Colorado Brunch Wedding by Colby Elizabeth Photography + Firefly Designs
This adorable couple was inspired by their engagement at a local tea and breakfast house and decided to have a Friday morning brunch wedding. And we totally love this idea! Not only does it save you money on your venue, but it’s unique and fun and like the bride said, who doesn’t love breakfast?! They set out to create a colorful chic garden party and that’s exactly what they got. So many DIY ideas were infused into their day and we love the name place cards tied to clementines for a fun pop of color. Colby Elizabeth Photography captured all the fun, early morning details and there’s so much more in the gallery!
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From the Bride…Dean and I are so happy to spend our lives together. We have so much fun together and feel privileged to share our wedding day and story. We were engaged 6 months before our wedding date at an adorable local tea & breakfast house. Mmmm…..we just love breakfast! So much so, we decided to host an outdoor garden party brunch for our wedding!
Most of my inspiration came from traditional weddings…in the sense that we wanted the opposite. While our ceremony was traditional, everything else about the day was not. We created a fun and relaxed atmosphere for all our guests. A wedding day with family and friends enjoying life, love and summer! We definitely stayed true to ourselves with this wedding and realized its okay to show your own style in your wedding.
Dean and I spent many days and nights working together on DIY projects; brainstorming ways to get the most for our money. We used a lot of savvy spending techniques, thought a lot about how we could recycle and we recruited family and friends for help. I created a photo folder on my desktop titled “My Wedding Style” and started searching different wedding & fashion sites for inspiration pictures (including Style Me Pretty!)…this helped a lot!!! Four words to describe my finished folder… colorful chic garden party! We definitely achieved that!
I love thrift stores because you can find great stuff that’s hardly been used for a good deal. By shopping thrift stores I found unique, vintage centerpieces & favors. My mom and I started collecting early. We looked for unique glass vases with an antique feel and teacups. There were two rules when buying… if it’s my style and under 3 bucks, buy it! Teacups and saucers as favors turned out to be a great idea. We collected 70 sets that were all different and in good condition. Then under each saucer I wrote, “Dean & Gianna 6.10.11” in silver, permanent pen, and added a cute pale green “Thank You” tag, all hand written by my grandmother. So cute! Craft stores were a big help too. I made my flower girl a sign to carry down the aisle “Here Comes the Bride” and Dean cut out all the name place cards into the shape of a leaf, which I then embossed. We fastened each one to a clementine as a fun bright pop of color at the place settings.
Brunch was an easy choice, because the food is always good, and who doesn’t like breakfast?! Plus the venue gave us a great deal for a Friday morning. We enjoyed two made-to-order omelet stations, and a waffle and french toast station, with three flavored whipped creams: Orange, Coffee and Vanilla Bean and two flavored butters: Strawberry with Fresh Mint and Brown Sugar Pecan. At the bar we had an all you can drink mimosa and bellini bar. Fresh orange juice, passion fruit, strawberry, peach and pear were the flavors of the day. One of my favorite things from the day was our dessert table that we had in lieu of a traditional wedding cake. Another way we cut costs was having all homemade treats from aunts, mothers and my grandma. The dessert stands were all hand made by myself and a good friend using vintage plates, glued on top of old glassware as a stand. The Dessert Table was finished with a cute handmade “Baked with Love” sign.
After our delicious breakfast we enjoyed visiting with our family and friends. And what would a garden party be without lawn games? Badminton, bocce ball, croquet, and lawn darts were the order of the day. Fresh strawberry lemonade was passed out mid-day for a chilled treat. We decided against a DJ, our venue had a great sound system so Dean and I personally selected every song we played as background music. We created a play list of songs we love, songs our family and friends love, and all-around happy summertime songs! Everything turned out better than I could have ever imagined. We had a fun relaxing day in the sun and celebrated our marriage!
Wedding Photography: Colby Elizabeth Photography / Wedding + Event Design: Firefly Designs / Venue: The Dove House at Lionsgate Center / Caterer: The Breadwinners Catering / Floral Design: Ivy Lane Floral / Wedding Videography: Essential Photo and Video / Music: DIY / Wedding Dress: Alec Milano of Danelle’s Bridal Boutique / Bride’s Shoes: Jessica Simpson / Groom + Groomsmen: Express / Bridesmaid Dresses: Alfred Sung / Jr. Bridesmaid Dresses: Nordstrom
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Beautiful wedding captured beautifully by Colby!!
What a fun/fabulous idea! The colors are amazing and I too love breakfast! All the details are perfection.
What a beautiful wedding!!! Loved all the bright colors and all the creativity. The photographer reallly captured the light whimsical theme and the obvious chemistry between the bride and the groom. Nice to showcase a beautiful wedding that doesn't bust the bank!!!
