Hold on tight, I am about to throw at you one of the wildest wedding adventures that may ever happen! I was invited to join a team of vendors to bring together a styled wedding at a new venue in Denver called The Stanley Marketplace. This used to be the original location of the Denver Airport before it moved out East. It had just been renovated and turned into a local market place full of yoga studios, restaurants, chocolate shop, boutiques...you name it! It was so exciting to show off this incredible new place to the Denver community.
As we brought the team together, we needed a real couple to stand in and model for us. I believe in only bringing real couples into styled weddings because they have the natural chemistry that can't be beat! Through some friends I met Rosie and Joe. I had known that they were engaged and had been for some time. They have a sweet daughter, Olive, who makes up this cute family of three. One day, the planner mentioned that Joe is wanting to surprise Rosie at the end of our styled wedding with a REAL wedding!
I had sooooo many mixed feelings on this. Would Rosie be excited? How will this go down!? What if I blow it? Scroll down to the end of this blog where you will see the real photos and some more of this crazy story!
Right above are the images before I started to panic! No joke, I flew by the seat of my pants with figuring out some way to tell Rosie what was about to happen. I remember saying something like, "You should look over this way!" And then walked in their dear friends, and their daughter Olive! Joe took it from there, and away we went with the REAL wedding of the day! Luckily, Rosie was all in and so excited to share in such a special moment after a full day of celebrating love. The story was shared on Green Wedding Shoes where you can hear Rosie's side of everything!
Vendor Team: Dress- Little White Dress. Venue-Hangar At The Stanley. Photography-Red Aspen Photography. Planner-Adina Michelle Events. Rentals and Decor-Yonder Floral and Decor. Florals-Fawns Leap. Catering-Occasions Catering. Hair & Makeup-Fav-uLous. Cake-Azucar Bakery. Suit-The Black Tie. Macrame-Wander Tree.
Ashleigh is the photographer of Red Aspen Photography. You can follow her work on Instagram and her website.
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