Elegant Colorado Springs Mansion Wedding | Genevieve and Landon's Colorado Springs Wedding

Katie and David's Colorado Springs Wedding

Ceremony Venue: Springs Community ChurchCaterer: Springs Rescue Mission; This was an organization that will caterer your event with top chefs from around Colorado Springs. These chefs donate their time to putting that money into training people who are homeless. DJ: Eddysound Artist: Armando Silva Photography: Drake Busch Photography

How did you meet each other? David and I met each other in college, freshmen year, at the University of Northern Colorado. We lived on the same dorm floor. It was truly love at first site! We got to know eachother on our first date at both of our favorite restaurant, Casa Bonita. David had just had his wisdom teeth pulled but I still found him devilishly handsome!  Though we had not been together for long, we knew we had found true love within the first year of us dating! Five years later we are still madly in love and now blessed enough to call each other husband and wife.
What was the best memory of your wedding day? The most beautiful memory we have of our wedding was the exchanging of our vows. We did this in private before the wedding. Our vows were written down in a letter to one another. David was blindfolded and we were brought together back to back to read our letters together. It was so special to feel each others presence while we reading and prepared to meet each other at the end of the aisle.
What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day? Advice we would give any couple would be to allow and spend time really soaking everything in. It is such a beautiful time. Every single thing you do and plan is so special. We really took our time planning but spread it out over a year so that it was never too overwhelming. We had such a fun year getting everything ready together. We would also say to really make sure the day is about you. It is easy to stress or worry about your guests and everyone attending but that is not what matters. YOU are what matters that day!
Where did you go on your honeymoon?  Where did you stay and what were a couple activities you enjoyed.  Would you recommend to other couples?   We stayed at a timeshare in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Although relaxing at our resort would have been more than enough, we got to do a couple activities. We did a zip line through the Dominican jungle which was so incredible! Along with that we got to experience monkeys jumping on us while we carried little bowls of fruit for them. It was an experience we will never forget! We would absolutely recommend the Dominican to couples. The weather is perfect and the people from there are so incredibly kind and caring.

Hillside Gardens Colorado Springs Wedding | Amanda and Dan's Hillside Gardens and Events Center Wedding

 Location: Hillside Gardens and Events Center

 Caterer: Cravings Catering

 Cake: Sugar Plum Cake Shoppe

 Flowers: Posey Girl, A Floral Boutique

 DJ: Al Billingsley; House of Groove

 Wedding Planner: Jo Skene, And They Lived Happily Ever

 Dress: David's Bridal

 Shoes: Jessica Simpson

 Jewelry: Family Heirlooms

 Tuxedo's: Men's Wearhouse Photography: Drake Busch Photography

How did you two meet? We met through mutual friends who thought we would get along together well. We hit it off right away and have been together ever since.

What was the best memory from your wedding day? The best memory I have from our wedding day is seeing Danny for the first time. We did not do a first look and when I saw him as I was walking down the aisle, it made all the planning and waiting to see him worth it. His best memory of our wedding day is seeing me for the first time as well.

Do you have any advice for future couples on their wedding planning? Some advice we would give to other couples would be to make sure your big day represents the both of you as a couple and try not to get too caught up in family drama. All that matters about your wedding day is marrying your fiance.

Where did you go on your honeymoon? What activities did you do while there? We went to San Diego for our honeymoon. We actually stayed in Oceanside, California at this cute little condo called Sandy Beach Cottage Inn. Some of the activities we loved were going to the San Diego Zoo. It's huge and is at least a full day adventure but it's definitely worth it!! We toured the USS Midway. That was a really cool tour we would definitely recommend doing. The seafood was amazing out there! If you like seafood, you need to eat a lot of it while you're out there! We also just enjoyed going on vacation just the two of us and spending time together.

Garden of the Gods Engagement Shoot | Amanda and Dan's Colorado Springs Engagement Shoot

Historic Pinecrest in Monument Wedding|Liz and Caleb's Pinecrest Wedding

• Venue: Historic Pinecrest in Monument, Colorado
• Wedding Planner: Knot Just Another Wedding in Denver
• Florist: Swank Stems in Littleton….floral wrap was a piece of mother's wedding dress
• Cakes: Whole Foods
• DJ: Pinecrest DJ
• ShoesDress: Allure Bridal
  • Liz: Badgley Mischka
  • Caleb: Cole Haan
• Bridesmaid Dresses: Nordstrom Bridal Suite
• Suits: Joesph A. Banks
• Jewelry: Bracelet-Something borrowed (from recently married friend & wife of our officiant); earrings Etsy-Glamorous Bijoux
• Rings:Bridal Hair: Luna Hair Studio & Spa in Monument
  • Liz: Rose gold with Morganite & diamonds
  • Caleb: Titanium
• Make-Up: MAC
• Flower Girl Dresses: Etsy-DaintyDaisyNJ
• Here Comes the Love of Your Life Sign: Etsy-Expressionsl Wall Art
• Cake Toppers: Banner-Etsy ReadyGo; Love Birts-Etsy Blossom Hill
• Additional Decor by Bride

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How did you meet each other?

Watching NFL football playoffs with mutual friends on a Saturday evening. Totally unplanned but we hit it off and the rest is history.

What was the best memory of your wedding day?

Aside from our vows it was sitting on stage together eating dinner. We looked around us at all of the people that we loved and that had played such important parts in our lives over the years and both felt so blessed!

What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day?

Plan ahead and ask for help. As fun as it is to do things yourself and look at all of your options, the wedding date comes quickly and you WILL need to rely on friends and family to help you. You’ll enjoy the process so much more if you don’t try to do it all yourselves. Above all, cherish the process as it is a special time of celebration.

Where did you go on your honeymoon?

We went on a mini-moon to San Fran and Napa. In San Fran we stayed in an awesome AirBnB in Pac Heights and did a lot of site seeing (totally recommend the AirBnB process). We wandered around the city and tried lots of great food. We also biked the Golden Gate to Sausalito  & visited Alcatraz. In Napa we stayed at the Historic Napa River Inn, biked through wine country and relaxed. We would HIGHLY recommend all of it.

We plan to go to Central Europe next spring as our main honeymoon.

Shannon + Matt {Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer}

Meet Shannon and Matt...Shannon is from Maryland and Matt is from Iowa... they somehow managed to meet in the middle of Arkansas! I'm pretty sure that's called fate:) Matt is a graduate from Air Force Academy so the chapel on base was an obvious choice when planning their Spring Colorado wedding. Little did they know, that the temperatures would be in the teens with blustering cold and winds. However, this didn't change the fact that they were ecstatic to be marrying one another. Never once did they allow the weather to affect their feelings toward their big day!

After the ceremony, the crowd headed to the Falcon Club a few minutes down the road, where they celebrated with an amazing group of friends and family.

Congrats Matt & Shannon! We hope you're having a blast on your surprise honeymoon to Cabo:)

Here is a quick look at their wedding day.