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All the stops were pulled out for Brittney and Neil’s spectacular Hindu wedding at one of our favorite venues, Spruce Mountain Ranch, in Larkspur, Colorado. The Mehndi (henna tattooing party) was followed by a crazy-fun Garba dance party. The wedding day consisted of a bridal lunch, and Baraat (best described as sort of a groom’s parade), followed by the traditional ceremony, and finally, the cocktail hour and reception at the beautiful Spruce Mountain Ranch Ponderosa Room. Brittney chose three different Indian-styled outfits – one for the Garba, one for the ceremony, and one for the reception, each as stunning as the next.
We’ve had many questions lately about modern wedding invitation etiquette. Couples today feel very unsure about the formalities – and whether they are even needed
Hilary and Lee’s wedding is a great example of how a Colorado mountain wedding need not be rustic or casual, but can be personalized to reflect the personalities and style of the couple, as well as the surroundings. To bring Hilary and Lee’s vision to life we developed a beautiful watercolor palette for the wedding, that would accentuate rather than detract from the surrounding fall splendor. We began with a gorgeous invitation suite by Sweet Zion Paperie, who created a custom watercolor of the exact mountain view that guests would see from the outdoor ceremony site in the resort Unfortunately the wedding day brought chilly temperatures and hard rain, requiring the ceremony to be brought indoors (seamlessly handled by Aspen Meadows’ great crew).
While the period just following the engagement season is a great time for wedding professionals to spend time with you getting started on your wedding planning, as it is a quiet period for actual events, it can be an awkward time for booking. If you are planning a wedding in the coming year you and your planner will want to get your date chosen and your venue booked as soon as reasonably possible in the new year. Once your date and venue(s) are set, with your planner’s help you should now begin locking in key wedding professionals – particularly those who can only do one wedding a day or a weekend (that is, may book up the most quickly). If your planner is helping with design, she will work with you to bring your vision to life – creating vision boards, meeting with florists, cake and décor companies, and gradually completing a picture that matches your vision, style and personalities.