Northern Michigan Weddings: Crystal Lake Golf Club
Northern Michigan Weddings: Jason and Melissa played up the golf theme to a tee at Crystal Lake Golf Club
Northern Michigan Weddings: Long before their wedding day, Jason and Melissa’s future as husband and wife seemed written in the stars. Growing up, the two lived on the same street in Frankfort—where Melissa developed a childhood crush on Jason, a secret she kept until after the engagement—and attended Frankfort High School. Their best friends were brother and sister and both Jason and Melissa moved away for two years to teach, she to South Carolina and he to North Carolina, before reconnecting back home in Northern Michigan on New Year’s Eve of 2010.
Fast-forward to August 6th, 2011, and Jason’s surprise proposal on the 18th hole at Crystal Lake Golf Club in Beulah where he is the golf pro and where the couple—both golf aficionados—frequently plays. From there, everything fell into place. Wanting the big day to be fun and carefree, Jason and Melissa concocted a colorful golf-themed wedding at—where else—Crystal Lake Golf Club.
Jason and Melissa played up the theme to a tee. Groom and groomsmen wore golf shoes and golf tee boutonnieres, and the bridesmaids’ multi-colored heels hinted golf wear.
The bridesmaids carried paper “golf umbrellas” that popped against black strapless dresses (and matched the groomsmen’s ties). During the course-side ceremony, the bride shone in her Dora Grace gown. Afterwards, guests sipped on cocktails to songs they suggested on their RSVP’s, while Oden and Janelle Photography drove golf carts around the golf course for wedding party photos. Reception tables were identified by golf courses the couple has played, and guests found their placements via mini-golf flags with their name on one side and a golf course on the other.
Friends and family chipped in to help make the day a success. Krista Campbell, retired Frankfort florist and family friend, filled bouquets and arrangements with an array of colorful flowers; the couple’s friend, Jake Frysinger, played the ceremony music; and Glen Noffsinger, executive chef at nearby Crystal Mountain Resort and friend of the bride, catered the reception. Phyllis Kittleson, the groom’s mother and owner of Kittleson’s Cakes in Frankfort, made not one but two cakes for the reception, including a peanut butter groom’s cake for her son that she decorated with handmade his-and- her golf balls and figurines reenacting Melissa and Jason’s Crystal Lake Golf Club engagement. Photography was by Oden & Janelle.
As dusk fell and guests danced beneath an outdoor tent festooned with bright yellow lanterns and twinkling white lights, the newlyweds stole away for a moment alone to look out over the golf course where it all began.
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A canvassed portrait of Jason and Melissa by Oden and Janelle Photography led guests to the impressive five-tiered wedding cake for the cake cutting ceremony. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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A sand ceremony complete with bottles etched by the newlyweds and a container made by Melissa's grandfather signified the unification of the Pierce and Kittleson families. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Bride and groom danced into the reception to music played by JR Productions. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Bride and groom sped away in a golf cart built for two. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Centerpieces of glass fishbowls filled with flowers and hanging yellow lanterns decorated the tented outside reception. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Golf tee boutonnieres played up the wedding's golf theme. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Heels and paper parasols in an array of colors added bursts of brightness to the bridesmaids' black strapless dresses and a playfulness to the wedding. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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His and her golf balls and a replica of the Crystal Lake Golf Club engagement top off the groom's cake, made by Jason's mother. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Jason's son, Jaden, the ring bearer, and Melissa's goddaughter, Kirsi, the flower girl, walked an aisle lined with yellow paper flowers handmade by the bride. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Mini-golf flags designated guests' dinner seating. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Oden and Janelle Photography made a "Thank You" sign for photos, which were turned into "thank you" post cards for guests after the wedding. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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Oden and Janelle Photography took pre-ceremony pictures of Melissa on the Lake Michigan shoreline located just a block from the couple's Frankfort home. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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The groom tees off with his groomsmen after the ceremony. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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The newlyweds showed off their silly-side (and the groom's trust in his new wife) to the amusement of the wedding party. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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The newlyweds swayed to "Bring it on Home" by Little Big Town for their first dance. (Oden and Janelle Photography)
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