Anemones Inspired This Industrial-Meets-Art-Deco Wedding at Red Space Events in Cleveland, Ohio
Lucas (Luke) Franz and Logan Fahey planned a springtime wedding featuring a beautiful fusion of classic and modern elements. As their wedding planner, Nora Culley Tuck, shares, “The words they used in our initial design meeting were ‘Art Deco’ and ‘industrial.’” The wedding highlighted a sleek, b...
The Atrium of the Cleveland Museum of Art Was the Centerpiece of This Pink Ohio Wedding
NFL player Mitch Trubisky of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Hillary Gallagher celebrated their marriage with a romantic pink-and-silver wedding celebration at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio. After exchanging vows with a ceremony at St. John's Cathedral, the duo welcomed their loved ones to the ...
Colorful Rainbow Wedding at the Hyatt Regency at The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio
Claire and Erin live their lives with plenty of color—and their wedding was no exception. “The whole thing felt like a break from tradition,” Erin says. “We invited our queer, colorful theater friends from New York City to the Midwest for a big gay wedding.” Surrounded by their attendants, dubbed...
Blue and White Cleveland-Inspired Wedding in Cleveland, Ohio
Jennifer and Ryan are full of Cleveland pride—and their wedding day was proof of that. “When we met, we really bonded over being from the Great Lakes, so we knew we had to get married overlooking Lake Erie,” Jennifer says. A Cleveland native, Jennifer worked with Ryan, a diehard Michigan fan and...
A Purple-and-Black Christian-Hindu Fusion Wedding at Cleveland City Hall in Ohio
Lindsay and Paurush gave their respective Western and Indian cultures time in the spotlight on their wedding day. “We had two separate ceremonies, which allowed each of us to incorporate our unique traditions,” Lindsay says. “To achieve a cohesive look, we stuck to the same palette and re-used fl...
One Couple's Preppy Wedding at Chagrin Valley Hunt Club in Gates Mills, Ohio
When Patrick met Margot on a Cleveland rooftop, he told her he would marry her one day. His future bride was also thinking ahead. “Like many little girls, I grew up dreaming of my wedding day,” Margot says. She pictured the village church, a sweetheart ball gown, a clear reception tent and lots o...
Cinco de Mayo Inspired This Couple's Wedding at Tenk West Bank in Cleveland, Ohio
For Clarissa and Weston's wedding, all things colorful, happy and bright were a must. Reams of ribbon and bushels of flowers later, that proved to be an understatement for the couple's Cinco de Mayo-themed celebration. The couple, who met while watching a Browns game at a New York City bar, wed i...
This Jewel-Tone Wedding at The Madison in Cleveland, Ohio, Had Pop-Tarts on the Menu
For their fall wedding at The Madison in Cleveland, Ohio, Trisha and Alex embraced a jewel-tone color palette comprised of rich shades of emerald, ruby, navy, teal and purple. To add texture to their all-white loft venue, the couple also added suspended greenery installations and lush floral arra...
The Met Gala Inspired This Edgy Wedding in Cleveland, Ohio
“We broke with tradition in every way imaginable,” Priscila says of her wedding to Kelly. Their walkable Ohio City wedding began with a ceremony and dinner in their neighbors’ backyard, where they served orange sponge cake baked by a friend, then continued with a New Orleans–style second line pa...
A Colorful Glam Wedding on a Private Ohio Estate in Chagrin Falls
If Claire Snavely (29 and a designer) and Christoph Gisel (33 and a lighting designer) were to name their wedding’s theme, they’d put it like this: “psychedelic minimalism.” A rainbow pattern that Christoph’s sister, a graphic designer and design writer in Switzerland, created brought that phrase...
Tuscan-Inspired Eclectic Industrial Wedding
Ashley Southard (28 and a digital marketing specialist) and Michael “Mike” London (28 and a logistics coordinator) began wedding planning by figuring out just what they didn’t want. “It was a process of elimination,” Ashley says. “We didn’t want to be too formal or too neutral. That’s not us.” In...
An Elegant Hotel Wedding at Hyatt Regency Cleveland at The Arcade in Ohio
With a historic Cleveland landmark as their backdrop, Sarah Grace (27 and a pharmacist) and Josh Wasko (27 and an engineer) hosted an unforgettable affair filled with gold accents and a refined palette of navy, marsala, blush and green. “We wanted the day to feel like an intimate celebration rath...
