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Colleen and Seth

Colleen and Seth were married on Sunny June 11th. It was a wonderful wedding day and their team of great vendors did a fabulous job! Thank you to all of the vendors for doing an amazing job, especially to Donna at Graves 601 and Kelly Brown for her wonderful Images!!!

Vendors::
Wedding Coordination: Lasting Impressions Weddings
Ceremony Venue:: St. Bonifus Church
Reception Venue:: Graves 601
Photographer::Kelly Brown Weddings
DJ and Lighting::Instant Request
Flowers :: Sadies Floral Design
Cake:: Jessicas Cakes
Hair and Makeup: Emily J
Transportation:: City View Limo and Twin Cities Trolleys
Linens and Lounge Furniture:: Apres Party
Stationary:: A Milestone Paper

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Claire and Matt – May 29th

As you can tell.. I have not been blogging very often as we have been busy creating and coordinating wonderful weddings every weekend since April… But I am getting very anxious to share these wonderful weddings with you. Matt and Claire started their planning about a year ago when they called me from New York and told me all about their wonderful ideas and I explained how I could help turn their long distance planning into an easy process!! To see this vision become reality is my favorite part of my job and I am still in awe of how some ideas can really transform a space! Enjoy the photos by the wonderful Gina from A Truth Be Shown… Not only does she do an amazing job, she is very quick getting me photos! Vendors:: Wedding Planning and Coordination: Lasting Impressions Weddings Ceremony Site: Temple of Israel Reception Site: Windows on MN Photography:A Truth be Shown Cake: Queen of Cakes Band:Synergy Flowers: Sadie’s Floral Design Chair Covers: Lasting Impressions Weddings Rental Items: Apres Ceremony Musician:Suzanna Altman Transportation: Renees Royal Valet

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Andrea and Tou’s Wedding Video

I had the pleasure of helping Andrea and Tou with their wedding on May 28th at the Crowne Plaza in St. Paul. I wanted to share with you the video that Northern Lights Videography filmed of the wedding day!

Click here for the video!!

Aleesha and Kevin- September 19th

Aleesha and Kevin were referred to me by Gloria and Jake, a wonderful Couple I was lucky enough to help coordinate their August 2008 Wedding. Like all referrals, Aleesha and Kevin were wonderful to work with. we planned their wonderful September wedding in just 5 months. Aleesha knew the look that she wanted and really wanted to incorporate a lot of her and Kevin’s interests, favorite locations in Minneapolis and memories into the wedding. The lasting memory that will always stand out about their wedding to me was that this was much more than a wedding, this was about their marriage and their family! Congratulations Mr and Mrs. Webb!

Vendors:
Wedding Coordination: Lasting Impressions Weddings
Ceremony Location: Walker Art Center
Reception Location: Cafe Lurcat
Photography: Lavie Photography
Ceremony and Reception Musicans: Ned Kanter Productions
Makeup and Hair: MN Bridal and Makeup

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Sunday Wedding Sneek Peak…

I am sitting here at the wonderful Rachel and Michael’s wedding waiting for the party to die down and tear down… os in the mean time I thought I would show you what my Sunday wedding looked like! Thank god the rain held off and it was a great day… more to come 🙂
Thank you Rachel and Michael for trusting me to help you plan a wonderful wedding in a few short months 🙂 It was fun!!

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Incorporating Cultural Traditions…

One area of my job I enjoy a lot is the constant education into different cultures and all of their traditional wedding traditions. When I was sitting back and thinking about writing this blog I was amazed by how many different cultures we were touched with this year. We did 3 Nigerian Weddings, a Laos Wedding, 2 Korean Ceremonies, Incorporated Philippine Traditions into the wedding, and coordinated 3 Jewish Weddings.
Not only is it interesting to see how different cultures and religions incorporate items into the ceremony and wedding, it is fun to learn together on why these items are so special. The Vibrant colors that are worn by Nigerian women are so beautiful, the traditional dresses from the Korean ceremonies are so unique and of course the Jewish Hora dance is one of my favorite parts of a wedding. I will never forget the first time I saw it, the energy that is in that room is amazing and electrifying. Enjoy the collection of photos that showcase all of the Cultural Weddings we have done this year along with some of my favorite traditions!

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