Ariana & John were married on May 12th at the Pendleton room at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor, MI. I worked with them for the past year and it was bittersweet to see all their amazing details come to life – I am going to miss talking to them all the time!
I arrived with Zingerman’s bagels and coffee in hand at 11am to the Bell Tower to make sure the ladies were getting off to a good start that day. Imagine Three did an amazing job with their hair and makeup, and then everyone got dressed and ready to go! Ariana & John had their first look at Ingalls Mall.
Before the ceremony, as Ariana & John signed their Ketubah downstairs in the Tappan room, guests began to arrive. They were given non-alcoholic welcome drinks with gold and white twisted straws that Ariana had imported from New Zealand. A quartet that her brother Jason organized played music in the background.
Immediately after the ceremony, guests were ushered downstairs for a group photo on the steps of the Michigan Union. We flipped the room for cocktail hour, and when they came back up, they were served drinks and appetizers for over an hour while all the details for the reception were finished. At 7pm on the dot, guests began their walk across the street to the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)!
Ariana & John greeted guests as they entered the Museum, and they found their seats via escort cards tied to champagne glasses. Once seated, they were greeted by a platter of Zingerman’s crudites just in case they were still hungry after cocktail hour. After Ariana & John’s grand entrance, we heard a few toasts and then dinner began!
Bill Hamilton Designs did an amazing job with all the decor for Ariana & John, I was just in love with the entire room that night! Ariana had us add the ribbon to her chair and John’s, and a friend of hers (Sloane Harmony Design) created all the beautiful paper products.
Zingerman’s served salad and a third course, and then the band (the amazing Killer Flamingos) came on for their first set. Almost everyone got out of their seats to dance! So after a 30 minute dance set, guests sat back down to enjoy the third course which was followed by chocolate eclairs and coffee. The party really got started with the hora – and it was non stop from there!
Ariana and John had an amazing team of wedding professionals – their photographers from A Girl In Love, videographers from Owen Video, linens and chairs from Chair Covers & Linens, macaron favors from Sweet Heather Anne… and it all came together perfectly!
You may already sense that there is a trend – a silver thread of Zingerman’s woven throughout the wedding – right? So I am sure it would come as no surprise that their wedding cake was also a Zingerman’s creation! Not only that, they also had their rehearsal dinner at Zingerman’s (Events on Fourth) and their Mother’s Day brunch the next day at Zingerman’s Roadhouse.
Congratulations Ariana & John on a beautiful wedding day – it was so much fun working with you both, and I hope to plan parties for all your future life events!