The Wedding Experience - A Bridal Guide for Elizabeth Ladean Brides
Introducing!! - The Wedding Experience! A bridal guide made exclusively for my brides!
There has been a whole lot going on behind the scenes lately as I've been in that lovely little lull between the first and second half of wedding season! I had a mile-long list of things I wanted to accomplish before my schedule gets chaotic again, and I did them all!!
One of the biggest - wait no, who am I kidding, THE biggest thing on that list is the thing I'm here to chat about today, and yayyyyy woooooooo I am excited! GUYS! After wanting to create this for sooo long and thinking I'd never be able to get it done, and after pouring about a months worth of time into it... It IS DONE!
Introducing -
The Wedding Experience - a guide exclusively for Elizabeth Ladean Brides!
My new ELP brides, get ready! SO excited about this, friends! What this is, is a 70-page online magazine that houses an absolute wealth of information!! As a wedding photographer, I've seen a lot, and education can be such a great thing when you're planning your special day! SO, my sweet and oh so special brides will now have access to all my best advice, tips and tricks, do's and don'ts, and sooo much more!
This magazine covers how to plan and prepare for the engagement session, outfit inspiration information, and what to expect after that fun time! It goes on to offer so many more details on planning your wedding - advice to save you time, money, and heartache with info all the way down to thinking about the best location for you and your girls to get ready at!
All the thoughts and plans that go into creating an ideal day-of timeline, what your day could look like whether you tie the knot in winter, spring, summer, or fall! And literally every single possible thing I could ever think to tell you about your big day - it's all there my friends. All of it! The magazine rounds out with a list of my favorite Kansas City vendors, because you need the best florals, food, DJ service and more!
SO BASICALLY....as one of my dear sweet brides who agreed to be a proofreader (thank you again, Miranda!) called this, "THE WEDDING BIBLE" - haha, I can't help but laugh, and agree!
I'm so happy to now have this as a part of my wedding experience for the sweet girls I get to work with!
The Venue at Willow Creek | Kansas City Wedding Planner's Dinner Party
The lovely owner of The Venue at Willow Creek - Marisa, decided there was a need in KC for a big get-together - dinner party style, for some of Kansas City's best wedding planner's in the industry - and with that idea, Wednesday, March 30th was born!
The lovely owner of The Venue at Willow Creek - Marisa, decided there was a need in KC for a big get-together - dinner party style, for some of Kansas City's best wedding planner's in the industry - and with that idea, Wednesday, March 30th was born!
Wednesday evening, with a threat of heavy storms moving into our area - Marisa and her amazing team at The Venue at Willow Creek, plus! Her other amazing team behind Olive Events all came together and prepared a beautiful evening. A little rain passed through and we were in the clear!
Marisa and her team assembled an absolutely gorgeous set-up! Her collection of mismatched re-purposed chairs are full of so much color and so much fun - and those combined with gorgeous linens, glowing candles, and her other mismatched collection - a (to-die-for) set of vintage plates - made for an out of this world dreamy tablescape that my camera couldn't get enough of.
A decked out dessert bar graced one area of the room while tables set for many flowed every where else. And then there was the main table - The one set for every one of us to gather at, chat, and enjoy dinner together. Marisa has these incredible tables which were made specifically for her space - they were lined up in a long row, and those beauties were covered in the most perfect Spring-like tablescape and graced also, with gorgeous flowers. Both came together with the talent of Ultrapom and Hitched in KC.
Little Yellow Leaf designed the most perfect paper goods for the event - holding details on one side, and a very special menu on the other.
When the 6pm start time rolled around - the front door was in steady movement for a good fifteen minutes as wedding planner after wedding planner came in! So many lovely faces! Some I knew, some I didn't! So exciting to meet that many wonderful ladies, and all at once even!
Everyone found a seat and dinner was served - Olive Events outdid themselves!
- Blackberry, bacon and blue cheese salad, with citrus vinaigrette
- Bread with whipped butter (who doesn't love breadddd, #amiright)
- Seared scallops with quinoa and apple salad, with butternut squash puree
Oh and after... Remember that dessert table?!
- Chocolate bouchons with fresh raspberries
- Pucker-up lemon tart
- Strawberry cupcakes
Drooling yet?
The evening carried through with all that food, music, good conversation, old friends, new friends, and so much laughter.
For any bride looking for an event space - do yourself a favor and go book The Venue at Willow Creek. AND TAKE ME WITH YOU, KTHX.
If you need catering, flowers, design, invitations etc - you can follow any of those names above to their websites and you'd all be set! :)
Prepare yourself for these beautiful vintage plates!!!
Spring is nature's way of saying, let's party!
