Hair & Makeup: Kim Jundt & Team
Videography: Jake Flood Videography
Florist: ArtisticFloralDesign on Etsy
Cake: A family friend made it
Cake Topper: PrettyLittleLaser on Etsy
DJ: John and Ethan from Elite Entertainment
Decorators: Elite Entertainment
Wedding Dress: Custom Made by AtelierLuckyDress on Etsy
Wedding Shoes: EREYBE on Etsy
Wedding Tux: The Black Tux
Wedding Jewelry: Happyzzzsu and emiliaraebridal (earrings), irenau (bracelet) on Etsy
How did you two meet?
Here's a link to our story on our wedding website if you'd like more detail, but we actually were random roommates during the pandemic! There were 5 of us living in a big house in Briargate in Colorado Springs, one of which was also our Officiant and Anthony's best friend, Marcel. We became close friends while living with one another and started dating shortly after the end of the lease.
What was the best memory of your wedding day?
I can't answer this for Anthony, but mine was definitely our vows. We wrote our own vows and didn't share them with one another before the ceremony, so we heard them for the first time then. Our vows were extremely similar, and we even wrote one line that was exactly the same in both of our vows. I just felt so overwhelmed with gratitude to be known and understood like that by the person I love most and will be spending the rest of my life with.
What would be some advice you would give to future couples as they plan their wedding day?
We can't tell anyone how to do their wedding because what worked for us might not work for others, but here are some things that worked really well for us:
We planned most big/important things ourselves and only asked for help on small, straightforward details that didn't matter too much to us (picking up a cake and making the centerpieces, for example). I really appreciated not delegating major tasks to others because I had no stress about whether or not the major tasks would be done right or done at all.
We personalized our wedding a lot! We commissioned special songs, my wedding dress was designed by me and custom made, we had a custom choreographed dance, we wrote our own vows, etc. We looked forward to and loved all of our personalized touches and highly recommend working in some meaningful easter eggs for yourself to look forward to.
We did a first look and this was my second favorite thing about our wedding. I felt very stressed the morning of the wedding thinking about all the details, and seeing my then fiance before we walked down the aisle was so comforting and exciting. It was such a special moment and allowed us to get some couple portraits done prior to the ceremony.
Where did you go on your honeymoon? Where did you stay and what were a couple activities you enjoyed. Would you recommend to other couples?
We went to Hotel Xcaret in Mexico and really enjoyed it! We stayed in Casa de las Artistas, which had a 24hr butler service which made the stay that much better. Our favorite things were seeing the cenotes and the ruins at Chichen Itza. We highly recommend the Xenotes and Xenses tours with Xcaret, and the restaurants that require reservations are all really amazing!