A Casual Wedding at The Lake Club in Poland, Ohio

Rachel Weiss (27, a high school teacher) and Justin Boggs (31, an elementary school teacher) met on eHarmony and talked for about three weeks before meeting in person. They lived two hours away from each other and took turns driving drove back and forth once they began to date. Eight months into their relationship, the couple decided to move into their first apartment together.  After eating at their favorite restaurant one night, the couple went for a walk to a small pond and sat underneath a weeping willow tree. It was there that Justin proposed to Rachel with an antique engagement ring that she had fallen in love with a couple of months before. They decided to have their ceremony and reception at The Lake Club in Poland, Ohio that had a banquet hall surrounded by glass windows that revealed a gorgeous lake view. The couple envisioned having an elegant and simple wedding, and successfully did so through casual attire choices, a warm color palette that subtly decorated the venue and simple flower centerpieces in glass mason jars. “The entire day reflected us as a couple,” says Rachel. “When we were planning our wedding, we had specific ideas of what we wanted our wedding to look and feel like, and we could not have gotten it more right.”