There is so much love that we have for Mike and Megan and their SPECTACULAR Devils Thumb Ranch Wedding that I am just about speechless.  Just about . . .  Enjoy these bonkers pretty photos from Brinton Studios.  Neutral can be absolutely STUNNING at the Ranch.  Take a looksy . . .

Apples?  An absolutely necessary decor item when some has that as a last name.   And what the heck IS an I-25 surprise?  That is when you are stuck on I-25 in Texas in a traffic jam and you meet the love of your life . . .

I met Kristin and Pablo when they were touring Devils Thumb Ranch and I was setting up another wedding last fall.  Pablo is such a wonderful smarty -pants – he proceeded in emailing me at that moment from his Iphone and telling me that I was doing a great job and that they would be calling.  I can not say it enough – I adore these two.  How is it possible that we were all living in Chicago at the same time and we didnt meet?  Not fair, I tell you. 

Kristin had such a fun vision of what she wanted her Colorado Ranch wedding to look like – bright pink, purple and blue flowers accented against a silver.  Fluffy flowers like hydrangea, peonies and garden roses  juxtaposed with pods and wildflowers. I loved it!  Enjoy these delious photos from the wonderful Brinton Studios.   Paula from Teacup made the perfect dessert extravaganza and Matt Kenfield from My Elite DJ kept the crowd dancing all night (and even managed to accomodate a last minute desire for the couple to have their first dance in the middle of the field.  LOVE!

Pablo proposed to Kristen during a motorcycle trip through Yellowstone last summer — so it only made sense that the bike be there to share in the day as well!

Personally, I think the tell tale sign of a real Chicago girl is the ability to climb a fence – in a wedding dress – without spilling a cocktail

And the most romantic part of it all – Imagine your first dance – in a gorgeous Colorado field

Then being joined by those that you love and love you both . . .

Kristin and Pablo – I wish you both all the love in the world and a lifetime of happy roadtrips . . .

Kara Delay, Pick Me Floral / Love this Day

Winter Park Colorado Wedding Planner

Here at Pick Me! we certainly get to create a lot of Colorado mountain wildflower weddings — but my heart simply swoons when I get to create something as lovely, soft, romantic and gorgeous as the what we did for Abby’s wedding at Devils Thumb Ranch in July (photos courtesy of the delightful Paige Elizabeth).  Pale pinks, creams, ivories and beige colored garden roses, spray roses, lisianthus, sweet peas freesia, dahlias, dusty miller and mint . . .  And kuddos to any bride who can look this timeless while rocking 6″ stilletos in a field.  More photos to come soon – just wait until you see the centerpieces – best use of mercury glass ever . . .

Kara Delay, Pick Me! Floral and Event Design

Tabernash Colorado Wedding Florist

I love every single teensy tiny detail of this wedding.  I love this couple and their friends and families.  Heck, I love this photographer Jensen Sutta (when you see his work, you will understand).   Meghan cancelled our first meeting because her puppy had gotten stung in the mouth by a bee.  Now this probably seems crazy but from that instant, I knew that I would love her.  She is a like minded soul who will ignore everyone else in the room and gravitate straight towards the dog.   (Sidenote here – the puppy was okay).    When we finally did get to sit down to start planning her Devils Thumb Ranch wedding she mentioned that her soon to be mother in law owned a “little store in Cherry Creek” and we could use items from the store.   Well, that “little store” also had the design contract to actually decorate Devils Thumb Ranch.  I was a chubby kid in a candy store when it came to decor for this heavenly Colorado Ranch wonder wedding.  Enjoy . . .

So much love to everyone who made this happen but most of all to Adam and Meghan – who made my “work” day an absolute delight.

A huge thank you to everyone involved!!!  :

Venue – Devils Thumb Ranch

Planner and Flowers – Pick Me Floral and Event (Kara Delay)

Ceremony Music – Michael Lancaster

Reception Music – Hunker Down

2nd Photographer – John Payne

Cake and dessert – Teacup (Paula Thomas)

Decor – Djuna

Hair – Kut Above

I loved creating the flowers for Stephanie and Mike’s Devils Thumb Ranch wedding a few weeks ago.  White, yellow, blue and purple wildflower inspired flowers – another Colorado wildflower wedding that made me love being a part of Stephanie and Mike’s big day.  And now!  To celebrate the return home from their honeymoon, here are a few of Jenni Maroney’s (both co-founder AND fellow White List member!) gorgeous pictures of the day!

I sincerely hope that every bride feels like Stephanie on her wedding day.  Absolutely wonderful!

