Semple Mansion Wedding Fair in Minneapolis, MN
Question:
Hi, Reverend Coleman,
Hi, Reverend Coleman,
How are you? I hope you and Julie are doing well and that you had a lovely Holiday Season! I am hoping you can make it to our 2nd Annual Semple Mansion Grand Palladian Ballroom Wedding Event, again sponsored by MN Bride Magazine. This year it is March 14 & 15 from 11-3 both days. Hopefully, you will be able to stop by with your wife on one of the days. I really appreciated your feedback from last year. We are excited about it and hope it goes well. Just wanted you to save the date on your calendar!
Best,
Katherine
Katherine Hendrickson
Executive Director
Grand Palladian Ballroom
Semple Mansion
100 West Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Ph: 612.290.4448
Fx: 612.871.4747
katherine@semplemansion.com
Answer:
Dear Katherine,
Wow! Per your invitation, I just got back from our visit to the Semple Mansion Wedding Fair, and we had a great time! Not only is this one of my very favorite wedding mansions in Minnesota, but also, there were wedding vendors offering amazing services I had never even heard of (but was very excited about, once I saw them!)
Blog readers, here are the highlights:
This is the main entrance to the Semple Mansion in Minneapolis, MN. Usually the mansion is filled with tuxedoed groomsmen/ushers/fathers of the bride and groom, as well as women in gowns, but today there were hundreds of visitors checking out the hall. There was a feeling of excitement as couples got to explore all the different rooms, plus they got to talk to all sorts of vendors in a relaxed, low-pressure setting. Some of the best wedding vendors in the Twin Cities, MN area were there, giving away free cake samples, appetizer samples, espresso drinks... and even free portraits.
The award-winning wedding florist Eric Sandstrom from Floral Logic ran this table, which was packed with eager brides. Every table was busy, but it was nice that the mansion wasn't overcrowded - people just seemed to be having a great time, with lots of laughter and excited talking.
Here's one of my favorite items at the fair - the "Minnesota Cake." Here's Robin Martin From Gateaux Inc. showing off this wonderfully outrageous concoction. It's hard to show in pictures just how striking this cake was - it was a map of the state, with towns highlighted by flags labeling their location. They had many other amazing wedding cakes that I had never seen before (not in magazines, not in real life, anywhere), and they were gorgeous! Oh, and the cakes were delicious, too - Robin gave out free samples.
Diane Reese, from Laurel Lee Jewelry (651-468-7202 - dreese@usfamily.net ), also runs a service I had never heard of (but would be incredibly helpful to many brides). Diane had hand-created bridal gowns for years, and kept hearing complaints from brides that they would buy a gown, then buy jewelry, only to get home and find that the jewelry didn't really fit right with their gown. So she opened up her own jewelry services, where a bride will bring her wedding gown to Diane's home, and then put on their gown and try on jewelry until they find the perfect pieces to match their wedding dress. Brides have flocked to this idea, and now Diane does it full time. What a nice, relaxed way to get the right tiara, necklace, and earrings for your wedding dress!
This is one of my favorite spots in the Semple Mansion, their amazing "wine vault". The mansion converted their underground vault with a 12-inch-thick steel door (door is on the right), and into their wine cellar. Fantastic!
Note to blog readers: There were many other great wedding vendors at the Semple Wedding Fair, too (including what is probably my favorite wedding caterer in Minnesota, Fabulous Catering), but these pictures and notes can at least give you a taste of what the fair is like.
Warmly,
Pastor Tomkin Coleman
Minnesota Wedding Officiant & Planner
Answer:
Dear Katherine,
Wow! Per your invitation, I just got back from our visit to the Semple Mansion Wedding Fair, and we had a great time! Not only is this one of my very favorite wedding mansions in Minnesota, but also, there were wedding vendors offering amazing services I had never even heard of (but was very excited about, once I saw them!)
Blog readers, here are the highlights:
This is the main entrance to the Semple Mansion in Minneapolis, MN. Usually the mansion is filled with tuxedoed groomsmen/ushers/fathers of the bride and groom, as well as women in gowns, but today there were hundreds of visitors checking out the hall. There was a feeling of excitement as couples got to explore all the different rooms, plus they got to talk to all sorts of vendors in a relaxed, low-pressure setting. Some of the best wedding vendors in the Twin Cities, MN area were there, giving away free cake samples, appetizer samples, espresso drinks... and even free portraits.
The award-winning wedding florist Eric Sandstrom from Floral Logic ran this table, which was packed with eager brides. Every table was busy, but it was nice that the mansion wasn't overcrowded - people just seemed to be having a great time, with lots of laughter and excited talking.
Here's one of my favorite items at the fair - the "Minnesota Cake." Here's Robin Martin From Gateaux Inc. showing off this wonderfully outrageous concoction. It's hard to show in pictures just how striking this cake was - it was a map of the state, with towns highlighted by flags labeling their location. They had many other amazing wedding cakes that I had never seen before (not in magazines, not in real life, anywhere), and they were gorgeous! Oh, and the cakes were delicious, too - Robin gave out free samples.
These guys, La Vita Espresso of Saint Paul, MN, provide an amazing service - an espresso bar for weddings (great for alcohol-free weddings, or for coffee connoisseurs). I love good coffee, but my wife, Julie, is absolutely crazy for it, and she raved about their drinks. What a great idea - many couples want an alcohol-free wedding, for instance, but still want to provide something special for their guests, and Richard Zurich, the owner, says that when they set up their machines at a wedding reception, they go, go, go, serving coffee drinks constantly all night long to wedding guests. It's a great way to really pamper your guests.
Diane Reese, from Laurel Lee Jewelry (651-468-7202 - dreese@usfamily.net ), also runs a service I had never heard of (but would be incredibly helpful to many brides). Diane had hand-created bridal gowns for years, and kept hearing complaints from brides that they would buy a gown, then buy jewelry, only to get home and find that the jewelry didn't really fit right with their gown. So she opened up her own jewelry services, where a bride will bring her wedding gown to Diane's home, and then put on their gown and try on jewelry until they find the perfect pieces to match their wedding dress. Brides have flocked to this idea, and now Diane does it full time. What a nice, relaxed way to get the right tiara, necklace, and earrings for your wedding dress!
This is one of my favorite spots in the Semple Mansion, their amazing "wine vault". The mansion converted their underground vault with a 12-inch-thick steel door (door is on the right), and into their wine cellar. Fantastic!
Note to blog readers: There were many other great wedding vendors at the Semple Wedding Fair, too (including what is probably my favorite wedding caterer in Minnesota, Fabulous Catering), but these pictures and notes can at least give you a taste of what the fair is like.Warmly,
Pastor Tomkin Coleman
Minnesota Wedding Officiant & Planner
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