FEATURED WEDDING | ASPEN BRIDE
Describe your wedding theme Shannon & Kevin: Our theme was rustic, Colorado, and sustainable. We bypassed traditional invites and communicated with our guests via our wedding website and through email updates. We were able to send out Save the Dates, Formal Invites, and information about the rehearsal without having to print a single piece of paper. Our flowers were grown locally and organically, our caterer recycled everything, and we used re-usable products whenever we could. Our wedding came together perfectly and we would not have changed anything. We are runners and our ceremony reflected our similar interests, goals, and passion for staying active outside. The cocktail hour featured a miniature pony carrying around bottles of water and beer in a mini satchel; originally, Kevin had a donkey lined up, but the donkey became injured a few days before the event. A Roaring Fork Valley resident stepped up and found us a pony that even had navy blue cloth, a main wedding color, wrapped into her braids. The reception started early in the evening because
we had 9 kids under the age of 6 at our wedding; family is important to us and we wanted our friends and family that had kids to enjoy the festivities. The kids danced to our Boulder-based band, Smack Thompson, during cocktail hour and after eating some yummy bbq. Our goal for the wedding was for it to feel more like a dressed-up bbq where people could mix, mingle, and dance if they wanted to and we think it turned out perfectly.
Why Aspen, Colorado? Shannon & Kevin: We were drawn to Aspen because we had spent some time in and around Aspen since we started our relationship. The first summer that we were together we had a great backpacking trip through the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area. We originally wanted to have the wedding ceremony at the Maroon Bells, but the weekend that we wanted to get married was booked up. That was actually a blessing in disguise because having all of the wedding events at the same spot was easy for our guests and us! Summer/Fall 2011 | aspenbride.com | 73