If you are an avid follower of our blog and/or social media, you are no stranger to the Larkspur event venue located in beautiful Vail, Colorado. This post is a look at yet another unforgettable Larkspur wedding. The couple is Kelly and Peter and the planning mastermind behind this special evening is Jeni Pletcher, wedding planner and owner of Gemini Event Planning. 

Larkspur Vail bride and groom inside clear wedding tent with draping
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Music lovers rejoice! Thanks to the creative forces that are Sparrow Event Planning, Colorado Tents & Events (CTE) had the honor to collaborate with an A list vendor team to bring one of the most unique styled shoot themes to life. 

10 Mile Music Hall Wedding Frisco, CO
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Sarah and Philip are a nature loving couple who appreciate the mountains as much as they do the beach which made picking a wedding venue a challenge! Ultimately, they opted for the mountains, booking with Beaver Creek’s Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch. But, who says you can’t have a beachy, mountain wedding? Let’s take a look at this style bending design that is definitely trend-worthy! 

fabric lined wedding tent at Ritz Beaver Creek
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Bride, Abby, only had one unconditional when it came to her wedding day: to get married at her family’s Breckenridge home. And that is exactly what she did on a beautiful July evening surrounded by her nearest and dearest. 

Breckenridge bride and groom eating cake

Abby and Josh walked down the aisle on a midsummer’s eve in a field adjacent to the family property. Inspired by the mountains surrounding them, the couple kept their ceremony furnishings rustic and simple. Guests were seated in Colorado Tents & Event’s wooden x-back chairs, facing an elegant and matching mahogany, hexagonal arbor. Tasteful touches of minimalist-style greenery and florals served as the only decor which perfectly complemented the venue’s natural surroundings.

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If you are a fan of our blog or our social media, then this quote probably sounds familiar. Bottom line, these are just great words to live by in our opinion. And, as you can imagine the couple behind the sign, endorsing this mantra is pretty special, too. We shared a little bit of Lauren and Ryan’s story in our Year and Review blog post in November, but today we are going behind the scenes to take a closer look at the perseverance, creativity, and adaptability it took to be a 2020 COVID couple.

Beaver Creek wedding ceremony
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Finally, we can kiss this never-ending year goodbye and leave it for the history books! As we shift our focus to the brighter horizons ahead, we can’t help but start to think about what this coming year’s wedding and events will look like! Just when we think we’ve seen it all, new Pinterest-worthy trends and styles emerge casting their unique imprint on each event season. So, in anticipation of this bright and hopeful new chapter, we’ve consulted our crystal ball and these are our 2021 mountain weddings and events trends and style projections:

Colorado bride and groom with wedding sign - Danielle Roth photo

Photo: Danielle Roth Photo

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You may have already heard the news but we’ve been awarded “Best of Weddings” by The Knot two years running! In honor of this incredible accolade, we would like to take this time to look back at some of the beautiful weddings from this year and share their heart-warming stories. As a wise man (Professor Dumbledore) once said, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light.”

Abby + Josh – Breckenridge, Colorado

It was Abby’s dream to get married at her parent’s home in Breckenridge, Colorado, and it was a dream that did in fact come true despite the challenges facing all couples this year. With sprawling mountain views and a picturesque creek flowing along the property line, it was pretty easy to create a magical and intimate setting for this couple’s big day. 

Colorado mountain wedding venue with clear top tent
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Is an all clear tent a must have for your wedding day? Can “clear” be one of your colors? For Jessi and Casey the answers to these questions was a resounding “yes!” Let’s take a look at how this couple in collaboration with their wedding team from Go Bella used this unique design element to shape the overall vision of their big day!

Keystone Ranch lake
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Sheer mountain elegance is what comes to mind when we think about our next venue pick. Larkspur is a family-owned and operated restaurant turned high-end event space whose culinary expertise and gold standard customer service has cemented its reputation as a premier Vail Valley wedding venue.

tented wedding at Larkspur Vail
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Mallory and Dan came to us with a unique vision. This outdoorsy couple wanted to transform one of their favorite mountain spots into a more elegant wedding venue. The location is a popular one up here in Summit County, called Windy Point Campground. Aside from its many campsites, Windy Point has a wooden pavilion that attracts couples near and far with its surrounding mountain and lakefront views and affordable pricing. The overall accommodations, though, are basic because it is after all a campground. Today, we are going to break down how we helped this couple flip a campground into a beautiful and accommodating wedding venue that everyone on the guest list could enjoy!

windy point pavilion wedding
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