Who Helped
Meet the folks who made it all happenThe way we see it, a wedding is about celebrating a commitment with your community of friends and loved ones. It's for this reason that we decided that it was important involve the amazing skills of our friends and family in every aspect of our big party. Our wedding wasn't just a reflection of our commitment to each other, but also an expression of our commitment to the community that supports us and our relationship.
So, here are just a few of the friends went out of their way to help us
with our wedding. We want to take the chance to thank each of them for
the time and love they're putting into the event...there's so many others, too.
Tere, Heidi, Joshua, Damon, Brent, Connie, Dallas, Owen, Eric Gier, Chaya, Dori and on and on and on!
It takes a village to make a wedding like this happen, and we love and
appreciate all of you so much!
Erin Swendemen, Caterer
Erin is a friend of ours
from Los Angeles. A professional personal chef, Erin prepares vegan food
that has had Andreas drooling for years. When the question of food first came
up, there was only one name on his lips: ERIN!
Amrita Huja, Photographer
Long admirers of our
Seattle friend Ami's work, we were super excited when we had the
opportunity to steal her vision all to ourselves. AMI'S CAMERA MAKES US
LOOK PRETTY!
Suzanne Sharpe, Officiant
Suzanne is
Ariel's godmother, and has played a supportive role in Ariel's life
since 1975. A licensed minister of the Universal Life Church, Suzanne
was ordained online.
Susannah Ribeiro, Cakemaker
When
Susannah heard about the wedding, the first words out of her mouth were,
"Can I bake the cake?" Having been fattened up on her sweets (both vegan
and sinfully non-vegan) for years, how could we refuse?
Sarah Rinzler, Lower Location Manager
Sarah (aka "The Rinz") is one of our closest Seattle pals. She recently
acted as Festival Coordinator for the Seattle Jewish Film Festival
(SHALOM!), and we're pretty sure that she'll kick some butt
coordinating our little festival, too.
Sarah Kelly, Upper Location Manager
A
dear friend from Los Angeles, Sarah has spent the better part of a
decade organizing events for various non-profits including Gathering of
the Tribes and the Los Angeles office of the Girl Scouts. Perfect people
wrassler!
Tania Russell, Vocalist & Makeup Artist
Tania is not only the Los Angeles super star who's going to make us look pretty,
she's also the one who's going to open her mouth during our ceremony and sing
a song that will make your ears tingle.
Tim Crone, Sr. Camp Counselor
Tim was there when Andreas & Ariel met for the first time. And he's been there ever since.
He'll be acting as the go-to guy when it comes to finding a place to camp at our wedding.
Tim knows tents.
Megan Hill, Designer
Megan generously gifted her
design skills to help us with all our wedding's visual components. Look
for her digital fingerprint on the "save the date" postcards, the
invitations, the programs — and this website!
David Weinstock, Jeweler
David is an old family friend of Ariel's, and her mother delivered David's two sons. David
designed and created our custom bands from Ariel's grandmother's wedding ring.
