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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Private Beach, Aruba
Jess & Dylan’s Wedding
We started our 2021 wedding season off right with a unique and tropical micro wedding in Aruba. When Jess and Dylan (the sweetest couple) came to us to help them create a destination elopement in the Caribbean, we immediately got to work working with local vendors and started designing a modern and elegant beachside wedding.
And even though we felt confident and ready to bring this day to life (we’re big believers in our well-oiled systems we’ve put in place!) this destination wedding in Aruba had a LOT of unexpected twists and turns! But it is always so worth it to see our couples have the best day of their lives, exactly the way they hoped it would be.
Our sweet bride told us: “With a six month timeframe and a little questionnaire you were able to make my destination full service elopement a walk in the park…I don’t think you could have made things any easier for us. Mae&Co went above and beyond for us even more than I knew on our special day.”
While our couple was getting ready, our incredible vendor team setup and tore down everything three times that day due to a sudden change in Aruba’s beach party policies. But at the end of the day, our couple walked down the aisle to a stunning custom-built, white wood chuppah frame with hanging lanterns and large floral installations. Then they sat down to enjoy a dinner with their closest friends and family. The modern and elegant table design featured a dusty rose runner with shaved coconut candle holders and lush, tropical floral installs and lanterns overhead.
Despite all odds, we made it happen and the day was perfect. We absolutely love what we do, so whether you’re up against challenging weather, or you’re overwhelmed planning a destination wedding, we’re committed to helping our clients experience their day without having to sweat a single detail. So if you’re looking for a dream team of in-house planners, designers, coordinators and stylists to make sure your wedding day goes smoothly, we hope you’ll trust us to bring your destination wedding to life!
Design, styling and coordination: Mae&Co Creative
Photo and Video: Karra Leigh Photo
Florals: Good Seed Floral
Catering and Rentals: The Little One Aruba
If you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Wonder Valley Hot Springs, Joshua Tree, CA
Styled Wedding Shoot
At Mae&Co Creative, we believe in setting trends and challenging conventions. And for this chic Palm Springs elopement, we loved debunking the myth that minimalist can’t equal luxury while setting a few of our favorite 2021 wedding trends.
When you opt for a simple, minimalist wedding or elopement, that doesn’t mean you have to scrimp on the details. We believe minimalism and luxury design go hand-in-hand. When you remove big ticket items like a live band, cocktail hour, over the top props and decor, every remaining detail matters. Every design choice stands out so much more, everything from the location to the tablescape colors become intentional parts of your elopement or wedding day.
And for this luxury Palm Springs elopement, we loved designing a ceremony arch and an intimate reception tablescape that complemented the surrounding neutral desert elements while finding textures that would contrast against the valley view. We worked in tandem with Good Seed Floral to build an arch with dried florals and palms to amplify the arid desert setting, while simultaneously incorporating soft, fresh blooms like orchids and roses to bring a soft contrast to the stark desert backdrop.
We loved designing this modern desert wedding, as the sprawling desert setting is the perfect place to elevate trend-setting wedding style details. This year, we’re calling a design trend forecast with puff sleeves, black and whites, and tablecloths in place of farm tables. And you better believe these style choices fit perfectly with this timeless Palm Springs elopement. The bride’s lace puffed sleeves in her Willow by Watters gown added another soft texture to contrast the harsh desert landscape, and the ochre tablecloth for the modern reception design added color and movement as the bride and groom sat together to toast their union and celebrate their dream desert wedding.
You can have a simple and luxurious elopement in the desert, trust us. And if you’re planning to ditch a traditional wedding and elope, make sure you go big and do it exactly how you want to. Bring us along for the ride, you won’t regret it.
Venue: Wonder Valley Hot Springs
Design, styling and coordination: Mae&Co Creative
Photo and Video: Karra Leigh Photo
Florals: Good Seed Floral
Dress: Willow By Watters
Hair and Makeup: Peony Blush Makeup and Styled By Jordan
If you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Autocamp Yosemite, Midpines, CA
A Few of Our Favorite Weddings at Autocamp Yosemite
Yosemite is one of those places that never loses its striking grandeur — the place is an experience in itself. This iconic National Park is well known for its dramatic viewpoints, like Glacier and Taft Point, but the park is filled with lesser-known elopement locations in the valley too. If your dream day includes hiking to waterfalls and exploring majestic natural beauty, let us help you plan an adventurous wedding experience in Yosemite —and let’s start with finding the perfect basecamp.
