Hope & Chris

Dreaming of a wedding that feels equal parts heartfelt, stylish, and completely true to who you are? Let me share with you Hope and Chris’ Glass House wedding in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

We mashed the traditional wedding schema (ceremony, cocktail hour, reception) and added meaningful moments that went against the grain. Sprinkled in personality and ended the night with a completely unique (and honestly impossible to pull off well unless you have incredibly talented friends and family) karaoke band.

As their local Minnesota wedding planner, I had the joy of helping them build a day where emotion led, creativity followed, and every moment felt lived-in and real — exactly what Sixpence couples come to me for. Planning a wedding in west Minneapolis often comes with layers of logistics: room blocks, transportation, parking access, afterparty locations, and next-morning brunch plans. Together, we navigated each decision with intention, stayed organized, and let go of any details that didn’t serve their vision.

Their wedding day started the way all good days should: surrounded by their people. Hope and Chris had their informal wedding party get ready with them — they dressed to the nines but were all completely at ease — before gathering for a Quaker-style moment at Glass House.

In case you aren’t familiar, Quaker weddings don’t have a specific format (welcome, message, reading, vows, blah, blah). Instead, the couple marries themselves in front of their community. A key feature (and the best part) is the meeting for worship, a moment of silence during which anyone can offer vocal ministry.

What it looked like:

Imagine a small circle of their nearest and dearest, speaking openly about the couple, telling stories, offering blessings, and sending them into marriage wrapped in genuine love. It was soft, emotional, grounding… the kind of moment that reminds you what a wedding is actually about.

LOVE.

SUPPORT.

COMMITMENT.

TEARS. so many tears.

They also had a traditional ceremony once the rest of the guests arrived. And this ceremony was just oozing with personal touches. To start, Hope’s step-dad played the guitar from his first-row seat as the family walked down the aisle. Again, musically talented friends and family should always be pressed upon to contribute to your wedding day.

Their officiant, a close friend, delivered a beautiful welcome and message. Ordinarily, once your done reading you’re vows, you put away the booklet or fold up the paper they are written on. However, Hope and Chris tore them up! Then they dropped the pieces into a water pitcher — along with the torn-up pages from their readers — mixed them up and then used that mixture to water their sapling during a tree-planting unity ceremony.

The ultimate plan: to plant that tree in their new family home; the same place they took their engagement photos, the same place they used for getting ready. As their Twin Cities wedding planner, this is the kind of ritual I adore bringing to life: intentional, beautifully imperfect, and rich with meaning. The whole thing was tender and poetic and left not a single dry eye (including mine).

Because Minnesota decided to be kind with the forecast, we were able to fully utilize the Glass House patio for cocktail hour and beyond. Their wedding day was like a script heading: EXT. Minnesota wedding in fall. It was bold, with smile-inducing florals, mini tambourine favors, Goldfish crackers as apps — loud personality but never over the top. Just like Hope, who slipped away and reappeared in a two-piece satin pants set with a chain-choker overlay, iconic, especially when she performed a first dance with her mom to ABBA.

The fun kept going when Hope and Chris grabbed the mic for a duet that had guests cheering — before handing it over to their karaoke band and a room full of musically gifted friends who were very ready to shine. It was rowdy in the sweetest way, fueled by joy, and it wrapped up a day that felt exactly right for them: bold, heartfelt, and unmistakably theirs.

If you’re planning your own Minnesota wedding — whether at Glass House or anywhere in the Twin Cities — and you want a celebration rooted in intention, joy, and a few unexpected moments that become your guests’ favorite memories, I’d love to help you bring it to life.

Let’s plan a wedding that actually feels like you.