Christine & Todd | Milwaukee Art Museum Wedding Photographer

**** The winter is winding down and I am SOOOOO looking forward to spring and summer and with it bright light and beautiful weddings. It’s our quiet time here at the studio so I’m designing albums and looking back on 2013 wistfully until my sweet 2014 weddings kick off in May. I’ll be bringing back some of my favorite posts from last year over the next few weeks to get us warmed up for May and the weddings that come with it. First up is Christine & Todd’s lovely affair. It was a popular post on my site but also on Style Me Pretty who gave it some love, too. Enjoy this blush and cream Milwaukee Art Museum Wedding. ****

Christine & Todd already have a long & winding love story that starts with them becoming best friends in college at Marquette in Milwaukee. That’s how I introduced their gorgeous engagement post and it bears repeating as the last year since that shoot has taken them to even higher highs and lower lows and certainly tested their best-freindship-turned-partnership. They were living in his hometown of Chicago where Christine worked downtown and Todd commuted an incredible 70 miles to work and now its time for another chapter that requires more than a commute; it requires a complete relocation of their life to another state where Todd has been hired as a basketball coach. Despite the new world of unknowns they are about to enter Christine seems happy to follow him, to pass the bar in a new state, to buy a new home, whatever it takes to keep them together. And together is all they really want to be.

Christine & Todd, together and individually, are quite possibly the nicest people I have ever met. They both have huge hearts and know – really know – the meaning of family and its importance. Christine’s sister recently found out she has cancer and was undergoing treatment soon before the wedding. Thankfully she was up to the task of being a matron of honor despite the treatment and was by Christine’s side throughout the day. Todd’s birth and adopted family held him up throughout the wedding, as well, as Todd & Christine formed their own loving, time and trial tested family. I have to write just a bit about the styling of the day as I was consistently struck by how beautiful, tasteful, delicate and inspired everything was from shoes to flowers, to treats, to music and of course to the gorgeous florals. I loved Christine’s two belts, Todd’s classically embroidered cuffs and I could shoot a pink and gold wedding with the stunning architectural backdrop that is the Milwaukee Art Museum every day of the week. My favorite part of the day was when Christine & Todd took a few moments alone amongst the “ribs” of the MAM’s architecture. He lifted her up onto a ledge and moved close to her. She kicked off her Jimmy Choos and just breathed him in. It was magical – just like their story and their love.

This wedding was the first of the season for a new associate shooter here at Heather Cook Elliott Photography. Welcome to Emily and congrats on kicking off the season with such an amazing love story. Now sit back and relax for this on e- its a monster post but I couldn’t bear to leave a single image out.

The Details ~

Stylist & Planner: Tailored Engagements  
Ceremony: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Reception: Milwaukee Art Museum
Florist: La Tulipe 
Band: Peter Hennes Orchestra 
DJ: Ray Gooden
Trolley: Badger
Hair: Ann Weber and team from The Parlor 
Makeup: Tayla LaMacchia and team (And Katy, American Cancer Society Certified Makeup Artists for bride’s sister Sara!!!)
Cake: Drea at Sendiks Whitefish Bay
Linens: BBJ 
Chairs: Canopies 
Bride and Bridesmaid’s Dresses: Amsale
Bride’s Ceremony Belt: Anne Barge 
Junior Bridesmaid Dress and MOH hat/scarf: Becky’s Custom Sewing, Bayview, WI
Wedding programs and signage: Sister of the Bride’s Friend/Sister of the Bride
Place cards: Blooming Quill 
Groom’s gift: Watch by Burberry
Bride’s gift: Pearl bracelet by Tiffany
Bride’s Shoes: Jimmy Choo