Deer Valley, Utah Wedding by Erin Kate Photography
We are going crazy over this wedding. Seriously, on the smitten scale, this is off the charts. We LOVE the peaches. We love the great outdoors backdrop and the incorporation of ski lifts (completely awesome). But the thing that is really getting us, really making us fall hard – that would be all of the perfect, perfect moments captured by Erin Kate Photography. It is almost as if we were there, sitting on top of that mountain watching the festivities unfold. See even more of the pretty details and perfect moments in the gallery.
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From the Bride:
Jim and I first met while skiing in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, where we both lived at the time. Six years later Jim proposed as we toured the beautiful vineyards of northern Italy. We knew we wanted our wedding to be a reflection of US – our favorite foods, music, people and memories — so we took pieces of two of our favorite places, the rustic Utah mountains and the classic, romantic Italian vineyards to create our inspiration … Utah — We immediately fell in love with Empire Canyon Lodge, in Park City, Utah. The lodge is nestled in a little valley, surrounded by towering mountains and dotted with wildflowers. It was a perfect fit with our passion for the outdoors (and Park City was an awesome spot for a destination weekend for our guests!). While in Utah last summer we wandered through the Salt Lake farmers market and smelled the sweet fragrance of fresh peaches before we even saw them. The peaches melted in our mouths and Jim immediately began working with a farmer from Tagges Farms to supply hundreds of Bear Lake peaches, plums and raspberries for our celebration. We served the fruit with our favorite cheeses, made peach iced tea and studded our lemon cake with fresh raspberries. Italy was the source of our color palette and, of course, our menu. Our colors (navy, peaches and pinks) were inspired by a stunning sunset over Barolo. We worked with our florist to use variations in peaches and pinks to create soft, romantic bouquets that felt like they could have just been picked from a garden and we rented navy cloths for all of our tables. For our menu, we worked hand in hand with the chef at Deer Valley to incorporate flavors inspired by our travels (and by Jim’s mom’s incredible Italian cooking). Prosciutto y melon, Utah tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, fennel & citrus salad and dry-aged ribeye were among the Italian inspirations on our menu … yum! Wine was another mini-theme in the wedding – we love drinking and learning about wine and some of our best friends in the world have been made drinking wine. We included our favorite Italian wine, Vietti Nebbiolo and served Prosecco instead of champagne for toasting. One of our friends in Salt Lake was amazingly helpful and collected wooden wine boxes for us. By the big day we had dozens to use throughout the lodge to hold peaches and even to use as a cake stand. For favors we etched wine glasses with mountains and the date of the wedding. Note – if you are going to try this, make sure you double check the logo for the right date BEFORE you have the glasses printed 
We knew that the ceremony was particularly important for us to make ‘ours.’ My younger brother passed away three years ago and the sting of his absence was difficult. Jim surprised me before the wedding by having cufflinks for all of the groomsmen engraved with my brother’s sports number, 33, to represent his presence as a groomsman. He also gave me a simple gold band with the number 33 engraved within it so that I could carry him with me throughout the day. We also incorporated wine into our wedding ceremony, where we used it as a symbol of our rich family histories, then combined two wines into one glass and drank from it to symbolize our marriage. Two days before the wedding we got a wild idea, and inquired whether we could fire up one of the Deer Valley chairlifts and move the ceremony from a mid-mountain meadow to the ridgeline. Deer Valley scrambled to achieve our request in record time (thanks to the amazing Karen Gibbs!!) and got staff to man the lift and set up our event at the top of Flagstaff mountain, at 9100 ft! I rode the lift up with my dad before we walked down the aisle and Jim and I said our vows overlooking hundreds of miles of mountaintops and valleys with a mountain wind filling my veil. The location couldn’t have been more perfect – and all of our guests had a blast riding a chairlift in their stilettos! Jim and I had the best day of our entire lives, surrounded by our favorite people in the world. Planning all of the pieces of the wedding, designing all of the paper elements, deciding on themes, and putting every last detail in to place was serious work, but we enjoyed every moment of it. It seemed impossible that we would be able to capture all these details and the incredible energy of the day in photos, but Erin Kate did that … and even more. I am thrilled with her artistic eye and stunning photos of our day! We wouldn’t change a thing and feel so lucky to have to support of all of our friends and family in making it happen!!
