Emily & Matthew

from My Montana Wedding 2021 | Vol. 1

Elly & Nick

“We met on Tinder, where we found out we had 40 mutual friends and went to high school together and didn’t know it. Our first date was at Disneyland, where we knew we had found our complementary other halves. We knew it was love after a backpacking trip to summit Mount Whitney in the Sierras.

We both love the outdoors and spending time in nature. We knew we wanted a winter wedding and could not think of a better location than the beauty of Montana. Emily is an old fashioned romantic girl at heart and the theme of the wedding was vintage romance in the snow. We wanted to show our family and friends a part of the country that had captured our hearts and this was our way to have our loved ones relax, unplug, and enjoy the fresh mountain air. We marked our tables with Disney characters to incorporate how we first met. Instead of place setting favors, we wrote letters to all our guests, letting them know how much we love and appreciate them.

If we had one piece of advice, it would be to hire a wedding planner! Our primary residence is out of state, but we have a family home in Marion which made traveling to venues and tastings much easier. I cannot express how helpful Lynn and Capella were from Empress Tents and Events. Unfortunately, we had to switch venues four months out and Lynn swooped in to the rescue. We even made the decision to switch the ceremony site days before the event, due to a lack of snowy weather. Lynn coordinated with Grouse Mountain Lodge to have our ceremony on the side lawn and the reception at Diamond B!”