Their Story:  “Michael and I met at my family’s restaurant 5 years ago here in Florida. We decided on a small destination wedding in Colorado for two main reasons: 1.) We both grew up vacationing with our families in Colorado during ski season….we LOVE Colorado and the Rockies!, and 2.) We wanted to avoid the stress of planning a large wedding and wanted something more intimate and meaningful with our closest family members.”

Their Story:  “We both work in healthcare.  We met in 8th grade at a middle school dance, and were high school sweethearts. We are thinking a small, destination wedding in Colorado because we are both more private people and just want to be surrounded by family that means the most to us. We also went to Colorado about 3 years ago and fell in love with it.”

Their Story:  "Bryan and I are both nurses and we met in an ER where I was working as a travel nurse.  We have been inseparable since. We love camping, hiking, the mountains and almost anything else outside that we can do! Since we prefer the mountains to the desert and aren’t a fan of the city, we talked about a possible elopement but decided that we wanted to include a few close friends and family.  So, a small destination wedding in the mountains seemed like the perfect solution. We have never been to Colorado but have always had it on the list of places to see and experience.  We are so are excited to get married in the mountains there surrounded by loved ones!”

Their Story: "We met back in 2017 at a mutual friend’s birthday party during his Grant's year of college and my first year of college.  We reconnected again during COVID and began dating. We have both traveled many miles over the last two years to see and support each other.  Grant surprised me on Easter Sunday of 2022 by proposing! We are both very low-key people, and wanted our wedding to reflect that. We also wanted to do something less stressful and intimate for our wedding because I am in the process of finishing college and working and don't have much free time. A family friend of mine used Wendee and Custom Weddings of Colorado for her wedding, and the small, intimate ceremony was something I wanted for myself and my wedding. We chose our location based on the beautiful photos on the website. I have traveled to Colorado when I was younger, but never Grand Lake and my fiancé has never been to Colorado. I have always loved the mountains and scenery of Colorado."

Their Story:   “Tim and I met while working at a pizza restaurant. Since then, we bought a house, and adopted two German Shepherd dogs. Tim and I love adventure, taking trips, and trying new things. Our families are very tight-knit and we value our close relationships with them. We are looking for a small and intimate wedding day that celebrates our marriage with our closest friends & family without worrying about "hosting" or "entertaining". We truly want this day to be about us.”

Thier Story:  “Zach and I met in 2014 on our college campus. We would like to have a small wedding/ elopement because we want the time to be about connecting with our family and close friends and enjoying our time together. The idea of a large wedding feels too impersonal and stressful. We decided on Colorado because it is close to both of our families. We also greatly value spending time outdoors and feel that we are most ourselves when hiking and exploring.”

Their Story:   “We both work from home and are currently in school. My cousin introduced us about 3 years ago and we love to travel. We got engaged April 2022 in San Diego, California. We don't want the stress of planning of big wedding so decided to have something small and intimate.”

Their Story: Max and Mette live in Denver with their sweet golden retriever. "We quickly bonded over our love for the outdoors and adventure, and felt getting married in the mountains with just a few close friends was a perfect representation of our relationship. Our perfect day includes an early morning wake-up with strong coffee, a long, hard hike, and an outdoor brewery." ☕️ 🥾🍻 

Micro-Wedding Plans:  When Mette and Max reached out to us, they has already booked an amazing venue in the picturesque town of Buena Vista, Colorado.  But, they needed help pulling together the logistics along with their needs and vision.  They we started discussion how having a first-look and then doing couple-only photos with the photographer BEFORE the ceremony would offer a nice "flow" to the wedding day and give them an opprotunity to head into the mountains for those scenic mountain photos.

Thier Story:  We grew up in the same small town in northern Ohio.  We knew each other growing up, but we didn't start dating until about 3 years ago when we reconnected.  We started our relationship doing long distance, but both came back to Ohio after our first year of dating.  We are both excited to get married the summer of 2023. I have always wanted a small/destination wedding, and we both love spending time in the mountains (something we don't get enough of in Ohio). We want a wedding focused on the people we love and who love us the most. We simply want a small, beautiful micro-wedding that everyone can enjoy.“ 

Their Story:  "The first week we started seeing each other we went on four dates- our mutual favorite bar, a trail run, a long bike ride, and a brewery to play board games with friends.  It’s been all of that fun and more ever since. Since we are local to Colorado, we don’t consider this a destination wedding, but we would like to get out of Fort Collins to get married somewhere beautiful in the state that reflects our love for the outdoors and can feel a bit like a weekend getaway for us.  Another important element to this is that our families and friends will all have to travel by plane to be with us, so we want it to be more than just gathering at the courthouse. We really want to do a small micro-wedding because though we are both pretty outgoing, we are also fairly private people and not really into the performative feeling of big modern weddings. We really want to honor our love in a way that feels authentic to us with just family and one close friend (+spouse) for each of us.”

Their Story:  “Spending time together is our favorite thing - be it laughing until we're crying at something others probably wouldn't find funny at all, having deep conversations about the past as well as the future (and everything in between), or in silence, simply soaking up each other's company.  Golf, darts, shuffleboard, and air hockey are sure to end in someone being a sore loser, but never for long - staying mad at one another has always been difficult.  Our love for lakes and forests and mountains ultimately made us decide that Colorado would be the perfect backdrop for our elopement ceremony and first memory as a married couple. We've already loved each other for a few lifetimes now, I'm sure of it, and we're both so excited to see what this one has in store for us.”