by Wendy Scheel | Jan 22, 2017 | Life
It’s been a little while since I have updated anything about Sam and Justin’s Wedding. So let me catch you up.
The venue is booked, the dress is purchased, the catering company has been selected along with the menu.
Check, check and check.
Helping Sam and Justin plan their wedding is a completely different ballgame than when Wade and I were married over 26 years ago.
Almost everything can be done from the comfort of your home and with the push of a button.
The most recent item checked off their to-do list was completing their website. The Knot is where they have collected all of the necessary information for their guests to reference the details of their big day.
Along with those details, they added pictures from when they first dated and also their engagement pictures. (Their engagement pictures were taken by my nephew and social media guru for this blog. His company can be found here. Spencer.)
Along with these beautiful photos, they shared, “Our Story”. It’s a He said/She said story, and gives great insight to their personalities. 🙂
Here are my favorite photos of these two.
They were friends for a years, before finally dating.
I remember this junior prom picture (on the left) like it was yesterday. Justin was so nervous and barely had his hand touching her shoulder. Notice how the confidence kicked in for the senior prom picture on the right.
After high school graduation, Sam went to Drake University and Justin went into the Air Force. Sam flew down to San Antonio to see him after boot camp. The grip she has around his neck and the look in his eyes, says it all.
And that sparkle continues six years later.
Next on the list of planning are detail items. Things like flowers, wedding shoes, invites and so on.
~Wendy
P.S. if you would like to visit their website, it can be found here.
by Wendy Scheel | Nov 7, 2016 | Life
On the same day that Facebook showed me a 3-year-old picture of the snowfall in my front yard, Sam and I wore short sleeves in 73 degree weather during a full day of wedding planning.
Weird Minnesota weather, but I’ll take it.
Sam came home for the weekend because her wedding venue was hosting a Wedding Expo and she had her first wedding dress fitting. We went to the Wedding Expo first. There are 4 caterers that work exclusively with the Plymouth Creek Center (where Sam is having her wedding), and all of them were at the expo.
Picking a caterer was a major to do on Sam’s list, so we chatted with each one of them.
Of course, we she had done her research ahead of time and knew what questions to ask. This made the process that much easier, and the obvious choice was RP Catering by Roasted Pear. She now has a tasting scheduled in the middle of December.
Another thing this bride-to-be can check off of her to-do list.
Across the hall in the Plymouth Room, where the reception will be held, there were all kinds of vendors set up.
(99% of my pictures are blurry. An emotional, teary-eyed mother of the bride should never be the photographer. I apologize. Look past the blurry).
Everyone from licensed bakers, to florists, hotels and photographers were there. Again, Sam has a lot of the dirty work already done, so we didn’t need to stop at the photography booth, the DJ booth or a florist’s booth (ok we have a picture at the florist booth because we were too Minnesota nice to walk past them and their pretty flowers).
What stopped us in our tracks was a table of desserts.
Sam and Justin aren’t big cake lovers, so they were thinking more of a modern dessert bar instead. That was until we met Ashley from Silver Lily Sweetery. Her frosting was out of this world. I tried everything on her table.
EVERYTHING.
Besides the several different kinds cookies she had two flavors of cupcakes. I tried both kinds…well actually I tried the vanilla cupcake, then only licked the frosting off the chocolate ones! Hehe
As helpful as the expo was, it was also a little overwhelming not to mention calorie filled, so we took some time to walk around the garden where the ceremony will be.
We were enjoying the warm and sunny weather so much that time slipped away from us and it was time to head to the wedding dress fitting. We didn’t know quite what to expect because the Wedding Shoppe, Inc. doesn’t do alterations. Turns out, the dress fitting was exactly that. A time to try on the dress and make sure it “fit” meaning the right size was ordered. Her dress was ordered in the right size, but will need a few minor alterations later.
Without further ado, here is the dress!
Just kidding. You didn’t really think we would show you did you? 🙂
On top of a productive weekend wedding-wise, we also got a lot done on the guest bedroom. I will share updates later this week!
~Wendy
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