{"id":6310,"date":"2015-08-31T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovemaggie.maggiesottero.com\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2017-06-23T15:17:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T21:17:54","slug":"maggie-bride-allisons-elegant-outdoor-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/maggie-bride-allisons-elegant-outdoor-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Bride… Allison’s Elegant Outdoor Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Allison, choosing a wedding gown to accompany her elegant outdoor wedding was as simple as seeing the gown. In fact, Allison laid eyes on her beautiful ball gown long before the gown was even available in stores. Allison owns an Iowa bridal salon, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Chrysalis-Bridal-Salon\/148587145238729\" target=\"_blank\">Chrysalis Bridal Salon<\/a><\/strong>, with her mom and sister. “We carry the Maggie Sottero line, and the moment I saw Esme when we ordered wedding dresses at market, I knew that was my dress,” Allison said. “I had the wedding dress picked out before I had even met the groom!” The groom, however, came shortly after, in an even more unlikely scenario. (Here’s a hint… It includes the same bridal salon.) Find out how Allison and her handsome groom met, plus see more photos of her elegant outdoor wedding below, captured beautifully by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/alycarroll.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aly Carroll Photography<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6316 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison05-e1440545077778.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6317 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison06-e1440545080338.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6311 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison07-e1440545068118.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6312 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison01-e1440545070438.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6313 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison02-e1440545072326.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6314 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison03-e1440545074208.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6315 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MaggieSottero-realbride-Allison04-e1440545075364.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Bride, Allison, wearing Esme ballgown wedding dress by Maggie Sottero\" width=\"640\" height=\"936\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Maggie Sottero Gown did you wear?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/maggie-sottero\/esme\/4936\" target=\"_blank\">Esme<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice for future bride:\u00a0“<\/strong>My advice for future brides is to stay organized! It will relieve so much stress the day of your wedding by having all the details thought through.\u00a0 I kept a binder with all the contracts, phone numbers, and paperwork from the wedding.\u00a0 If I ever needed anything, I knew exactly where it was.”<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you and your now husband meet? “<\/strong>You don\u2019t meet many single men in a bridal store, which makes the way Mike and I met all the more unique.\u00a0 Mike\u2019s sister came into our store looking for a wedding dress for her upcoming wedding.\u00a0 Little did I know that Mike\u2019s sister and her bridesmaids were finding her brother a girlfriend at the same time.\u00a0 They took my business card without me knowing and told him to give me a call.\u00a0 Once we met we had an instant connection and it was love at first sight.\u00a0 I never thought owning a bridal store would lead me to find my husband!”<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe your wedding in one word. “<\/strong>Classic”<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you decide what you wanted your wedding to look like? <\/strong>“I knew I wanted a classic, modern feel to our wedding with an ivory, sea foam, and gold color scheme.\u00a0 Our wedding on May 2, 2015 was perfect! The weather was beautiful and the flowers were blooming.\u00a0 We had an outdoor wedding where a string quartet serenaded my dad and I as we walked down the aisle.\u00a0 With our friends and family watching, Mike and I said our vows in front of 150 people.\u00a0 After the ceremony we celebrated inside with fresh flowers and candles filling the tables and food and drinks for everyone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Allison, choosing a wedding gown to accompany her elegant outdoor wedding was as simple as seeing the gown. In fact, Allison laid eyes on her beautiful ball gown long before the gown was even available in stores. 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