Firefly Designs did an amazing job with the event planning. Very original and beautiful!
LOVE the breakfast idea and the colors! Such a fun wedding!!
It had never crossed my mind that you could get married in the morning! What a cute idea - and a great excuse for serving mimosas!
What a cute idea! The colors and photos are gorgeous too!
LOVE THIS!!!!!! Oh, how I wish I could steal this idea...already married. But a brunch wedding sounds absolutely DIVINE. And you're right: who doesn't love breakfast and mimosas!!?
Thank you Style Me Pretty so much for featuring this AMAZING Brunch wedding!! I always love shooting weddings designed by Firefly Designs....not to mention the food was DELICIOUS!! Dean and Gianna were one of the sweetest and most genuine couples we have worked with and are so grateful to call them friends now!
Amazing colors, well captured by the photographer! Bravo!
Wow- the colors are amazing! Flawless work- this looks like such a special day!
the colors just jump out at you, grab your eyes and don't let go. colby elizabeth did such a great job with the pictures.
What a great idea for a wedding! I love all of the details and the pictures turned out great!
Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments. A huge thank you to Colby Elizabeth Photography for taking these breath-taking photos! Breadwinners catering did a outstanding job with the catering - and really went above and beyond for this event. We loved doing this wedding, and are honored to call Dean and Gianna friends!!
Thank you Style Me Pretty for featuring this wedding, we loved it and are so happy that other people are enjoying it too.
What a neat idea. I always thought of having a "breakfast for dinner" reception. I love the idea of having the day to spend with everyone! Perfectly done.
The pictures and note from the bride say it all! This wedding was truly a reflexion of the bride and groom and their unique style and love for each other. That's what all weddings should be! I love the creativity, color and personality captured in the photography.
This was such a cute wedding. I love the vintage brunch feel with the teacups and pinwheels. I love all of the colors as well. Great Job to Firefly Designs and Colby Elizabeth Photography. =)
Such a unique and creative eye from Colby Elizabeth Photography. Such a young, fresh and fun feel! Love these pictures and love this wedding!
While I wasn't actually one of the shooters at this wedding, I was so happy to get to know Dean and Gianna while shooting their engagement session (with Colby and Christina) and am so happy to see their wedding featured here today. I've been bummed ever since their big day that I wasn't actually there taking photos. Such a great wedding!
Nice work! The entire affair was very creative.
Well it's one thing to have great ideas, another to be able to execute them! Mad props to FireFly Designs! I just moved to CO and definitely will be keeping them in mind for my big day!!!
I love the pics! Great job Colby & Christina! What a cute wedding!!
Absolutely love the color of the bridesmaids' dresses -- Gianna, could you tell us what the name of the shade is?? Thanks!!
I Loved it too so bright and so flattering on any skin tone its called 'FireCracker' From Alfred Sung Bridesmaids got a killer deal and great service from http://www.mariejamesdenver.com/
I love this idea!! The lawn games and mimosas are a perfect replacement for the typical wine and dancing of a night wedding. The colors are amazing, and I absolutely love the pinwheels. Great job Firefly Designs and Colby Elizabeth Photography - I may have to steal this idea for myself :)
The details are fantastic and flow together perfectly to make such a beautiful wedding. Goregous, couple and photographs!! Love it!
What a great idea having a Brunch Wedding! The creativity is so unique and all of the photo's are gorgeous!! LOVE IT!!
I love it! This wonderful wedding definitely makes it into my own desktop 'My wedding style' folder! Lovely photography by Coby too.
Catharine x
The handmade details are lovely! So beautiful! Congratulations to the gorgeous couple!
What an absolutely stunning wedding! I loved the mimosa bar and all of the custom made signs-- and I will be stealing that photo book idea! Beautiful design by firefly designs and gorgeous pics by colby elisabeth
Had an absolute blast shooting this gorgeous, and unique wedding! A photographers dream event, amazing details paired with a fantastic couple! Can't wait to work with firefly designs again!
Yay! What a fabulous wedding with the best event planner and most fabulous and fun photographers in Denver!
I love this wedding. The colors, the beautiful bride and groom and the brunch theme. All so perfectly executed and exquisitely photographed. Wow.
What fun and creative ideas for a wedding. I love the idea of a brunch! I also love the dessert table idea, something different and unique. The pictures are amazing, the small touches are wonderful. Great job to Colby Elizabeth Photography and Firefly Designs.
Great colors and idea. Colby Elizabeth did a great job with pictures, and Firefly Designs really made this unique. Good job.
Looks beautiful!
You need a great photographer for moments like these! Colby is amazing!
I love the groom's suspenders! The bright colors here are so great!! =)