Zane Weddings + Events

30/10/2024

Local brides! Join us on the 17th, especially if you can snag some free tickets! 🎟️

Eau Claire Fall Wedding Fair at The Lismore Hotel

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14/10/2024

Six years ago I married this hunk. We celebrated tonight with way too much queso and margaritas.

Still looking back after all this time, and the countless weddings I have had the pleasure to be a part of, and ours is still my favorite.

xoxo

06/10/2024

Sappy post warning ⛔️ On Friday night I was traveling to a rehearsal and realized that I was experiencing zero (and I mean ZERO) stress for the following day. And if you know me, I am a grade A over thinker, over analyzer, worrier to the max.. and when you have THREE weddings in one day, my anxiety should have been through the literal roof. But it wasn’t. So I called Karlyn and just had to check in. Why am I not freaking out? Well she reminded me. God gave me the literal best people in the world to do this with. And when I said yes in 2020 to this crazy idea, thank you .imagery, I never DREAMED this is where we would be as we were nearing the end of our 2024 season. And a serious shout out to the man upstairs who knew I needed a village. I am just obsessed with them. (Picture is the 3 crushing it on 10/5)

28/09/2024

Alisha + David | 09.28.2024

When you take your closest friends and family and rent out a resort for the entire weekend.

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21/09/2024

Hannah + Joe | 09.21.2024|

Hannah had a horse. Joe was good at shoveling horse p**p. What more is there…

Hannah had been going to this barn for years. One day she noticed a new guy working on the ranch. This new guy (insert Joe here) noticed her as well. Unfortunately, neither of them were single at the time. The boy, while working one of the owners horses in the round pen, had been warned by the owner of the barn, “Don’t even think about it” when he curiously inquired about the pretty blond girl with the palomino. And so, his curiosity was set aside... but not forgotten.

Meanwhile, Hannah went home to her mother and informed her, “there is a new guy at the barn,” and then proclaimed, “I’m going to Marry him.”

The rest of the story is certainly worth telling but not hard to figure out. The boy and the girl eventually went on a date, fell in love, moved away together, and decided to tie the knot. He bought a ring, and she said yes.

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14/09/2024

Brady and Rachel started dating in 2020, but they first met back in 2016 or so at , Brady’s family business. They both had crushes on each other, but the timing was never right. When Rachel moved back to Eau Claire in 2020 for a new job, Brady took advantage of the opportunity and asked her out. He took her to the apple orchard, in Chippewa Falls, WI. He rolled up in a hot red convertible and they drove out on the country side to the orchard, and followed it with dinner at The Sheely House and drinks at the brewery in town. Fast forward to 2023, when Brady took Rachel to the same orchard close to their anniversary weekend, and recreated their first date, this time with a new hot red convertible, and the weather was even warmer when they first went out. The sky was cloudless, the day was perfect, and Brady took pictures throughout the date, and then went to a row of apples, set up the tripod so they could take a photo together, and then Brady got down on one knee and asked Rachel to marry him. The happened and now they are getting married in the same city he proposed in. “Love at first pick!”

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10/09/2024

10/09/2024

Elisabeth + David | 09.16.2023 |

On a beautiful fall day, Elisabeth + David said “I do”. Not only was this one of the most beautiful fall days but this day was so nostalgic as I was married there almost 5 years prior at the same venue!
Looking back at the gallery took me back in so many ways, which will forever make me grateful for the opportunity to make E + D’s day perfect.
From the fall colors in the floral details, the individually packaged charcuterie cups to the prideful cakes they were surprised with ( ). Each moment of the day was so thoughtful and intentional.

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08/09/2024

Jenna + Dillon | 09.07.2024 |
Jenna + Dillon’s first date was in September of 2021 at Saint Croix Vineyards in Stillwater. J was attracted to D’s style and sense of humor instantly. And of course, D was attracted to J’s elegance and unrivaled kind heart. Since then the winery and vineyard tours only became a small portion of their travels through Wisconsin, Minnesota and even California!

Dillon proposed on September 16th, 2023, in the middle of a 4-hour horseback riding trip in the beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park. Their trail group stopped to stretch their legs after 2 hours of riding in a light rain, and D simply asked their guide to take their photo. Jenna was completely surprised when Dillon got down on one knee and proposed!

The sun even came out and it turned into a beautiful day!! In their time together they have visited beautiful parts of the country! Their first vacation was to San Francisco and Napa in November, 2022. Colorado, Grand Cayman and tons of festivities in the Chippewa Valley followed with lots of trips and time spent on Lake Wissota, which is where they decided to say “I do”.

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05/09/2024

24/08/2024

Alaina + Jordan | 08.24.2024 |
It was May 2017. Alaina + Jordan both had been living in NYC for two years as coincidentally, they both arrived in 2015. A started her first job out of grad school at the NYC Department of Education and her desk was right across from J’s. A, being new to the job, wanted to connect with people in the office and learn about the office politics. With that being said, she invited J to lunch. He agreed and they immediately hit it off. The pair became friends INSTANTLY after A trash talked J’s favorite basketball player, Lebron James. Though they both liked each other, they both kept it cool since they were colleagues. Which helped because they both felt like “I just really want to be around this person”! So daily matcha dates during lunch, and talking about each other’s lives and dreams of the future followed. By the end of the year, A moved on from the job and they went on a casual dinner to Peaches in Brooklyn. There, they spent hours talking and laughing and at the end of the date, they shared their first kiss (finally) and the rest is history!

