Santa Fe Wedding by MARRIED by Jessie Abrams Baca
I have to admit that I read the words from the bride before I even laid my eyes upon these images from Articulate Photo and I was already in love with the concept of this wedding. Little did I know I was about to fall even more in love with it when I saw the pretty, pretty design by MARRIED by Jessie Abrams Baca. I love that this art loving couple married at the Georgia O’Keefe Museum and then carried that theme over into their reception. Click here for even more!
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From the Bride…On the day that we got engaged, Mike and I decided that we wanted a small destination wedding in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We took our first vacation as a couple there and felt that the artistic and bohemian feel of the town was perfect for the atmosphere we were hoping to achieve. The Georgia O’Keeffe museum was the ideal venue for our ceremony and served as an inspiration for all aspects of the wedding design. The museum was delighted to have us, and made our day even more special by providing guests with a tour of their special exhibit which included works by Andy Warhol, Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, and of course Ms. O’Keeffe herself. Mike is a graphic artist and produced all of the paper products and our invitation suite. He is also an amateur woodworker and made our chuppah in our garage, which he designed to compliment to the natural motifs which were scattered throughout.
After the ceremony we paraded through the Santa Fe plaza with all our guests, led by a Cuban street music guitarist and drummer. We carried a custom “Love Birds” banner made by our wedding planner. She also customized maracas, bells and ribbon wands for a true parade! We then arrived at the Inn of the Anasazi where our reception was held in their lovely library and living room area. The Anasazi’s adobe style interior was the perfect backdrop for our Georgia O’Keeffe inspired wedding – pictures of the artist were displayed on the library shelves beside the rows of books, and framed prints of her bold floral paintings adorned the living room fireplace mantle.
Our guests left us their well wishes by signing our copy of Ms. O’Keeffe’s Poppies which now hangs in our home. We used textures to enhance our design, from the distressed leather deerskin belt I wore over a silk organza Watters gown, to the birch covered pots which held our floral arrangements, to the leafy linen fabric of the table runners (which was also used as the “roof” of our wedding canopy).
Our wedding planner helped us both with the organization of our day and its design. Jessie is truly an artist and brought our Santa Fe organic bohemian meets modern art wedding to life – she transformed our vague ideas (“make it pretty, make it earthy, and give us a little Georgia”) into one coherent, consistent style where every bit appeared to be carved from the same desert stone. She even posted a succulent planter DIY from our wedding on her blog so you can see how some of the woodsy elements came to life.
Ceremony Venue: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Reception Venue: Inn of the Anasazi / Wedding Dress: Watters / Deerskin Belt: Mano Bello / Event Design + Coordination: MARRIED by Jessie Abrams Baca / Wedding Photography: Kristen Williams of Articulate Photo / Floral Design: Margaret Bost of Santa Fe Floral / Stationery: The Groom / Musicians: Savor / Wedding Cake: The Plaza Bakery
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What a cool setting! I love southwest weddings...the colors are always so pretty!
Jessie Abrams Baca is the most wonderful wedding planner EVER. I adore this woman and she is delightfully talented. Jessie -- thank you for making it a whole bunch of magical wonderfulness!
What a great use of diffused lighting
This was one of my FAVORITE weddings this season with so many lovely details and special touches!
Kristen Williams of Articulate Photo is also extremely talented. Kudos to her for these gorgeous photos.
Galia and Mike are a wonderful couple. Genuine, thoughtful, & creative! Jessie was also a breeze to work with! What a great concept that came to fruition. I love all the details. What a great wedding! Grateful to be a part of the team!
The pictures are gorgeous! The style and uniqueness are breathtaking!!
Nice work! The gathering seems very intimate, with a sense of the southwest captured in the softly-lit photography. We've been out to Utah, but have never been to Santa Fe. We'd love to shoot a wedding there.
beautiful, breathtaking!
Whoop Whoop! We love Jessie! Nice wedding guys. Great to see Santa Fe represented.
I love this beautiful place. It is magical. These photos are so colorful and beautiful. The wedding is charming. Thank you for sharing these special photos.
I loved the "vintage" hair and makeup and dress! I noticed the dress and the cake "matched" too! Someone did some detail planning! I LOVE that!
Such a beautiful wedding! I have a question though. In her bouquet she used some lovely succulents. Did you have to cut the roots, or did you just tuck them in to be planted again? I'm not a tree hugger, just thinking of how I could maybe recreate such a thing. My mom and I were talking about how it would be special to look into the yard later on down the road and be able to say that this succulent right here was in our wedding back in the day. Anywho just a thought. Thanks for sharing your beautiful wedding photos with us!