Going "above & beyond" is simply how we do business. But, with the unpredictability of events, even we are surprised at some of the things we’ve pulled off (with a smile) for our clients over the years!

• Coordinated an entire wedding in less then 3 weeks so the bride and groom could be married under the full moon on the evening of the spring equinox.
• Acquired special permits so the bride's cherished Labradors could walk down the aisle as the ring bearers
• Helped a bride find a wedding dress the week of her wedding, because the one she ordered came in three sizes too big… and the wrong color!
• Set up an evening daycare for 16 kids complete with tv, dvd player, coloring books, and babysitter so that guests could dance the night away worry-free.
• Ensured there were sheep grazing on the common in front of the church so the bride could win a $100 bet she had with the maid of honor.
• Begged the General Manager of the hotel for his cuff links because the best man forgot to pack his
• Held off the ceremony 30 minutes because the Justice of the Peace was stuck in traffic….
• Pushed up the ceremony 30 minutes because the bride was having a panic attack and would have passed out if we waited any longer!
• Found "magical" balloons that made a distraught flower girl with stage fright invisible.
• Found alternate transportation for the wedding party from the church to the reception facility because the limousine just dropped its transmission.
• Intricately fanfolded over 300 napkins, tying each with ribbon and a fresh cut rose. (Sound easy? This task took 5 hours!)
• The morning of the wedding, purchased and printed 120 placecards because the bride’s sister who just flew in from Florida forgot to pack them.
• Built a 4-tier cupcake tower to serve as the cakestand since you just can’t buy these at the store
• For a 140-person fall wedding, tied a ribbon to each guest’s placecard, then attached each to the stem of a mini pumpkin.
• Decorated a cake with flowers “stolen” from the centerpieces because the florist forgot to bring them
• Shoveled the walkways covered in freshly fallen snow for guests’ safety.
• Convinced the groom that hiring someone to show up at the reception dressed in a big yellow chicken suit and bribing the DJ to play the chicken dance in lieu of your actual first dance is a really, really bad idea….
• Called 911 when a pregnant bridesmaid went into labor… 5 weeks early!
• With the maid of honor, helped a bride hold up her ballroom-style gown in the ladies room when mother nature called, because, well, this was one thing she didn't consider when picking out her wedding dress.

Wedding Photography provided by Stephen Ericson/www.ericsonphoto.com