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Congratulations to all of our wonderful couples and a bit thank you to all of our 2nd shooters and assistants for making our jobs so much fun.

Katie and Trevor's Fort Collins Wedding Day

The Barn at Raccoon Creek Wedding Photography | Elizabeth and Matt's Fall Raccoon Creek Wedding Day

Venue: The Barn at Raccoon Creek

Venue Coordinator: Audri Piper

Florist: Sue Kimball of Kimball Floral 

Cake: Azucar Bakery

Favors: VooDoo Doughnuts (everyone loved them)

DJ: Pat Harrod with A Sound Impression

Videography: PhoCo Films (our highlight film is amazing)

Dress: by Casablanca c/o Amanda's Bridal

Earrings: David Tutera

Hair and Makeup: Allure Hair Studio (the girls there are fantastic!)

Bride's rings: both the wedding band and the engagement ring are family heirlooms, first belonging to the grandmother of the groom ( I feel so special and honored to be wearing them)

Groom's ring: Shane Co

Suits: Al's Formal Wear

Bridesmaids dresses: Bill Levkoff

How did you two meet? We met at Cru Wine Bar when we were both out for a mutual friend's birthday party. We talked for most of the night and Matt sent Elizabeth a Facebook message the next day. Our first date was 5 days later and we've been together ever since :)

What is the best memory of your wedding day? It rained right before the start time of our outdoor Fall wedding. Decor was blowing over and guests were pulling out umbrellas. We just knew that everything would work out and almost as soon as Elizabeth walked out of the bridal cottage to head down the aisle, the sky seemed to clear and a rainbow appeared. We spotted the rainbow at the same time and it was a beautiful sign on our amazing day!

What is some advice you would give to other couples as they plan their wedding day? Let other people help you out when they offer and just try to take every detail of the day in. Having talented photographers (Drake Busch) and videographers is so important too. That is how you can relive your beautiful event. Where did you go on your honeymoon? We stopped in Iceland for 3 days on our way to Venice, Italy for a 7 day Mediterranean Cruise. Our cruise ports were in Croatia, Turkey and Greece. We would highly recommend a cruise to any honeymooners! It was so nice to experience multiple countries and be able to leave our bags in one spot for a week. A couple of highlights were riding dune buggies on the Croatian cliffs and experiencing the picturesque beauty of Santorini, Greece. We also stopped for a day and night in Paris on the way home. What an amazing 2 weeks!

Mile High Station Denver Wedding Photography | Michelle and Erik's Mile High Station Wedding

Venue: Mile High Station (contact: Stephanie Walter)Hotel: Magnolia Hotel Wedding Coordinator: LaTasha Baldwin of Little Details, LLC Lighting: Aubrey Franklin of Firefly Events (still so in love with our ceremony wall!) DJ: Rob Meagher of Elite DJ Florist: Rachel Mann of Aflorae (all of my floral arrangements were beautiful!) Caterer: Footers Catering (Kari Dismuke) Cake: Das Meyer Dress: Stella York c/o D'Anelli Bridal Shoes: Badgley Mischka Hair and Makeup: Fluff Bar (Brittany Chambers - she and her crew were amazing and so fun) Bridesmaids Dresses: Bill Levkoff Groomsmen Suits: Jos A Banks

What was the best memory of your wedding day? Seeing everyone we love most in one place laughing, celebrating and supporting us. Pretty darn cool. I will never forget the pure love and happiness I felt all throughout the ceremony and reception!

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

Hire a day of coordinator. Take everything one step at a time and take it all in- it goes by fast!

 

Where did you go on your honeymoon?

Well... we still need to plan one! Hoping to get to Mexico in the early new year :)  So I guess this is some more advice - make sure to plan a honeymoon!

Crooked Willow Farms Wedding | Natalie and Stephen's Crooked Willow Farms Wedding

Venue: Crooked Willow FarmsWedding coordinator: Sara Viera Events
Venue coordinate: Amy Lugowski
Catering: Lynn Hubert (Occasions Catering)
Florist: Tanya Anderson, Springs in Bloom
DJ: Rob Gillen, FUNction Pro DJ and Event Services
All of these people were awesome!! I think we would very highly recommend them to anyone who wants to have a beautiful and stress free wedding!!! Sara, Tanya, and Rob specifically went above and beyond our expectations and helped make our wedding day unforgettable!
Cake: Mini bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes
Natalie's shoes: Custom toms (designed by Andrea Box)
Ties for wedding party: Knotty ties out of Denver
My watch: Custom wooden watch from treehut.co
My suit: Dogstooth from asos.com
Center pieces: Made by hand by Bill Box
Signs/corn hole game: Made by hand by Andrea Box 

How did you two meet each other? One of my friends from college went to high school with Natalie's sister Andrea. We met at a trivia night at Jack Quinn's pub downtown.

