At once modern and rugged, elegant and understated, this intimate Amangiri elopement is proof that creating beautiful designs in the most remote places is always well worth it.
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Events at Amangiri, Canyon Point UT
MOLLY Holm’s BACHELORETTE PARTY
At Mae&Co Creative, we love a good party. And when it comes to throwing a show-stopping bachelorette, we know it's all about creating over the top luxury, high fashion designs and creating unforgettable memories for your closest friends and family. For Molly Holm, fiancée to TOMS Shoe Founder Blake Mycoskie, her bachelorette party was nothing short of spectacular. Hosted at Amangiri, this three-day celebration was filled with spirituality, opulence and good vibes.
DAY ONE:
The bachelorette party kicked off with the guests arriving on private flights and being greeted with vegan smoothies upon arrival for a Kundalini yoga class at Amangiri. From there, the group participated in a unique meditation practice and Hapé ceremony led by Sarah Richie. This spiritual experience in somatic alchemy and breath-work allowed the girls to connect and align their hearts and chakras, setting the tone for a weekend filled with good energy and positivity. To create a soft, healing space for Molly and her girls to connect, we designed a welcome ceremony room complete with large feathery arrangements, full draping with luxe chiffon and white silk and a floral mandala. The setting was complete with a large lounge set up with fur rugs, poufs and an altar, creating a space that was truly enchanting.
In the evening, the festivities were inspired by none other than Marie Antoinette. When Molly asked us to create the most stunning Marie Antionette themed dinner for the first night of her bachelorette party at Amangiri, I could see it instantly: pink ruffles, extravagant lighting, fluffy florals and vintage scrolls as menus - and it came together seamlessly. The guests dressed up in custom-made wigs, costumes, and makeup in true Rococo fashion, with pannier skirts and decorative frills. We transformed Amangiri’s Desert Lounge into a Versailles-inspired dinner party, with overhead crystal chandeliers, cascading pink flowers and vines spilling onto the table and a lush mirror-filled floral runner. Every detail was luxe and custom-made, with specially designed pink-hued tablescapes, custom chiffon linens, rose-tinted glassware and uniquely designed cakes. The day ended with a dance party into the early hours of the morning, making for the perfect first day for this unforgettable bachelorette party at Amangiri.
DAY TWO:
For day two of Molly’s bachelorette party at Amangiri, we designed and built a full dance club in the middle of the desert. And to say we were happy with the finished product is an understatement. After a morning spent recharging with spa treatments, the girls glammed up for a space cowgirl disco-themed dinner in the middle of the moon - the hidden crater at Amangiri’s Raven’s Nest site. We loved creating the details for this perfect second dinner to a three day bachelorette, with a luxury disco tablescape adorned with black orchids, melted disco balls featured and dynamic candlelight. As the sun dipped below the surrounding sandstone, galaxy lights created an Kusama-like setting with radiating light bouncing off the canyon. As guests sipped espresso martinis and popped gold umbrellas under a canopy of suspended disco lights, the starry-night ambience set the perfect tone for a night of celebration.
After dinner, the gals made their way to a disco dance party. Building this drop dead dance club with a custom bar set up was no easy feat, but it was nothing short of extraordinary. A live DJ and saxophone player brought the energy to this extravagant disco space cowboy party that felt like a scene from a luxury Burning Man pop up - complete with a raunchy bachelorette ice luge, disco dancers and a custom s'mores set up. When clients trust us with their dreams and allow us to think outside of the box, thats when the magic happens, and this opulence disco dance party in the heart of southwest desert was no exception.
DAY THREE:
We capped the weekend with a cozy jungle themed dinner, complete with lush trees and plant installations creating an overgrown and organic jungle vibe. A perfect meal before Molly and her girls enjoyed a final spiritual, closing ceremony to set intentions for the milestone to come.
Molly’s bachelorette weekend was an experience filled with majestic canyons, disco decadence, lavish installs and truly monumental moments. And we couldn’t have been more thankful to be part of the magic for this luxury event.
Photo: KELLY BROWN WEDDINGSDesign, styling and planning: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: STUDIO MONDINEVENUE: AMANGIRIRentals: HENSLEY EVENT RESOURCES, BLUEPRINT STUDIOS, CASA DE PERRIN, AND NUAGE DESIGNSPaper goods and signage: WILDHOUSE INKVideography: EMMA K FILMSlighting: GOT LIGHTLet us plan your dream day
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Paradero Hotel, Todos Santos, Mexico
Whitney and Stefen’s Wedding
From our very first meeting, Whitney was one of those dream clients where we connected instantly, and we couldn’t wait to work together through thick and through thin to design her and Stefan’s dream wedding at the Paradero luxury resort in Todos Santos, Mexico. In our initial conversations, Whitney told me "I want my wedding to feel like a dream" and we were determined to make that happen for her, plus some. We wanted to find somewhere unique, that also matched Whit and Stef's personal aesthetic and vibe. When I found Paradero Hotel in Todos Santos Mexico, I knew it would be the perfect place to plan their weekend wedding experience - and they felt the same.
Whit and Stef wanted to create the ultimate three-day destination wedding experience for their guests, and we were honored to create a climatic experience for this wedding weekend. We started Whit and Stef's celebration off with welcome mocktails and s'mores in the flower field adjacent to the hotel itself. Low key music and string lighting created soft ambience throughout the space, keeping the focus on the couple’s connection and the overwhelming sense of celebration as all of our guests arrived.
