The Barn at Raccoon Creek Wedding Photography | Elizabeth and Matt's Fall Raccoon Creek Wedding Day

Venue: The Barn at Raccoon Creek

Venue Coordinator: Audri Piper

Florist: Sue Kimball of Kimball Floral 

Cake: Azucar Bakery

Favors: VooDoo Doughnuts (everyone loved them)

DJ: Pat Harrod with A Sound Impression

Videography: PhoCo Films (our highlight film is amazing)

Dress: by Casablanca c/o Amanda's Bridal

Earrings: David Tutera

Hair and Makeup: Allure Hair Studio (the girls there are fantastic!)

Bride's rings: both the wedding band and the engagement ring are family heirlooms, first belonging to the grandmother of the groom ( I feel so special and honored to be wearing them)

Groom's ring: Shane Co

Suits: Al's Formal Wear

Bridesmaids dresses: Bill Levkoff

How did you two meet? We met at Cru Wine Bar when we were both out for a mutual friend's birthday party. We talked for most of the night and Matt sent Elizabeth a Facebook message the next day. Our first date was 5 days later and we've been together ever since :)

What is the best memory of your wedding day? It rained right before the start time of our outdoor Fall wedding. Decor was blowing over and guests were pulling out umbrellas. We just knew that everything would work out and almost as soon as Elizabeth walked out of the bridal cottage to head down the aisle, the sky seemed to clear and a rainbow appeared. We spotted the rainbow at the same time and it was a beautiful sign on our amazing day!

What is some advice you would give to other couples as they plan their wedding day? Let other people help you out when they offer and just try to take every detail of the day in. Having talented photographers (Drake Busch) and videographers is so important too. That is how you can relive your beautiful event. Where did you go on your honeymoon? We stopped in Iceland for 3 days on our way to Venice, Italy for a 7 day Mediterranean Cruise. Our cruise ports were in Croatia, Turkey and Greece. We would highly recommend a cruise to any honeymooners! It was so nice to experience multiple countries and be able to leave our bags in one spot for a week. A couple of highlights were riding dune buggies on the Croatian cliffs and experiencing the picturesque beauty of Santorini, Greece. We also stopped for a day and night in Paris on the way home. What an amazing 2 weeks!

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Venue: Mile High Station (contact: Stephanie Walter)Hotel: Magnolia Hotel Wedding Coordinator: LaTasha Baldwin of Little Details, LLC Lighting: Aubrey Franklin of Firefly Events (still so in love with our ceremony wall!) DJ: Rob Meagher of Elite DJ Florist: Rachel Mann of Aflorae (all of my floral arrangements were beautiful!) Caterer: Footers Catering (Kari Dismuke) Cake: Das Meyer Dress: Stella York c/o D'Anelli Bridal Shoes: Badgley Mischka Hair and Makeup: Fluff Bar (Brittany Chambers - she and her crew were amazing and so fun) Bridesmaids Dresses: Bill Levkoff Groomsmen Suits: Jos A Banks

What was the best memory of your wedding day? Seeing everyone we love most in one place laughing, celebrating and supporting us. Pretty darn cool. I will never forget the pure love and happiness I felt all throughout the ceremony and reception!

What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day? 

Hire a day of coordinator. Take everything one step at a time and take it all in- it goes by fast!

 

Where did you go on your honeymoon?

Well... we still need to plan one! Hoping to get to Mexico in the early new year :)  So I guess this is some more advice - make sure to plan a honeymoon!

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Venue: The Golden HotelVenue coordinator: Sandi McCormick - she is INCREDIBLE!!!  Heart of gold, lots of experience and just down right sweet.  She is actually the director of sales at the Golden Hotel; we were just lucky enough that they were in between coordinators that we got blessed with Sandi.  :-)  Kim, who took over for the previous coordinator, was just fabulous too!

Florist: Stems - I cried when I saw my bouquet, literally.  I am not really even a girly-girl, but with all of the emotions and how beautiful the flowers were, I actually cried.  I am sort of embarrassed to admit that, but Dore (pronounced door-y), the owner, is magnificent!!

Desert/Cake: No cake, we did a s'mores bar instead!

Music: Jerry & Joy - they were so great for our ceremony, and we received so many compliments like "I can't believe they are only a duo!" from multiple people.  They were so much fun!

Boots: Cowgirl boots from Cheyenne Frontier Days

Jewelry: Mom and grandma's pearls - loved having them with me on such a special day!!

Photography: Drake Busch Photography (Drake & Dawn Sparks)

How did you meet each other? 

Bride: RA class in undergrad - I had a crush on him, he was dating someone else...we reconnected after college, and apparently that went well!! ;-) Groom: RA class at Ball State.  Then we worked together throughout the next school year and I longingly gazed at you during staff meetings. 

What was the best memory of your wedding day?

Bride: Apparently we had a woman with a shirt that read "Flawless" come to the cocktail reception while we were out taking post-ceremony pictures.  They knew she wasn't a guest when she told one of our friends that she knew one of the groomsmen...and we didn't have any, haha!

My favorite memories were seeing Hoov at the end of the aisle (and see friends and family as I walked down, too!), saying our vows that we had written ourselves, spending the day getting ready and laughing with my mom, sisters and nieces and President Obama making an appearance on the dance floor!

Groom: Best memory for me: Seeing Campbell walk down the aisle.  Second best memory - hearing about our "flawless" wedding crasher.  

  

What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day?

Bride: Don't get so overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support from family and friends!  I had a really hard time with this one, and in the end you just have to own up to the fact that there are A LOT of people who want to help because they love you...it's a great "problem" to have, so allow others to help you. Groom: Make sure your future spouse is an event planner?  Or, really, I would say not to stress about the small things.  At the end of the day, you'll be married and all of the little details will fall into place as they should.  Stressing about them won't help.  Have a drink (or four) and relax. 

Where did you go on your honeymoon?  Where did you stay and what were a couple activities you enjoyed.  Would you recommend to other couples? 

Groom: Cabo San Lucas, MX at the Pueblo Bonito at Sunset Beach.  The activity that I most enjoyed was renting the scooter and cruising around town.  Also, going out on the boat to go snorkeling was fun.  The only way that I would recommend this to other couples is if they want a vacation that is focused on relaxing at the resort.  Beach options are limited there and it's very touristy.  Also, if a person wants raucous nightlife, it would be a fun place.  However, I'm not sure I know many couples that want that for their honeymoon....so I'm not really sure I'd recommend this destination.

Bride: I completely agree with Aaron on this one - Cabo is not a small Mexican town for surfing and meditation.  It is PARTY TOWN!!!  We didn't know that going into it, but we still enjoyed ourselves!  I loved riding the local transportation and figuring our way around town.  Having Hoover show up to the resort on an extremely battered scooter was hilarious, too!  The staff loved it, haha. 

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