Kristen & Art {Wedding}

Kristen & Art {Wedding}

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Paynesville, MN

One month ago today, I was in Paynesville at the Bug Bee Resort photographing a beautiful wedding with a super fun couple!

As you can see, the flowers were gorgeous!

It was rather warm and humid that day, but beautiful none-the-less.

Kristen & Art decided to do something different that I personally had never seen before. Each girl had a different color dress and then each guy had a corresponding tie the same color. It made for some really cool photos.

This is my favorite of the wedding party:

The girls:

The boys:

The flower girl & ringbearer looking serious for a second. This is one of my favorites of the entire day. They both did a fabulous job in the heat while taking pictures. This was actually towards the end of pictures.I was trying to get their shoes as all the guys and the flower girl were wearing Chuck Taylors.

The difference with the flower girl shoes were that they had pick on them.

The DJ, who was also the best man and is Art's brother (WOW, he had a big role) brought out the limbo pole. This is a priceless shot of the groom getting down.

The last really unique thing was the cup-CAKE. This was neat in how it tied in all the different colors from the day. Each cup-cake had different color dots.

Over-all it was a beautiful day with a great couple! If you want to see more of their photos from the day, please visit my Danielson Photography facebook page. Thanks.

Leah

Lemonhead Shower & Bachelorette Party

Lemonhead Shower & Bachelorette Party

Friday, August 20, 2010

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Two words...busy day. One of my best friends who I have mentioned on here several times...Jenny Lemons a/k/a Lemonhead is getting married on Saturday, September 4th. Her bridal shower was in the afternoon. Here a few fun pictures:

[All of Jenny's faves: turkey roll-ups, shrimp/cocktail sauce, guac/chips, queso/chips, etc.]

The turkey roll-ups had a cranberry cream cheese in them. So yummy! They were from Costco.

Can you tell what her wedding color is?

[Bride with her BM's]

[From left to right: Ann (MOH/SOB), Me, Jenny, and Ashley]

From there we transitioned into her bachelorette party. We started off with dinner at Chammps in Eden Prairie, headed over to Prairie Pub and had some cocktails, then went cosmic bowling at EP Bowl.

[Do you see anything funny with this glass?]



This was the nummy dessert that Chammps gave the bachelorette. Lucky for us, Jenny shared it. ;)



All of us girls at EP Bowl for bowling fun!

After bowling until midnight some people wanted to take Jenny to Deja Vu (a strip-club). The rest of us went along for shits and giggles.

We ended the night at Jenny's house at about 3am. We were greeted by these two adorable faces.

[Emma]



[Smush]

Overall it was a great night of celebration and bonding!

Thanks Jenny and everyone that made it such a great night.

Leah

April & Kevin {Wedding}

April & Kevin {Wedding}

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

A few pictures from their special day at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory.

Beautiful!

Ceremony

Before

After

Family

This is a super cute one of April with her daughters:

What a fun couple!

So glad I had the privilege of taking their wedding pictures.

Congratulations April & Kevin!

Leah

Lucas & Rachel's Wedding Weekend

Lucas & Rachel's Wedding Weekend

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Rehearsal Dinner: Stella's Fish Cafe in Uptown

We enjoyed Surf 'n' Turf kabobs with mashed potatoes and yummy cookies for dessert. We also enjoyed meeting some new people and great conversation. It's always nice to hear all the great things that the Bride & Groom have to say about their family and friends.

Saturday, July 19, 2010

Wayne's gift from Lucas (the Groom) was a pair of personalized Chuck Taylor's. All the guys got a pair.

[Big Dee...LOL]

They all wore them with their tuxes. The girls actually all got a pair as well that look just like these, but had rhinestones on them. The Bride also has a pair, but her's were white with black tips. So cute!

One of the professional poses. See the shoes? Teehee.

This was the bus we rode around on all afternoon for pictures. Super fun!

 

It was a great way to bond with the rest of the wedding party.

This was us in the back of the bus hanging out.

The wedding was held at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. Beautiful.

