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A Simple Wedding at The Elms in Excelsior Springs, Missouri

Whitney, 26, a mortgage loan officer, and Adam, 28, a project manager, met through Adam’s younger sister, who is Whitney’s best friend. “I truly wante

Whitney, 26, a mortgage loan officer, and Adam, 28, a project manager, met through Adam’s younger sister, who is Whitney’s best friend. “I truly wanted our wedding to feel like a small, intimate, romantic dinner party meets garden,” Whitney says. “We wanted the wedding to be stress free and feel like a vacation for our guests and especially us.” They kept their decor minimal and color palette simple with shades of green and white.

“We choose this location because it had everything we wanted all in one place for our guests,” Whitney says. “The hotel had a historic feel with modern updates, a beautiful outside gazebo to hold the ceremony, and the perfect room for our dinner and reception.”
Whitney and Adam had simple white programs decorated with an indigo script typeface and a sparkly silver strip across the top.
The bride carried a simple green and white lady’s mantle and hydrangea bouquet.
Whitney and Adam exchanged vows in the onsite gazebo. The aisle was decorated with fresh white rose petals.
Green and white flower balls and strings of crystals decorated the ceremony site.
Guests’ table placements were printed onto green paper and framed in wood.
“The hotel had a historic feel with modern updates,” Whitney says. “It had the perfect room for our dinner and reception.” The couple decorated the room with green and white linens.
Matching the bride’s bouquet, the centerpieces were made of green lady’s mantle and white hydrangea. The green table numbers matched the programs with a silver strip along the top.
“The entire weekend really felt like Adam and I as a couple,” Whitney says.