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Feature Friday: Gigi’s Cupcakes – Virginia Beach

Need some inspiration and information when it comes to Cake and desserts for your wedding day? Who better to ask than the decorators of Gigi’s cupcakes! Tell us a bit about you and Gigi’s Cupcakes Virginia Beach. How did you get started and why? I grew up baking with my family and have always had a passion for it. When I started studying cake decorating, I was really drawn to...

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Finding Your Wedding Bakery

Wondering where to begin when it comes to finding your wedding baker? Here’s a quick overview to get you thinking! Photo: Cynthia Tenney Photography Budget First things first, set a budget. You want to be sure of how much you are wanting to spend on your cake or desserts. Not only will your overall wedding budget thank you but you’ll be able to narrow down bakeries based...

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Feature Friday: DJ West Entertainment

Trying to figure out how to make the best playlist? Well, look no further as DJ West Entertainment gives us some insight on how to create the perfect playlist! Who is DJ West Entertainment? How did you begin and why? We are a husband and wife wedding DJ team dedicated to serving Hampton Roads’ most fun loving couples. Not only do we provide our clients with LITERALLY the best...

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Feature Friday: Married by Evan – Officiant

With more than 100 ceremonies in his pocket, Evan from Married by Evan shares his advice on all things officiant! Who and what is Married By Evan? How did you get started and why? Married by Evan is a business providing wedding officiant services for couples across Hampton Roads. I started this business in 2019 because after years of officiating a few weddings a year, I had really...

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The Great Gatsby Wedding

Inspired by the beauty and elegance that is the roaring 20s, the Lesner Inn wanted to showcase all of the wonderful out of the box ideas, styles and concepts a couple could do for their wedding day! Creating this Gatsby inspired shoot captured by Echard Wheeler Photography was one of our favorite designs and we’re excited to share it all with you! Wanting to incorporate the popularity...

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Behind the Lens: Daissy Torres Photography

Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? I was born and raised a Puerto Rican who loves laughter, different cultures and can fluently speak English, Spanish and the universal language of memes. Did you study photography or are you self-taught? What made you want to focus and do photography as a full-time business? About 10 years ago, I suffered the loss of my dad who loved...

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Lesner Inn Best Of 2019

Just like that, another unforgettable year has completely flown by, which is why we’d like to share with you Lesner Inn’s Best of Weddings to reflect and re-live some of our favorite moments working with all of our wonderful couples, who we wish nothing but love and happiness in their future!  So, let’s begin…   Best Cake Photo: Daissy Torres Photography Mayumi and Stephen’s...

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Feature Friday: Echard Wheeler Photography

How long have you been a photographer? I started way back in 1998, where I was originally a film photographer! It’s crazy to have seen all the changes and trends throughout the years but it also hits home the importance of not allowing them to influence your work too much. From day one, it’s always been about documentary wedding photography, shooting those real moments to guarantee...

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Feature Friday: Astro Entertainment

As you know, we love to bring other vendors on to our blog to share their side of the industry with you! We reached out to the amazing Astro Entertainment to see what they have to say about the event industry. We hope you enjoy their take on all things entertainment! We know you do more than just DJ, so let us know all of your services! Astro offers a wide variety of services! We have...

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Behind the Scenes of Wedding Coordination

One of the many services that we highly recommend for your wedding day is a day-of wedding coordinator. It will take a tremendous amount of stress off your shoulders the weeks leading up in the little details and keep you from worrying when your big day arrives! Luckily for our couples, Lesner Inn offers day-of coordination and we want to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of what...

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Best of 2018

It’s that time of year again where we sit down and reminisce on all of wonderful 2018 Lesner Inn weddings! We tend to think that we have the best job in the world because we get to be a part of some of the most touching and fun moments of peoples’ lives and this past year has been no different. We have laughed, loved, and even cried with some of our couples, and we wish you all nothing...

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Feature Guest: Stage Right Lighting

As we’ve mentioned before, we love talking all things weddings with our couples and giving our best insight, but sometimes we love to have a guest on our blog to share other insight on their specialty in the wedding industry as well. Stage Right Lighting has been to Lesner Inn more times than we can count, and the way they can bring a room to life is beyond us, so we wanted to...