What was the best memory of your wedding day? There were a could of really memorable parts for me. Seeing Natalie come down the aisle was at the top! But I also will never forgot our first dance or when you fell jumping off that ledge trying to get pictures for us!

What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day? Just enjoy it! It's such a fun experience. Try to get everything settled early and then just relax and enjoy the 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?   For our wedding night, we stayed at the Cliff House in Manitou Springs! It was very nice, the staff upgraded our room free of charge! The next morning we dove to Telluride, CO, where we stayed for 5 nights! Neither of us had ever been there so it was a lot of fun! It's a beautiful area and very unique! We stayed at a resort (I can't remember the name of the top of my head) in Mountain Village, which is just above Telluride. We both got a little sick over the course of the week, but we still had a ton of fun hiking and exploring the town. It's a beautiful place, so even just looking out the window is a sight you don't see every day and can enjoy! I would highly recommend it!

Wellshire Event Center Wedding | Ana and Michael's Wellshire Wedding

Venue: Wellshire Event CenterSuits: Combatant Gentlemen Dress: D'Anelli Bridal Cake: The Market at Larimer Square DJ:  ABC DJ Rings: Re Design (Friend) Flowers: Ruffly Rose (Bridal Bouquet and Boutonnieres) Flowers: Friend Erin Moran (Center Pieces, Bridesmaids Bouquets) Bar for Pictures: Poppies Restaurant Photography: Drake Busch Photography (Drake & Ashley Busch)

How did you meet each other?  In college through mutual friends but we didn't start dating until years later when we met again at a bar.

What was the best memory of your wedding day?  

Mike-Taking pictures at Poppies after the wedding. Ana- Walking down the aisle at the church and seeing Mike for the first time. Also dancing with everyone at the wedding-best day of my life.

What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day? Figure out the venue, food, drinks, flowers, dj and photographer immediately. All the small details will fall in place and everything was fairly low stress for us.

We also had time between the wedding and reception during that time we took all the pictures which was so great because got to enjoy cocktail hour with all of our guests. 

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?  If you used a travel agent and liked them please note that. Going in January 2016.  Rivera Maya, Mexico.  Staying at the Valentin.

Denver Colorado Backyard Wedding | Kelly and Jason's Wedding

Venue- Mother and Father in-laws yardFlorist- Mossholder's (Arvada, CO) Cake and cupcakes- Mulberries cake Shop ( Denver) Food- Moe's BBQ Wedding dress from the Bridal Collection in Greenwood Village- Dress designer Sottero and Midgley Photography - Drake Busch Photography (Drake & Ashley Busch)

How did you two meet? We met online on Match.com. We both had only gone a date or 2 prior and were done with online dating. I winked at him ( first time I had done that) and the rest was history! Crazy that we lived 3 blocks from each other, went to the same neighborhood bars and never, to our knowledge, saw or meet each other. I think I would have noticed a guy who was 6'7"

What is your favorite memory from your wedding day? My best memory of the day was hearing Jason's wedding vows. I didn't know what to expect, they were perfect! My second favorite memory was looking out from the second floor window down into the yard where everyone was gathered for the ceremony! It was so surreal.

What advice would you give to future couples? My advice to future brides it makes it reflect both of your personalities! My husband and I knew we didn't want anything fancy, so a backyard BBQ with campfires was perfect! I only thing I would not do again is wear a lace and toole wedding dress in the mulch.

Where did you go on your honeymoon?  What activities did you do there? We went to Los Cabos San Lucas, Mexico for our Honeymoon. We stayed at the Rui Palace which is amazing! I highly recommend it. We took a boat to the arches and lover's beach for snorkeling. We also took a stroll downtown to see the shops and marina! Jason surprised me with wine and dinner at Sunset De Monalisa. It is an amazing restaurant overlooking the ocean and sunset, it was ranked 1 of the 5 coolest restaurants in the world by the New York Times. It is a very romantic setting with stunning