Congratulations Drs. Christy & Gordon Rainey

I recently coordinated a wedding for the Drs. Christy Shaffer & Gordon Rainey. Christy and Gordon were married September 15, 2007 at D'Monaco Resort in Ridgedale, Missouri. Christy had just finished school and taken her board exams and is now a dermatologist in El Paso, Texas. Gordon is currently an oncologist with the US Army. With the stress of school and exams, Christy put all of her energy into the details of her reception. Two ideas that I think we are going to be seeing alot more of; instead of a guest book, Christy chose to use different bottles of wine. Each bottle had a title, i.e., First Anniversary, For the Good Times, etc., then there was one, a bottle of bourbon, "For the Hard Times". There were pens available for the guests to sign the bottles. A very clever idea and one that I had not seen before.

When Christy and I discussed this next idea, never did I ever dream she would take it as far as she did. We had assigned seating for the reception. Each guest's name card was hanging from a rose tied ribbon from the side of a tent. The cards had a picture of each guest of the front and their name and table number on the back. Once you took your card to your table to find your seat, you found - once again - another picture of either you, or you and Christy & Gordon, or in some order. The photo's were all 4 x 6 size mounted on 5 x 7 card stock and was placed in a wedding bell table card holder. Once you took your photo out of the holder, Christy and Gordon had hand written personal thank you notes to each of the guest.

These are just a couple of awesome personal touches that were a part of this wedding and reception. Christy and Gordon were two of the neatest people to work with. The possibilities were endless with these two -

My favorite part of this wedding; the ceremony took place at the edge of the lake water - the groom and all the groomsmen arrived by boat. On a late September afternoon, and a quiet pontoon coming around the bend of the lake full a good lookin' guys - it was a site I will never forget!!

This was one wedding I will never forget!!

Happy 1st Anniversary Bud and Melissa!

It is so hard to believe that a year has passed since this amazingly beautiful wedding. Bud and Melissa wanted to make sure their beautiful day was perfect, they picked out the vendors that matched their personalities and had the high quality of work. After it was all said and done their images were in all the local bridal magazines and even made the cover of one! It has been wonderful being able to relive their wedding over and over for the past year! They have become so well known faces in our community that they were being stopped by people asking if they were the couple in the magazines and on the posters. They both knew just what it was they wanted and came to the table with incredible ideas. They were a wedding coordinators dream! I had this amazing event to plan and a couple who put so much trust in me to make their wedding day dreams come true. I think together with all of their vendors we made it happen. Bud and Melissa thank you so much for blessing my life and business with your love and trust. You will always hold a very dear place in my heart and I know every year is going to be a joy filled blessing for you both. Happy Anniversary!

Kim

NEW LOCATION!!

Yeah - we did it!! - We have moved to a new retail location and we couldn't be happier. I would personally like to invite each of you to come and visit us at The Wedding Center, 1909 South Glenstone, Springfield, MO. We are right next door to Karl's Bridal & Tuxedos. The Wedding Center is becoming Springfield's most talked about one stop shopping for the Bride-to-Be. Once you have purchased your dress, come on in and we have everything else to make your dream wedding come true.



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