Deanna & Jon are married! These Marquette University alumni got married at The Church of Gesu. The celebration continued at The Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery.
We’re fascinated by how couples meet each other. In our 10-years of photographing weddings, every couple has a different story. Granted, some plots are similar. “We met at school”… “we met at a bar”… “we met at work”, etc. The list goes on, you know. But once the couple gets into the nitty-gritty details of their story, every couple has its own thumbprint. Deanna & Jon met at a wedding. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Wrong. In August of 2012, Deanna and Jon’s mutual friend, Becky, was getting married. Jon was a last-minute invite and decided to go. Deanna was part of the wedding party so her reception duty was on the dance floor. While busting moves, Deanna and Jon drifted together. They danced the night away and haven’t drifted apart since.
After getting engaged in April of 2015, they got to work on their day. After the wedding, they said their biggest pieces of advice to future brides & grooms is, “Be authentic and remember the big picture.” It wasn’t a surprise to know it was hard for them to pick a favorite part of the day. Their whole day was a sunny-surprise-60-degrees-in-late-October kinda day. There were so many things favor: the weather, all of their family and friends together, the flash mob! Ultimately, they said “we’re both really glad we took time to sneak in small moments just the two of us.”
Congratulations Deanna & Jon! Here’s how we saw the day.
All the sweet details
Photographers: TJ & Shannon Uttke
Bridal Salon: Simply Luxe Bridal Boutique // Dress designer: WToo
Suits: The Black Tux
Hair Stylist: Bridal Hair To-Go & Linda Magnini of Bellissima Ltd.
Makeup Artist: Beauty and Whiskey
Florist: Milwaukee Flower Co.
Paper Goods: Uttke Photography & Design
DJ: Sound by Design
Caterer: Zilli Hospitality Group
Dessert: Classy Girl Cupcakes
Day-of Trolley: Badger Bus // Shuttle: Blackline Limosine