Vendor Profile :: Eat Dessert First

It's been awhile since I've worked with Eat Dessert First and I just happened upon his website & remembered how wonderful he is! Pastry chef Barkley Eberline is extremely creative - he makes the most beautiful and unique cakes. Be sure to look at his website and read what he offers for fillings & flavors, your mouth will start to water!!

Next, you'll want to call Barkley and schedule a tasting!
Contact information:
Website
303-282-4954

Vendor Profile :: Sapphire Celebrations

I first met the mother and daughter team of Pamela & Angela of Sapphire Celebrations about three years ago, one of those chance meetings where the bride hired us individually. I'm so thankful for this chance meeting as I think these ladies are wonderful to work with!
Gosh, we've worked on so many weddings together that I couldn't even venture a guess as to how many..
We have covered Hudson Gardens, private homes, Timber Ridge in Vail, Arrowhead Golf Course and many more locations.

Here are some photos of our beautiful weddings:

An elevated arrangement at Arrowhead Golf Course:


Garden style arch in bride's backyard:


Wagon for flower girl & ringbearer - Saddle Ridge, Vail:


Cake at Pines of Genesee:


Chair decorations at Hudson Gardens:


"Pamela and Angela are proud of the high level of service for which Sapphire Celebrations has come to be known. Two partners, three coordinators, and five assistants take pride in exceeding the expectations of the couples who entrust us with their wedding day."
Contact Information:
Angie Johnston
Sapphire Celebrations
303-617-3984
www.sapphirecelebrations.com
blog: www.sapphirecelebrations.com/blog

~Making Your Vision a Reality

Favorite Websites :: The Bride's Cafe

Yes, I did post about The Bride's Cafe just a few months ago. I have an update - Bella Fiori is now listed on this wonderful website! Check it out here:

The Bride's Cafe

Janie does an amazing job with this website, I love it and am sure you will too!

Devil's Thumb Ranch

I'd love to share with all of you a wedding we recently worked on at Devil's Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, Colorado. Jeff & Iris's wedding was one that we have been anticipating for awhile. Michelle was the lead designer on this wedding and I'm so pleased to share all the details she worked on hard on.
Here is a shot of the ceremony and reception rooms. The ceremony was amazing. We lined the aisle with 8 elevated arrangements of glads, stock, delphinium, hanging amaranthus and hydrangea. A thick carpet of rose petals, larkspur & delphinium blossoms for the aisle. The guests were given sachets full of lavender to toss as Jeff & Iris left the ceremony. Trust me, it would be great if the computer had "scratch & sniff" capabilities right now! Iris told Michelle she loved the movie - What Dream May Come and we designed the aisle to give that feel.

Iris carried an amazing tear drop bouquet of pink parrot tulips, lavender & pink callas, lavender sweetpeas, lavender, pink cymbidium orchids and hydrangea.

The programs were beautiful. I loved the cherry blossom theme:

The umbrella Michelle designed with dendrobrium and cymbidium orchids. Love it!:

Michelle holding the umbrella for a photo:

When the guests entered the reception room they were greeted with a six foot table covered with lavender bunches & a tag with their name and table number:

Here is the first view of the reception room. Seven tables each with elevated arrangements of manzanita branches decorated with hanging candles, roses, amaranthus, sweetpeas, peonies and more. At the base was moss, river rocks and orchids:

An up close photo of the table number, love the cherry blossoms!:

An up close of the flowers on the manzanita branches:

Each place setting had a beautiful pink cymbidium blossom:

The gorgeous cake is by Rachael of Intricate Icings. She beautifully continued the cherry blossom theme onto the cake:

We hung 50 candles in glass globes from the ceiling to add the ambiance:

We placed numerous pillar candles along the beams and in the windows with a few cymbidium blossoms:


What a wedding! We were tired but very happy when this beautiful wedding was complete!

All the wonderful vendors from this wedding:
Debbie with Save The Date Events
Zack & Michelle with Revert Imaging
Rachael with Intricate Icings
Devil's Thumb Ranch

Flower Varieties :: Blue Flowers

We love it when brides come to us and they say their colors are blue and white. The only slightly difficult thing is the lack of blue flowers available as a cut flower. Some of the more popular varieties are show here:

White calla with blue tweedia:

White rose with light blue delphinium:

Brighter blue hydrangea with white roses, lisianthus and stephanotis:

Light blue hydrangea with white roses, tulips and stephanotis:

Tweedia:

Muscari:

Delphinium:

Iris:

Hyacinth:

Agapanthus:

Vendor Profile :: Barry Staver

Storytelling with a camera - that is how Barry Staver approaches every event he photographs. I met Barry through Association of Bridal Consultants many years ago and have a huge amount of respect for him. (He is also a big yogi and we share that interest). Barry is amazing and he has been kind enough to send us many photographs from weddings we've worked on together.
Here are a few:



Contact Information:
Barry Staver
303.880.8063
www.staverweddings.com

Flower Varieties :: Peonies

The first week of June is the perfect time to show off the peony. Peonies have been a popular cut flower since ancient times. Their large lush blossoms are available in single, semi-double and double flower heads. Double Peonies are sometimes called "Bomb Peony" because of the explosion of petals upon opening. Vase life varies from 7 to 10 days depending on bud stage and environmental conditions.
Available colors include yellow, crimson red, light pink, medium pink, hot pink and white and peach.
The growing season is rather limited. They are grown locally in Colorado from mid-May to mid-July. They are imported from the Southern Hemisphere in November & December.