Welcome to The Wedding Showcase!

Click play to view a sampling from each of our vendors...

What a way to start a wedding blog, a proposal in our store! A few days ago, we had a nice couple get engaged in our store, on our red carpet. I’d post the pics we took for them, but I want to give them a little time to tell their friends and families. So more on that later.

Anywho, WELCOME to The Wedding Showcase Blog. The WEDDING SHOWCASE is a network of seven different - and elite - wedding vendors, all of whom have a mini-home within Prelude Photography at Great Lakes Mall. We had our grand opening at the end of January and figured it was time for our blog to get out there, and here it is.

I’m Matt, the owner of Prelude and the guy that put together The Wedding Showcase. Our goal in putting the Showcase together was to create a "One Stop Shop" for wedding services at the mall. We know there's so much running around involved when you're planning a wedding, trying to find the perfect vendors for the myriad of services needed to execute a memorable, beautiful wedding. So we figured, why not take the running around out of the picture, and bring some quality businesses together to present a smorgasbord of reputable vendors to choose from in one location?

We loved this idea so much, we moved our portrait studio into a larger location and dedicated half of our display area to The Wedding Showcase.

Now don't think I'll be monopolizing all the fun over here - our other vendors will be writing in this blog from time to time, as well, to give you insights into their specialities. We'll all share tips, samples, fun stories and more about running wedding-related businesses and working with today's brides.

And who are these other vendors, you ask? They are:

Jesse from Jesse Webb Entertainment, an established local DJ company

Pete from Viewpoint Weddings videography

Debbie from Cakes to You wedding cakes

Pat from A Classic Florist

Melanie from Sun Rental

Abbie from Candlelight Creations, who provides invitations, favors and more

and

Nichole from Frosting Accessories, who designs custom bridal jewelry!

We’ll also have some past and future brides writing about their wedding experiences in general... and who knows what other fun we might come up with!

I’m sure that’s plenty for the first blog... more to come soon. In the meantime, I'll invite you to check out Prelude's website here.

See you soon,
Matt