Getting married in Big Sky, Montana had been my dream for as long as I can remember. I had grown up vacationing there, my parents retired there, and I became great friends with a man named James O’Connor there when my sister began to bring him along with her on winter ski vacations. After years of friendship, James and I fell in love, and we began to talk about how we would love to get married in this place that had become so special to our relationship. And on July 13th, 2019, we did just that. We had close to 300 people to come to the mountains to be there with us as we joined our lives and families forever. It was the most magical weekend imaginable, and I am so excited to share some highlights with you all!

There were a lot of reasons that I wanted to use the color yellow in our wedding, one of the main reasons being that James is colorblind, but he can see yellow perfectly. I really wanted us to both be able to see our wedding the same way! The more we planned and worked with the color I realized it is just truly so happy and fun, and that really was the theme of our wedding, pure happiness. Since I was just having my 2 sisters stand up with me, I knew I could go a little wild with the bridesmaid dresses, so I ended up with this gorgeous wildflower print on a yellow background.

Our photographer Carly Jo Studio set up the most magical photo session with some horses at a nearby Ranch, it truly felt like an out of body experience, it was so beautiful! — Our photographer Carly Jo Studio set up the most magical photo session with some horses at a nearby Ranch, it truly felt like an out of body experience, it was so beautiful!

I found my dream dress at Vera Wang in New York City. I come from a fashion background so finding the perfect dress was so important to me. I fell head over heels for this ivory organza, tulle and lace dress with a mermaid shape, it was perfect for … — I found my dream dress at Vera Wang in New York City. I come from a fashion background so finding the perfect dress was so important to me. I fell head over heels for this ivory organza, tulle and lace dress with a mermaid shape, it was perfect for the mountains.

James and the groomsmen (his 3 brothers) had custom blue suits made that matched perfectly with our color palette. They paired perfectly with a green raw silk tie from Bonobos. We folded the white silk pocket squares in the shape of Lone Peak which was a fun little touch.

We found the perfect Mother-of-the-Bride dress in the same print as my sisters’ dresses which was so fun and tied into everything perfectly.

We said our vows in the cutest little church that looks out onto Lone Peak. We didn’t even need to decorate the church because of how perfectly Montana it was. In order for everyone to fit, our guests lined the aisles and stood in the back vestibule… — We said our vows in the cutest little church that looks out onto Lone Peak. We didn’t even need to decorate the church because of how perfectly Montana it was. In order for everyone to fit, our guests lined the aisles and stood in the back vestibule, it was very cozy!

Designing your own Wedding invitations is no picnic, let me tell you! Narrowing in on what direction to take these was a real challenge for me. We decided the key element would be to highlight the beautiful setting in Big Sky. We started with a beautiful double-thick Crane cotton paper for the main invitation, where we did a light grey letterpress and a blind impression of the mountain landscape and trees. Then we digitally printed the inserts on a thinner Crane cotton paper, all of which included custom watercolor artwork created by the fabulous Cait Courneya. The whole suite was wrapped in vellum and tied with a gorgeous, hand-torn marigold silk ribbon. We also had our friend Clair of Hooked Calligraphy hand-address our envelopes.