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Luke & Elise - Destination Wedding

Elise grew up spending her summers in the shadow of the Big Horn Mountains while visiting family near Sheridan, WY. When it came time to plan a wedding and future with Luke, saying “I DO” in a personal and meaningful spot was only natural.

They planned an intimate wedding weekend with their nearest and dearest -just 43 people - to celebrate their union. Surrounded by their family and friends, they hosted a creekside ceremony under the trees.

Sheridan, WY-based wedding photographer, Cassie Madden Photography, captured the entire day and all of the magic.

In lieu of a traditional wedding party, their three dogs joined the wedding and wore floral collars in tones to match Elise’s bouquet in lavender, peach, and orange.

flower dog for wedding wearing an orange flower collar made with spray roses

bride with her dog on wedding day, shaking paws

Flower dog collars for destination wedding in lavender, peach and orange with spray roses, asters and hypericum berries

Every element of their wedding was individualized and they chose their personal favorite colors for the wedding. Orange for Luke, Purple for Elise. We blended the two colors together using peach and lavender tones. Elise preferred a bouquet that was more formal and less wild so we opted for less greenery, lots of roses, and a few delicate elements to bring in a wildflower feeling like purple asters, lavender Limonium, and peach hypericum.

July wedding bouquet with roses, mint, asters, hypericum in lavender, peach, orange and purple palette

peach and orange boutonniere for a groom in a tan jacket with a beard

Bridal bouquet in orange, peach and purple for a july wedding in Wyoming — This image was captured in my studio by the talented **Lance Roth**

Bride walking with her dad to outdoor ceremony in a meadow.

Rather than bringing in another element for their ceremony along the creek, we used the trees as a base for our ceremony arbor. Their wedding arch on the tree flowed up the trunk and over their heads and was full of roses and deep purple delphinium. This piece was created and built on-site using a chickenwire base stuffed with meadowgrass and simply wired to the tree. For my florist friends out there - no floral foam was used!

groom in jeans and tan jacket waiting under flower covered tree for his bride

wedding ceremony under the trees with flowers on the trunk of the tree

ceremony circle, guests praying with the bride and groom during an outdoor wedding

Tree Flower arch for outdoor wedding, flowers on the trees, Orange, lavender, peach wedding palette

Using their love of food and wine as a guide, they planned a 5-course tasting dinner with Travis Sorenson, chef at Birch, complete with wine pairings at the lovely Barn in Big Horn. This was the perfect reception venue for their intimate party and an evening of lawn games and celebrating.

To allow for conversation and visibility across their large, horseshoe-shaped table, we used a collection of hand-thrown pottery vases scattered down the table. Their bar was accented by a tall and dramatic elevated floral piece.

Sheridan Wyoming micro wedding venue in Big Horn Wyoming for a wedding reception wine pairing dinner

elevated bar flowers in purple, orange, peach and lavender. Foam free floral design.

Congratulations!!!

Bride and groom portrait, Bride wearing a lace overlay v-neck dress in ivory with french braid.

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