keely & mike | july 24, 2010
ceremony/reception: park lane villa
caterer: marigold catering
florist: aunts of the bride
rentals: l’nique linens
photographer: cutri photo arts
dj: my life media
transportation: lolly the trolley
the hiring:
keely attended a wedding in california that had a day of coordinator and realized how valuable a doc’s services are. she contacted me while living in equador! once i was hired, i received an official save the date and later an invitation. i love that!
the planning:
because keely was on a whole other continent, we planned almost entirely through email. she was able to get back to cleveland before the wedding so we could meet and do a site tour. the week of the wedding i was finally able to meet mike, my first international groom! (he’s from new zealand.)
the results:
rehearsal
the ceremony’s original location was to be on the wade oval. we rehearsal accordingly, even though it seemed like it would rain any minute during the rehearsal, and they called for rain the next day. and boy was it a HOT day!
ceremony
it was another hot cleveland summer day. the weather report called for scattered thunderstorms, so we weren’t sure where we’d end up. i kept an eye on my radar and it appeared to be clear in the university circle area. a storm was coming but we hoped to have the ceremony done before it got there. it started to rain anyways, so we brought everyone inside park lane villa cocktail hour area to do the ceremony.
once the processional was through, k&m’s officiant asked everyone to gather closer.
post ceremony group shot!
reception
the ballroom
k&m named their tables after cities they had visited together.
ice cream station
first dance!
the notables:
favorite planning moment: keely and mike were a blast to help plan. i had the opportunity to sit in on their final planning meeting with their caterer to go over the last details. i have to say, it’s always fun to work with a groom with an accent!
something old/new/borrowed/blue: keely listed these in her program: old was some of the verbage in the ceremony that was used from keely’s parents’ ceremony. new was a handkerchief keely carried from mike’s grandmother. keely borrowed her cousin’s veil. blue included not only the wedding decor, but keely’s shoes and rings.
unique detail: keely asked all married couples who would be attending the wedding to send a wedding photo of themselves to her. they were all hung together at the reception.
biggest challenge: a ceremony location switch is always challenging but guests were so kind and we got them inside before most of them got rained on.
bucking tradition: k&m just don’t like cake. instead, they had an ice cream sundae bar! guests loved it and went back for seconds!
fun fact: mike is an international soccer star! He played for the national new zealand team, for the minnesota thunder and for a team in equador.
congratulations keely and mike!!!!!!! i loved getting to know the two of you and hearing your wonderful love stories along way. go stanford!
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