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September 17, 2011 | Color | 0 comments

Photography by Carol Cardwell Photography

From the bride, Jessica:
We love the mountains, horses and everything country, so we created a simple country wedding with a touch of vintage charm. I love the feeling of warm rich colors, so I chose a Maggie Sottero “Brielle” dress in a vintage gold hue. When I saw bridesmaid dresses (Bill Levkoff) in warm wine with a golden sash, I was in love.

We used western boots from Hobby Lobby filled with fresh roses as centerpieces under the glowing aspen trees with a few amber tealights scattered around and golden yellow table runners that my mother made for us. I loved my cowboy boots!

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Photographer: Carol Cardwell Photography. Carol and Tiffany are truly timeless. The way they captured our wedding in pictures and put together the slideshow to our music not only brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it, but allows me to relive the moments I want to hold onto for generations to come. Something no bride should be without. Because after everything is said and done, all you have left are the pictures!

Venue & food: Echo Basin Ranch // Florist: April’s Garden

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Perfect Paisley at Silver Mountain Guest Ranch

September 17, 2011 | Brown | 0 comments

Photography by Kyla Jackson Photography

From the bride, Kerry:
Our wedding was held at Silver Mountain Guest Ranch. The ceremony was short and sweet just like we wanted, but long enough for a bridal party of twenty to get down the aisle. The lighting was perfect and we couldn’t have asked for a better day or place, especially with the pond in the background and Silver Mountain shadowing our day.
Our reception was held on the ranch in the large, log awning which was absolutely beautiful and housed a wonderful dinner as well as a great dance floor. We danced our first dance to “I Do” by Mark Wills, then our band tore it up as guests had their share of great country dancing.
We made our centerpieces, on top of bandanna wrapped posts, with the help of my family! We also mixed up the table décor by alternating brown tablecloths with blue runners and vice versa as well as using
different table sizes. Some tables were tall cabarets and others were large eight seaters.

MEMORABLE MOMENT
My three older sisters put on a hilarious dance skit.

LOOKING BACK
I wished we would have hired a “day of” planner just to keep things on track.

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Photographer: Kyla Jackson Photography // Venue & Lodging: Silver Mountain Guest Ranch

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An Autumn Romance

September 17, 2011 | Brown | 0 comments

Photography by Allison Ragsdale Photography

From the bride, Amber:
Our inspiration was Fall in the country. Our color palette was chocolate brown, ivory, green and yellow. I tried very hard to personalize every aspect of my wedding by having lots of handmade items. This not only cut down on costs, but also included family and created a wonderful personal feel for our special day. For example, my aunt handmade every single escort card; each card had green and brown papers with a twig and ribbon.

Our wedding took place at Ridgewood Event Center. The location was absolutely perfect; it had a barn-like building for our fall theme and a breathtaking view. Our outdoor ceremony was amazing; we were even fortunate enough to have the first snow of the season on the La Plata’s!
We had the first few dances outside on the lawn at dusk. Our song was “Lucky” by Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliat.