Timeless Romantic Italian Wedding in Tuscany | Wedding Recap | Pia + Trevor
We are so thrilled to share the special details behind Pia & Trevor’s Tuscany wedding! Pia & Trevor worked along Calluna to find the perfect Tuscan villa to host their friends and family. We worked with Cuveé to find the perfect property outside the small town of Lucca, about an hour from Florence.
Set within a private 100-acre estate, Villa Luca was the perfect backdrop for their wedding celebration. It was truly Italian country living at its finest. With tree-lined paths through fragrant olive groves, a picturesque garden, and an expansive swimming pool overlooking the whole valley.
Pia & Trevor’s friends and family arrive at the garden for an intimate ceremony, filled with so much love, laughter, and sentimental moments that truly made guests feel their love. The floral statement piece by Flowers Living provided the most incredible backdrop for their “I Do’s.” Following the ceremony, guests made their way up to the pool for a lavish cocktail hour filled with oysters, bruschettas, Italian cheeses, and cured meats.
Guests then made their way back down to the garden where they enjoyed a 4-course meal by Rolands Catering, al fresco. Finally, guests made their way to the dance floor for an amazing night of dancing with music provided by the bride and groom’s good friend.
It was truly a night to remember and we can’t thank Pia & Trevor enough for trusting us to bring their Italian dream wedding to life!
Katie + Chris | Romantic Summer Devil’s Thumb Ranch Wedding
We absolutely adored working with Katie, Chris, and Katie’s parents Karen and Bill on their wedding at Devil’s Thumb Ranch! From the first consultation call with Katie we felt a true connection. We also had the opportunity to combine Katie’s non-traditional approach with her mother’s traditional southern roots and it was such a fun experience create! From tropical florals with a rustic twist, provided by The Perfect Petal, to the replica grooms cake of their airstream trailer, provided by Devil Thumb’s Ranch Pastry Team, every detail was truly unique and special!
We are here for the moments! Those moments that you’ll cherish for a lifetime. We want to walk beside you toward those moments and then live them alongside you. It’s why we keep coming back again, and again, and again. This year marked our 15th-year business and we are so honored and humbled that our clients and creative partners entrust us each and every year on their weddings and events. Sitting down and reflecting on the incredible moments we’ve witnessed and recounting our highlights is one of our favorite things to do at the end of each year. We are ever grateful for the work we do, the people we have the pleasure of working with and the incredibly talented wedding and event community in Colorado.
To say we are excited for 2019 is an understatement. We have many exciting things planned already for this year and we can’t wait to share them with you! We are so grateful for the couples whose weddings we are currently planning for 2019 and 2020 and for all the newly engaged couples who have been reaching out! We are continually inspired, challenged, and motivated to do incredible things and be the best we can be!
2018 was a remarkable year for Calluna Events and we are thrilled to share our incredible highlights with you!
Our Work:
We planned 57 events, including weddings, rehearsal dinners, a proposal, graduation party, baby shower, holiday party, 7th annual wine festival, corporate event, art showing, 70th birthday, and more!
We planned weddings & events all over Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico including Aspen, Beaver Creek, Vail, Boulder, Denver, Tabernash, Larkspur and Lyons, and Albuquerque, New Mexico and Saratoga, Wyoming this year.
We planned weddings & events at private residences, a luxury ranch in Wyoming, an organic lavender farm in New Mexico, a private polo estate, at 10,000 feet in Colorado, on working farms, mountain ranches, hotel ballrooms, mountaintops in Aspen, Beaver Creek, and Vail, and many other wedding venues!
We attended an incredible FAM trip this year – Banyan Tree Mayakoba in Mexico.
Our owner Heather Dwight was one of the keynote speakers at the 1st annual Rooted in the Rockies conference put on by Rocky Mountain bride! She spoke about Figuring out your “why” and being your brand.
We were featured in an online interview with Kaleigh Weise of Meldeen on about Calluna Events and Couple Focused Weddings
We hit over 20,000 followers on Instagram!
We had one of our busiest weekends ever with seven events!
Heather handed over the batton as the Director of Communication in the first quarter of 2018 for the WIPA Colorado Chapter. We continue to be active WIPA members.
