Whimsical Summer Utah Wedding of Doloris Petunia designer, Courtney Prince

I'm absolutely positive you guys already know and love the stunning, jaw-dropping work of Doloris Petunia, the couture bauble line created by jewelry genius Courtney Prince. Well, you're in for a treat because Courtney and I have been chatting a bit and today she is graciously sharing her wedding story with us! Keep an eye out for the many sweet details Courtney and her groom, Ryan, included in their Park City wedding - the flower girl dresses and bridal cuff are from her own line! / Photos by Pepper Nix.

Says Courtney, "My flower girl dresses were the first girls' dresses I had ever designed - my hope was to have them look like little twinkling stars.

ps. As you can clearly see, Courtney has the cutest line of flower girl dresses - tune in tomorrow for a look at my favorites from her current line! ;)

When planning the wedding we knew we wanted a hip venue that would be a fun summer trip for our out-of-state friends and family. We also didn't want a lot of extra unnecessary fuss and instead wanted the wedding to feel like the party that was thrown together maybe just the night before - not overly planned out … sort of the feeling that if your dearest friends decided to get married at your house tomorrow - what would you pull out from the cupboards and cut from the garden to make the space beautiful and inviting. Growing up in Utah, I always knew I wanted to get married there - luckily for me, Ryan was on board after the first time he visited with me to ski in the mountains of Park City.

Leading into the wedding I learned how to cast metal out of carved wax and custom made to measure my husbands wedding band. I also created hand cast necklaces for each of my bridesmaids; gold pendants with their astrological constellation etched out with pave diamonds. Navy blue is my favorite color and so I let my girlfriends just pick out a dress that they all loved in that shade.

We enlisted the help of astronomer friends for our invitations and programs and had letterpressed illustrations of constellations that would actually be in the night sky over Utah on the night of our wedding.

The day of our wedding, the chuppa that we were married under was made by our friends and family out of aspen tree stocks with fresh quaking aspen leaves making up the arbor. We spent a few months before sourcing vintage oriental rugs and runners for the aisle, altar and throughout the reception space to bring the feeling of a home to the outside space (We now use these to fill our actual home).

Besides a vintage pair of sapphire earrings lent to me by my grandmother, my only other accessory was a custom cuff that I made out of vintage jewelry and treasured tidbits that were significant to me.

Courtney + Ryan's Love Story

Ryan and I meet after being set up on a blind date by mutual friends when we were both living and working in New York City (we have been together pretty much every day since).

We filled the reception tables with every kind of greenery and white flower in mismatched vases. We strung fellini lights on a grid of aspen tree stocks that we used to fill the reception and dance floor and dangled hand cut vintage copper star table numbers above each table.

For the save-the-date cards we had a good friend draw an illustration of us meant to mimic an old time ski resort poster. We had miniature versions of that same image printed up and placed on all of the bottles of wine that were served.

It was a beautiful 'official' beginning to the wonderful life together that my husband and I now share in Los Angeles with our 20-month-old son."

Want more Doloris Petunia prettiness? 
Check out some of my favorite DP picks I shared in an older post.
Oh, and she has a bridal line - holla!
And browse the full shop. :)

Credits: Location: Deer Valley, Utah (St. Regis Deer Crest) / Photographer: Pepper Nix / Florist: Everyblooming thing / Invitations: De Milo Design / Bride's attire: Vera Wang / Groom's tux: Ralph Lauren / Bridesmaid's dresses: BCBG / Flower girl dresses: Doloris Petunia / Jewelry: Doloris Petunia

Tags : real wedding , SUMMER , SUMMER WEDDING , UTAH

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