Soirée’s Guide to Pin Spot Lighting
An Incredible Design Asset We love Pin Spot Lighting so much for the way it can highlight the best elements of your wedding decor! If you’re ordering beautiful floral or rentals for your wedding, we highly recommend Pin Spot Lighting to showcase these amazing parts of your wedding decorations. If your beautiful flowers are in the…
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Ask the Experts: 10 Wedding Favor Ideas Your Guests Are Sure to Love
Your wedding is a time of celebration and love, and you want those feelings to go home long after the night’s over. The best way is with beautiful wedding favors! Next to an open bar and delicious food, these special gifts show your guests they’re appreciated and help them remember your big day. From your…
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Leah & David’s Wedding at Bella Sala in Tiffin, Iowa
Adorable! Usually, we kick off our blog posts describing fun facts about the couple and transition our story into how we were able to help create a one-of-a-kind wedding weekend, but we can’t help ourselves from gushing over Leah & David! The true joy that is evident in their expressions throughout all their photos, by…
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Theresa & Zeke’s Wedding at the Millwork Ballroom in Dubuque, Iowa
Meeting & Falling In Love Theresa was in Galena with a girlfriend just walking down the street in the middle of a Saturday when a guy ran out of a bar to get her attention to come to hang out. They kind of laughed and kept walking until she saw one of her best friends…
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Shannon & Ted’s Wedding at Wilson’s Ciderhouse in Iowa City, Iowa
Ready Player One When Shannon met Ted at work they had an instant connection. Over three years of friendship, they began to bond over their love of gaming. After one invitation to game together at Ted’s house, Shannon texted her friends that she had found her soulmate. They both knew they were destined to be…
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Kate & Ryan’s Wedding at Eastbank in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Perfect Plans Kate & Ryan reached out to us about ten months prior to their wedding and explained that the biggest thing would want help with is the day-of coordinating. However, once we learned more about their experience planning that far, they shared that it had been pretty stressful with their busy school schedules, travel, and…
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Kate & Jesse’s Wedding at the Graduate in Iowa City, Iowa
Falling in Love Kate & Jesse are the most adorable couple! They met through her brother, Luke, when Jesse was visiting him in Buffalo, NY. Luke introduced the couple and it was instant chemistry. They kept in touch over the fall and went on their first official date when she returned over the Christmas holiday.…
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Mary & Jeremy’s Wedding at Winnebago Springs in Caledonia, Minnesota
Their Serene Venue Mary & Jeremy were married on May 4th, 2019, and we were hired to help coordinate their day. She chose a gorgeous venue in the small town of Calendonia, Minnesota, located just on the other side of the Iowa border, north of Decorah. We were excited to check out the new venue…
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Melissa & Spencer’s Wedding at Elmcrest Country Club in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Can’t Get You Off My Mind Melissa met Spencer at a Cedar Rapids social event in 2008. Their lives would go in separate directions over the next eight years as Melissa established her beauty career in California doing the makeup for many tv shows, movies, and A-list celebrities. Despite the distance, the two remained great…
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Our Favorite Ways Couples Have Honored Their Grandparents
We love when our couples honor their loved ones at their weddings, and especially their grandparents. There are many ways that Grandma and Grandpa, or any other lost family member, can be remembered or honored. Here are some ideas that we see frequently at our events. Meaningful Photos Lindsay & Chad’s wedding featured a beautiful…
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