By Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado Elopement
The Best of Both Worlds – A Colorado Lakeside Wedding in the MountainsWith Cheryl wanting a beach wedding and Julia longing for a mountain backdrop, we gave them both for their Colorado mountain destination wedding. They came all the way from Illinois to say “i do” before a select number of family and friends, and […]
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Wayne and Rachell initially contacted me about eloping in Telluride. When we began to process the options, however, it was clear they liked Maroon Bells in Aspen as their venue. I’m somewhat reluctant to advise couples to get married at Maroon Bells. It’s notoriously fickle in terms of weather–the rest of Aspen can be basking in […]
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Coming from Oklahoma for a June wedding, high school sweethearts Jayden and Tyler didn’t know a whole lot about eloping in Colorado. (Fortunately–we do!) They just knew they wanted a gorgeous mountain backdrop and fabulous photos to showcase the event.It Pays to be Flexible when Eloping in ColoradoMost couples think “mountains” over “lakes” when it […]
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Fall was out in all it’s splendor for Melanie and Jason to elope in TellurideWhen Melanie reached out to me in February of last year, she indicated that she was looking for the “perfect place to elope” in the fall in Colorado. Since gorgeous mountain vistas with sweeping views of yellow aspens are everywhere in […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Colorado Elopement , Telluride Elopement , Winter Elopement
Brooke and Andrew live in Fort Collins, Colorado, so their Telluride elopement was not technically a destination wedding. However, a seven hour drive from home allowed them to have the feel of a getaway while still being married in their home state–a place near and dear to their hearts. And really, just because you live […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Colorado Elopement , Elopement Tips & Advice
Some sites–like Maroon Bells in Aspen–can be tricky. They’re terribly crowded in summer and fall and inaccessible in winter. This gives us a very narrow window of time to take advantage of such sites.The question I get most often from eloping couples is “where are the best places to elope in Colorado?” And my answer is […]
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Scotty and Blaine rank up there in my Top 10 Favorite Couples of All Time so I took it quite personally when Mother Nature decided to get persnickety and interfere with their early spring elopement at Lookout Mountain. The weather was so bad that airports were closed across the Midwest and the two couldn’t even get […]
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Jenni and Ben met in high school. But their lives after school were destined to take different paths…at least for a bit. Fast forward 20 years and Jenni, a divorced mom of two girls and Ben–a divorced dad with a son–reconnected. (Gotta love Facebook!) And the rest, as they say… Having both done the big wed-a-palooza with […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado Elopement , Winter Elopement
It was a case of Cupid presenting himself via modern technology that brought Ashley and Lee together (via Facebook, of course) in early 2017. Fast forward 20 months and their Colorado winter elopement became a reality. Winter weddings can be tricky (I speak from personal experience–my own anniversary date is December 18th). It takes a certain […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado Elopement
When Kerry contacted me to discuss having us coordinate her Breckenridge destination wedding, she made it very clear that she and Eric were going small in order to avoid the stress of a big wedding. Oh yeah…she had me at hello. Traveling to Colorado all the way from the east coast, they wanted the details handled so […]
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