Crossing the finish line: this winning couple got married at an auto museum

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Photography by Delaney Dobson

Offbeat Couple: Heather and Ali

Date & Location: 11/12/2022, Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, PA

Attention offbeat racing fans! Please direct your attention to Erin of Kyle Michelle Weddings and Events, reporting from trackside in the City of Love.

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Hello! I was the Wedding Planner for these 2 cool kids. They reached out to me for help with their “car-themed wedding” they wanted at an automotive museum in Pennsylvania!

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Right away, I started devising some cool, classy ways to bring the car theme into their wedding. A custom podium for them to stand on…

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The Philadelphia String Quartet playing instrumental during the ceremony, and of course, custom key chains as the Escort Board!

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Ok this is genuinely an amazing idea

The Winner's Circle

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Heather's dress has our hearts racing!

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We're digging these hoop bouquets:

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The groom's fly yellow attire

Erin: Everything about this wedding was unique, including the Ali's custom-made yellow suit from Saget's!

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Monogrammed cuff = classy AF!

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“We crossed the finish line” 😭🏁

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UGH THE SWEETNESS ❤️ Note the lining of his jacket is even MORE cars!

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Erin: Their own vehicles attended the wedding as well, parked right next to the DJ and the band!

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The bride's ride
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The groom's vroom

The biggest challenge from our team was bringing the “car-themed wedding” to life while simultaneously making sure that the wedding was at the forefront of our design and flow in such an enormous space.

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The museum itself was a challenge because, well, it's a museum, not a wedding venue! Editor's note: they nailed it!

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Now for the Main Event! Ali takes the lead:

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With Heather right behind…

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It's gonna be close…

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Love wins in a photo finish!

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Time for the victory lap!

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Time for cake and dancing!

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We are loving the reflective checkered-flag dance floor:

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The guests are vroom-vrooming the cars from the tables!

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Erin: The couple's vehicles were still parked next to the dance floor, and the car alarms decided to go off in the middle of the reception! Editor's note: that's kinda perfect, honestly

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weh oh weh oh weh oh weh oh doooooOOOOP dooooooOOOOP
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mamp mamp mamp mamp dooEEEE dooEEEE

The couple's story, from Heather: “Ali's little Mini Cooper ushered us to an unexpected “start line”. Little did we know that we would meet and share many adventures both on and off the race track!

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It made sense for us to commemorate our relationship by “crossing the finish line” at the Simeone, surrounded by historic race cars as unique and special as our love.”

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Erin, thank you for the delightful play-by-play of Heather and Ali's offbeat day!

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