A Brinton Museum Elopement - Styled Shoot

Any chance to flower with friends at a favorite venue is a dream. When Ashley called to see if I wanted to play and create for the 2021 Wyoming edition of Rocky Mountain Bride - I jumped at the opportunity.

We chose to play off of the natural colors at The Brinton Museum and the rammed earth wall that anchors the space with pops of blue and white.

I used tweedia, spirea, and panda anemones along with orange butterfly ranunculus, delphinium, and other textural elements to create a lush and wild centerpiece for their elopement dinner table and a Spring inspired bridal bouquet.

The weather was wet and windy the day of our shoot and instead of setting up outside as planned, we made a cozy spot near the Bistro upstairs and made the most of it.

ENJOY!

Our talented vendor team included:

• Photography: Cassie Madden Photography

• Planning: Ashley Marie Weddings

• Floral: Whirly Girl Flowers

• Rentals: Powder River Party Rentals

• Linens: BBJ Linen

• Hair: Paula at Tangles Salon

• Makeup: Cece - Tangles Salon

• Attire: Once Upon a Story

• Jewelry: On The Rocks

• Models: Cheyenne & Titus Brown

Bud Vases hand crafted by Wild Abandon Pottery

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A Jewel-toned October Wedding

I love color and knowing that these two wanted a jewel-toned wedding and lots of color made my heart sing a little. It’s not often I get to play with deep reds, purples, and rusty tones for wedding work.

They were married on a glorious October day and Dani Jerry Photography from Buffalo, Wy captured all the glorious love and color.

2020 threw us all for a loop, including a freakishly early frost in early September here in Wyoming. I had planned to include locally grown dahlias in all the arrangements as they’re a favorite of the bride but come October, not a stems was to be found. Thankfully my Denver growers came through with a handful of stems for her bridal bouquet.

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Her bridal bouquet included Blueberry and Hearts roses, bronze amaranth, blue thistle, burgundy dahlias, and a few jewel-toned anemones and ranunculus with fragrant bay leaves. Let’s take a deep breath and imagine for a moment?

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Due to the pandemic, they changed plans from a larger party to an intimate dinner at the home of the Bride’s family. As a result, we switched their DIY centerpieces to lush, jewel-toned centerpieces in gold vases. These graced the tables at home for dinner.

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The Cake Chix from Sheridan, WY provided a spectacular cake and adorned it with flowers to coordinate with the centerpieces and bouquets.

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Let's talk about "wildflower" weddings

These precious flowers from our mountains and prairies aren’t meant to be picked and used in commercial work. They often drop their petals within hours of being picked and droop shortly after. Commercially grown flowers from local and international farms are bred to withstand travel, processing, and designing. Flowers grown on a farm generally have longer stems, making designing easier and larger pieces possible.

While farmed flowers are subject to the whims of mother nature and changes in the season, the sheer number of farms and different types of flowers ensures we can deliver something close to your vision - even if our mountain meadows are weeks ahead, or still buried in snow, come your summer wedding. There’s also a common misconception that wildflower weddings are less expensive than other styles. In my experience, I find they can actually cost more due to the fine and small nature of the flowers needed to achieve the effortless look of a wild meadow. A single rose can fill in as much space in an arrangement as 3-5 stems of more delicate, wildflower looking flowers.

While we may love the deep purple wild delphiniums, Lupines in shades of blue, bright and cheery balsamroot, and the Wyoming state flower - Indian Paintbrush, we actually need to leave them on the mountain and use this love to inform our design. You can read more about wildflower ethics and protection here.

Our wedding day in June, surrounded by wildflowers in the Big Horn Mountains. Captured by Christian Gideon.

If you love wildflowers and want to use them as your inspiration, I’m here for it. And while I won’t be tromping through mountain meadows to collect flowers for you bouquet, I will be choosing the best wildflower-like items I can from my wholesalers and growers. We can use things like delphinium and larkspur, asters, locally grown rudbeckia or echinacea, spray roses, scented geranium leaves and fragrant mint among many other items.

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Delphiniums and asters for a September wildflower feel. Captured by A. Ribordy Photography.

Here are a few weddings inspired by wildflowers that use commercially and locally grown flowers to bring this dream to life. I love their vibrancy and uniqueness. No two weddings are alike!

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AnaFinn Photography captured this spectacular day in the Big Horn Mountains above Hyattsville, WY, so perfectly that I still get a little heart flutter looking at the love and beauty. Their early September wedding day was perfect for using locally grown zinnias, snapdragons, and delicate textures from my favorite wholesaler. You can see all fun and someone snacking on a bouquet here.

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A wildflower wedding at Paradise Ranch near Buffalo, WY, captured by Cassie Madden Photography See more here. This wedding had a focus on blue with pops of yellow and coral. I used Craspedia, bachelor buttons, larkspur, and local grasses to add texture. Feathers provided by the groom added a personalized touch and a little bit of extra whimsy.

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This wildflower day was packed with every color imaginable set against pale green dresses. Their June wedding day meant no local flowers but loads of beauty from my wholesaler. Wandering J Photography captured all the beauty in Big Horn, WY. The bride made her own custom bouquet wrap of tooled leather.

Sometimes it’s more the prairie that provides inspiration rather than a mountain meadow. The wide open spaces are filled with different types of grasses, sagebrush, and the occasional wet spot with gifts like horsetail weeds and sedges. This wedding took place in August at the Big Horn Equestrian Center. The family hosting this wedding told me they envisioned the day to look like the place where the prairie and mountains meet - very much like our little spot in Sheridan nestled against the Big Horn Mountains. With soft lavender tones, deep purple accents, and local grasses collected from their family property, these bouquets hit the mark. See more from this day captured by Alissa Ferullo Photography here.

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If you have dreams of a wildflowers wedding or an event inspired by our breathtaking Wyoming open spaces, I’d love to make them come to life.

Lupine, balsamroot, bluebells, forget-me-nots, wild delphinium and a dozen other varieties I can’t identify in my favorite meadow of all time.

A Micro wedding in Wyoming

When planning a June wedding in Wyoming you risk all types of weather. It could be blustery, wet, and maybe even snow. Or, as we experienced for Delaney and Kalvin - the sun could be scorching hot with the wind blowing like a furnace. When I pulled onto the ranch for their wedding, my car read 102*.

Like most couples getting married in 2020, the plans changed for their wedding. Instead of the large gathering with family and friends from across the country at the family ranch where they met, these two decided to keep their wedding date and pare back the guestlist for a micro wedding on their family ranch.

We pivoted to an intimate ceremony overlooking the vast Wyoming prairie with the Big Horn Mountains in the distance but kept the lush garden roses and peonies from our original plan. The weekend was coordinated by Ashley Marie Weddings, Catered by Bonafide Food, and captured by Nate Griffin of Nashville, TN.

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Due to the heat and extreme wind we faced that afternoon, I built the foundations of the ceremony pillars in an outbuilding and then transferred them to the ceremony spot in the back of our truck. Instead of our first plan over looking the valley on the edge of the bluff, we tucked into a juniper grove. This spot still had stunning views but was protected from the 30+mph gusts coming off the hot prairie below.

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Congratulations to the sweetest couple!

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WGF Favorites - Let's eat cake

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Captured by Dyann Diercks

Captured by Aundrea Marie Photography

Cake by Jackalope Ranch, Captured by Alissa Ferullo Photography

Captured by Cassie Rosch

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Captured by Rebekah Viola Photography

Captured by Foxtails Photography