Walker Homestead Wedding, Maggie & Eric

Dec 3

Walker Homestead in Iowa City, Iowa is always a great venue to host a wedding! The space is stunning, the animals keep your guests entertained, and the outside setting is just breathtaking. Another big plus of Walker Homestead was its in-house catering, which featured included local produce and ingredients sourced from Iowa – another priority for the couple.

Maggie and Eric didn’t set out with a super specific vision for their wedding day – they just wanted it to reflect their personalities and relationship and to keep it fun.

“We went to the Eastern Iowa Wedding Show which helped get the ball rolling as far as what all the different elements were to take into consideration. Like, do we want a videographer, a planner, etc.,” Maggie explains. “Then working with Lauren, our wedding planner/superwoman, was a HUGE help in getting us connected with our different vendors to get exactly what we were envisioning.” awe, thanks Maggie! I’ll now refer to myself as Superwoman ;)

The Details

Maggie had some of the most STUNNING detail photos I’ve ever seen! The photographer was able to take all elements of the day and transform them into something beautiful! You’ll have to check out the rest of their detail photos in the gallery at the end of this blog- they are like something out of Vougue!

Walker Homestead Wedding Ceremony

Outside wedding ceremonies are trending right now, and Walker Homestead in Iowa City had one of the prettiest ceremony backdrops: The rolling hills and stunning Iowa sunsets within the vineyard. It’s no shock that couples want to get married out here when this is their view!

Walker Homestead Ceremony reception

As I’ve mentioned before, Walker Homestead has a really nice outdoor area and patio. So when Maggie and Eric decided to have their dancing outside, we couldn’t argue! The edison bulbs hanging over the patio made for great ambiance and stunning photos!

The Lounge from borrow my vintage

I LOVE a good lounge setup! It adds extra aesthetic to the room, makes for great bridal and guest portraits, and is overall a fun addition to any reception! However, this lounge setup wasn’t just used for sitting. Oh no, I made sure we squeezed every last bit of aesthetic background out of it; Meaning, instead of the couple taking photos elsewhere with a simple backdrop, most of their important moments throughout the night happened in front of this lounge. Such as:
Bridal Portraits
Bridesmaids First Look
Cake Cutting
Shoe Game
Parent Dances
Take a peek at the gallery below to see what I mean.

The shoe game

I always love to take advantage of a pretty lounge setup, so instead of doing the shoe game in the center of the room, we positioned Maggie and Eric infront of their stylish lounge! I took their two arm chairs and faced them back to back, then added in some lanterns and floral arrangements to make it more picturesque.

The Design and decor

The guest tables were beautiful, not to pat myself on the back. We took different shades of table runners, mauve and sage, and alternated them between tables. Then placed table numbers, full place settings and menus, bud vases, and voties at each table.

Maggie and Eric’s wedding was picture perfect, and I really couldn’t have asked for a better day! Thank you to all the amazing vendors who helped me pull off the day!