FLE Anniversary: Nick & Shannon

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO NICK & SHANNON!

Grace Michael Photography

Today we are celebrating a beautiful couple as well as a wonderful organization!  Nick and Shannon were married a year ago today all thanks to Wish Upon A Wedding: a nonprofit organization that provides weddings for couples facing terminal illness and serious life-altering circumstances.  AWESOME! 

Grace Michael Photography

Just after finding out the unbelievable news that Nick's cancer was now in remission, this wedding became a wonderful celebration of new life.  I feel blessed to have been able to be a part of this beautiful third wish granted for Indianapolis.  Read more about their wedding day on the Wish Upon A Wedding BLOG.

Grace Michael Photography

Another special thanks to all of the wonderfully generous local vendors who helped make this day possible:

Florist  Nana's Heartfelt Arrangements
Venue  Indiana Historical Society
Photography  Grace Michael Photography
Videographer  MK Wedding Story
Tuxedo  Circle City Tuxedo
Caterer  MBP Catering
Cake  Classic Cakes
Hair  La Dolce Salon
Makeup  Faces by Kathy Moberly
DJ  Sunny Moon
Photo Booth  Clikz
Accommodations  Columbia Club
Rentals  LGI Linens & Party Time Rental
 

Grace Michael Photography

*Be sure to check out the fantastic video trailer by MK Wedding Story HERE and the full video post HERE!

Many blessing to Nick & Shannon and their exciting year ahead!

Jen

FLE Anniversary: Charles & Audra

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Audra and Charles!!!  

Bungalow Photography

One year ago today this bubbly couple tied the knot and Four Leaf Events was lucky enough to be a part of their special day.  Their wedding details were nothing short of classic and traditional, every young girl's dream!  Brandon and Katie at Bungalow Photography were the perfect team to capture their classic style (Check out their blog HERE). 

  

Bungalow Photography

Bungalow Photography

Audra was simply stunning!

Bungalow Photography

 Bungalow Photography

Bungalow Photography

Bungalow Photography

Bungalow Photography

The reception boasted several food stations that included, yes, sushi!  And our favorite, of course, was the ice cream sundae bar.  I highly recommend this for any wedding!

Bungalow Photography

Bungalow Photography

Audra was so impressed with Charles' dance moves.  It was one of the best and smoothest choreographed first dances we have ever seen!

Bungalow Photography

So much fun seeing past clients at weddings!  (Lauren & Cory)

Bungalow Photography

Bungalow Photography

Loved working with this precious mother/daughter team!  If only there were more girls in the family so we could do it all over again.

 Bungalow Photography

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Long!  You are such a kind and gracious couple and I could not have asked for better clients.  I wish you many blessings and many, MANY more anniversaries to come!

Wedding Planner  Four Leaf Events

Photographer   Bungalow Photography

Florist  Kathy's Kloset

Ceremony  First Baptist Church

Reception  Ritz Charles

DJ  Circle City Sound

Cake  Classic Cakes

Makeup  Erica Foit

Jen

FLE Anniversary: Catie & David

Since the Four Leaf Events blog is so new, there are several very special weddings that I did not get to post right after they happened.  Catie and David's wedding was at the top of my list!  This is one of the happiest couples that I have ever worked with (maybe because they had waited about 8 years to finally get married!).  

The couple's very traditional style was a constant theme throughout and reminded me of every young girl's dream.  My favorite touch was the cookie favors.  Catie has always been "famous" for her "Catie Cookies," so it was fitting to for each guest to receive a bag of 2 cookies with a sweet thank you for being a key ingredient in their lives.  Unfortunately the photographer was not willing to supply photographs for my post, so all I have to share is this Instagram'd snapshot of the couple's beautiful smiling faces.

David & Catie

May 29th, 2009

Congratulations on 2 years, Catie and David!!!  Sending lots of love to North Carolina!  

P.S. I accept "Catie Cookies" any day of the week! =)  

Jen

A Bite Of Tradition

Yesterday my husband Brandon & I celebrated our first wedding anniversary! It was filled with romance and flowers and birds chirping and double rainbows and of course, the traditions.

The top tier of our wedding cake has been in a box filling up half of our freezer for a year and I could not wait another moment to get it out of there! I let it thaw the day before and even put a cheap bride and groom on the top (since ours was a family antique). B and I toasted out of our toasting flutes and set up the camera to take pictures of ourselves reenacting the cutting of the cake and took an eager bite.

The result? We both immediately spit out the bite of cake into the trash can! It tasted like everything we have ever put in our freezer mixed with a hint of vanilla cake. Fearlessly I tried a piece from the center of the cake and it was actually very good!


I recently read up on the traditions of wedding cakes. I had forgotten the belief that if a single girl sleeps with a piece of wedding cake under her pillow, then she will have sweet dreams of her future spouse. What a fun treat to pass out in decorated boxes to your single gal pals at your wedding! Perhaps I will mail a piece of my cake topper to my sister.... and maybe my brother, too.

Will you be saving the top layer of your cake? This tradition seems a bit wasteful and unnecessary, but I am a sentimental nut so this was a great way to remember that amazing day!