Aspen Wedding by Aaron Delesie + Lisa Vorce + Mindy Rice
I am sure at this point, you all are glued to your computer screens in anticipation of this all out wedding extravaganza. Because honestly, if the welcome party was that amazing, you can only imagine the swoon-fest we are about to devour as seen through the golden lens of Aaron Delesie. The gorgeous Bride (and adorably witty blogger) teamed up with dream team Lisa Vorce and Mindy Rice to create a day filled with natural, elegant touches and an under current of whimsy. It’s GORGEOUS and it’s all ours to pore over, pin, tweet, facebook, bookmark, shout from the mountain tops or all of the above. Find the whole Aspen fête here.
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From the Bride… From the beginning we had a pretty clear view of what we wanted for our wedding day. We knew we wanted to get married outdoors in the fall by the pond at my family’s place in Aspen. We knew we wanted the event to feel natural- but not necessarily rustic. We aren’t exactly woodspeople so we wanted more of a refined, natural vibe that would enhance the incredible surroundings without competing with it. I wanted our wedding day to feel reverent but not overly stuffy or formal. My wedding dress was a custom Amsale, who I chose because I felt like all of the sample dresses I tried on of theirs really fit and she understood my body. Like the decor I didn’t want it to feel overly fussed about- and the antique lace bottom and swiss dot top came together perfectly.
After working with Lisa for nearly 20 months planning the wedding it is hard to know where my ideas stopped and hers began. I think that is part of what makes Lisa such an incredible wedding planner – she doesn’t try to impose her vision or agenda on your wedding. She really listens and sort of adopts your taste and perspective so that even all of her amazing ideas feel like they could have been your own. Which is also a huge ego boost because who doesn’t want to feel like they created something so beautiful!
When I met with Lisa I had a binder full of ideas on specific aesthetic details I had been saving for years. She really took that direction into account but i think what we came up with was still entirely its own unique thing. One of the details that stands out to me still 6 months later is the music and readings we chose for our ceremony. We knew from the beginning that I would walk down the aisle to Til Kingdom Comes by Coldplay- a bonus track they originally wrote for Johnny Cash. Lisa reccomended the most incredible string quartet who played at the ceremony and cocktail hour and that was really special. We also spent a lot of time making our ceremony personal while still working within the traditional Christian marriage rite. Our readings, from a childrens book called I Like You and from the Bible about the importance of sacred space really reflected what we wanted our ceremony to be about- and our priest completed that with an amazing lesson on the importance of a childlike joy in love- which would really come into play at the reception and after party. My vision for the reception tent was that it feel like you were dining in the woods on a magical moonlit night. I wanted it to feel like you were under a tree canopy with the moon flickering through the leaves. I think Lisa took that idea and made it a hair less cheesy, and a bit more modern and sophisticated.
The whole night was full of special moments. I loved the way my bridesmaids and house party looked. Each one picked their style of dress from Amsale’s bridesmaid line and their color, and the flowers Mindy did for their hair were incredible. Truly everyone never looked better. I loved seeing how the tent came togethet, and we actually had a blast dancing to Ray LaMontagne You Are The Best Thing for our first dance. I mean- the dancing in general was hilarious and out of control. The band was on our flight out the next day and even they said they had never seen people boogie like our people boogied. Word.
By far the most incredible part of the night was the after party tent. I told Lisa I wanted a Willy Wonka/Alice In Wonderland, main tent magical forest on acid and for the love of Britney Spears, did we ever get one. But really everything was incredible- I still cant believe we pulled it off, and we are so blessed that we got to start off our marriage with such a lovefest- because that is really what the whole weekend felt like!
Wedding Photography: Aaron Delesie / Event Production & Design: Lisa Vorce – Oh, How Charming! / Floral & Event Design: Mindy Rice / Event Lighting + Set Design + Flooring + Furniture + Specialty Dance Floors + Draping: Barker Decor Service / Catering: The Little Nell / Wedding Cake: d’Elissious / Event Rentals: Event Rents / Wedding Cinematography: Paper Tape / Welcome Reception Music: The Spazmatics / Ceremony & Cocktail Music: Supernova / Dinner Reception Music: Impulse / After Party Music: DJ Ig of RedShoe LA / Photobooth: Colorado Photo Booth / Celebrant: Reverend Bruce McNab / Makeup: Fiore Beauty / Hair: Marilee Albin / Wedding Dress: Amsale / Bridesmaid Dresses: Amsale / Wedding Venue: Private Residence / Paper: Papel Paper & Press and Yellow Owl Workshop
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Oh my goodness! This is so beautiful. I especially love the bridesmaids dresses and their hair pieces!
such an enchanting wedding.
ahhhh love everything about this. i have been glued to her blog all morning!
What a beautiful wedding. The outdoors and the red dresses that the ladies wore was simply stunning. I love the nature look, with the arch for the bride and groom with the water in the background. Amazing! They couldn't have picked a prettier place for the wedding. Congrats to the happy couple.
WOW-I lived not far from this place as a small child...oh the memories. Now from the pro in me-AMAZING photos, just lovely. thanks for sharing.
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Oh Lisa Vorce and Mindy Rice, you two have done it again! Beautiful!!
I'm dying over this beautiful wedding
I am loving the pops of red in her color scheme. Everything blends so well together. Amazing!
What a beautiful wedding! Who did your invitations? They are gorgeous.
GORGEOUS and stunning! Congratulations! I'm about to submit my order for Amsale bridesmaids dresses, was wondering if you'd be kind enough to share the color of the bridesmaid dress (2nd from left in group shot) that's wearing the 1 shoulder...is the color Coral or Rhubarb? Many thanks!
NYCBride- Thank you so much!! They were actually custom colors that Amsale did for me since I did my dress through them as well.
Nuvea- Yellow Owl Studio did our invitations, they were unreal!
Love the invites, flowers. What's the name of the Amsale dresS?
In total awe of this whole affair!!! The aspen trees are the PERFECT backdrop to all the eye popping color of the wedding details...absolutely stunning! Makes me miss home!
Such a gorgeous wedding...the beauty of it all is breathtaking.
OOh, I love this wedding! Especially the rocking chair photo, the two walking down the aisle, and the last gorgeous b/w of them!!
Love the beautiful dress and the 'Love is" wall. Most of all just love that the bride used the phrase 'for the love of Britney Spears'! Haha x
This wedding is simply divine! I love everything about it.
amazing flowers!
Nice work, Lisa. Incredible vision and execution as always...brilliant! ; )
This is incredible!! One of the most beautiful weddings I've ever seen - credit to the Bride and planner, you guys did an incredible job!! Congratulations to the Newlyweds!
I've been raving to my friends about this wedding (all 3 parties) and I had to look at them again. What a beautiful wedding and I just enjoy how all 3 were so different! Creativly everything was executed to awesome-ness!