Cottage-Core Inspired, Adventurous Wedding Weekend at Camp Wandawega

 Cityscape weddings can boast skyline views and a cosmopolitan atmosphere, yet the enchantment of a picturesque woodland wedding proved irresistible to Maeve Plunkett and Ryan Smith. Honoring their teenage meeting place at Camp Smitty in Indiana, the couple’s vision of recreating the camp seemed perfectly fitting. Their closest loved ones embarked on a weekend adventure at Elkhorn’s Camp Wandawega. The camp’s history goes back to the Prohibition era of the 1920s, serving as a speakeasy and a hub for organized crime. While undergoing numerous transformations over the years, today the grounds offer various retreat experiences, including weddings. 

We wanted that feeling to reflect the magic and simplicity in the purest form of happiness we’ve ever known: being thirteen years old at summer camp.
— Maeve Plunkett 

Danielle Horvatin of Rosewood Weddings brought the couple’s dream of a relaxed cottage-core-inspired party to life with a chic two-day event brimming with camp nostalgia. The festivities kicked off with Maeve and Ryan sporting matching tennis attire and warmly welcoming campers to their rehearsal day, filled with cannonballs, canoe races and a waterside BBQ feast.