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Stacey | Russell – Married!
#nottodaycovid is the perfect hashtag for Stacey & Russell’s wedding day! They originally planned to have an August wedding in 2020 and then moved it to October of 2020. As more restrictions started being put in place in Anchorage and the limits on gathering sizes started to decrease, they were able to squeeze in their wedding of about 25 ppl before the mandates got lowered to a whopping 10 people in Anchorage! They were also able to have their wedding on the last day of Fall because the next day the snow came! Talk about getting lucky more than once! Thinking back to this wedding day there were so many…
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Liz | Brett – Married!
What happens when you have to cancel your wedding in Minnesota, then you decide to get married in Hawaii (since you were already going there for your honeymoon,) but then you find out that you have to pretty much quarantine for 2 weeks before you can leave your hotel room? Well, you end up eloping in Alaska! Yep, that is what Liz and Brett did! Brett reached out to me about two months or so before they were planning to elope and just needed someone to help officiate the ceremony, give him advice on the final vendors to book, and share any legal matters that needed to be tended to…
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Ellen|Bryce – Married!
Fall in Alaska is probably my most favorite season of all. The colors are insane and if you blink, you’ll miss it because it only lasts about two months if we are lucky! I’ve known Ellen for a while, side note, she’s my dental hygienist and it takes quite a bit of talent to talk weddings while you are having your teeth cleaned! LOL! So, the minute she got engaged I knew I had, and wanted to be her wedding planner! Ellen and Bryce decided to have their wedding in Copper Landing, Alaska which is about 2 hours from Anchorage. The ceremony took place at the Old Cooper Landing Boat…
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Sealed with a Kiss!
In the world of invitations, there is so much to know that it kind of makes my head spin. So today I decided to breakdown some of the most common questions that my clients ask me when it comes to wedding invitations. When should I send out my save the dates? Save the dates should go out six to twelve months before your wedding date. I lean more towards the ten to twelve months to give people enough time to prepare. 2. When should I send out my invitations? You want to mail your invitations six to eight weeks before the wedding. If it’s a destination, aim for 10 to…
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Lorell’s Favorite Things 2020
Well, I am back again with my list of my favorite things for 2020! I figured it was so much fun last year that I needed to make this a yearly thing! Even though my wedding season was light (because of you know what) there were some memorable things to share! So, let’s get to it! I started 2020 with a bang with Melissa & Chris’s winter wedding at Alyeska Resort in January. There were so many details from this wedding to note, but I’ll have to limit it to just a couple or else we will be here all day, lol! Can we talk about Chris and his Groomsmen…
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Katelyne|Rob – Married!
It was a beautiful summer day in July when Katelyne and Rob exchanged their vows in an intimate elopement in Moose Meadows. Katelyne’s immediate family and close friends were able to witness this in a socially distanced fashion, while Rob’s family watched from afar on Zoom. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, the day. See, Katelyne and Rob were one of those couples whose plans got squashed by COVID-19! They were planning a summer wedding with the majority of Rob’s family coming from the lower 48. But once June rolled around, and things weren’t getting any better, it was apparent that they had to make the decision to cancel…
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The Name Game
Now that your wedding is over, what will you do with all the time on your hands?? Well, how about changing your name, that’s if you are going to. So before I get into the what and the where you need to go to change your name, I want to share a little story with you on why it’s important to make sure you change EVERYTHING! Back when I lived in San Diego, I was married. After my divorce, I went through and changed most of my information, but there was one that I forgot to change, or maybe I was just too lazy to do it, it was my…
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Spread love, not germs!
Wow, it’s been a minute since I did my last diary entry. I think this COVID-19 time as given me more time to procrastinate and say, “Oh, I can do that tomorrow!” As I am writing this I am having a pity party for one! See, July 24, 2020, is my 10th wedding anniversary. I had all these plans, from retaking my pictures, trashing my dress, upgrading my wedding ring, spending a week in Cabo San Lucas, and having a small, family dinner at O’Malley’s on the Green, the venue we got married at. And then enter the COVID-19 bus, crashing into my plans and almost destroying it all! So,…
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Let’s talk Elopements and Petite Weddings!
Well, I am sorry to say, but this 2020 summer wedding season is turning out to be a bust! However, there is hope you if still want to get married. Yes, you may not get to have 100 of your closest friends and family there, and yes you will have to downsize to an elopement or a petite wedding (also known as a micro wedding but it sounds like a science project so I’m calling it petite 😉 ). And don’t worry, it will still be beautiful, I guarantee it! Let’s start by talking about the difference between an elopement and a petite wedding: An elopement is often used to…
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Katie | Mahear – Married!
Back when I met Katie and Mahear in July of 2019, we had discussed a May wedding for 2020. I look back and I am so relieved that they ended up moving their wedding to February after meeting with me. One for the obvious reason, COVID-19 and two, who doesn’t appreciate a winter wedding in Alaska! Some of my favorites to note from this wedding: The gorgeous draping used as the backdrop for the ceremony. Reggie! Yes, Reggie the handsome ring bearer! I remember everyone reacting to his cuteness as he walked down the aisle to Mahear to bring him the rings that were secured on his collar. The lanterns…
