Minneapolis Marriott Southwest Wedding Photography | Katie & Sean | Minnetonka wedding photographer

Katie & Sean are Married!

What a beautiful day! Katie and Sean prayed for good weather for their wedding day this April and the Lord answered in kind. With lots of sun and temperatures in the seventies, they enjoyed their time outdoors for photos!

The girls got ready at the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest in the morning listening to Taylor Swift playlist to help get everyone in the wedding day mood! Katie and Sean’s details were so much fun with Kate Spade Wedding cork shoes, lots of colors in her flowers, and Katie’s Lucky Willow tree on the invites. Katie’s bouquet was made of all the flowers collectively of her bridesmaids bouquets! What a beautiful jester.

Katie and Sean decided to wait to see each other until going down the aisle! They said their I do’s at Mount Calvary Church in Excelsior with a church filled with their loved ones! After the ceremony, Katie and Sean both seemed so much more relaxed, finally being able to spend the day together!! Sean’s favorite part of the day was seeing Katie in her lovely dress!

There were important people who were greatly missed for this beautiful day and who were mentioned often in the dinner speeches, Katie’s dad and Sean’s mom. Little things throughout the day were added to make sure they could feel them in more than just spirit. Katie added a surprise charm on Sean’s boutonniere of his mom and Katie herself had charm photos on her bouquet. She also wore a bracelet containing a sapphire from her dad’s gift to her mom on their wedding day.

The reception details were a labor of love and excellently done by the bride and her support team. One of my favorite details back at Marriot Hotel was the seating chart for the guests. Katie made a Mail box wall with personalized letters for each and every guest! AMAZING! The BEST part of the day was seeing this amazing couple go around and serve each table with their dessert. It was important for them to show their appreciation for all their guests and serving them was such a beautiful way to show it.

The rest of the night was filled with laughter and dancing! It was such a wonderful day and I am so thankful to have been a small part of it.

Please enjoy this preview of Katie and Sean’s Wedding Day!

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Do you LOVE what you see?! Here are all the Vendors that made this magic happen!!

Photography: MW PHOTOGRAPHY

Venue: Minneapolis Marriott Southwest | Ceremony: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

Day of Coordinator: Lindsay Stockdale

Makeup & Hair: The Beauty Collective

Florals: Studio C Floral

Cake: Hey There, Cupcake!

Dress: Sareh Nouri

Groom’s Suit: Jos. A Bank

Paper Invites: Julia Zabel

DJ Services: Riley Mullane

Ring Designer: Gunderson's Jewelers
Officiant: Daniel Ralph

Bridal Shoes: Kate Spade

Veil: Anthropologie

Can’t get enough of Katie & Sean?! I DON’T BLAME YOU! You can check out their Engagement Session HERE for more!!

The Depot Wedding Photography | Gabrielle & Tyler | Minneapolis Wedding Photographer

This beautiful Jewish wedding of Gabrielle and Tyler took place at The Depot Downtown Minneapolis. I was able to shoot alongside Gina Zeilder to serve this cute couple.

We spent the morning getting ready in one of their sweets drinking apple juice and enjoying lots of laughter. Once Gabrielle added the finishing touches ( And to be extra she even had her perfume of Gabrielle Channel because can you be more extra than having your name on your perfume?) She had her first look of the day with her bridesmaids and Bridesmen. The tears of excitement were real as they soaked her all in. Gabby gifted all of them little Tiffany Co bracelets for the girls and cufflinks for the guys.

With excitement levels high, we made our way downstairs to get Tyler ready to meet his bride. Their first look was beautiful and they were just excited to start the day.

After baring the cold and doing portraits outside. We headed in to see the ceremony space. Gabrielle and Tyler hadn't seen it done but when they did it was all dropped jaws. It was GORGEOUS!

The aisle was lined with high vases with roses in water topped with a stunning bouquet of roses and other assortment of flowers. The Houpa was a show stopper with the whole top show casing the same amount of flowers. The other side of the aisle was decked with white trees with handing crystal and tea lights.

This is a ceremony that dream are made of. The third first look of the day was with Gabrielle’s grandparents Diana and Saul. They were just as blown away on how everything turned out as everyone else.

But they were more blown away on how beautiful Gabrielle was in her full wedding attire. "Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?!" This is what Gabrielle's grandmother kept saying to me when i asked her what she thoughts about how everything turned out!

After Family Formals were done we all headed to the Frost Room to sign the hauka which is a Traditional mini Jewish ceremony.

Once it was signed we all made our way to the ceremony. One surprise for the bride and groom was a performance of Gabrielle's mom singing the 7 blessings for them. Her mom's voice was stunning as she serenaded the couple with traditional Jewish blessings. At the end Tyler crushed the glass ( he raised his arms in triumph) and surprise number two took place as an 18 piece chorus started to sing Gabrielle favorite Beatles Song " All You Need Is Love." She was SO SURPRISED and DELIGHTED!

The reception took place in the grand ballroom with a pink winter wonderland theme. It was just stunning and classy.

Highlight of the reception were Grandpa and Mom's speeches. They were heartfelt and beautiful and showchased their love for their little girl and her new groom, the dessert table was a spread of Wisconsin and Minnesota shaped pies on a stick with the Cake having a little cat topper that was made of Gab and Tyler's fur baby, and the dancing was fantastic!

The day was a dream and I wish this couple all the love as they step forward in this life with each other.