Like a meet-cute scene from a film, Renata Henry and Eli Duber’s canine, River and Leo, launched the 2 exterior of their Denver house complicated one frosty winter morning. “They bumped into one another and simply couldn’t cease taking part in,” Henry recalled. After organising a number of pet playdates, the chums took their relationship to the following degree on a primary date at a live performance at Pink Rocks Amphitheater, an iconic open-air music venue in-built a rock construction. “We moved in collectively after a month, and fortunately, it ended up figuring out,” Henry laughed.
After seven years collectively, the timing lastly appeared proper as soon as Duber completed grad faculty. Henry purchased a hoop and received down on one knee, a lot to her boyfriend’s shock. The newly engaged sweethearts celebrated with a champagne picnic at Denver’s common Metropolis Park.
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After months of wedding ceremony planning, the couple married at Duber’s dad and mom’ picturesque property in Bigfork, MT, with an eclectic theme combining old-school Western and Bohemian kinds.
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Between the scenic lake backdrop, vintage furnishings atop Center Jap-style rugs, and rainbow-colored Chinese language paper lanterns, the pair created a captivating, heat, and relaxed ambiance for his or her 90 friends.
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Duber’s groomsmen dressed to suit the theme with thrifted, cowboy-inspired outfits, whereas Henry’s bridesmaids wore lace maxi attire all representing completely different colours of the rainbow.
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The bride and groom integrated their beloved canine companions within the ceremony with River because the flower woman and Leo because the ring bearer.
“They have been a part of the entire day—they’re the rationale we met, in spite of everything!” Henry says.
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After the ceremony, the newlyweds took their dinner on a non-public boat journey across the lake to soak all of it in. “It was actually particular to take that point collectively alone.”
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Throughout their first dance to a mash-up of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love” and Barely Stoopid’s “Don’t Cease,” Leo and River ran out to shimmy with the newlyweds underneath the twinkling stars.
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The look
The groom’s all-black cowboy outfit got here collectively from varied Western-inspired shops, whereas the bride surprised in a low-back, lace Christos gown from Brides for a Trigger, a non-profit gown reseller that raises funds for women-focused charities. Henry turned into a fab ‘70s-inspired lace jumpsuit for the reception.
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The menu
The solely customizable, natural menu from Farm to Fork Catering blew away the marriage’s largely non-vegan friends. The cocktail hour included Vietnamese spring rolls with ginger peanut sauce and crispy sesame wontons with curried mango-cilantro yogurt dip. For dinner, a buffet-style taco bar featured two sorts of fillings: lentil chorizo and sweet-and-spicy cauliflower. A dessert desk showcased native Montana fruit starting from bite-sized huckleberry oat bars to flathead cherry-chocolate cupcakes to blueberry-lemon tartlets.
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The cake
Montana cottage bakery The Cake Woman created a traditional vanilla cake with buttercream frosting, topped with cherries, raspberries, and figs. The canine additionally bit into their very own vegan peanut butter-banana wedding ceremony cake.
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Aruka Sanchir (@ruukes) is the Senior Digital Editor at VegNews.