A Whimsical Rooftop Wedding at Ariel International Center in Cleveland, Ohio
Furry friends were the focus of Julia Szabo (31 and an attorney) and Benjamin Kowalczyk’s (33 and a sales manager) whimsical Where The Wild Things Are wedding at Cleveland’s Ariel International Center. The classic children’s book inspired just about every detail—from life-size cardboard cutouts o...
A Preppy Wedding at the Cleveland City Hall Rotunda in Ohio
Bohemian elegance was the driving force behind Kristina Nagy (29 and a nurse practitioner) and Bret Brielmaier’s (31 and an assistant NBA coach) whimsical wedding design, which pulled in elements from their favorite movie, Big Fish. “We watched the film during our first week of dating, and the fa...
A Modern Bohemian Wedding at The Madison in Cleveland, Ohio
After planning their dream wedding, Erica Lasky and Sean Moran received devastating news: Sean had cancer. Thankfully, Sean powered through two surgeries and chemotherapy, and he was free of cancer before the couple's August wedding. "As we went through the treatments, we knew we wanted to make o...
A Romantic, Rustic Barn Wedding at Mapleside Farms in Strongsville, Ohio
A rustic-meets-elegant barn set the scene for Megan Fortney (27 and a marketing manager) and Benjamin Smith’s (26 and a student) flower-filled affair that included nearly 300 guests and dinner under a 28-foot-long floral installation comprised of peonies and astilbe. “I knew it would leave our gu...
An Outdoor, Vintage-Inspired Wedding at Neverland Farms in Cleveland, Georgia
Simplicity was key for the Mary Kate Caulfield (30 and a deputy director of a nonprofit) and Andrew Lemmon’s (35 and a radiologist) fauna-filled fete at a local farm. Armed with her mother’s scalloped lace veil, Mary Kate made an unforgettable ceremony entrance in the back of a horse-drawn carria...
A Classic, Purple-Filled Wedding at Acacia Reservation in Lyndhurst, Ohio
rn A purple palette of lavender, mauve and eggplant was paired with ivory accents to bring a feminine feel to the early fall fete of Stefanie Maclin (29 and a technical trainer) and Lorenzo Megginson (38 and a child care supervisor). “I wanted the ceremony to be romantic and ti...
A Rustic Yet Elegant Fall Wedding at The Global Center in Cleveland, Ohio
With the Cleveland cityscape as their backdrop, Piper Gustafson (26 and a sales director) and Jared Youtzy (29 and an advertising account executive) worked with a local planner to achieve their desired elegant, rustic design. “We wanted our wedding to reflect the romance of fall with lots of cand...
A Black-and-White-Striped Wedding at Tudor Arms Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio
Karmin Diedrick (35 and a beverage operations manager) and Adam Jokilehto (30 and a sales representative) had known each other casually for three years—Adam worked at the dealership where Karmin bought her car. “I referred to him as the hot Audi guy to my friends whenever I brought him up in conv...
An Enchanted Fairy-Tale Wedding at the Cleveland Botanical Garden in Cleveland, Ohio
Lindsey Vandevier (30 and in theatrical and event design) and Robert Figueira (29 and a motion graphics artist) met at Carnegie Mellon University when they were getting MFAs in theatrical design (the bride in costume design; the groom in lighting design). Even though they live in New York, they g...
An Intimate Studio Wedding at BurkleHagen Food Photography Studio in Cleveland, Ohio
Ramat Chapmon (32 and a culinary school graduate) and McKinley Wiley (34 and a photographer) met at a local poetry spot. They celebrated their intimate wedding ceremony at a venue that suited their personalities: BurkleHagen Food Photography Studio in Cleveland, Ohio. Ramat selected the venue for...
A Vintage Bohemian Backyard Wedding at a Private Residence in Shaker Heights, Ohio
Tonya Brown (39 and a pastry chef) and Michael Bradford (34 and a business development manager) met at a common friend’s house, when Tonya was challenged to a game of darts (she won). Even though she beat Michael, he told her “I like you the best.” Those five words became their inside joke. “All ...