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Zak & Olivia’s Proposal

I am so excited to share with you all the excitement that happened last Friday when Zak asked Olivia to be his wife! But first, a little back story.

Zak and my husband Kevin have been friends since they were on their college soccer team together back at Bridgewater College. After a little while, Zak decided to transfer to Millersville University where he met Olivia. She was the goalkeeper on the women’s team and he was the volunteer assistant! Their first day of Preseason Zak was walking out onto the field setting up for the session and he was humming a song that he just heard on the radio before he walked out… he stopped humming the song as she walked up and sang the next line of the song. The rest is history!

After college, Zak started coming around with Olivia and we immediately became “couple friends”. Being a wedding planner, weddings are always being talked about and often I get asked to help with my friends weddings and plans (which I absolutely love). Olivia actually caught my bouquet at my wedding last May which was super ironic and fun!! Olivia and Zak always mentioned “When we get engaged, you are totally planning our wedding!!” and I am so happy to have been a part of their love story.

Back around February, Zak was over my house chatting with Kevin about how he just purchased a beautiful ring for Olivia and needed to start thinking about a great proposal. A few days later, I get a call from him “Hey, want to help me plan this proposal? We have to make this thing awesome for Liv.” How could I resist that, yes of course I wanted to help! Shortly after Zak came to my house and we spent a few hours brainstorming about different ideas and ways we could lure Olivia in without her knowing what was going to happen. Zak mentioned she has a few very specific requirements for the day; to have her hair and make up done, nails done, look pretty, and most of all have pictures to remember everything. Immediately I blurted out “Oh my gosh, we should do a FAKE styled shoot!!” Being a planner, I often plan styled editorial shoots and it was the perfect way to check off all the things on her list and make it a complete surprise. We instantly started planning, picked a date, put an awesome team together and got excited for June 10th to roll around.

When we got to Silver Swan on the proposal day, the weather could not have been any better and everything was lined up perfectly. We set up the little scene, popped the rose champagne into the fridge, got the details ready, and made the two of them look amazing. We started the “shoot” out just like any other, a few hours of hair and make up that lead into portraits at sunset. After about an hour, the photographer went inside the venue to switch her lens. I mentioned to Zak that this was the cue to come grab the ring from me to pop the question!! Cue the butterflies and huge smiles. Zak took the ring, led Olivia out to the dock and got down on one knee after whispering some sweet words to her. Zak began to tell her that this day was planned entirely for her, and once she finally realized what was happening it was an instant flood of emotion. Happy tears, jumping for joy, lots of hugs and smiles all around!

Zak mentioned a few weeks prior to the proposal that they had a special song together that they would like to dance to on their wedding day, and I knew I wanted to incorporate that some how into the engagement. So, I got the lyrics done in calligraphy for them to take home and frame to remember the day forever! Along with the lyrics, I prepared rose champagne and flutes for them to instantly celebrate after she said YES! All in all this day was more perfect than we ever could have planned, and I am SO happy to have been a part of my friends special day. It was overall perfection!! After the proposal, we enjoyed a sushi dinner with the two of them and the rest of the incredible vendor team that helped put this surprise together. Now, let the wedding planning begin!

VENDORS:

Photographer: Brooke Michelle Photography | Design & Florals: Adriana Marie Events | MUA: Kaytee Spanoghe | Hair: PSC Hair Artirsty | Suite: Capital Custom Clothiers | Dress: Wren Bridal | Location: Silver Swan Bayside | Paper: Anchor Point Paper Co.

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June 16, 2016

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