Serendipity

[noun]   Finding something beautiful without looking for it.

About Us

Pure Serendipity is a Minnesota-based company that specializes in event design, wedding planning, and wedding coordination. Pure Serendipity is owned and operated by Käthe and Katie.

Pure Serendipity is the result of a fourth grade seating assignment that bloomed into a lifetime friendship.

One might say our bond formed through our creative imaginations. Whether it was losing ourselves in the world of the Trixie Belden book series and other 4th grade reading assignments, or creating art with whatever media we could get our hands on. You could find us reading, writing, drawing, lettering, and more.

Our experience in event planning began early as well. As 6th graders, we threw an all-ages, cocktail attire Oscars party. With a budget that paled in comparison to the Academy’s, our party was complete with a red (towel) carpet, ball gowns, shrimp cocktails, and chocolate Oscar awards. While no A-listers were in attendance, we were pretty proud to host a party for 50 of our families’ closest friends.

We got engaged within a week of each other, which channeled that creative energy into everything “wedding”. On a road trip together, we talked about how much we truly loved wedding planning and would miss it once married. It was on that car ride that we realized there was a way for us to continue following our passion and we formed the idea of Pure Serendipity.

Serendipitous is a word that could be used to describe the lifelong friendship we found as fourth graders or the way in which our passion project, this business, came to be. Please reach out if you are interested in having two BFFs who truly love everything related to weddings help you create and manage your dream day. There is so much beauty in a wedding day, let us handle the details so you can fully enjoy every moment.

Just like your love story, your wedding should feel like Pure Serendipity.

About Käthe

Somewhere around age 10 or 11, Käthe started a binder called “Just Thoughts.” In it, she compiled pages of ideas for venues, dresses, shoes, decor, and seating arrangements for weddings in every season and every location she could dream of. This kicked off her love for the planning and design aspect of weddings.

Around the same time, Käthe also started working on hand lettering. In the early years, it looked like writing the alphabet in different fonts or mimicking her teachers’ handwriting. Later on, it resulted in elaborate notes for college classes. Now, her lettering can be found on the custom stationery offered through Pure Serendipity.

Having worked in food service, customer service, and as a dance teacher, Käthe also discovered her passion for helping others find creative solutions for whatever situation may arise. Now, she continues to find joy in organizing, problem solving, details, and of course, weddings!

When she’s not day-dreaming about weddings or working on lettering for stationery, Käthe loves spending time with dogs (and can’t wait to have her own), vision boarding, baking delicious treats, and listening to podcasts.

About Katie

Coming from a background of engineering and business, Katie enjoys the creative, logistical challenge that each event brings. She finds every aspect of the planning process to be fun - researching vendors, perusing Instagram and Pinterest for inspiration, creating planning and budgetary spreadsheets, meeting with clients, dreaming up vision boards, and executing an unforgettable event for clients.

Leading up to your big day, Katie loves to dream alongside you while providing you with easy logistics, open communication channels, and great customer service. One of her favorite parts of the wedding day is when the whole vision finally comes to life.

Katie spends her free time exercising at the yoga studio, testing new recipes in the kitchen, watching sitcoms with her fiance, planning future vacations and home projects, and gathering with friends and family. Katie enjoys time spent relaxing on a lake with family up north in Minnesota just as much as she loves a Saturday afternoon spent shopping the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago.

She can’t wait to get to know you and would be honored to help you with your big day!