Monthly Archives: June 2011

Beaver Creek Wedding ~ Kari & Nik

beaver creek chapel colorado mountain weddingI know some of you out there have been patiently waiting for this: Part III of Kari & Nik’s Beaver Creek wedding weekend! Such an amazing array of festivities for this Colorado mountain wedding (if you didn’t catch my earlier blog posts, you can click on the following links to see their Indian wedding rehearsal dinner as well as their Hindu wedding ceremony ) – and so this final installment includes their gorgeous evening ceremony at the Beaver Creek Chapel, with the wedding reception at Grouse Mountain Grill at the Pines Lodge of Beaver Creek. It was such a pleasure working with Kari and Nik and their families – I am so honored to have been a part of it. So without further ado..

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It is always a pleasure working with an amazing team of wedding professionals, and this weekend was no exception. Kudos to the array of incredibly talented vendors who contributed to the success of this event:

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Della Terra Wedding ~ Tiffany & Brain

della terra estes park colorado mountain weddingI can’t wait to post more, but for now just a quick peek from Tiffany & Brian’s gorgeous Estes Park mountain wedding at Della Terra Chateau. Such a perfect Colorado day with these two amazing people!

Huge thanks to one of my all-time favorite wedding planners, CC & Paige from Colorado Wedding Company, who did a phenomenal job in planning and coordinating this event down to every last perfect detail. And kudos to all the talented vendors who contributed to the success of this event, including:

Ceremony and Reception Venue: Della Terra Chateau
Floral Design: Amy at The Flower House
Band: Heartbeat
Custom Stationary/Logo/Graphic Design: Maura with The Paper Guppy
Catering: Gourmet Fine Catering
Cake/cupcakes: Happy Cakes
Hair and Makeup: Calli Huebl with Blondies

Stay tuned for the complete blog post soon!

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Beaver Creek Wedding ~ Kari & Nik Indian Ceremony

bride groom colorado indian wedding ceremonyPart 2 of Kari & Nik’s Beaver Creek amazing wedding weekend! Today’s blog post highlights their Indian wedding ceremony, held at The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek. Colors and textures and details – oh my! A visual feast! Working with Kari and Nik and their families was so wonderful – I love how they embraced the combining of their culture and traditions to create something so unique and special, and so representative of them.

The day began early with the bridal preparations – I love this shot of Karibeaver creek bride getting ready hindu indian wedding ceremonyDrums resounded throughout the valley, echoing across the mountains of Beaver Creek as the groom’s family and friends celebrated and danced their way during the processional leading the groom (on a white horse!) to meet the bride’s family.beaver creek colorado indian hindu wedding groom processional horsebackaerial view of the groom’s processionalbeaver creek colorado indian hindu wedding groom processional

a few of the fabulous detailscolorado indian hindu wedding ceremony details love this shot of the groom embracing the bride’s mombeaver creek colorado wedding indian hindu ceremony groombride and groomcolorado mountain indian wedding hindu ceremony bride groom beaver creekthe bride’s henna was done by Anita Bohrer with Hummingbird Henna – gorgeous!colorado mountain wedding indian hindu ceremonysweet moment during the ceremonybeaver creek colorado mountain wedding indian hindu ceremonymarried!beaver creek colorado mountain wedding indian ceremonycongratulations, Kari & Nik!

Major kudos to Kelly Karli of Frosted Pink Weddings – both she and her assistant Lauren are fantastic and so thorough in the coordinating of this entire event. Also wanted to give a shout out The Pines Lodge at Beaver Creek – the venue is beautiful and the staff there is so attentive and service-oriented. (stay tuned for part 3  Kari & Nik’s Beaver Creek Chapel ceremony and wedding reception later this week :)

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Colorado Mountain Engagement Session ~ Devon & Mark

dogs colorado mountain engagement sessionEarlier this week Devon & Mark, accompanied by their sweet dogs,  met up with me for their Colorado engagement session near Lookout Mountain. So adorable. (and the humans didn’t do too shabby either ;) We had so much fun – Devon and Mark laugh easily and are a joy to work with – their summer wedding at Arrowhead is going to be phenomenal! Can’t wait! Here are a few faves..colorado lookout mountain wedding engagement portrait sessiongorgeous Coloradogolden colorado engagement mountain view portrait

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denver colorado engagement session in the mountains natural authenticcolorado lookout mountain wedding engagement portrait sessioncongrats, you two – looking forward to seeing you soon!

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Beaver Creek Wedding ~ Kari & Nik Rehearsal Dinner

colorado mountain photography Indian Hindu wedding beaver creek vailKari & Nik’s wedding weekend was the merging of cultures and traditions – colorful and vibrant, and simply incredible. They kicked off the weekend’s festivities on Friday with an Indian rehearsal dinner in Vail at Donovan Pavilion to celebrate. A few highlights from the event..

amazing details

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stay tuned for more, including highlights from Kari & Nik’s Indian wedding ceremony as well as their Beaver Creek Chapel ceremony

Big kudos and massive thanks to Kelly Karli of Frosted Pink Weddings, who expertly planned and coordinated this event down to every last perfect detail – AMAZING!

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