We attended Engage! Luxury Wedding Industry Conference this October at the Adare Manor in stunning Ireland. We attend Engage! Last year in Nizuc and it continues to be transformational for our business in so many ways and we are so happy to have found the Engage family! #becauseofengage
Heather and Calluna Events were profiled and interviewed on Among the Colors.
Our Owner, Heather, has been providing coaching to several wedding professionals and continues to work with clients. Click here to read more about Calluna Consulting services.
Haley Warson joined the Calluna Events team as a Lead Planner. Haley was an intern with Calluna Events 10 years ago and went on to do corporate events.
Kristen Kennedy was promoted to Lead Planner.
Jean Ellison joined Calluna Events as a Lead Planner this year from the Four Seasons Denver.
The rest of our veterans continued as an integral part of our team. Two of our Lead Planners, Spice and Gabbie have been with us for 13 & 12 years respectively. Kristen, Francesca, Gabbie and Melanie managed weddings all over the state. We are so grateful for their loyalty, experience, friendship and continuous dedication to the Calluna team!
We were hired to be the planner and designer for the Crate and Barrel Registry Event in Cherry Creek, Colorado.
We continued our Coffee with Calluna series on our blog to talk about all things weddings, style, planning or anything you have questions about!
We continued our Cocktails with Calluna blog series where we interview our favorite local creative partners and share tips and tricks.
We showcased our third shop-local series featuring all of our favorite local shops in December, which culminated in our annual Holiday Gift Guide.
We attended many industry events and networking opportunities such as The Knot Denver Pro and Tassles and Tastemakers Denver, to broaden our knowledge of the industry and meet new vendors.
We continued to be listed as a preferred wedding planner at the Brush Creek Ranch, St Julien Hotel & Spa, Devil’s Thumb Ranch, ICONIC Weddings, Beaver Creek Resorts, Vail Resorts, Four Seasons Denver, The Kitchen Restaurants, The Hotel Boulderado, Lyons Farmette, River Bend, YaYa Farm, and more!
Debra and Andrew’s Denver wedding was featured on Couture Colorado.
Kathryn and Allen’s lovely Boulder wedding was featured on Carats + Cake.
And Kathryn and Allen’s wedding was also featured on Aisle Planner.
Liz and Joey’s Modern Denver Wedding was featured on Couture Colorado.
Lauren and Wes’ Boulder wedding was featured on Couture Colorado.
Tess and Nathan’s colorful Boulder wedding was featured on Couture Colorado.
We have several of our 2018 weddings pending features for 2019, so stay tuned!
Brooke + Sam’s Planet Bluegrass Wedding
Brooke + Sam had such a sweet and wonderful vision for their wedding at Planet Bluegrass this last Saturday! They truly were a wonderful couple to work with and we had the pleasure in helping bring their vision to life. An outdoor wedding in June in Colorado can sometimes be a little tricky to pull off. The weather is always changing and we often get small afternoon thunderstorm. With intense clouds hovering by, we managed to dodge the storm and the sun shone down on the beautiful couple!
The bride was picture perfect in her gorgeous dress, accompanied by a floral hair piece and incredible bouquet from Lale Florals. The bridesmaids wore different color dresses and were given bouquets to match.
The ceremony site was located next to the creek where guests could listen to the sounds of running water as Sam + Brooke said their vows beneath the birch tree Huppah that Lale decorated with bright and vibrant florals. One of the more incredible moments was when the clouds parted and sun shone through during the ceremony.
After the ceremony, guests mingled to the cocktail hour and enjoyed passed appetizers from A Spice of Life. When the cocktail hour commenced, guests were asked to find a seat beneath the trees at beautiful long tables decorated with fresh fruit and florals from Lale. Guests dined family style al fresco. The party then moved into the pavilion where guests enjoyed music from the eclectic and upbeat Mammarazzi Band! Another memorable moment of the night was when a groomsman joined the band onstage to partake in a song!
