Tiffany & Kyle Married at the Robidoux Landing Playhouse

While Tiffany & Kyle are enjoying their honeymoon in Hawaii I wanted to post a preview of their wedding. I know Tiffany is a big Facebook user so these will be going there next. Kyle & Tiffany love fall so we first met last fall for their engagement session. Tiffany & I kept in touch quite often over the last year so when the wedding day arrived it certainly didn't feel like it'd been a year since we'd seen each other!

Kyle & Tiffany were married on the popular date of 10.10.10. There should be no trouble remembering that anniversary date! Their wedding and reception were held at the Robidoux Landing Playhouse in St. Joseph, MO. The building used to be a cracker factory. The place was small & dark, but perfect for their intimate little wedding. The place had a lot of character and the way Tiffany styled everything was really beautiful. Their wedding colors were chocolate brown, latte and just a hint of sage green. They stood on the stage for their ceremony; Kyle had a bit of stage fright but no cold feet! The guests watched from their tiered seating at dinner tables--a fun mix of dinner theater & a wedding!

I hope you enjoy your preview Tiffany & Kyle! Congratulations again and best wishes for many years of happiness!!

The pictures were a really important part of the wedding day for these two and Tiffany even brought along a couple props for their portrait time. I love the umbrella!

Tiffany with her girls helping get her ready to see Kyle for their First Look. Kyle & Tiffany got ready for the day at the rustic Stoney Creek Inn.

Tiffany and her besties

Ah, fall! I am so glad the trees have started to change. It made for some spectacular scenery at Krug Park.




On stage for their vows.


Railroad tracks right outside the Playhouse made for some fun wedding party shots!

Programs placed at each place setting.

The way Kyle looks at Tiffany says it all!

I loved the lanterns hanging above the cake area. Cupcake tower by Rebekah Cake Artist.



They had such a fun idea for "favors" for their guests. They hired a caricature artist for each guest to have their caricature drawn to take with them at the end of the night. Kyle & Tiffany got one too, their's is below. My mom/2nd photographer & I also had one drawn! That is a first for us at a wedding, but so much fun!

Working With Your Wedding Vendors

Many thanks to Lauren at EveryLastDetailBlog for this super helpful post! I am re-posting below because it's truly fantastic advice & what every bride should know! Follow the link below for the original post and to find MANY more great posts.

Working With Your Wedding Vendors

"Part of the objective of {ELD} is to educate brides throughout the wedding planning process. So, I thought that sharing some tips about working with wedding vendors would be beneficial to both brides and vendors. No, these aren’t bad things or industry secrets. These tidbits are just things to consider when working with your wedding vendors.

- Go to your meetings prepared. Bring photos, swatches, contracts- whatever you desire really. Have a couple of questions. If you don’t have any clue about what to expect for the meeting, it doesn’t hurt to ask beforehand. If you’re going to an initial consultation, have an idea in your head of what you want your wedding to be like. If you’re at a complete loss, try the {ELD} Style Dictionary for some help. If that’s the case, tell the vendor outright that you haven’t decided on what kind of wedding you want.

- Going along with the previous statement, TALK to your vendors. They can’t read your mind and know what you want. If you don’t have anything specific that you want, tell them so they can give you ideas and suggestions.

-Don’t be afraid to ask your vendors for other referrals. Good vendors working with each other results in a good experience for ALL!

- Your wedding vendors work weekends, of course, as most weddings are on weekends. However, just because they are “working” does not mean that they are sitting at their desks all weekend. They’re out, on location, at weddings, working. Please don’t be worried or mad if an email you send on the weekend or at the end of the week isn’t returned immediately. I know they’re all super awesome at returning emails during the week, but come Thursday or Friday, things can turn into a madhouse preparing for weddings. Please have patience with your vendors if you send emails during “peak days”, and give them time to get back to the office and respond.

- Running late for a meeting or did life just get in the way? Call the vendor and let them know! Wedding vendors don’t have the most normal schedules, and although most of the time they’re very accommodating, more times than not they also have lots of other things on their plate.

- Something else to remember: your wedding vendors’ respective profession is their career and job. They don’t do it “on the side” or as a “hobby”. Meaning it’s their livelihood and how they put food in their family’s mouth, just like your job. Yes, they love what they do and it’s a fun, rewarding job, but they also have to make money. Their prices are what they are because it’s what they live off of.

- Some vendors you have that may be working with family members on the day of your wedding (coordinator, planner, photographer, videographer, DJ) won’t know what their names are unless you specifically tell them. Give them specific names for your bridal party and any family involved. For photos, have a family member act as the “round up person” to get needed family members efficiently.

- And of course- sorry to sound like a broken record- everything is better and easier when you have a wedding planner/coordinator. It’s pretty much unanimously agreed upon by all wedding vendors.

I just wanted to share these tidbits to help when working with your wedding vendors. Hopefully it will help you all have great experiences with your vendors! And any vendors or brides, feel free to share your tips in the comments as well!" -- Lauren, everylastdetailblog.com

New Travel Promotion

I love to travel. And don't get to do it nearly often enough. So in the spirit of approaching springtime and this terrible case of spring fever I have lately I am offering a new and very limited promotion for all weddings that require me to travel to you from my spot here in Kansas City, MO. In the States, out of the States--I'm there wherever you are!

So, here's the scoop:

I am looking to break into the international wedding market but would love to travel anywhere for your wedding. That, in a nutshell, is why I'm offering this very limited promotion.

Book your wedding by the last day of March (that's 3.31.2008), regardless of your actual wedding date (as long as it's in 2008 or 2009) and you will get in on this special discount. Wait until April 1st, and well.... you know what they call people on that day. ;o)

Here are the 3 levels of the deal to make things simple:

1. If you're getting married anywhere in Kansas or Missouri, there will be no travel fees at all.

2. If you're getting married anywhere in any of the other states in the continental US, my travel fees will be reduced by 75%! That's huge! Regular travel rates are $2.00 a mile. This temporary reduction brings it down to just 50 cents a mile!

3. If you're planning a wedding anywhere outside the continental US, just pay my travel costs and I'll shoot your wedding for free! This will include full wedding day coverage, online gallery of fully edited images, all images on disk, plus a "trash the dress" session the day after the wedding.
Long live Springtime and the start of all things new!

I'm on this jet plane, coming to you: