Meet Brennan & Caitlin. Caitlin contacted me through Thumbtack about a year ago (hello, having a baby and getting behind on blog posts!!) to see if I would be available for Day of Coordination for her Detroit Historical Museum wedding this past May. I jumped at the opportunity to help with such a unique wedding and these two are quite the awesome couple as you'll see as you look through the gorgeous pictures from E. Schmidt Photography below.
As the Day of Coordinator, I had the unique challenge of getting everything set up in a very short time period as we only had from the time the museum closed until the ceremony start time to work with--only about an hour and a half! And by everything I mean: Tables, linens including folding the napkins, all china, centerpieces, cake table, seating chart/guest book table, gift table, and make sure that the caterer got everything set up. Oh and we had to get the chairs set upstairs for the ceremony and then move them downstairs before dinner. My husband wears a pedometer and said he got about 24,000 steps or 12 miles in that night! He did a ton of the running and I also hired help (thanks Zack & Arianna!) to get this all accomplished.
Caitlin was incredibly organized and her ideas are just beautiful so this all came together so well. One thing I really admired about this couple is that they truly took each element of their day and did it the way that made them happiest. This is a huge challenge when you are juggling so many other people's expectations, but they put their own spin on it and it was truly lovely.
Caitlin was incredibly organized and her ideas are just beautiful so this all came together so well. One thing I really admired about this couple is that they truly took each element of their day and did it the way that made them happiest. This is a huge challenge when you are juggling so many other people's expectations, but they put their own spin on it and it was truly lovely.
Caitlin used book pages as elements throughout the wedding. Her bouquets, boutonnieres, and centerpiece flowers were all made by an Etsy artist and also these adorable little hearts were cut out of book pages and we put them out to add little touches on the cake table and this welcome table.
Centerpieces were stacked books, TOLSBY frames from Ikea for the table number with pictures of their sweet puppies on the opposite side, vases filled with book paper flowers, and antique ink wells. These were perfect for the vintage feel of the Streets of Detroit in the basement of the Detroit Historical Museum.
The menu for the evening included delicious food from Greek Islands restaurant in Plymouth. Nothing like Detroit favorites to fill your stomach and put you into a wonderful mood!
Working with a couple as their day of coordinator is such a special role, I usually only meet the couple twice before the wedding and 99% of the planning is done by the couple themselves. What I love about it is that I can say "enjoy your day, I'll take it from here" and then at the end of the night "everything is taken care of, congratulations!"
Brennan & Caitlin, it was a pleasure meeting and working with such a great couple. It is almost time to celebrate your one year anniversary!
Photography: E. Schmidt Photography
Rentals: C&N Party Rentals
Caterer: Greek Islands
Cake: Iversen's Bakery
Hair & Makeup: The Makeup Loft
Brennan & Caitlin, it was a pleasure meeting and working with such a great couple. It is almost time to celebrate your one year anniversary!
Photography: E. Schmidt Photography
Rentals: C&N Party Rentals
Caterer: Greek Islands
Cake: Iversen's Bakery
Hair & Makeup: The Makeup Loft
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