We can’t wait to see more photos from the talented Harper Point Photography. In the meantime, enjoy a few snaps from our iphones We want to say a very special congratulations to Brooke + Sam – you are truly wonderful and we wish you many years of happiness! xx, Calluna
Karen + Jeff had such a fun, welcoming vision for their wedding weekend and we absolutely loved being a part of the planning! Their venue was Brush Creek Ranch in Southwest Wyoming and it’s been a dream of ours for some time to work with them on a wedding. Set on 30,000 pristine private acres in the heart of the Platte River Valley and it offers guests the opportunity to experience the grandeur and adventure of the American West in sophisticated style. This luxury dude ranch provides an authentic taste of the best of the West where no detail is overlooked, the service was exceptional and guests are treated to the best wedding weekend!
[Photo by Otto Schulze Photographers]
A majority of guests arrived Thursday and enjoyed dinner and drinks at the Chuck Wagon. An old style saloon provided libations and games such as shuffleboard and pool. Guests wore western attire that really added to the atmosphere of fun! Never a shortage of s’mores, the property hosted numerous fire pits with all the accoutrements for s’mores. On Friday, guests had access to participate in various activities such as fly fishing, hiking, horseback riding, a ropes course, yoga and shooting guns at the gun range. There was not a single detail went unnoticed by the Brush Creek Ranch staff.
The Friday evening rehearsal dinner took place at Creekside, right along the Brush Creek. Guests were shuttled down to the river where they were greeted with a few signature cocktail options – a Moscow Mule and the choice of red or white wine. At the site, guests listened to bluegrass melodies from Masontown while they enjoyed a delicious dinner straight off of the grill and participated in activities like cattle wrangling, hatchet throwing and horseshoes.
The Saturday ceremony couldn’t have been more picturesque. The bride was stunning in a beautiful Jinza gown while the groom looked dapper in a navy suit. Karen’s bouquet from Perfect Petal was absolutely breathtaking!
The wind didn’t distract from the day and the clouds opened up just in time for the couple’s incredibly heartfelt vows. Guests then mingled at the main Lodge to enjoy libations and hors d’oeuvres at the cocktail hour.
Dinner was provided in the main lodge and guests dined on courses prepared by the incredible Brush Creek Ranch chefs. The calligraphy and paper goods provided by Whimsy Design Studio complimented the florals and table decor from The Perfect Petal.
A sparkler sendoff after the reception lead guests into the barn for some dancing and cocktails. Late night snacks of sliders, gourmet tator tots and an ice-cream bar were provided by the ranch, while tunes from Diamond Empire filled the barn.
[Photo from Otto Schulze Photographers]
Thank you so much to Karen and Jeff for having us help with your special day! You truly made the experience unforgettable! Another huge thanks goes out to Brush Creek Ranch and the amazing and attentive staff. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Enjoy these teaser photos from our iPhones and a few snaps from Otto and Steve. We are so excited to see the rest of the photos from the incredibly talented Otto Schulze and Steve Stanton!
Meshach + Warren’s Awe-Inspiring Dunton Hot Springs Wedding
There are some couples, some weddings, where the work isn’t work and by the time you get to the ceremony you feel as though you are watching two old, dear friends marry. Couples who make you want to go above and beyond every single minute, who are a complete joy to work with – grateful and trusting the entire way. Meshach and Warren put their wedding in our hands and we couldn’t be more honored and privileged to have met them and the opportunity to be with them this past weekend.
Meshach and Warren reached out to us in November of last year with the idea to plan a late winter wedding in March in the mountains of Colorado. Working quickly in four short months we planned their wedding start to finish; from recommending them to Dunton Hot Springs and all their incredible vendors, we were able to plan every last detail of their wedding weekend. We are still floating on a cloud with just how perfect the weekend turned out! The attention to detail from the Dunton staff, the incredible food, our dream team of vendors, the ambiance, the weather that was timed so perfectly… all of our hard work came together so seamlessly and with such ease. It’s weekends like this that make us so much more grateful and honored to do what we do.
Read more about this incredible wedding and all the vendors involved on our original wedding weekend recap we shared right after the wedding.
