The Day's Journal

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Featured :: Style Me Pretty Michigan

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Talk about sweet surprises, I knew this day was coming but I didn’t know when.  So when I saw this gorgeous wedding pop up in my feed it just took my glum morning and turned my busy frown up side down!  I LOVED this wedding.  And I know that I’m not supposed to play favorites, but this one totally has hold of my heartstrings and seeing it again today on Style Me Pretty makes so so excited for all the lovely in store for this coming wedding season.

Kelly Sweet captured the romance with absolute perfection and the video from Coastline Studio is not to be missed.  Northern Michigan, I can’t wait to come back home!

Fishtown Wedding | Leland, Mi | The Day's Design | Kelly Sweet Photography

Here’s the feature which shows full vendor credits and I’ll also be sharing more in the future… this is a beautiful blog post in the making.

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Up North Living & Summertime on My Mind

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Lake Michingan Wedding | Leland, Mi | The Day's Design | Shannon Scott Photography

Summertime.  The word itself just brings a smile to my face.  I think about sunshine, lemonade and long days spent at the beach.  This is a little funny though, considering I rarely drink lemonade and I live a good 35+ minutes from the beach.  Maybe I should substitute white wine and backyard grilling.

Growing up, I lived even farther from the beach.  A lot farther.  I would drive 4 hours to get to my Grandparent’s house on Lake Leelanau.  It was a drive that was worth every minute.  When I lived on the east side of Michigan, your options for going to the beach were a bit more limited.  There were a couple meaningless, no name (or at least names I don’t know) lakes that may have been swimmable and then you could drive to Lake Huron. Now no offense to Mr. Huron – but that lake fails to even hold a candle to the light of Lake Michigan.

So into the car we jumped every summer to make the 4 hour journey to Grandpa and Grandma’s house.  And when we arrived, summer could then begin.

Every time I see a picture of Fishtown or even Traverse City in my social media feed, I can’t help but feel a little jealously and longing.  Can I please have another excuse to go Up North?  Will you please let me plan your wedding up there???  (I’m not begging – I’m asking very nicely, with lots of urgency behind it!)

I still make that trip as often as possible, especially since it’s gotten a little shorter now that I live in Grand Rapids.  And while someday, I hope to live a little closer to the lakeshore but still remaining in West Michigan, I don’t think that will ever stop me from traveling to Leelanau, which will forever be my home away from home.

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Photo by Shannon Scott Photography {Smug Shots}, did you know that I was lucky enough to have my wedding reception in Leland, Michigan?