Planning & Parties Blog

Coastal Garden Elegance: WeddingDay’s Exclusive Grand Rapids Cover Shoot

Our planners Kyle and Rachel of K+R Coordination strive to fulfill all of their clients' wishes, so it was fun for them to get the creative juices flowing on their own project. “It was definitely a team effort. We all added our own touch,” they share. In the end, they designed a Mediterranean-inspired shoot with plenty of elegant and garden details. We love the way this team was able to make this shoot look like a coastal wedding right here in western Michigan!

An Elevated Boho Celebration in Bloomington: The Real Wedding of Lauren & Cole Hoffman

Both Lauren and Cole have a deep love for warm and bright colors and find comfort in vintage stores, so they decided to combine the two in their wedding theme. We love how they had plenty of sunny florals that created a happy and comfortable vibe in their wedding!

Midsummer Dream: An Intimate Stylized Wedding in Dexter, Michigan

As micro weddings continue to thrive, Zingerman's Cornman Farms offers couples an intimate and thoughtfully curated experience known as 'Tiny Wedd

A Celestial Garden in Chicago: The Real Wedding of Grace & Evin Kilicarslan

Because they wanted to host an intimate wedding, Grace and Evin looked into venues that wouldn't overpower their smaller guest count. They ended up choosing the perfect spot, which overlooks Lake Michigan for beautiful ceremony pictures.

An Industrial & Intimate Detroit Affair: The Real Wedding of Kristen & Lyrrad Braceful

Kristen and Lyrrad knew they wanted a modern and elegant wedding with some darker moody vibes. Their florist was able to build a cohesive theme out of the web of Pinterest boards they had pieced together!

Flirty Fun: A Bright, Colorful Style Shoot in South Bend

Vibrance is at the heart of this style shoot! During the slower portion of the wedding season, Robin Mclain, the planner for this shoot, wanted to play with color and have fun, and she did just that!

Backyard Wedding Essentials: What You Need to Create the Perfect Outdoor Ceremony

Your wedding is a very special occasion and it’s natural to want things to go right. If you want an intimate wedding without the hassle of inviting hundreds of people and spending a fortune on just one day, an outdoor wedding in your backyard can be the perfect way to go about it.

Not only are backyard weddings extremely personal to the ones getting married, but they also offer you more control over your guest list, expenses and the date that you want to get married on, since the venue is available to you at no extra cost, all year round.

However, outdoor backyard weddings also require more creativity and proactive planning on your part to make them perfect. From the choice of decoration to seating arrangements, everything needs to be planned by you from scratch. So, if you’re planning to have a backyard wedding soon, here are 7 ways to create the perfect outdoor ceremony.

A Peachy Elegant Soirée: WeddingDay’s Exclusive Central Indiana Cover Shoot

Inspired to create something different that featured the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year, Peach Fuzz, Allison Kunkler, owner of Gypsy Rose Events, created an elegantly modern wedding scene that features plenty of warm colors. She wanted to focus on the quote Pantone released to explain Peach Fuzz, which includes themes of connection and compassion; the perfect themes for a wedding! We love how Becky Lynn Photography captured all the vibrance and romance in this wedding scene.

A Vibrant Mediterranean Celebration: The Real Wedding of Kaylen & Dylan Maat

Inspired by her travels to Europe, Kaylen wanted to plan a wedding that incorporated Mediterranean styles with a rich color palette of pink, burnt red, white and black. However, she did have some difficulty with the planning.

Bold Love: A Bright Vegas-Styled Elopement in Chicago

Initially inspired by the bright colors and bold styles found in Vegas, this creative team wanted to create a styled elopement that emulated those vibes.