Unless we’ve done an engagement session with our brides and grooms before the wedding, I will have to be honest and admit that every time we show up to a wedding we seem to not recognize our clients when we first see them, but I have three good reasons why. Well the first one is pretty fair, if we’ve never seen then before then how would we recognize them right? For some of our clients we’ve never met them until the wedding day, this is the case with AJ. AJ is a Marine and was living in Florida, so Danielle was left to do all the wedding planning and she did an amazing job! Second of all, we normally only meet them once and we don’t see them for many months to a year until their wedding. And finally, when they are all dressed up, they look so much different then when we saw them in their everyday clothing. Well that’s what happened when I saw Danielle, I didn’t quite recognized her. It took me like a few seconds to realize “Oh, that’s the bride!”
Now about the wedding; AJ opted for the traditional way and chose to see his beautiful bride for the first time when she came down the aisle. So Danielle spent the beginning of the day hiding from her groom, as they carefully maneuvered their way around Hotel Deca and the Blessed Sacrament church to avoid accidentally running into one another. It’s always little harder this way but it’s always worth it, especially when you see the groom’s face when he watches his bride come down the aisle. Super romantic and sweet!
After the first kiss they began the night with a sword arch entrance to their reception and then their first dance. Danielle was so sweet as she also honored her grandmother’s 95th birthday with a little cake cutting before she and AJ cut their wedding cake. It was a beautiful and classy wedding, and their guests had a great time as they dance their booties off, thanks to the help of DJ Tony Schwartz.
Venues Blessed Sacrament Church, Hotel Deca | DJ Tony Schwartz | Catering Tony’s Catering | Make-up Artist Megan Bingham | Cake Kelli Morse
