Interview with our BEAUTIFUL bride, Lauren:
HOW DID YOU MEET? We met working together at a restaurant in Melbourne called Chowders when we were in high school.
WHAT ATTRACTED YOU THE MOST TO YOUR HUSBAND/WIFE? I think we would both agree our opposite personalities! We are so different but it’s like we have such an admiration for each other because of it, and the differences end up complimenting each other so well. We keep each other at the perfect level!
HOW DID HE PROPOSE? He proposed at our home on December 4th! He came home from work and I was making dinner and he came into the kitchen & got on his knee! It was a very surprised moment! Came to find out after, he had just come from my parent’s house talking with them, and the ring had been hiding in my stocking for almost 2 weeks! I had decorated early because of going away for Thanksgiving that year!
WHAT INSPIRED YOUR VISION FOR YOUR WEDDING? My favorite color has always been purple. I knew I definitely wanted to go off of that. I knew I wanted the “princess” wedding but I really wanted a simple yet very elegant look with it.
TELL US ABOUT FINDING YOUR VENUE: We had an amazing Wedding planner that suggested Heritage Isle to us. It was the first and only place we looked! It couldn’t have been better for us! It was the perfection location!
WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST PLANNING CHALLENGE? I don’t think we really had too big of one. We were really fortunate with our Wedding planner and amazing vendors. Everything went very smoothly. We had a bit of a time finding a venue for our rehearsal dinner because of it being on Valentine’s Day but even that ended up working out just fine!
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE DESIGN ELEMENT OF YOUR WEDDING? I don’t think I could pick just one! It was all so amazing and so much fun! From the first day of planning all the way to the end of our honeymoon! It was all a blast!
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIY DETAILS? We had a few. A lot of our “Sweets Table” items we did ourselves including the decorating of the jars. My dad did a lot of spray painting of things for that table! I made bathroom baskets & signs. My brother designed our programs, table cards, & thank you cards, and we printed most of them. My mom made the flower girl baskets. We put together Welcome bags for all of our out of town guests. An as gifts at our rehearsal dinner my mom and I etched wine & beer glasses.
WHAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT OF YOUR WEDDING DAY? The whole thing! When we first saw each other when I started walking down, I remember just thinking how happy I was that it was all here and happening! It was an amazing day and we truly had the best time of our life!
DESCRIBE YOUR CAKE: It was beautiful! Dawn at Creative Cakes is just so incredible! I think she knew more then I even did of what exactly I wanted! It had purple ribbon around each layer, there were 3 layers. Then a purple bow that went down the back. It had a beautiful sparkling design on it and flowers with a D on top. It was perfect, it went with the whole princess vision I had, so well!
HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER? AMAZING! What a fun, talented, great couple! We could not have been luckier! Our family loved them just as much as us! The day after our wedding I had family members coming and telling me how wonderful they thought our photographers were, they could tell they were capturing so many great moments through out the whole evening!
WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AS A COUPLE? We have plans to buy our first home this summer! An to ENJOY every bit of this new chapter of our lives!
CAN YOU PLEASE LIST YOUR VENDORS:
A Wedding to Remember – Wedding Planner
Ure Designs – Invitations
Concept Photography
Amanda’s Florist
DJ Shane
Executive Catering
Creative Cakes & Candies
Chairs For Affairs