For every event throughout the weekend, we challenged ourselves to utilize different spaces on the stunning property so that no experience would feel, smell or taste the same. For our welcome dinner, we completely took over the communal area of Paradero and brought in custom-built tables and installed 6-foot ribbon chandeliers above them. This design completely transformed the space and added an authentic, Mexican-inspired vibe while keeping the modern, neutral architecture of the venue itself. Every detail for this night was within our overall color palette but we learned heavily into the more neutral and modern tones like ivory, white, black and tan. Our place settings complimented our chandeliers by incorporating different "fringe" elements and we worked with our paper good designer to create beautiful, landscape style menus wrapped in a handmade crochet paper. Lastly, we kept our floral design minimal so as to not distract from our statement pieces, and utilized stone vessels and dried elements throughout.
For our Paradero wedding day design, we chose locations on the property that we had never seen used before to make the big day feel completely unique and special to Whit and Stef. We wanted to highlight the architecture of the venue while also complimenting the desert surroundings. So we placed the ceremony in the middle of the "cactus garden" and set up our chairs in a very organic formation so it would feel as though we were almost hidden amongst the landscape. The ceremony design was a true labor of love that I’d do 1,000 times over again. Because when you build an aisle and ceremony so grand, people mistake it for part of the venue’s architecture - that’s a good feeling.
Our team designed a stunning aisle and ceremony backdrop that complimented the lush surroundings, building height and depth to accentuate the ceremony as the most important moment in the day. We worked with a local production company to build, paint and install 12, 10-foot half arches that were placed in precisely the right location to create a stunning shot from every angle. These arches were color matched with the hotel building themselves and them custom tinted to a lighter shade so they would really stand out. We then adorned them with lush, monochromatic clusters of florals for a lux but organic feel, bringing in more blush and mauve tones to give it that "pop" amongst the desert landscape.
This luxury wedding ceremony in Todos Santos hit the mark in every way. Whit shared: “My heart could’ve exploded from the amount of gratitude I felt on my wedding day. With every heartbreak I’ve met, with every loss I’ve felt… it all led me to Stefan. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world that Stefan was choosing me. There was magic in the air, I was the happiest I’ve ever been.”
The magic continued at the reception dinner hosted at the half-moon pool where we created a stunning reveal for the guests. We set up our tables to mock the half-moon shape of the pool, in an arched formation and then installed twinkle lights that stretch from over the tables all the way past the pool and then water-falled down into what looked like the ever expansive desert. We intentionally designed the lighting to pass over the pool because the reflection that was created in the pool made the entire space look dreamy, almost starry, everywhere you looked. We used organic linens and stoneware but paired them with large, lush, blush toned florals for an elegant but natural feel.
Two years in the making, Whitney Simmon’s destination wedding at Paradero in Todos Santos was made possible by her and Stefan’s unwavering trust in our team, and we’ll never get over this day we created with so much love and intention.
Photo: Jordan VothDesign, styling and planning: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: Noble Floral Co. VENUE: ParaderoRentals: Warehouse RentalsMakeup: Melissa HurkmanHair: Nicolette PagiePaper goods and signage: Carta PlenaVideography: Joyce Filmscustom builds and lighting: VVR ProductionsLet us plan your dream day
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Private Beach, Manzanita, OR
Margie and Kellen’s Elopement
We love our boho brides, so when we got a chance to design a romantic beachside ceremony with a multi-panel triangle arch installation, we knew this elopement would be special. We helped Margie and Kellen plan a care-free, laid-back elopement that let them focus on their connection in a beautiful setting.
These two started their day at an Airbnb before heading to the Oregon Coast for a private beachside elopement. As planners, we love working with our couples to find hidden places to elope on the Oregon coast, so our couples can enjoy the rugged beauty of the central coastline without sacrificing the need for privacy for an intimate ceremony. And when we found a location formed around staggering cliffs and dramatic rock formations, we couldn’t wait to create a ceremony design that celebrated the bold natural landscape surrounding this intimate wedding location.
Set on a sprawling coastline, we wanted to create a space that gave our couple the chance to feel like they could be immersed in the rugged beach environment but grounded in a dedicated ceremony spot to exchange their vows. So we reinvented the traditional triangle arch with a custom built multi-panel set-up painted in blush and terra-cotta hues to give our couple the perfect intimate space to elope on the Oregon Coast. Warm pops of mauve, dusty rose, and terra-cotta florals adorned the multi-panel arch, creating a unique bohemian feel for the ceremony design.
While our custom arch may be the biggest part of our design, we loved styling a sweetheart table setup on the beach for our couple to celebrate. After Margie and Kellen said their vows (sealed with a shot from Officiant Jimmie), these two settled into a bohemian, Moroccan style dessert set-up. The modern tablescape design incorporates organic and low-profile floral arrangement by Good Seed Floral to build on the carefree, laid-back feel of the day. We added velvet textures with accent pillows and details to create warmth, then we incorporated touches of blues and browns to add to the natural, beach setting.
Every detail worked in harmony, creating a perfectly care-free setting for these two to exchange their vows in a romantic beachside setting and end their day running towards the ocean on their own private coastline.
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Photo: Elizabeth Wells Photo Design and Styling: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: Good Seed Floral Rentals: Classic VintageOfficiant: Officiant JimmieDessert: Dream Cakes