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  • Mr. & Mrs. John­son

    MARCH 10, 2018
    ENTIRE VENUE

    Working with Lindsey and the Lesner Inn was great! I planned the majority of my wedding from out of town and Lindsey could not have been more patient with my constant emails. The venue looked beautiful at the reception and my guests loved the views and the food. The crab cakes were everyone’s favorite. Thank you so much to the Lesner Inn team and & Lindsey for such a beautiful wedding!

  • Mr. & Mrs. Jurko

    JUNE 22, 2018
    LESNER HALL & SUNSET DECK

    I could NOT be happier with the service from Lesner Inn. Our coordinator Liz was SO helpful each time we met with her and had questions. The ceremony and receptions spaces were absolutely beautiful. If I had to do it all over again I wouldn’t change a thing and I would recommend this venue to anyone!

  • The Bells

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
    LESNER HALL & SUNSET DECK

    Alexis, We just wanted to say thank you for all that you did Saturday & all the planning leading up to our wedding day. We had such an amazing day! And we really appreciated you making sure we were taken care of throughout the night. You’re amazing at what you do & helped our wedding day turn out to be perfect! Thank you again!

  • Jon & Brit­tany Wil­son

    JULY 15, 2017
    LESNER HALL & SUNSET DECK

    Girls at the Lesner Inn, Wow! I can’t believe it’s been just about a year since Jon and I came through the doors and knew that this would be the place we say “I do”. You guys are awesome and made planning a breeze even for this bride who didn’t have it all together. Thank you guys so much for everything, our day was perfect!

  • Kyle & Elise Miller

    APRIL 8, 2018
    LESNER HALL & SUNSET DECK

    Lindsey!
    I am speechless! Friday was truly amazing. You went above and beyond to make our day so special! We loved every second of the night. Thank you also for the champagne glasses and kitchen towel. You are so sweet! Everyone raved about the night. You and Lesner Inn are AMAZING!
    Love you
    Kyle & Elise Miller

  • Phase 2 with you 💕 Photo: Luke & Ashley Photography
  • It’s all about the details
  • Because of you I laugh a little harder, cry a little less, and smile a lot more 😘 Photo: Kirstyn Marie Photography
  • Thank you for being there ❤️ Tag your bridesmaids below ! Photo: Kirstyn Marie Photography
  • 🚨 Giveaway Alert 🚨 Enter for your chance to win a 6 inch cake from Gigi’s Cupcakes and your favorite champagne for your bridal suite and sweetheart table for your Lesner Inn Wedding! How to Enter: 1) Follow both @gigiscupcakesvirginiabeach and @lesnerinn 2) Like this photo 3) Tag 3 Friends 4) That’s it! Extra Entry: Send us a photo of you eating a mini cupcake from Gigi’s for an extra entry! Every person in your photo equals one entry! Good luck!! 🧁
  • You and me. It's a forever kind of thing. 😘 Photo: Beth Hamilton Photography
  • I can't say "I Do" without you 🥰 Photo: Beth Hamilton Photography
  • You are my 𝓉𝑜𝒹𝒶𝓎 and all of my 𝓉𝑜𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌 💕 Photo: Beth Hamilton Photography
  • I loved you even before I knew what love meant - Bridgett Devoue Photo: David Champagne Photography
  • Love isn't what we read in books. It's better and much more ❤️ Photo: David Champagne Photography
  • We've decided on 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 🥰 Photo: David Champagne Photography
  • Beauty, Elegance, Confidence, Love & Happiness. Everything a Bride has and more. 💕 Photo: Elizabeth Friske Photography
  • It was thought that those who touched the bride (or even better, got a piece of her dress) would have good luck forever thus creating the tradition of throwing the bouquet in hopes of leaving their guests a bit of good fortune. Photo: Elizabeth Friske Photography
  • The 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓎 of marriage is not always seen in the very beginning but rather as love 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓈 and 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓅𝓈 over time. Photo: Elizabeth Friske Photography
  • For every moment you have been there. Thank you. ❤️ 𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝑀𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝓎 Photo: Mallorie Danielle Photography
  • An unforgettable night. 🎉 Read our latest blog up now! "Creating Your Wedding Invitations" on our website! Photo: Mallorie Danielle Photography
  • I am standing here today and for forever with you ♥️ Photo: @malloriedanielle
  • No question that our Lesner Inn Brides are the absolute most stunning brides around! 😍 Photo: Stellar Exposures
  • Nothing compares to the stomach ache you get from laughing with your best friend on your big day! Photo: Stellar Exposures
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