Vail Donovan Pavilion Wedding | Annie + Justin's Vail Colorado Winter Wedding

Venue: The Donovan Pavilion  (Justin proposed right outside of the pavilion in March 2015!)

Musicians/DJ: Trading Post Duo, John and Briana Wirt (absolutely phenomenal!)

Caterer and Wedding Coordinator: The Gourmet Cowboy, Sarah Biggs (she coordinates their catering services and also offers planning services, she was truly responsible for how well everything went that day! Plus she is lovely to work with.)

Flowers and Aspen Arch: A Secret Garden and Vintage Magnolia

Light-Up Birch Trees: Restoration Hardware

Dress: Priscilla of Boston

Faux Fur Wraps: Restoration Hardware

Jewelry: Elizabeth Blair (a designer based out of Harbor Springs, Michigan)

How did you two meet? Justin and I met online! We went on our first date in October of 2013 at a brewery in Denver.

What was the best memory from your wedding day? The best memory of our wedding day was our "first look" photos during the day before the ceremony.  It was an opportunity for Justin and I to step away from everyone else, be outside in the beautiful, snowy woods near Gore Creek in Vail, and spend some time together just the two of us (plus Drake and Ashley of course, who captured the moment! Those are our favorite photos from the entire day.)

Do you have any advice for future couples getting married?

The best advice we can give in terms of wedding planning is to keep things simple and let the vendors do what they do best.  Everyone we worked with truly knew how to do an excellent job, and when we followed their recommendations everything turned out wonderfully.  We genuinely felt that things were all taken care of for us and we are so glad we didn't try to over-manage the event!

Where did you go on your honeymoon? We went to South Africa and the Seychelles for our honeymoon! We don't often get a lot of time off to travel so we decided to just go for it and do a big international trip.  We did a safari at Ngala Safari Lodge in Kruger National Park, which was indescribably impressive and awe-inspiring, and then we stayed at the Banyan Tree Resort in the Seychelles.

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Church: Cherry Hills Community Church (Coordinator: Candy Temby)Reception Venue: The Barn at Raccoon Creek (Coordinator: Audri Piper) Florist: Flower Flour Cake: The Makery DJ: A Sound Impression Dress & Veil: Amanda's Bridal & Tux Shoes: Macy's Ceremony Music: Cheza String Quartet Limo: Longest Limos Photography: Drake Busch Photography (Dawn Sparks & Ashley Busch) Videography: Drake Busch Photography

How did you two meet? We met in a government class our senior year of high school where we sat right behind each other and then continued on to CSU together. What were you favorite memories from you wedding day? We both thought one of the best memories of our wedding day was as we walked down the aisle and were able to celebrate with everyone in attendance. It was when a lot of the stress and nervousness of the formal ceremony was over and we were both able to take a deep breath and enjoy our first few moments together as a married couple. What advice would you give to future wedding couples? Some advice I would give to a couple planning their wedding is to focus on one task at a time. The planning gets too overwhelming if you are constantly focusing on every aspect. It helped to prioritize what needed to happen and in which order and then focus on that one item at a time. Also, it helped to focus on only two to three vendors for each part of the wedding. It became too much to try to meet or look into several florists or Dj’s etc. Where did you go on your honeymoon? We went to the Dominican Republic for our honeymoon and absolutely loved it! We booked through Costco travel and stayed at Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana. It was an adult only all-inclusive resort and was a very nice place. We mostly hung out and relaxed at our resort for the week after the stress of the wedding and having basically not seen each other for three months. The one activity we loved was snorkeling with sting rays and nurse sharks. It was a lot of fun and we would definitely recommend the resort to a couple for their honeymoon!

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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!

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