Winter Wedding At Zach’s Cabin In Beaver Creek
I live in Texas, so I think of April as spring. Not so in Colorado! For Paige and John it was an awesome winter wedding!
Before we get to the heart of the wedding though, you’ve got to see Paige’s gown … a Lela Rose design from the lovely ladies at Anna Bé in Denver …
photos courtesy of Jennifer Davidson of LUCE’
And now … a bit of their story from Paige …
John works Burton Snowboards so when we got engaged in Sept 2008, it was pretty clear that we would probably have a winter wedding. Zach’s Cabin is one of our utmost favorite spots…located half way up the mountain you take a snowcat from the Ritz Carlton in Beaver Creek to get to it.
After figuring out that our guest list had close to a 50:50 ratio with local and out of town guests, we decided we wanted our wedding to really be an experience.
The Thursday before, we invited our parents and our wedding party to Churchill Winery to personally bottle (and drink) delicious wine which we then gave out as our wedding favors. Yes, our wedding party was quite lopsided … John had 6 close friends he wanted up there as his support system (5 as groomsmen and 1 as our officiant), and I was happy to keep it clean and simple with only my maid-of-honor.
On Friday, we invited all of our out of town guests to a wine and cocktail celebration at a wine bar -Vin48, in Avon. And of course, all days – yep, including the big one – we spent the days up on the mountain snowboarding! We skipped a Sunday brunch and had one last ‘shred session’ with anyone who had a later in the day flight. Overall it was a lot of fun and really great to be able to have time outside of the actual wedding to spend with all our close friends and family.
I wanted the day to feel really intimate so I made as many small touches and details as I could and sourced out friends to help as well. A close friend and her mother created all our florals, including the great topiary trees we used in the ceremony. She also had the awesome idea to create a cotton bouquet which worked perfectly for the winter setting and with my dress.
John has a metal fabricator that he does business with for displays, so he designed and had a large metal frame created which held 10 of our engagement photos. I laid out craft tags for people to sign as our “guest book”.
For our centerpieces, I bought apothecary jars in a variety of sizes (from saveoncrafts.com) and filled them with unscented filler (from Target) and typed out 2-3 sentences telling about our “firsts”. First Date, First Road Trip, First “Meet the Parents” – each table had a different story and ‘first’. I also bought food storage containers and mason jars to hold candles which I simply tied pieces of yarn around to keep a cohesive look.
I absolutely LOVED our placecards which also were another take-home for guests. I bought preserved aspen logs from a local florist (The Perfect Petal) and cut them into 1″ thick slices, then hand-stamped with a metal stamp kit the guests names on one side and “eat, drink, get married” on the other.
For our wedding favors, I created wine labels that looked like an aspen and drew out a P + J in a heart to attempt to look like it had been carved in the bark. Putting in the time to do things myself definitely took a lot longer than I expected but I am so glad that I did it.
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Paige sent us a link to their wedding video by Danielle Yuthas of Unleaded Productions. SOOOOO sweet! You can see LOTS more details of her dress (Lela Rose from Anna Bé) … and her cotton bouquet … and the flower girl shaking her wand with cotton in it! Really good stuff!!
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Congratulations to Paige and John! And to their wonderful photographer, Jennifer Davidson at LUCÉ, a HUGE thank you!!
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I really like the flower girl's dress, it looks so beautiful!!! I never knew that winter would be such a nice backdrop in wedding photos. The shots are impressively awesome!!! I simply love it...
love her shoes! what designer are they?
The pictures are so beautiful. I love winter weddings. It gives me a feeling of warmth and elegance.
The shoes are from J crew I believe
This is one of my favorite weddings on Style Me Pretty, ever! She looks stunning in that Lela Rose dress...
love this wedding ... fabulous ...
I never thought I wanted a winter wedding until I saw these photos. I adore this wedding; every last detail. So simple and perfect! This and the 14 inches of snow we had yesterday has given me a new appreciation for winter weddings. What a romantic setting!
I LOVE WINTER WEDDINGS!!! Please please showcase more for us northernerns!! thanks Abby!
Yes. We tell out of town wedding couples all the time--don't expect April in the Rocky Mountains to be spring-like! Great photos.
Can anyone tell me where to find the flower girl dress?
I LOVE the cut of her dress and the detailing at the shoulders--so pretty! I know strapless dresses are popular, but let's be honest, they do not look good on everyone. It's nice to see someone wearing a different style!
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A gorgeous wedding. I love the aspen logs used as place cards. I am going to use that idea (with birch logs) for my wedding in February. Thanks for the fantastic idea!
Aah, this wedding is absolutely beautiful! I had a winter wedding as well, but it didn't snow like that: I love the first picture. Cold, but worth it.
the wedding is really charming,and the wedding dresses is really beautiful,
but I have a question,how the bride keep warm?
I feel cold if I wear so less.
:) hi everyone! Thank you so much! The shoes are indeed j.crew; the flowergirl dress I actually bought online but the site is no longer available. :( sorry! But flowergirlsdressesforless.com has one that is pretty similar. (1 flower instead of two-but lots of sash colors to choose from!) and to stay warm a close friend made me a big fuzzy cape to wear outside-you can see it in our video that's linked above. :)
xo-paige
I love winter weddings too - but so far I have only been to one snow white winter wedding at the breathtaking French Castle http://www.lavanda2.wordpress.com " rel="nofollow">Château Hattonchâte l
The photos capture the true inner spirit of this couple. What a great day for them both!
How did you stamp the names on the wood disks? Which set did you use? Where did you get it? Thanks!
hi gillian!
i used a metal stamp kit which i bought from a local jewelry supply store (the naja) and bought preserved aspen logs from a local floral boutique shop (the perfect petal) any size set will work depending on how much you want to write and the size of your logs. my set was about $30...they sell metal stamp kits for under $10 but I couldn't get a good indentation from them... my preserved logs were $30/each as well--about 5-6' long and i cut them into 1" thick slices.
I pressed the metal stamps into a normal ink pad (for stamps) and hammered them into the wood.
good luck!
Thanks so much! I am going to copy your idea using birch logs. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. :)
another snow theme wedding , great !!
Love all the detail in this wedding, especially the "guestbook" and the place cards... really awesome!
So pretty! I love this wedding.