The reception was at the McNamara Alumni Center. My pictures don't do it justice, so take a peek at their website! Their colors were black, gray and green. So they had black hanging from the ceilings. Every detail was perfectly done.

One of the best ideas ever was the little popcorn bags that you could fill with about 10 different kinds of popcorn. Such a great treat between the ceremony and dinner.

One of my other favorite things about their wedding was that all the table cards were pictures of their dogs. Such a great way to tie them into the day!

It was a beautiful and fun day overall and everything turned out great!

Congratulations Lucas & Rachel!

Leah

Lemonhead Shower Invites

Lemonhead Shower Invites

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

I received the invitations in the mail that I ordered for my friend Jenny's shower. Here is a look. They turned out fabulous.

I ordered them just a week earlier on the 15th and they arrived right on time. I ordered them through Storkie. Jenny is having purple calla lilies in our bouquets and our dresses and the color theme is that same purple (eggplant). So, when I found them online I was so excited. They will go out within the next couple of weeks! Can't wait!

Leah

See Wedding Day

See Wedding Day

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

All of us girls started the morning off at the MOB's house doing hair and make-up. It was a most relaxing morning talking, laughing and eating.

From there we went to Jordan Park to start pictures at 2:00 p.m. This is just one of the poses of over a 1,000 pictures that were taken by the fabulous Erin at Simply Classic Photography...check out Simply Classic Photography

After a few hours of pictures, the ceremony started at 4:45 p.m.. This is me and Missy with Kayla before the ceremony.

This is Kayla & Me at Brewers (a bar in Jordan) after the ceremony. We enjoyed a couple post-nuptial cocktails.

[PB&J]

After our pit-stop, we headed to the reception site. The buffet dinner was excellent. We then started the dance off with toasts and moved onto the traditional dances. This is me dancing with Mike (the groom) during the $ dance.

Me and Briana dancing. She is Kayla's daughter and was also my flower girl 3 years ago in my wedding. She is now 7 and getting so big.

Me and my 10 year old sister, Kate, on the dance floor having a great time.

This is me and my wonderful Husband, Wayne who took care of me that night and the next day when I didn't feel so great. Thank you and I love you hunny!

Overall the night was filled with a lot of adult beverages, dancing and most of all laughter. Great memories were made with great friends and family! These are the times that need to be remembered and treasured forever.

Congratulations to the happy couple after being together for so long! I love you Mike & Kayla!

Leah

See Rehearsal Day

See Rehearsal Day

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Friday, May 14, 2010

I started the day off at 9:00 a.m. meeting Kayla at her house in Shakopee. We then headed down to Jordan to her MIL's house to put together the boutineers and corsages. We then headed to the nail salon back in Shakopee at noon for much needed relaxation getting our toes and nails done. A lot of the day was spent with Kayla on the phone with different people ironing out various details of the evening and the next day.

[Kayla on the phone getting her pedi]

After a couple hours there we headed to do other errands which included the bank and a Taco Bell run. We picked up Mike (the Groom) and headed to Eden Prairie and had to make stops at Kayla's Parent's house, Claire's at the EP Mall and the EP Bachmans. We then headed back down to Shakopee to pick up Briana from school. Her and I hung out in the backseat.

[Briana being silly with the rehearsal bouquet]

We then headed back down to Jordan for the rehearsal and dinner, but stopped at the reception site to set up a few things first with Kayla's parents. That's when the FOB, Brian, tapped the kegs for the wedding night and so we enjoyed a wedding night adult beverage...pre-rehearsal.

[Kayla & Leah partaking in adult beverages]

After completing all our tasks at the reception site we then headed to Jordan Park to start the rehearsal and have dinner.

[Rehearsal]

After dinner the bridesmaids (and Wayne - LOL) made our bouquets that we would carry down the aisle.

[Wayne helping me with mine]

After that task was complete we left Jordan and went back to Kayla's parent's house. We stayed up for a bit, but eventually gave way to sleep and had a slumber party. I needed all the rest I could for what would be a CRAZY and long wedding day.

Leah