lorraine & greg | july 3, 2010
ceremony: hanna garden at wrhs
reception: al shriner’s hall
caterer: catering by wal-tam’s
florist: forest woods
rentals: taylor rental
photographer: z-media
dj: absolutely unbelieveable entertainment
transportation: shima limousine
bus tour: great day tours
bakery: michaelangelo’s
photobooth: shutterbooth
the hiring:
when lorraine and greg first started planning their wedding, they turned to the fox 8 cleveland hot list winners. she found heidzillas won first place there and contacted us about availability.
the planning:
heidzillas personally was booked with leah and matt‘s wedding that day, but helped l&g with some planning items before our associate doc, e, stepped in and took over the day of coordination duties!
the results:
rehearsal
there wasn’t much time for a traditional rehearsal with ceremony decoration being done and a grand welcome party for out of town guests being throwing all evening!
ceremony
lorraine was trying to find a lovely outdoor ceremony site when she first hired heidzillas. we suggested one of our favorites – the hanna gardens! luckily it was still available despite the popular holiday weekend.
reception
lorraine and greg’s international-themed reception included a purple hue through out and a unique set up.
some tables were grouped into threes to accomodate the room shape and to put more guests who knew each other together.
it’s difficult to see in this photo, but the cocktail tables had twinkle lights in them.
the head table pre-ceremony
and post ceremony once some more flowers were transported.
tables were named after the cities lorraine and greg had visited together
each place setting included photo strip book marks for the photobooth photos and a little sack of jordan almonds as a nod to greg’s heritage.
memory table for lorraine and greg’s fathers and lorraine’s uncle.
the luggage tag favors doubled as escort cards
guests could flip through the various scrap books of trips l&g have taken together
cake styled card box
the actual cake was several small round mini cakes all put together in one!
lorraine also surprised greg with a groom’s cake after seeing a similar groom’s cake on my blog in january!
there was also an international cookie display complete with fortune cookies from china, german chocolate cake, italian cassata cake… and more!
the notables:
how they met: i think lorraine and greg have one of the most unique love stories that i’ve ever heard. they both worked for a large fortune 500 company which held a employee reunion that they both attended. but they didn’t meet there, despite knowing so many people in common. instead, they met a few months later on match.com! they started dating and despite living in two different states, perserved through the long-distance relationship.
favorite planning moment: i think every planning moment was our favorite with these two! lorraine and greg came to heidzillas with so many great ideas for their international-themed wedding. lorraine had been in the travel industry for years, and since they’ve been together l&g have traveled the world together. they also had guests coming from around the country and even as far as hong kong.
cleveland-central: with so many out of town guests, the friday welcome party kicked off the weekend. on saturday, in between the ceremony and reception, guests could get on a tour bus for a cleveland sights tour, and on sunday a big fourth-of-july pool party was planned for everyone who attended the wedding.
biggest challenge: lorraine lost her uncle, a father figure, just a couple of months before the wedding. some plans went on hold and a few were decidedly overlooked but just about everything went on as intended.
sources: the most notable source for this wedding was PEOPLE! i’ve never seen so many people rally around a bride to help out! from sisters to best friends, a team of “staff” helped out lorraine with getting the invitations out, decorating the ceremony site, and more!
fun fact: lorraine and greg found lorraine’s engagement ring while at a port of call on a cruise with greg’s mother. the next port of call was venice where they took a gondola ride. while just passing under the rialto bridge, greg popped the question! lorraine says he got lucky.
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