Valentine’s Day Inspiration shoot at the newly remodeled Mission Theater in Mission Kansas. Thank you to all our vendors. 🙂
Venue: The Mission Theater
Planning: Simple Elegance - Lauren Kadel
Models: Brennan Ridings + Mike Spero
Hair and Makeup: Traci Morby Styling
Florals: Wild Hill Flowers + Events
Rentals: Ultrapom Event Rental
Invitations: Little Yellow Leaf
Macrons: Au Bon Macaron
Bridal Accessories: The Yellow Peony
Bride and Groom: Meg {Glavinich} Smith + Matt Smith
Ceremony: St. Joseph Catholic Church
Reception: Mark Twain Ballroom
Floral: Craig Sole Designs
Dress: Bridal Extraordinaire
Hair: Kelly Hogan
DJ: Complete Weddings + events
Cake: Nothing Bundt Cakes
Catering: Garozzo’s
How they met: Matt and I met on a night out in Kansas City through mutual friends. Matt thought I was with one of the other gentleman in our group but was still trying to get my attention. After a few hours of talking and having drinks, I finally mentioned that I was single and that he should take me to get a glass of wine up the street!
Bride and Groom: Brennan {Berwald} Ridings + Josh Ridings
Ceremony and Reception: Private Residence - Butler, Missouri
Dress: The Gown Gallery
Hair: Hair by Tamara
Video: Howe Film & Wedding Productions
DJ: The Dance Factory Kansas City’s Pro DJ Service
Cake: 3 women and an Oven
Catering: Brancato’s Catering
The Journey Home is one of my favorite wedding venues. It has rustic charm with an awesome house for your wedding party and guests to stay. It is located in Dearborn Missouri which is about a 40 minute drive from Kansas City. I have worked with Cindy and shot several weddings here and excited they agreed to be my October feature.
The Journey Home was built in the 1800’s and has been completely remodeled. It is a stunning colonial home that allows you to create the vision that you have for your wedding and reception. We purchased The Journey Home in 2012 when we were looking for a beautiful and peaceful home to hold events.
The Journey Home appeals to a wide variety of brides. We believe that it is because we allow to create the wedding of your dreams with limited restrictions. Every wedding has a completely different feel.
The overnight accommodations for up to 24 people is unique and draws families that want a more laid back wedding experience. Having the facility all weekend reduces the amount of stress in making sure everything is just right.
Couples and guests love photo booths! It is a fun and creative way to remember the wedding and there are so many options to choose from.
We didn’t originally purchase The Journey Home for weddings. It became a popular place for so many reasons! We had a guest ask if they could get married here and the tradition began. Cindy, our General Manager, is passionate about helping couples create the wedding of their dreams! And the incredibly positive experiences that couples have here keeps us going.
Bride and Groom: Emily {Pottorf} Scaduto + Joseph Scaduto
Ceremony and Reception: River Market Event Place
Getting Ready location: Inn at 425
Hair and Makeup: The Glam Room KC
Flowers: River Market Event Place - Anna Arnot
Catering: Moxie Catering
Rental: Ultra Pom
DJ: Elite Sound
How they met: Joseph and Emily met through a mutual friend who introduced them at school.
Bride and Groom: Paige {McGhee} Blochberger + Scott Blochberger
Ceremony and Reception: Heritage Center at Mahaffie
Dress: Mia’s Bridal
How they met: Scott had been friends with Paige’s older brother, Bryan, since they were in middle school together. Paige kind of knew who Scott was, just because Bryan hung out with him so much and she thought he was so cute. When they attended KU, her oldest brother, Steve, came to Lawrence for the KU vs KSU football game my sophomore year (2006) and told her to come over to his friends’ house after the game, which happened to also be where Scott lived! Paige brought her friend and roommate and after playing video games with the boys, Katie and Paige decided to go out to the bars. Scott was saying the funniest things that really tickled her and she thought that he was really something special. Paige asked Scott for his phone number, in case they “got separated” while out and for the next two years, she would text him or call him every now and then. She knew that night that she really liked him and wanted to date him, but she knew it wasn’t the right time in her life. After she graduated college, Paige pursued Scott a little more seriously. In July 2008, Paige texted Scott and he invited her over to have a drink with is friends and parents. She met his whole family that night and had a great time that evening. They officially decided that we were a “couple” on October 8, 2008. Six years later (which went by so fast), they were engaged and starting to plan their wedding!
As wedding season starts to fire up, so does spring portraits. We love working with our past clients and seeing their families grow. It’s such a cool circle of life and we want to keep documenting you as your families continue to grow. All portraits are done by my associate photographer Nancy and she captures everyone beautifully, enjoy!
Bride: Christine {Case} McKenna
Groom: Steve McKenna
Ceremony: New Life City Church
Reception: The Monarch Room
Coordinator: JJproductions Wedding Coordination and Design
Dress: Kari’s Bridal
Hair and Makeup: Parlor Blowdry Bar
Flowers: Mission HyVee
Cake: Mission HyVee
DJ: Platinum Productions
How they met: Steve and Christine met through mutual friends while bowling one night back in October 2008.
Bride: Maura {Rippe} Hillman
Groom: Bryan Hillman
Ceremony: Lauritzen Garden
Reception: Lauritzen Garden
Dress: Ellynne Bridal
Hair: Jamie Draeger, Melanie Munson
Flowers: Mullhal’s
Cake: Cake Gallery
Catering: Abraham Catering
DJ: Joe Cruz
How they met: Bryan and Maura met at the grand opening of a bar in the tiny town of Syracuse, which is their hometown. Bryan’s 10 year high school class reunion was being held there and Maura was there with a friend that was in town from CO that weekend. Bryan fake tripped on her. The rest is history!
Bride: Amanda {Loner} Manderfeld
Groom: Drew Manderfeld
Ceremony: The Elms Hotel and Spa
Reception: The Elms Hotel and Spa
Dress: Belle Vogue
Hair: Sarah Chandler
Flowers: Mission HyVee Floral Department-Grace
Cake: Nancy Stark - Chef Shop Stark
DJ: Benjamin Warner
How they met: We met through mutual friends while attending the University of Kansas. We played sand volleyball together occasionally over a couple years before we went on our first date to a Sporting Kansas City game… the rest is history!
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