All the love in the world to Stephanie and Mike (and to their pretty amazing friends who did NOT go to see Widespread Panic that Saturday night at Red Rocks – those are some pretty great friends

Kara Delay, Pick Me! Floral and Event Design

Devils Thumb Ranch Wedding Flowers

There are simply not enough words for how lovely Tim and Brittany (and their friends and families) are.  Kind, sweet and excited about the future and all of the opportunities that await them.  Brittany and Tim’s wedding over Memorial Day at Devils Thumb Ranch was absolutely spectacular and full of the personal wedding details that warm my heart.  Here are some of the beautiful photos from CR and Tiffany of Brinton Studios.

Ribbons, hot pink and orange flowers and chandeliers.  Brittany had done her homework before we started working on her wedding design and she knew exactly how she wanted this day to look and feel.  For a mountain wedding at the end of May (snow on the mountains and the grass and leaves are just starting to turn green)  bright colors are a great choice.  And when when Brittany told me that the only negative work review she had ever received was that she had to stop wearing ribbons in her hair to work (seriously, she is the most adorable person ever)  CLEARLY we had to work them in to the wedding design.  It’s who she is!

Julie Sandusky from JS Custom Design knocked my socks off with all of the print work. The invitations incorporated every single element of our design and the colors were spectacular.  Above we have the pink and orange escort cards (made to look like old school lift tickets) — see the slight nod to ribbons?

Quite possibly the nicest group of bridesmaids on the planet.

For decor in the Broad Axe Barn at Devils Thumb Ranch, we hung 3 individual 5′ chandeliers from the large wooden beams.  For the tables, we brought in champagne satin tablecloths with a light embroidered vine overlay (to soften the table).  We created two individual tablescapes (why make a decision when you can have both!) one being a low tuscan inspired ceramic pedestal containers filled with orange voodoo roses, fuschia roses pink hydrangea, sweet peas and pink amaranthus and the other table having a sand blasted manzanita branch anchored in river rocks with rose / orchids clusters and hanging LED candles (anchored in a bed of rose petals).  Every place setting was accented by a pink cymbidium orchid.  For a room with a ceiling as high as the one at Devils Thumb Ranch, I love to alternate the tablescapes.

Candy bar – Check!  Vintage wooden skis to sign instead of a guest book – check!

My favorite part of the evening – Brittany and her Dad started their father / daughter dance with a slow and sweet song (Somewhere Out There)  and about 30 seconds into the slow dance, the DJ switched it up to Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Brittany and her Dad suprised their guests by busting out all of the original dance moves.  It. was.  hysterical.

Brittany and Tim, all the love in the world to the two of you.  Working on your wedding was an absolute joy.

Kara Delay, Pick Me Floral and Event Design / Love this Day Wedding Planning

Winter Park Colorado Weddings

This wedding was fun.  Textures and unique floral combinations.  I loved it.  We mixed blue mason ball jars with clear glass bottles and copper colored mint julips cups filled with everything from kangaroo paw to peonies to crespedia to kale.  Of course, a kings table with a burlap runner is absolutely gorgeous in the Broad Axe Barn at Devils Thumb Ranch.  And Paula from Teacup’s dessert table??  Yep, pretty fantastic (as always!)  Here are some of my pictures of the fun!

There are so many things that I love about weddings – the dresses, the decor, the tiniest details – the obvious things.  But more than that, what makes a wedding incredible to me, is when there are 2 people so in love that they dont even see anyone else in the room.  Casey and Nate are those two people.  Kind and loving and so sweet – the way that Nate looks at Casey and the way that makes Casey grin – that, my friends, is why I love what I do.  Enjoy these beautiful photos from Brinton Studios of this lovely March Devils Thumb Ranch wedding.

Okay, okay . . .I’ll admit it – we blog stalk.  Rami and I spend at least a few hours a week checking out some of our favorite Colorado wedding vendors (photographers, florists, other planners, etc) blogs to see what people are doing.  Getting inspired.  Checking on new trends and publications.  Just seeing what’s going on outside of Winter Park .  You can imagine how thrilled we were to see one of our absolute FAVORITE brides from last season on the new Luxe Mountain Weddings blog (and the lovely pictures from Jenna Walker Photography are going to be featured in the premier issue of Luxe Mountain Weddings Magazine!)  This lovely orange October Devils Thumb Ranch wedding is sure to set the bar quite high for this new Colorado wedding publication.  The lanterns, the linens, the simply stunning all orange floral design.  We loved creating this wedding!!

We are thrilled that Anne and Henning’s gorgeous winter wedding was featured this month on Couture Colorado (absolutely one of our favorite wedding blogs)  Take a looksy at the beautiful pictures from Kokoro Photography!

http://www.couturecolorado.com/wedding/?p=7238

(because it isnt a blog post without a picture!)