Real Wedding Review 💍 Karley + Alex
AUGUST 2024
Our day was picture perfect, and an absolute dream. We started with the first look and some photos in Riverside, where we had one of our first dates! Our friend that introduced us, married us at Mt. La Crosse with all our favorite people to watch and celebrate. The suncame out for the ceremony, and it was absolutely stunning! We celebrated with charcuterie, pizza, ice cream and amazing cake! We had the best night dancing and celebrating our love! It was the most perfect day filled with happy tears, laughs and so much love!
Ka Lia's Kitchen · We got our cake from Ka Lia's Kitchen! We met her at the Wedding Expo, and weren't sure if we wanted cake or not. When we tried it, we knew immediately that we wanted a cake and wanted it from her! She was so easy to work with from the start, and made sure that we both got aspects and flavors that we wanted in a cake, and got an affordable, DELICIOUS cake, seriously the best cake we've ever had! It was so good, that we shared it with our parents during our cake cutting, and it was one of my favorite parts of our day!
The Pearl · Ice cream is our love language, and we knew right away when we were getting married in La Crosse that we needed to have The Pearl Ice Cream cart. They were so easy to work with from the start, and we got to pick all the flavors and how many we wanted! We loved how many flavors we got to pick and especially loved that we got to take the rest home!
Raven Blu Entertainment · Dallas from Raven Blu was very organized and we were able to send a list of songs that we wanted to play and a list of do not play, which he honored! The dance floor was full all night, and the lighting was gorgeous! He lit up Mt. La Crosse, and it looked beautiful! He had a photobooth that was a huge hit with guests and seeing the pictures after was so fun!
Jordana Synder Photography · Jordana was amazing to work with from the moment we met for our inital consultation! She was very honest and upfront about everything, listened to our must haves, and helped us create the perfect package for our big day! She did so great capturing our love and goofiness. With our wedding, she helped us plan it out withour timeline and make sure that we got pictures with everyone that we wanted to. She kept our day running smoothly, but it never felt stressful or rushed. Looking at our photos makes us fall in love over and over with our perfect day! We had so much fun with her on our day, and couldn't be happier with ALL of our pictures!
Mt. La Crosse · Jenna and all the staff at Mt. La Crosse were so amazing to work with. Jenna was always quick to respond to our questions and emails, and worked with our schedules to visit the venue. She really helped with the planning process with our 90, 60 and 30 day meetings, answering all of our questions, providing us ideas when we were stuck and guiding us with what has worked well there. She gave us tons of vendor recommendations that are familiar with Mt. LaCrosse, and we were so happy with all of them. Mt. La Crosse is an absolutely gorgeous venue and it all spoke for itself. We had the most picture perfect day, and Mt. La Crosse really brought it all to life for us!
Hunt + Gather Grazing Boards · Our grazing board looked stunning, and was a hit for everyone! It was the perfect appetizer for pizza, and perfect for summer! We had some guests with gluten and nut allergies, and they accommodated without question, so it was exciting that all of our guests could enjoy the grazing board without worry! They put together a box for us to enjoy during cocktail hour which was so appreciated! Emily was quick to respond to questions and so easy to work with!
Woodshed Pizza · Everyone loved our pizza truck, and we loved picking 3 flavors, on top of cheese! It was woodfired, and the service was pretty quick through the line. Everyone was able to enjoy the pizza and we were able to enjoy the leftovers during our late night dancing! Tom was great, and we were able to supply our own plates and cutlery if we wanted to!
The Wedding Tree · The Wedding Tree was beyond amazing to work with! We got my wedding dress, flower girl dress, ring bearer suit and all of the other suits through them. I had a slight bump along my wedding dress journey (no fault to The Wedding Tree!) The Wedding Tree staff were so helpful and kind to me during this stressful time and did everything they could, above and beyond, to make sure I had the wedding dress of my dreams! After a lot of alterations by Kathy, to my new dress I'd say it was even more beautiful than the original dress that I chose! They were so amazing to work with and made sure that everything turned out perfectly! They were easy to communicate with and always responded promptly. Can't say enough great things about them!
Hair by Brittany · Brittany Amundson did hair and makeup for my bridal party and I. She worked so efficiently, and was very thorough and made sure that everyone left feeling like a million bucks! We had so much fun getting ready, and she was very budget friendly nailing everyone's vision and hopes!
Resource Vintage Rental · We knew immediately when we saw pictures of their stuff that we wanted their tables and other accessories for our day. Clint & Megen were amazing to work with, gave us so many amazing ideas and made sure that we had everything that we wanted. We got so many compliments on the farm tables that we rented from them, and it finished off our vision. We used their pergola and chandeliers for our dance floor, and it was so magical and fun. The whiskey barrels looks amazing at the ends of the aisle, and the arch and one whiskey barrel were perfect for the altar area at the end of the aisle. We used a cedar board for our charcuterie table, and it looked so good! We didn't have to decorate tons all thanks to our amazing rentals from Resource Vintage Rental!
KG Party Rentals · We used KG for tents, lighting and some tables. They were super easy to work with, and communicated really well with what we needed and made sure that it was all set up exactly how we wanted it!
