Urban Phoenix Engagement Featured on Brooklyn Bride

Where the Phoenix urban meets romance, Michael and Kelsey had their engagement in downtown Mesa near the Mesa Performance Arts Center. Clean lines, black and white classic attire served this couples’ love in this perfect setting. It is with great thankfulness to announce Michael and Kelsey’s Urban Phoenix engagement has been featured on a national blog today: Brooklyn Bride. My creative team and I would like to personally thank Brooklyn Bride for this amazing opportunity!

The two share thankful, thoughtful and loving spirits that is immediately felt when you spend the afternoon with them.  Their engagement session started at the modern MESA PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER on a sunny Arizona afternoon.

Downtown Mesa holds the perfect backdrop for a romantic engagement session!

Michael had commented to his beloved his thoughts on proposals, “It doesn’t need to be a gigantic moment because we have our whole lives with that special person.” With Michael being nervous and with this in mind he spontaneously asked Kelsey to be his wife. Here’s Kelsey’s mom’s account on how Michael proposed:

“Kelsey and Michael have become best friends who love doing everything together. Since they were often limited by distance, time and money, they learned to enjoy simple pleasures together. Their favorite activities are cooking pizza, playing video games, and hiking. Their most memorable hike was when Michael proposed! Kelsey thought it was a typical hike to the backside of USERY MOUNTAIN, so she was chatting away, until she noticed that all of a sudden Michael was down on one knee. After he said beautiful things and asked her to marry him, he picked her a wildflower, and they continued hiking.”

See the feature on Brooklyn Bride and send them some love. You can see more of Michael and Kelsey’s engagement on their ORIGINAL BLOG POST HERE and wedding memories HERE.

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Many thanks to the wedding creative team who helped in the celebration of two souls committing the promise of forever:

Wedding Planner: Mother and Bride

Photographer: APRIL MAURA PHOTOGRAPHY

Ceremony venue: TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Reception venue:  TACO GUILD IN PHOENIX

Caterer:  TACO GUILD IN PHOENIX

Florist: FLOWERS FOREVER

Ceremony Dress:  FASHION BY ROBERT BLACK

Reception Dress – ISSAC MIZRAHI, alterations by SANDRA DENLEY

Make-up: STEPHANIE NEIHEISEL

Flower Girls’ Hair: HABIT SALON IN GILBERT

Bride’s Jewelry: borrowed tiara originally from AUSTRIA. 

Earrings: SWAROSKI

Bride’s veil: SANDRA DENLEY

Bride’s Shoes brand: NINA from New York

Bridesmaid dresses:  J. CREW

Groom’s attire: BLACK BY VERA WANG from MEN’S WAREHOUSE

Groom’s cufflinks: custom made with Mike’s hard lemonade bottle caps

Groom’s tie: MEN’S WAREHOUSE

DJ: TACO GUILD IN PHOENIX

Guest’s favors: DIY handmade crown ornaments with tag Psalm 65:11 “You crown the year with your bounty; your paths drip with abundance.”

Wedding Cake: MEYER LEMON CAKE by REBEKAH BEISNER

Programs: DIY

Calligraphy Banners: CAMILLE PECHIN

Wedding Rings: Brides “TIFFANY’S “Grace,”  Groom’s from Bellomarc Jewelry