Category Archives: Preferred Vendors

April Vendors of the Month

We love Omaha. We also LOVE Omaha Wedding vendors and hear nothing but great things from brides about their services. So we thought why not show our appreciation to our preferred vendors by featuring them on our blog. This month, we are proud to announce our first ever Vendor of the Month winners.

Attire/Beauty – Men’s Wearhouse
Catering/Cakes – Attitude on Food
Event Decor/Floral – HyVee Floral
Invitations/Registries – Cornhusker Beverage & Bridal
Photography – Janine McClintok Photography
Venues – The Georgetowne Club

Note: Wedding Essentials preferred vendors in each category are chosen at random, no repeats. 

 

Photography // Boudoir

If you’re not familiar with boudoir photography, it’s something that many brides find to be a popular gift for their significant other for a wedding or anniversary. These photos are intimate, elegant, romantic and even a little fun.

Feeling if-y about showing a lot of skin? Whether you want to be super sexy or subtle, photographers ultimately want you to feel comfortable so they allow you to be as revealing (or not) as you want and won’t make you pose or wear something that would make you feel uncomfortable in any way. So have a little fun, make it playful yet romantic and pretend you’re a Victoria’s Secret model.

Lane Intimates
Bare Boudoir Studio

Real Wedding | Mallory & Lucas Huddleston

Love blossomed early for this real wedding couple. Mallory remembers having to drive on their first date because Lucas was still too young.

As Mallory knows, some of the best presents come in the smallest boxes — Lucas proposed under the Christmas tree because he knew Mallory wanted a Christmas wedding.

“Under the tree were wrapped gifts that were full of memorabilia from our relationship,” Mallory said. “ I opened them all, and the last gift was a ring.”

Lucas and Mallory tied the knot on December 22, 2012. Before getting lost in a winter wonderland of sapphire blue, white and silver, guests wrote messages and signed their names on an ornament to put on the Christmas tree.

Mallory says that one of the memorable moments during the ceremony was when the priest was blessing the rings with holy water and the ring bearer got soaked because he was standing under the best man’s hand that was holding the rings.

Although they had booked a florist, Mallory said it was her godmother who made her bouquet.

“It was a brooch bouquet that had three satin buttons from my grandmother’s dress on the handle,” Mallory said. “It also had a brooch from Lucas’s great grandmother on the handle. I didn’t know about the bouquet before the wedding, my godmother surprised me just moments before the ceremony.”

As everyone knows, the day of the wedding is so busy and the bride and groom spend a lot of time talking to everyone and being told where to be and what to do but Lucas and Mallory were able to drown out the craziness of the day for three minutes to themselves on the dance floor.

While the dancing went on, Lucas and Mallory provided their guests with a hot cocoa bar with chocolate dipped candy canes, caramel, Bailey’s Irish Cream, marshmallows and pretzels.

“At one point we had a couple’s dance,” Mallory said. “All married couples were invited to the dance floor and the DJ dismissed couples form the floor starting with the people who had been married the shortest time. He eventually narrowed it down to the couple who had been married the longest, which was my grandparents who had been married for 56 years.”

And what better way to end this Christmas wonderland-themed wedding than to send their guests home with an assortment of homemade Christmas cookies.

Mallory and Lucas say they’re looking forward to experiencing life together and that traveling for their honeymoon made them even more excited for the adventures they will continue to have together.

“We are moving to California this summer so we are just excited to grow and enjoy our journey together,” Mallory said.

Essential Details:
Dress: Special Edition by Allure & cathedral length veil
Florist: Florals Etc.  
Caterer: Abraham Catering
Photographer: Lane Weddings
Music: Tony Ward (ceremony)  A Final Take (reception)
Honeymoon: Sandals Whitehouse Resort in Jamaica
Ceremony: St. John’s Catholic Church at Creighton University
Reception: Joslyn Art Museum
Cake: The Cake Specialist
Guests: 300

Fashion // What a beautiful bride

After gawking at all the gorgeous dresses at Bridal University, we spent some time talking to Lynne Rustad, owner of Ellynne Bridal, about the dresses coming in this season.

Lynne recalled that for the past couple of years, dresses have come in with that red carpet look. Now, we are seeing trends going back to the classic elements of the 1950s with demure lace, intricate beadwork and modeled after the style of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn — pretty and dramatic.

“It’s sexy, yet classy,” Lynne said. “These dresses look classy in front but then there is a very dramatic back.”

But if there’s one thing we enjoyed about talking with Lynne, it’s that her goal is to ultimately have people say, “Oh, what a beautiful bride,” at weddings, not “Oh, what a beautiful dress.”

“The dress is just an accessory,” Lynne said. “I want people to see how beautiful the bride is, not just the dress.”

Event // Magazine Launch Party

Twice a year we get to gather to celebrate a brand new magazine, and thank all of our wonderful local vendors. Their talents and passion astounds us, we are so honored to be able to showcase the amazing things they do for brides.  No matter how much we talk throughout the year, we always learn something new at these gatherings.  For example, did you know Mangelsen’s prides itself on having some of the best silk flowers in the area?  And we knew Memrical had unique rentals, but instead of having a little something for every style of wedding, they have almost endless options for every style wedding. We can’t wait to see their new 2013 items. Oh, and the owner of Lane Weddings is related to the event coordinator at the SAC Museum?  Small world!

The whole Wedding Essentials team had a blast at Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse last night, we had great food, great atmosphere.  A huge THANK YOU to the Omaha wedding community for all your support and inspiration over the 10 years we’ve been in business.

We love you Omaha!

The new magazine will be available first to the brides who attend Bridal University this weekend, so make sure you snag tickets online to get the $2 discount.

4 days left until Wedding Essentials Bridal University 2013!

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