Making Waves at The Abbey Resort: A Lake Geneva Styled Shoot Built on Collaboration
A lakeside wedding venue with timeless charm. A vendor team that showed up with heart. This Wisconsin Bride editorial was created to celebrate what we love most about this work: true collaboration. The kind that turns a vision into something you can feel.
Set in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, this portfolio feature highlights refined, true-to-life imagery rooted in story, texture, and relationship-led creativity.
A peek inside this issue…
The Setting
The Abbey Resort is one of Lake Geneva’s most iconic waterfront venues. It’s equal parts elevated retreat and classic Midwest lake luxury. From the shoreline views to the marina energy and pine-lined grounds, it offers that rare mix of serenity and celebration.
The Creative Direction
Designed and produced by Graceful Events, the concept leaned into a fresh blue-and-white palette inspired by the lake itself. Clean, crisp, and effortlessly romantic. Every detail was chosen to complement the setting, not compete with it: soft coastal textures, tailored stripes, dimensional florals, and modern rentals that gave the day a fashion-forward edge.
The Experience We Captured
Lakeside ceremony beauty
A floral-forward by Frontier Flowers of Fontana created a ceremony moment framed the waterline with intentional, airy fullness, classic, natural, and editorial all at once.
The Lake Geneva moment: The Lorelei
A cruise on The Lorelei (Lake Geneva Cruise Line) added movement, nostalgia, and cinematic energy. Proof that the most meaningful images often come from experiences, not just locations.
Al fresco reception design
Under the trees, a dinner setting came to life with layered linens, modern seating, tactile stationery details, and florals designed to feel like they belong outdoors. Refined, grounded, and inviting.
Statement bar + dessert artistry
A bold bar moment and a wave-inspired dessert installation brought the playful side of luxury. Interactive, photogenic, and built for celebration.
Why We Loved This Team
At C.Mae, we believe the strongest images are created when vendors work in sync. When everyone is invested in a shared outcome and trusts one another’s craft. This shoot was relationship-led from start to finish, and it shows in every frame.
If you’re a planner, venue, florist, or creative partner and you’re building elevated experiences with intention, we’d love to create alongside you.
Creative Partners
For: Wisconsin Bride Magazine
Venue: The Abbey Resort
Planning & Design: Graceful Events
Photography: C.Mae Photography
Videography: Peak Cinematics
Florals: Frontier Flowers of Fontana
Boat: Lake Geneva Cruise Line (The Lorelei)
Stationery & Signage: Paperwhites
Rentals: BBJ La Tavola, Festive Frog, LD Events, Nuage Designs
Bridal Attire: All About the Gown
Hair & Makeup: Luxe LG
Jewelry: Fontana Jeweler
Dessert Installation: Parker Drive Event Co.
Desserts: Julie Michelle Cakes
Model: Jessica Kunamalla (The Rock Agency)
Work With Our Team
Planning a wedding at The Abbey Resort or somewhere along the Lake Geneva shoreline? We’d love to help you tell it with artistry, ease, and emotion-forward storytelling so your images feel as true in 20 years as they do right now.
Inquire with our studio to check availability and receive full collections + experience details.
Contact Us:
contact@cmaephoto.com
Call or Text us at (312) 772 - 3688