One Couple's Eclectic, Artsy Wedding at the St. Vrain in Longmont, Colorado

It only made sense for Maddie to rely on her sense of creativity when marrying John. “For our theme, I wanted everything to be eclectic and artsy in a way no guests had seen before,” Maddie says. “I wanted it to be textural and our color palette to be moody.” 

At the ceremony, the couple draped a dark, canvas-style backdrop, which Maddie painted, over the St Vrain’s exposed brick and minimal bushels of greenery hung from the chairs. Maddie hand-wrote each escort card to contain a personal message for every guest. Maddie designed the sketch of two birds to finish each of the menus: a flamingo represented John’s home state of Florida and a robin served as a nod to her Colorado roots. Red and burnt-orange roses brightened up the muted mixes of greenery, baby’s breath and white peonies atop tables. Maddie played up eclectic mixes of texture on the tables, choosing wood block numbers and runners in different fabrics and patterns. She also used paint stir sticks and egg cartons to create the unique hanging decoration suspended from the chandelier at the reception.

John’s groomsmen rocked dapper black suits while Maddie’s bridesmaids paired their mismatched dresses with single, white king protea. Guests snacked on garden pea soup paired with homemade sourdough bread and sipped old-fashioned cocktails made with walnut bitters during the cocktail hour.