A Purple and Teal Simple Wedding at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California

Erika Navarrette (25 and an assistant athletic director/high school coach) and Tyson Hetzer (26 and private security) met while they attended the same college and dated well after graduation. Five years after being together, Tyson proposed to Erika and they were happily engaged. The couple had their wedding at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California, which was the area where Erika and her family always went on vacation. Also, it helped that having a February wedding wasn’t a problem with the consistent warm weather! The teal and purple color palette was present throughout the wedding day, from the bridesmaid dresses to the gardenia and hydrangea bouquet and the purple escort cards. The ceremony took place outside on the venue patio, overlooking the green golf course and pond in the distance. The indoor reception dining tables were decorated with tall glass centerpieces, filled with an assortment of roses and dahlias accented with branches. The reception dinner ended with a three-tiered ivory wedding cake, elegantly decorated with purple and fuchsia flowers. “The day still makes me smile, even if I don’t feel like smiling, because it reminds me of the commitment of love we made to each other and the love that was showered on us by our family and friends,” says Erika.