We love it when our couples send us their wedding invitations. It gives us one more opportunity to record an important piece of their special day – one that often goes over looked. 
Monthly Archives: May 2010
AnaLisa wanted to do something different with her bridal party…. something unique, something they would remember for years to come. So what better adventure than to take them…. and your photographers…. to a funky costume shop in Boulder! We joined the group after they’d met for lunch and margaritas and headed over to The Ritz costume shop. The Ritz is a funky mixture of old and new costumes giving everyone their opportunity to find just the right costume or costumes to their liking. Everyone was great to play along with AnaLisa’s costume shop idea as well as a photo shoot around town.
This is a great bunch of friends who will have a wonderful time at AnaLisa and David’s wedding this July!
We’d like to thank the owners of The Ritz for allowing us to photography inside their store.
We’ve been very lucky this year to have some of the most wonderful couples, Danelle and Brandon are no exception. Willing to go with the flow of the day including (again) weather that didn’t cooperate. Changes to the ceremony site were made without any fuss and we went on as beautifully planned. Danelle has an eye for details and the reception room was stunning. Delicate pink blossoms and candle light graced every table giving the room a romantic glow. Everything was stunning – including the bride and her bridesmaids and while the groom and groomsmen were darn handsome, the ladies took the stage.
At the bottom of this post I’m including a post written by Danelle on her Facebook wall. Words of wisdom for all brides from someone who’s recently been there. We thought is was an excellently written piece. Danelle, thank you for letting us share this!
From Danelle:
I felt that I should post this to give my tips to anyone who is getting married, wants to get married and just anyone who wants some insight to this crazy day.
1. This is the fastest few hours of your life, don’t stress out that its not perfect, nothing in life is. Plus you’ll probably get pulled in so many different directions that you’ll be in such a whirlwind you just want everything to stop for a moment so you can enjoy it. Make sure that you do, cause its gone before you realize it.
2. HAVE FUN! The best way to get all the guests to have fun is to have fun yourself!
3. Invest in a good photographer! Your guests will remember the food, and the decor and when everyone jumped out on the dance floor to do Shout! but its not the same when you look back at the photos and you realize that you remember hearing about it, but you didn’t actually see it.
4. Don’t freak out when something goes wrong! This just stresses out you, your significant other, and most likely any other person in your wedding party! And for that matter don’t freak out on your vendors, it’s not always their fault when something doesn’t go your way, sometimes you haven’t been communicating as well as you should be.
5. Pick a great person to handle all of your day of stuff. That way if you’re 45 minutes late to getting things set up (believe me it happens) you have someone who knows your vision and will get things started for you. Quick side note it does help if you can have someone who isn’t part of the wedding party, who also has a great eye for aesthetics and won’t get stressed when every one is asking where you are. (Thank you Tate!)
6. If you are having an outdoor wedding make sure you have a back up plan!
7. Find vendors who you click with! If you just aren’t really feeling it when you meet a florist or a photographer, try looking at a few, if you guys kind of click, they’ll just get it when you explain something, and they’ll be easier to work with. (Thanks Amanda, Debi and Nicole!)
8. Make it unique! Sometimes people just want to go with the regular traditions. If you think its a dumb tradition then don’t do it! That usually makes your wedding stand out in other people’s minds!
9. If you are going to do a receiving line have all your attendants go in and get the cocktail hour started and just have the two of you, and each set of parents, it will make it go by so much quicker.
10. Remember the important thing is not the ceremony, it’s that you are marrying this person. If a tornado ripped through the ceremony and took every thing but you and the person you’re marrying away, would you still be standing there with that person wanting to get married?
Hope all you guys picked up something out of this note.
Note to add: Make sure someone…. even if it’s the photographers knows how to bustle your dress 
Debi
Greg and Gwen were such a great couple to work with! We had terrible cold weather the day of their wedding but nothing fazed them. If you’ve never been to Arrowhead you can’t begin to understand the beauty of the location. Beautiful green grass from the golf course and these magnificent red rocks jutting into the sky. It’s amazing. The outdoor ceremony location has this stunning view as the backdrop for couples and their guests. Sadly, we had snow the night before and the decision was made to move the ceremony indoors. Not what Gwen and Greg were hoping for but their guest could see the beauty through the windows during the ceremony. Then being total troopers they spent nearly 45 minutes outside with us to make sure we got the most fabulous photos. No coats…. just go for it!
On all the tables at every place setting they had gift boxes with Slinky’s, games, balls, etc for everyone to play with during the reception. Made for great fun for everyone!
Meet Janine and Chuck! They are planning a beautiful wedding ceremony for at the Botanic Gardens at the end of May. By then the roses should be in full bloom and the gardens will look stunning. Amanda and photographer friend Sarah met Janine and Chuck in downtown Littleton for a fun afternoon engagement session. You can see from the photos there was much laughter and general silliness involved. And yes…. you can buy hay in downtown Littleton!