Molly + Adam

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Surrounded by sparkling disco balls, a sign proclaiming, “Eat, drink and be married,” welcomes guests to the Plains Art Museum. For high school sweethearts Molly and Adam, this scene perfectly captures their wedding day — a mash-up of modern party meets 70s prom vibes.

The couple began planning their wedding in 2019 a er nearly seven years together. With an initial guest list of 250 people, they were gearing up for a fun modern party complete with a live band and colorful orals. As COVID-19 progressed, their original plans required adjustments and they dropped their guest list down to about 150 people and had to nd a new band when the original one cancelled. Two days before the wedding, state guidelines changed and in one night the guest list needed to be cut down to 50 people which required di cult phone calls to many guests on the list. They took it all in stride and ordered custom masks printed with their names and mini bottles of hand sanitizer for their guests. Molly says, “If things don’t go exactly as planned, don’t sweat it!” She then thoughtfully mentions, “We just want to say how much we appreciate our families and the vendors we worked with who navigated all the twists and turns with us.”

Molly and her bridesmaids got ready at the Hotel Donaldson. She says, “The bridesmaids all wore white dresses that they picked out, and the owers were super colorful, because I could never decide on an actual color scheme for anything. We were inspired by indecisiveness, I guess!” Attired in her V-neck long-sleeved wedding gown and blue headband, Molly headed over to meet Adam for their rst look at the Plains Art Museum, which Adam says was one of his favorite parts of the wedding day. They wandered downtown for photos, then headed back to the venue for the main event. “It wasn’t the day we originally planned, but it was so much more special than we could have imagined,” Molly says. “We had a short ceremony followed by a champagne toast made by Adam’s dad, and a er that we had our rst dance. Then we all ate a ton of delicious food and talked with all of our friends and family.”

The same state guidelines that required cutting the guest list also meant that the couple couldn’t have a dance at the reception or a live band for it. However, folk singer trio King Sage played music for the ceremony and their rst dance. When asked about her favorite part of the day, Molly says, “Our rst dance. We were surrounded by our loved ones and danced to ‘Something in the Way She Moves’ by James Taylor. It was so special!”

Adam also mentions another favorite part of the wedding was “having the opportunity to see friends and family that we hadn’t been able to see for a long time because of COVID-19.” In true 70s style, the couple closed out the evening with artistic disco ball photos, perfectly capturing the essence of their wedding day.

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VENUE: Rustic Oaks

BRIDAL DRESS: Your Day by Nichole

BRIDESMAID DRESSES:

David’s Bridal

MENSWEAR: Halberstadt’s

HAIR: Haven Salon

MAKEUP: BreElle Bridal

FLORIST: Hornbachers

CAKE + CUPCAKES: Gigi’s Cupcakes

CATERING: Chef’s Table

OFFICIANT: Pastor Stephen

Abbott, Prairie Heights Community Church

DJ: Mark Haugen — Minneapolis

VIDEOGRAPHY: Smith Videography

Albert Lea, Minnesota