Our Story
We met for the first time at the first day of training at Lansing Brewing Company, it was very forgettable. Neither of us really had interest in each other at first; however, that all changed when an adolescent flirtation started. We were a couple of kids, denying we had any feelings for each other the whole time. (I feel like it should be mentioned that we came from completely different backgrounds; Carlyn from a small town in Illinois and myself from Michigan's capital city.) The more we got to know one another and each other's sense of humor, style, and musical interests, the more similarities we found. Then on a deeper, more philosophical and spiritual level all of the similarities we encountered were eerie. We often jokingly question if one of us is the other's Tyler Durden.
One trait that is dominant in both of us is the need to take our own path and abandon all tradition for tradition's sake. We got engaged quietly and didn't tell anyone until after the holiday season which gave us time to |
brainstorm how to get married our way, on our terms and abandon all sense of self indulgent tradition.
We wanted to have a wedding that we'd want to stay at the whole time. (No offense to any married people reading this, but your wedding was basic.) We wanted to remove any semblance of cookie cutter, predictable stereotypes of what a wedding "should be". So, we thought, what if we had food trucks? Yup. Can we have a bouncy house? Absolutely! Instead of a cheesy DJ playing stale music we should have a live band. Let's have a lot of bands! Let's invite the whole town! Turn it into a documentary! The idea came together quickly and organically as any incredible idea does. We saw it so clearly, it was amazing no one else has thought of it before us. I think more people should do what they want, it feels awesome. We want to share our love with everyone the only way we know how. As off the wall as this all sounds, I can't imagine our wedding being any other way. |