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Colorado Rainbow Wedding Inspired by Hawaiian Culture

I have been dying to show off this beautiful Colorado rainbow wedding for a few weeks now, but it’s mid-July and that means that I’m wearing my crazy pants trying to keep on top of the wedding pile. I met Theresa in roller derby (surprise right? I pretty much meet everyone there these days!) She doesn’t skate with Rocky Mountain anymore, but I keep holding out hope that her schedule will free up some more and she’ll come back to us. (Maybe now that the wedding is over?! Heavy hint) Theresa and Paul obviously poured so much love and thought into the planning of their Colorado rainbow wedding that it was very hard for me to narrow down all of the awesome shots we got for the post. They picked my favorite hotel in Denver to photograph in (The Hotel Monaco) as the place where they would get ready for the day and when prep time was over, everyone headed out to St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church on 23rd and York for the ceremony. After the mass, they held their pretty Hawaiian inspired rainbow wedding reception up in Evergreen at the Evergreen Lake House where they paddled into their reception via paddleboat:) And, they didn’t just pick one or two colors for their wedding. They went with the whole rainbow. And poor Paul folded up so many cranes I’m sure he’d be happy to never see another piece of origami paper in his whole life again. The highlight for me was seeing Theresa dance the hula for her father since it was his birthday. It was so emotional and beautiful that I teared up. I felt kind of embarrassed until I looked around the room and I swear there was not a single dry eye in the room. Bravo Theresa!

Theresa and Paul,
Thank you so much for having me as your wedding photographer. It was incredibly fun getting to work with both of you and I feek like I got to know you better as well:) I will never forget getting the chance to explore the open sky in a balloon with both of you and I sincerely hope you have many more exciting and fun times ahead!
xoxo
April/Nonie

These are the vendors who helped pull off this beautiful Colorado rainbow wedding

Venues: Evergreen Lake House

http://www.evergreenrecreation.com/Facilities/Evergreen_Lake_House/Weddings_-_Rentals_-_Events.htm

St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church  http://www.loyoladenver.com/

Hotel http://www.monaco-denver.com/

Dress: Wtoo http://watters.com/Collection/WtooDresses/

Dress Shop: Felice Bridal in Colorado Springs https://www.felicebridal.com/

Shoes: Seychelles Wild Card in Blue & Tom’s in Red http://seychellesfootwear.com/  & http://www.toms.com/

All of the bridesmaids bought their own dresses at various places

Hair & Make up: Lauren Rennells http://www.hrstbooks.com/lauren-rennells

Jewelry: Theresa borrowed her jewelry from her big sis

Suits: Mens Wearhouse

Cake: Whole Foods http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Caterer: Footers Catering http://www.footerscatering.com/

Event Planner: Rachel and Chelsey at Talia Events http://taliaevents.com/

Floral Design: Cori Cook http://www.coricook.com/

Videographer: Rising Moon http://risingmoonfilms.com/

Stationary: Theresa and Paul did this all themselves

Officiant: Paul’s Uncle Father Stan Staron

DJ: Jeramy from A Music Plus http://amusicplus.com/

Limo: Presidential Limo http://presidentiallimo.com/

Pretty!

Theresa looks like a beautiful old movie starlet thanks to Lauren Rennells

Something borrowed

Rainbow!

Theresa gets a little bit of each color:) End result? Rainbow bouquet!

Each groomsman got a different colored boutonniere.

Goldfish are just one of the perks in the room at the Hotel Monaco

First Look

Theresa and her sisters

The rainbow color scheme really looked great. Gives everything such a bright and happy feeling:)

Love those huge bows:)

The ringbearer had such serious expressions!

Haha, don’t even ask. I have no idea what those people were doing lol

St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Chuch Denver Colorado

Theresa’s mom gets some help with her traditional Korean dress from Paul’s mom before the ceremony gets started.

St. Ignatius is an old beautiful church finished in 1924.

Paul gives his mom a big hug during the ceremony.

Hard not to smile at a bride as pretty as Theresa!

“Our father…”

Arriving in style:)

Paper crane escort cards

The sweetheart table

A colorful feast for the eyes

Gorgeous!

Father Stan gives the blessing before eating

So sweet.

Paul gave Theresa one of the nicest compliments I’ve heard a groom give his bride in a long time when I took this shot of her. “You look like the First Lady!” I couldn’t agree more. Theresa looks absolutely royal here:)

The wetland boardwalk is such a nice spot for pictures:)

Got a lucky break and caught this before he flew away.

Pictures don’t show the full beauty of Theresa’s Hula dance. Luckily she had Rising Moon capturing it all on video:)

Theresa’s dad waits for his birthday hula dance present from Theresa

First Dance

Theresa and Paul made sure the kids had some goodies to keep them entertained.

Can you tell that Theresa’s sis was dancing to Footloose? I think you can! 🙂

How cute are Theresa’s parents? Her dad is Hawaiian.

Favorite!

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