Real Wedding Recap :: Calluna’s Biggest Wedding Yet
Calluna wrapped up its busiest weekend to date, our entire team was here, there and everywhere! Calluna also had the biggest wedding we have ever had! We had the pleasure of assisting Mari Katherine + Tomas tie the knot with a wedding that neared 500 guests! It is hard to put into words how lucky we feel to have been a part of MK + Tomas’ special day. Not only was it an amazing unity of two cultures coming together but it also was the electric bond that these two share. Mari Katherine comes from a very Greek family who still stands strong in their Greek roots and Tomas comes from a family that is has mixture of strong Spanish and Mexican influence. The two of them held fast to their heritage and incorporated these elements throughout their special celebration. The main symbol they had throughout their wedding was an olive branch, representing their Greek and Spanish cultures and symbolizing peace as MK + Tomas take their first steps into marriage.
The rehearsal dinner took place at Cassidy’s Bar located at the Clarion Inn in Craig, Colorado. The whole event had a Mexican/Spanish theme. Tomas’ family took the reins on this event. Everything down to the last detail was well thought out! The decorations consisted of colorful piñatas, succulents resting in beans, handmade table runners, and gorgeous colorful paper flowers that came straight from Mexico! Tomas’ family brought in supplies from San Diego to prepare an authentic meal for everyone attending. We can testify it truly was some of the best Spanish/Mexican food we have ever had, complete with tacos and some amazing paella! It was a night packed with laughter, love, and the beginning of two amazing families coming together!
The ceremony was held at the Greek Orthodox Church in Craig. It is was an extremely small church – only seating a small amount of guests up top in the pews and a limited amount of guests downstairs who watched the ceremony on a screen. We have had the pleasure of assisting with Greek weddings, however, it never ceases to amaze us how authentic and traditional their weddings are! In fact, Lana from Lana’s Shop designed and printed a nine page ceremony program detailing all the traditions, including one of our favorites – the exchanging of the crowns. It truly was something special watching the beautiful bride and handsome groom tie the knot.
The reception took place at the Loudy- Simpson Park Ice Arena. This was one of our favorite parts of the entire weekend, watching your average ice skating rink get completely transformed into a stunning wedding venue! LMD Productions started the transformation on early Wednesday morning. Their amazing draping, beautiful uplighting, drop dead gorgeous chandeliers, and amazing team played a key role in the transformation of the skating rink. Rodd and his team worked extremely hard and they truly outdid themselves! Event Rents brought in all the rentals including our favorite farm tables and cross back chairs. Eclectic Hive brought the amazing head table which was a cocktail height long mirrored table. This table definitely completed the look the bride had envisioned. They also brought the bars as well as some of the cocktail tables and provided one of their amazing cement bars for the tequila tasting bar. All bar menus, table numbers, and other signage was made by the lovely Taryn from Twinkle & Toast! Megan Joy Cakes provided the amazing cake that had us drooling from the minute it arrived! The Perfect Petal provided all the florals for both the reception and ceremony – and of course they didn’t disappoint! All of the flowers were absolutely jaw-dropping gorgeous and helped tie the whole look together! Steve from Steve Stanton Photography photographed all the events leading up to this weekend as well as throughout the weekend and we can’t wait to see all the amazing photos he took! Anne and John from Aspasia’s Catering are friends of Mari Katherine’s family and they did an incredible job making an authentic Greek dinner and fed the 500 guests in record time! They also provided amazing Greek desserts including Baklava that had us coming back for seconds! And to really get the party started we had the Matchmaker Band, who successfully got everyone on the dance floor! But most importantly we were able to create a space that the bride had envisioned and much much more. The moment that she walked into the space she started to cry and of course we did too! That moment right there is what makes all our hard work worth it.
Mari Katherine + Tomas have a magnetic bond, they have that sort of love story that you really only hear about in fairytales. We can’t wait to see what is next for this amazing couple but we wish them all the love and happiness in the world because they truly deserve it! xx, Calluna
Happiest anniversary to Olivia and Daniel! Olivia and Daniel are celebrating their 2nd anniversary this week and looking back at their wedding brings back such wonderful memories. We have enjoyed keeping in touch with them and watching them become parents to a sweet little boy! Congratulations you two! We love you!
Take a look back in time at their wedding on Style Me Pretty!
