PLANNING GUIDES & Resources
Everything I know about eloping in Colorado
The Secret to Having a Hot Spring Elopement
Hot Spring Elopement in Colorado: Learn how to have the best day of your life, with tips and advice for how to incorporate a hot spring into your wedding day.
What to Wear for Engagement Photos
Need help deciding what to wear for engagement photos? Here are a few color theory tips to help you find the best look for you and your partner.
How to Prepare for Engagement Photos
How to prepare for engagement photos, starting with shoes you can run around in. What to wear, what to bring, where to go, and ideas if you get nervous on camera.
Best Locations for Engagement Photos in Colorado National Monument
Some of the best and unknown locations and landscapes to get engagement photos taken in Colorado National Monument, a national park service unit in Fruita, Colorado.
How to Have a Camp Themed Wedding or Elopement
A camp themed wedding or elopement with camp chairs instead of rentals and enamel mugs instead of champagne flutes. Where to stay, what to eat, and what to do.
Elopement Dress Ideas for an Outdoor Wedding
Elopement dress advice for an outdoor wedding: what to test at your fitting, plus shoes, layers, veils, short dresses, and designers with sizes and prices.
Colorado Roads to Elope On if You're Scared of Heights
Eloping in Colorado and scared of heights? These are the 4WD, dirt, and paved roads I'd pick near Ouray, Telluride, and Crested Butte, with notes on drop offs.
How to Have a Train Elopement on the Durango Silverton Train
Want to get married or take a train ride from Durango to Silverton and truly see the San Juans as they did back in the 1880’s? Then look no more! Featuring info all about the Durango to Silverton Railway, how to choose which car to purchase, as well as elopement timeline examples for incorporating a train ride into your wedding day.
How to Write Your Own Vows
How to write your own vows like madlibs: the past, the present, the future. Plus how long they should be (as long as you want, just match each other).
The Colorado Honeymoon Road Trip
Colorado honeymoon road trip itinerary: a stop-by-stop loop from Denver to Sand Dunes, Durango, Silverton, Ouray & Grand Junction. Hot springs included.
Things to Do in Grand Junction, Colorado
A local's guide to things to do in Grand Junction: hiking the Grand Mesa, downtown shops, Colorado National Monument, and the best places to eat on the Western Slope.
Small Wedding Venues in Western Colorado for Less Than 20 People
75 Elopement Ideas: Things to Do on Your Elopement Day
75 elopement ideas for what to actually do on the day, from a hot air balloon ride or a dinner party with baby goats to staying home and binging Netflix.
How to Elope at Colorado National Monument
How to elope at Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction: which season to pick (summer hits 100), where to say your vows, and marriage licenses in Mesa County.
How to Plan a Fall Elopement in Colorado
Planning a fall elopement in Colorado? I'd pick the third week of September. Here's how to read the fall color maps, why weekdays win, and where aspens grow.
Where to Elope in Grand Junction, Colorado
What It's Like To Work With Me As Your Elopement Photographer
How To Find An Elopement Photographer
A full guide to how to find your wedding photographer, including a bonus list of things to ask during your initial consult!
How to Elope in Moab, Utah
How to elope in Moab without busting the crust: permits for Arches, Canyonlands, and Dead Horse Point, BLM land, timelines, hikes, campgrounds, and food.
9 Boutique Hotels for Your Elopement Venue
9 boutique hotels around Colorado that make the perfect backdrop for your colorado elopement.