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Lakeside Tent Wedding with Gold and Mint Green…and So Much Fun!

Wow, do we love outdoor tent weddings! Although the wind, heat, and South Dakota weather were a factor that day, there’s something about having a lakeside wedding that can’t be beat. Lana and Brendan celebrated their wedding day at Lana’s parents’ home on Lake Madison. What a personal place to have a ceremony! And let […]

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Blush Pink, Bright Pink, Teal and All the Decorations of this Brookings Wedding!

There are some weddings that are just plain amazing. This is one of them. Sydney & Ben thought of everything for their big day, but never lost sight of the real meaning of their wedding: the marriage. It was also the kind of wedding ceremony that brought a tear to my eye. Sydney lost her father

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“I Do” Take Two: What You Need to Consider When Renewing Vows

Weddings and vow renewal ceremonies are wonderful things – they can bring the two most rhythm-challenged people together on the dance floor into a synced, limb-flailing groove; they can give anyone an excuse to eat way too much cake (wait, is there such a thing?); they can bring family and friends together to celebrate the love

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Why You Need a Midwest Wedding Planner at Your Destination Wedding

The world of weddings has been shifting toward the trend of destination weddings over the past couple years. The Knot’s Real Wedding Study of 2016 showed us that 49 percent of couples chose to say “I do” 200+ miles from where they lived at the time they were married. That is a 28 percent jump

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Why I’m Feeling Grateful This Week: Retirement Speech about Dots, Paris, and One Amazing Woman

This week, I was honored to give a speech about the impact that Dr. Mary Arnold had on my life so far. She’s retiring from the Department of Journalism at South Dakota State University and I’m feeling so grateful after the words I spoke to her. It’s often times like these (somewhat unexpected) that makes

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What I’m Learning as I Plan My Own Wedding as a Twenty-Something College Student

The dream wedding. Most of us have been imagining our big day since we fell in love with prince charming, or decided that we would lose our glass slipper at midnight. We fill up our Pinterest boards with hundreds of amazing photos, browse boutiques, and even keep mental notes of every single wedding we have

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