Since then, they have experienced many joys and made beautiful memories. They share amazing memories of their life in NYC (they literally lived 10 mins away from each other via car! In NYC, that’s special!), welcoming their most loved fur baby Luna in 2020, then in 2021 moved across the country to Oakland, CA, and now new residents of Minneapolis! They have been on countless adventures including Antigua, Savannah, Philadelphia, the Berkshires, Cabo, Greece, Monterey and so much more!

Today is just the next step to continue their life long adventure together!

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17/08/2024

08.17.2024 | Grace + Kyle |
Took a week off the love stories and came back in full swing! Grace + Kyle met on the first day of college orientation. However, it was not love at first sight. They did not end up reconnecting until the very end of college at, you guessed it, a college house party. 🥂 During said party, a very rare thing happened and there was a drinking game (🫣). During this drinking game, K chose Gto be his drinking “mate”. And that is where their adventure began! Their first date ended up being the day after graduation and their story developed quickly! They made it almost immediately. I mean… one of their very first dates was a camping trip together so how could they not!

Since then it has been constant beautiful adventures! 🏔️

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03/08/2024

Hannah + Jake | 08.03.2024 |
Hannah and Jake met through a few mutual friends at the time in 2022. H had come up to hang out with her friend at the time and J was hanging out with his friends. They all ended up around a campfire. Some point in the night they decided that going for a ride would be the best way to bring the night to an end. H got in J’s razor and that’s exactly what they did! Well.. until J decided he would drive through a giant puddle! IH was soaked and there was J.. laughing his ass off. But then the razor blew up in the way home so..
that night H sent him a snap and the rest is history!

02/08/2024

Elizabeth + Austin | 08.02.2024 |

Mushy love story (insert here): Liz and Austin met on hinge right in the middle of the pandemic. L har just moved from Texas and A had moved back from Aberdeen, SD (seriously… the timing 😭). He was working for a company but quit like 2 weeks into us seeing each other and L was jobless having just moved a month ago. During this time L had been going on dates but all of them were terrible and was ready to just call it quits! But THEN she came across him on hinge again and sent him a rose. They went on their official first date (plaines art museum and a fancy restaurant followed by ice skating). It was on this date that L fell and literally broke her tailbone! L knew on the very first date, after all that happened, that A was something special. Thankfully he continued to pursue her.
Their love wasn’t a love that burned bright right at the beginning , it was really slow and consistent. The type of love that keeps them drawing closer and closer to each other. A continued to show L what it was like to be loved by someone, tore down all the walls and made it official in January of 2022.
Their many adventures took them all over the world together and lead them to being engaged in February of 2023!
If you ask anyone, Liz LOVES their love story and I think we all see why.

28/07/2024

Long sappy post trigger warning ⛔️ July is my favorite month of the Summer, between that and October I am as basic as it gets. Put me on a body of water with a pumpkin white mocha anything and I am a solid 10 on the mood scale. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we took the entire month of July off of wedding season for the second year in a row.. I mean look at these faces and memories that were made. The beauty of being a business owner is that you get to make these choices. And I’m sorry, but when it comes to celebrating beautiful couples (which is another 10 on the mood scale) or making memories with my babies… I pick my babies. I only have a few more summers where they will want to make memories with me, and I am going to take them all.

“Sometimes I wish time would tick a little slower.. sometimes I feel like I blink and then it’s over..”

18/07/2024

Vanessa + James | 09.02.2023 |

I will not be original on this recap because I had to share this story without messing it up..

About 15 years ago James and Vanessa were just kids. They were good friends in the Army and trying to make the most of their time in Afghanistan. J was always the guy to make V laugh.

V was a bit superstitious at the time so she had everyone in her unit give her something that was important to them for her to keep in her pocket or on her person (she had really heavy pockets). V thought it would keep them safe. Most people gave her a dog tag or a piece of rank, but J being the smart aleck that he is, picked up a rock off the ground and said this rock is very special to me, keep it forever.

Well the joke is on him because she DID keep it forever and little did she know that 14 years later she would meet back up with J.

J then would ask V on a date to throw axes. This date made no sense because they lived states away and didn’t know how it all would work, but he was the guy who could always make her laugh and has always held a special place in her heart (and in her pocket with his rock).

After that date on August 15th they kept going on dates and it’s crazy how life changes. A year later and I’m now happier than ever, they both live in Ohio, have two dogs whom they adore, and are completely in love. The guy who gave V that rock so many years ago is now HER rock.

If you are not crying, who are you…

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29/06/2024

Kasadey + Tony | 06.29.2024

Kasadey + Tony met over five years ago at a Qdoba, where Tony knew instantly that he had met his tinderella. From that day on there were several more dates, a bit of rejection and even unannounced surprises. Aren 🐶 met his future brother, Rocky 🐶 and that helped solidify the love T had for K. From there, God created a beautiful love story. K sold her house, moved in with T and the next few years they just fell more and more in love. They have faced more obstacles in those five years than most couples face in a lifetime, and clearly came out on the other side.

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