{"id":92715,"date":"2025-03-28T02:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/this-low-key-lakeside-wedding-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T02:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:43:13","slug":"this-low-key-lakeside-wedding-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/this-low-key-lakeside-wedding-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air\/","title":{"rendered":"This Low-Key Lakeside Wedding Is a Breath of Fresh Air"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u201cWhen dating, I was meeting people who weren\u2019t \u2018it,\u2019 and I wanted to clarify what \u2018it\u2019 was for me,\u201d says Daisy, who lives in Duluth, Minnesota. So, she created a note on her phone with 17 things she was looking for, like \u2018emotionally available\u2019 and \u2018lives a joyful life\u2019 and \u2018can start a fire or change a tire.\u2019 She met Ted in 2019 and said that she manifested him. They got married in July 2021 on Lake Superior. Here, Daisy talks about Goodwill wedding decor and a joke in her vows that people told her not to make\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring the pandemic, we had date nights where we dressed up, cooked a nice dinner, drank wine, and danced around our apartment. It was very sweet. At one of those dinners, Ted proposed. We try to make things special, but we don\u2019t necessarily do a lot of pomp and circumstance. So, our wedding wasn\u2019t going to be a big production. We wanted to celebrate in a way that felt super chill and true to who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI know this may sound like some people\u2019s nightmare, but we picked a date one month away and told everyone. Then we had to find a place. Duluth is gorgeous in the summer, and we wanted to do it outside. We found a community center<\/a> at the beach with a slot open in the afternoon. I think it was $125 to rent. Day of, we showed up, took a swim in the lake, and then got ready in the community center. I wanted flowers in my hair, and my friend brought baby\u2019s breath. I got the dress off the rack from Nordstrom and did my own makeup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn summer 2021, with Covid travel restrictions, my family and friends from Tanzania couldn\u2019t come. So they Skyped in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe walked down to the beach together, and the tall grass formed an aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cBefore the wedding, we came up with the idea to do the ceremony with our feet in the water. It felt right given our love of Lake Superior. My best friend officiated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had a gathering the night before for out-of-towners, and I joked that I was going to start my vows with \u2018Someday, we\u2019re all going to die\u2026\u2019 Everybody thought that was a terrible idea. In this photo, I\u2019m laughing because I went with that opener. For me, it was about death being a reminder to maximize life. In my vows, I said I wouldn\u2019t want to spend my life with anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a public beach, and when we kissed, strangers nearby cheered and clapped along with our friends and family. That was lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe community center is a government building, so it\u2019s not the cutest, but having the party outside helped. I went to Goodwill and found lace panels, which made it feel more private and intimate since the field is pretty big and along a street. A friend who is an interior designer helped with set up. Someone else brought their lawn games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI could totally feel the wedding industrial complex. We briefly worked with a wedding coordinator who was used to doing more extravagant weddings. Whenever we suggested something, they\u2019d take it up five notches. I just kept thinking, I don\u2019t care about this stuff, and I\u2019m not going to go into debt for it<\/em>. We stopped working with them and put our money toward the particular things we did care about. Like, we cared about food, but we didn\u2019t care if the meal was fancy. We hired a food truck, and it was great. Total, I think we spent around $2,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur friend Peter Witrak, a musician, did such a great job as our DJ. He also strummed a guitar on the beach before the ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt felt like a backyard hang with friends when a good song comes on and people just get up to dance. We had the perfect wedding for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thanks so much, Daisy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. More wedding posts<\/a>, including four New York city hall weddings<\/a>, and a stoop wedding in Brooklyn<\/a>. <\/p>\n

(Photos by Liz Pawlik<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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