Melissa + Torrey crafted such a beautiful + unique wedding for themselves. I love how it’s a mix of a gorgeous rustic setting with lots of colorful details + amazingly creative paper elements. Wait until you see all the beautiful DIY details Melissa incorporated! :) Since Melissa knew she wanted to create lots of DIY projects for her day they knew they would need a venue that was light on restrictions on things they could do in terms of decorating (Tip: some venues have lots of restrictions, so make sure to ask what those are before you sign the agreement). When they found the stunning Condors Nest Ranch and heard they were light on the restrictions, they knew it was a perfect fit. Big thanks to the lovely Annie McElwain for all the photos.
From Melissa, I love ribbons! I think they make any present more festive and pretty, so I had to use lots and lots of ribbons in decorating as well. We hung multi-colored ribbons all along the entrance trellis and decorated the two manzanita trees with ribbons and crystals, which stood on either side of our Wedding Arch. I also made a ribbon wall as the backdrop of our candy bar.
I visited tons of Anthropologie stores to pull inspiration from (I am in love with their window displays + decor!), and also broke out my giant wedding binder, which had been growing for years of clippings and magazine pages of everything from flowers to candy bar decor. I wanted my ideas to be original so I tried as much as possible to make the decor original and unlike anything else people have seen.
I started cutting out petal shapes in different colors and sizes for our Paper Flower Wedding Arch and Floating Flowers for the pool. With the scraps from those larger flowers I was able to cut out smaller flower shapes for the Floating Flower Wall. For the Rolled Paper Art Backdrop, I incorporated every color so that it would be the main focus and draw in everyone’s attention. For this reason we chose to make it the backdrop of the head table.
What an amazing idea for a backdrop! Love all the colors + textures.
And their lovely wedding film by Cloudless Productions!
So many beautiful + super rad creative details! Congrats to Melissa + Torrey!
photography: Annie McElwain Photography // venue name: Condors Nest Ranch // wedding dress: Vera Wang // bride's shoes: Bagley Mishka // bridesmaid dresses: Monica Christina // hair stylist: Tony Park with Lydia City Hair // makeup artist: Mai Lee // catering: Canyon Ranch Catering // coordinator: Lisa Doherty // flowers: Mille Fiori Floral // videographer: Cloudless Productions
Outstanding. Everything is amazing about this wedding!
I’m always a fan about paper flowers, and this bride did a terrific work, also the rolled paper backdrop is amazing.
The bride is so pretty. Did you see that cake, lovely!
AMAZING! That backdrop is gorgeous! LOVE all the paper elements ;)
The backdrop is just amazingly pretty! They did a really good job. So happy for them!
Love the use of Macaroons for decor on the cake, lovely and delicious!
Wow, wow, WOW! The paper elements, from the paper flower altar to the rolled paper backdrop, are AMAZING!!!! Just beautiful.
that backdrop is amazing!
I am so impressed by the professional-looking DIY! Would you be willing to share more information about the back drop? The size of paper used and attaching the paper rolls to the structure? Thank you and congratulations!
The bride is stunningly beautiful. I watched the video, and I think I teared up every time that she did. Beautiful wedding, beautiful bride, beautiful videography! I think that the mark of a truly great videographer may be that they make you want to cry even while a happy song is playing.
It’s amazing what you can do with some paper and a lot of imagination. This paper decorations are amazing.
This is so beautiful! I love it, great job with the photos!
Wow, that rolled paper backdrop is so cool!
Oh please, please share with us how you made the rolled paper backdrop! It’s amazing as are all the details of the wedding!
Such an amazing couple to work with! Super nice and so relaxed
Wow, what an inspiration!!!! We love DIY in my little store here in Austin, Texas. That backdrop was amazing. The Flowers that were hand made were fantastic. Thank you for sharing this with us and I hope this bride gets some rest on her honeymoon!
In love with the backdrop for the head table! Love of the bright colours that were incorporated into this wedding, simply beautiful.