KELLY AND MATT HAVE A SMALL, SIMPLE, OUTDOOR WEDDING!
Kelly and Matt had a very pretty, simple wedding in Denver. I really love the way they let the day have a life of it's own.
Sometimes keeping a loose grip on the reigns yields the best and most surprising results. They had small group of 8 and they encountered a mid-ceremony rainstorm that gave way to a rainbow! You can't plan this stuff.
I'm gonna let Kelly narrate this one: Her summary of their super cool, intimate wedding is just perfect!
All pictures are by Libby Holmes Photography of Denver, CO.
Kelly and Matt!
"Matt and I had a very elegant, honest, simple wedding.
Our goal was a ceremony that prioritized US and enabled us to be mentally/emotionally Present!
I didn't want to have to think about anyone other than us.... once the door opens to honoring others' expectations, it's no longer OUR wedding. And if it's not 'ours', what's the point?!"
"We sent out announcement cards to friends and family a few weeks before the ceremony and asked everyone to participate "in their own unique way" on our special day."
"We had loved ones in Australia, Kenya, England, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Portland, Santa Fe, Athens... all over the world!... toasting, feasting, paddle boarding, going to concerts, attending art shows, hiking the Camino de Santiago- all as a way to honor the magic wherever they happened to be."
"We'd planned to all ride our bikes down to this incredible wastewater treatment plant that's now an urban reclamation site and preserve along the Platte River, but the weather was iffy so we drove my vintage Mustang instead - win/win!"
"Greg played a KIZZ song on my
Mom's vintage ukelele and Jenn wrote/read a dedication. Maureen made
bouquets from the flowers that Matt and I grew in our yard."
"Roger led an incredible heartfelt ceremony - we stood in the park, then it clouded over, then rained so we scooted shoulder-to-shoulder under a concrete overhang, then the rain subsided and a brilliant rainbow appeared!"
"The ceremony was built by our friends! We had no idea what anyone was going to do or say or play.... and this unknown aspect made it so incredibly real!"
"Afterward, the 3 couples went to a Mexican restaurant in our neighborhood Matt and I had gone there on our first date, and the food/patio are Awesome!"
"I made our small wedding cake that Matt and I shared with my parents when they came to town the next day-we grilled home-grown vegetables, told them about the ceremony, and packed for our trip to Spain the next day."
"Our attendees were:
Minister Roger Teal, me and Matt, neighbors Greg and Maureen, and friends Jenn and MJ + Libby the photographer.
Minister Roger Teal, me and Matt, neighbors Greg and Maureen, and friends Jenn and MJ + Libby the photographer.
It was just the 8 of us total."
Thanks again, Kelly, for sharing all the details of this lovely day!!
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