Photography: Erin Kate Photography / Ceremony and Reception: Empire Lodge, Deer Valley, UT / Wedding Gown: Pronovias / Bride’s Shoes: Butter / Groom’s Suit: Brooks Brothers / Hair & Makeup: Megan Linihan & Facing Thayer / Bridesmaids Dresses: Jim Hjelm / Floral Design: Language of Flowers / Caterer & Wedding Cake: Deer Valley / Peaches & Berries: Tagge Farm / Invitations: Designed by Bride, Printed by Blush Paperie / Officiant: Tom Goldsmith / Music: Craig Larson Trio
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This is exactly the color palette that I'm using! The invitations are adorable... I wonder if I use them as well?
Love love love the wine portion of the ceremony, such a great take on the idea to 'two become one'
Love this wedding! the colors and great and the happiness in the pictures is obvious! I teared up at the sweetness her groom showed with the cufflinks and ring in memory/honor of her late brother.
I found your blog and love it. I have to be honest I haven't been able to take too much time to look around but I like what I see. I really wanted to comment on Erin Kate's Photography! This post was amazing and she did such a beautiful job capturing this wedding, you really did feel like you were there. As a photographer myself her work was inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
We LOVE this wedding. The colors are beautiful and the photos are stunning! Congratulations to the Bride and Groom!
I'm so in love with this wedding. Not only is it pleasing to the eye (great colors, great photography) but it's so well thought out. I love personal touches (the ring with 33, the wine, the peaches) and most important the couple looks like they just had so much fun! BRAVO!
beautiful wedding. charming details.
Oh, I love the cake too! Simple and elegant with such pretty details!
Love this wedding!! Gorgeous dress and awesome photography!! Congrats!
this wedding is so gorgeous and being the italian wine-lover that i am, i just adore the way you incorporated into your big day. honestly, your man is a keeper! surprising you with the cufflinks & gold band is just so fantastic. oh gosh, i'm starting to tear up again. well done! fantastic wedding.
How cute are they on the lift! Beautiful photos!
Taking the chair lift up to the wedding - amazing venue!
THIS is truly inspired wedding photography. What a great eye and what great timing the photographer must have had, to catch all the goofy laughs and giggles that epitomize the bride's experience on her big day. Extremely impressive.
Love the peaches, love the color palette, love the cake and love Erin Kate!
I love your dress. What style is it, I can't find it? thanks.
Does anyone know the style of the dress? I love it but can't find it on the provnovias website. Thanks!
I can't be sure but it looks like the Malaga style, Pronovias Collection (as opposed to Manuel Mota, Valentino, or Elie), 2010.
Its so fun to see our wedding on SMP -- I used the site daily while planning our wedding! My dress was the Hannover by Pronovias and I searched for a long time before falling in love with this it ... I think it is from an older collection (2008?) so it looks like its not on their website anymore. It should still be available as it was featured in a Pronovias ad within the last few months. Hope this helps!
Thanks Annie! You looked amazing! Congrats!
Omg I am in love with the photo from the shoulders down of the bride and groom walking through the grass and she is holding her gorgeous bouquet. I just can't stop looking at it! And that dress is AMAZING!
That is some awesome photos. Definitely props to the photographer and his ability to capture those moments. It is awesome sight to see those mountains and view of Utah. Definitely a great location for those photos and the moments that was captured.
love the blueberry blue and pink color palette! so fresh! beautiful wedding!
A big thank you to SMP for featuring Annie & Jim's beautiful wedding! I am so honored that they chose me to be their wedding photographer. Annie & Jim did an amazing job putting incredible thought into all of the details that made their wedding simply amazing.
what a breathtaking place to have a wedding!!!! it looks amazing!!!
Beyond gorgeous. Amazing!
I love this wedding and as a photographer myself I was particularly taken with the photography, especially the detail shots.
Beautiful work.
Jay Rowden
Erin Kate photography did a great job in finding the right moments in these wedding photos. I love how the moments from the Utah landscape was captured. Makes me want to take a vacation from marketing work and go to Utah lol.
so magical!!! so Utah!!!
I want to know what type of chairs the ceremony chairs are and where you can rent them. They are so rustic and gorgeous.
gorgeous wedding. love the favor idea! where did you get the etched wine glasses done?
love the bridesmaids bouquets. simple yet still elegant.
The chairs from the ceremony were provided by Deer Valley (they use them for their outdoor patio in the summer) and we ordered the etched wine glasses from BargainMugs.com!
oh wow you can feel the joy in these images! Elegant to the max! love them all
All I kept thinking while looking at the photos was that every wedding needs their own cable cars. Truly! A time when you are forced to slow down, catch your breath, savor the day and just be by yourselves. I'm jealous. I want a cable car!
amazing picture on the ski lift! everyone needs a wedding picture like that :)
It was a magical, gorgeous, loving wedding. Congratulations Annie and Jim! Sandy and I loved being there with you.
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