Minneapolis, MN

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Award Winning vendors have gathered together to give you a chance to bid on a fabulous wedding in St Paul, Minnesota for fifty of your loved ones. Donations include over $9000 worth of wonderful items!

Planning – value $1500: Fabulous Functions 

Venue – value $4000:  413 on Wacouta  - www.413onwacouta.com

Custom Aisle Runner – value $200:  www.customaisle.com 

50 Customized Magnet Favors  www.savethedateoriginals.com

3 Tier CheeseCake - $100: Muddy Paws Cheesecake (recently featured on Food Newtwork)

Personalized Cake Topper - $200: Julie's Custom Toppers

Engagement Photo Session - value $900: Donate Cotton Photography

Photo Booth w/Guest Book - value $1235: The Traveling Photo Booth

Customized Clothing Accessories - value $200: Third Willow Weddings


Bouquet and Centerpiece Flowers – value $1000 -www.loveknotsfloral.com

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Fabulous Functions Donation: Full wedding planning  What is Fabulous Functions? Fabulous Functions is owned by Julie Schanke Lyford and provides a full range of event planning services...with flair! Her creative talents led her into the world of theater where she worked her organizational magic backstage for many professional theaters across the U.S., including the Nebraska Repertory Theater, Goodman Theater and the Delaware Theater Company. Julie’s background in theater provides a unique skill set that combines artistry, business savvy and common sense. She has helped bring stellar productions in on time and under budget, all while creating memories that will last a lifetime. Julie loves to listen to her clients and then turn their (sometimes vague, sometimes random, sometimes crazy!) ideas into a fabulous reality.

Julie has been chosen by The Knot as for the 2010 'Best Of' list as one of the Best Minnesota Wedding Planners and listed in the 2010 Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Women in Business - Top Corporate Event Planner

413 on Wacouta Donation: Ceremony and reception rooms, security and event coordinator                       Exclusive, elegant and distinctive, 413 on Wacouta is located in the historic Gilbert Building in Saint Paul’s trendy Lowertown. It has intimate lighting in a warm, elegant setting and can host your wedding reception, ceremony and all your corporate needs. 413 on Wacouta is for the sophisticated person that likes choices. The limestone walls and timber ceilings sets the mood and allows you to add your personal touch and style. We offer an elegant and charming space for wedding receptions, grooms dinners and showers. From an intimate setting of 40 people to an extravagant affair we can offer flexible and personalized space to make your wedding a special occasion.

Muddy Paws Cheesecake: Donation: Three tier cheese cake with display stand                                                      Welcome to a world that is creamy, rich, sumptuous, sublime, explosive with flavor, addictive............

WHAT is it? Cheesecake! It is a classic. Forever trendy. Muddy Paws is be unique to the Twin Cities and offers true, superb New York style cheesecake. It also has more flavors, 222 and counting (vegan cakes are even on the menu!) than anyone else in the world! Tami started Muddy Paws Cheesecake in 1993 in Minneapolis. Muddy Pa, it was the first cheesecake bakery in Minnesota. All cheesecakes are hand made to order in small batches. To keep on the cutting edge, Muddy Paws is always searching for new flavors to offer, perhaps your own signature flavor could be developed?

Donae Cotton Photography Donation: Engagement session plus a 11x17 premium gallery wrap of your favorite photo. Online link to all the professionally edited photographs as well as a high resolution DVD with the copyright release for you to have printed at your choice of print-house. PLUS $500 credit towards their wedding day (depending on photographer availability)

I LOVE WHAT I DO! I am a romantic, professional Twin Cities photographer who captures the love between couples and the happiness, excitement and anticipation that you feel with a style that combines creative photojournalism and artistic posed images. My style is edgy, emotional, fun & sassy! I have an artistic flair and go over and beyond in creating one of a kind photos for you to cherish for generations to come. I am thrilled to receive Wedding Wire's Minnesota Bride's Top Choice Award for 2010!

Love Knots Floral Donation: Bridal bouquet and centerpieces for the venue

I started my floral business in the fall of 2004 after years of working as a professional floral designer. I enjoy helping brides create a beautiful day for their families and friends. Running my own business allows me to provide a very personal and flexible service. I am able to visit the church or reception site with you and give decorating advice that will be coherent with the atmosphere and style of your wedding. I will always listen to what you want and advise you on how it will work best. I also enjoy details. I am happy to personalize your bouquet with special details from your dress, invitations, even your hobbies. I also love integrating unique ribbon, beads, feathers, handkerchiefs, or other items into bouquets if they are special to you. Weddings are so exciting... I love being part of so many.

The Traveling Photo Booth Donation: The Greatest Photo Booth in the Galaxy, four hours of service, a full-time attendant, unlimited double photo strips,web hosting of all the images, setup/delivery (metro area), photostrip guest book

The Traveling Photo Booth has provided hilarious entertainment, awesome party favors, and priceless guest books all in one package for over five years. In that time, our booths have taken nearly a million goofy photos of adorable brides and grooms, relatives, friends, celebrities, shirtless groomsmen, flower girls, and everyone in between. Winner of the 2009 MN Bride award for "best all around wedding vendor" and winner of 2008, and 2009 ICON Award for "excellence in entertainment". Our unrivaled booths are jam-packed with exclusive features you won't find anywhere else, and print attractive, perfectly-lit double photo strips (one for you and one for your guest) in seconds. Life's biggest moments deserve the best.

Third Willow Weddings Donation: Items custom designed to match your wedding items include: bow tie, pocket square, clutch, sash, pair of shoe clips

Third Willow Weddings is an offshoot of the popular ETSY shop Third Willow Handbags and Accessories. After over a year and half of sales focusing on life after the wedding, I have decided to open a shop focusing only on the needs of a bride and her bridesmaids. While Third Willow Handbags is exclusively a modern leather line, Third Willow Weddings will be softer, more romantic, and will actively explore all of the beautiful materials and tecniques traditionally used and seen at weddings. There are over one dozen Third Willow Weddings clutches that are customizable in color and with Third Willow Weddings' access to over 75 colors of silk and almost 100 colors of ribbon, the options are endless. And, the silk used in these clutches is SUSTAINABLE!

The Custom Aisle Boutique Donation: Custom, hand-painted aisle runner available in white or ivory

The aisle runner is 36" wide and available up to 100' long. It is a non-woven poly, patterned aisle runner with a pull cord attached for easy rollout. The runner may be painted with a variety of customization options such as the couple's monogram or a favorite quote.

Julie's Custom Toppers Donation: Custom, hand-made cake topper

Custom toppers hand made from polomer clay. They are made to look as close to the bride and groom as they can without a face. It is all about the bride and her dress, I use beads and jewelry to duplicate her look. They are baked in the oven, so taken care of they can last a lifetime.

Party Rental - $400 value: Midway Party Rental  www.midwaypartyrental.com