair expressions by Kari
Floral – Stacey’s Nursery
Photography Janelle Elise Photography
Videography – Story of Us Films
To view more weddings that Lasting Impressions Weddings have coordinated at Lafayette Club.