One of the best lodging options near Yosemite National Park is Autocamp: a new experience-based accommodation rental. Autocamp Yosemite is conveniently close to the park entrance, giving you the freedom to spend the day hiking, climbing, or exploring the park. The modern space stands in sharp contrast to so many of the rustic cabins in Yosemite Valley. This boutique lodging experience offers sleek airstreams, minimalist cabins, and glamping tents, and their warm, mid-century modern clubhouse is the perfect Yosemite wedding venue. With a lower lawn and flexible wedding set up locations, we love the modern, versatile design of Autocamp Yosemite.
Brian & Lindsay’s Micro Wedding
From the very beginning, Brian and Lindsay knew that they wanted to do things differently, and they were looking for something that was unique and authentic to their relationship. Yosemite was the first place they traveled together, and we knew that planning an intimate micro wedding at Autocamp Yosemite would be the perfect fit for these two adventurers.
While we’ve styled and designed many weddings in Yosemite, this experience was completely unique. A week before Lindsay and Brian’s micro wedding, Yosemite shut down due to hazardous smoke, and because Yosemite was operating with a limited visitor capacity and a permit system, the park was so still and quiet. We planned and replanned (as stylists and planners often do behind the scenes!) to bring this intimate wedding to life despite all odds for our couple. And at the end of the day, everything turned out exactly as it was meant to be. In a traditionally busy season, Brian and Lindsay ended up having one of the most iconic vista points in Yosemite, Tunnel View, to themselves without another soul in site.
These two spend the morning saying their vows and exploring the park in complete privacy. After a day of adventure, they ended their night celebrating at Autocamp with their closest friends. We wanted to create a space that took full advantage of Autocamp’s beautiful, modern property, so we designed unique areas for the guests to enjoy throughout the property. After a casual happy hour, the guests wandered down the slopes to the lower lawn to find styled lounge areas and an intimate dinner tablescape.
The tablescape colors were inspired by the fall bloom in Yosemite’s valley. Rust, ochre, sand, and blush colors elevated the golden magic of the surrounding landscape, creating a sensation that the wedding venue flowed seamlessly into the neighboring national park.
To create an intimate, upscale design, we used string lights to illuminate the long farm table dinner. The tablescape design featured modern gold rimmed chargers and dinner plates, brass flatware, amber goblets, and rust colored napkins, to integrate with the surrounding colors of Yosemite valley. The design was simple and understated, with florals filling ceramic bud vases and candlesticks standing tall in their modern brass holders. And after the sun went down, the lights illuminated a desert disco dance party — the only way to celebrate having the park and a beautiful Yosemite wedding venue completely to themselves for this national park micro wedding.
Photography: Anni Graham
Design & Styling: Mae&Co Creative
Venue: Autocamp Yosemite
Rentals: Standard Party Rentals and Charming Treasures
Catering: Chef Melissa
If you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Todos Santos, Baja California, Mexico
A Few of Our Favorite Weddings in Todos Santos
Todos Santos is a romantic paradise in southern Baja California. This sleepy coastal town is full of wild possibility: you can spent a long weekend surfing breaks, you can lose yourself wandering the charming cobblestone streets, or you can even find your way to Todos Santos for a destination elopement. Todos Santos is brimming with boutique properties that are perfect for an eco-conscious, modern wedding. If your dream day involves sipping mezcal while you watch the sun fade into the Pacific, you should explore our favorite Todos Santos hotel venues.
As a Todos Santos wedding planner we’ve spent years cultivating rich relationships with local vendors. Between the stunning venues and the unbelievable kind and talented creatives, we love designing weddings in this sunny paradise. If you’re dreaming of a destination wedding in Todos Santos, let us help you plan a luxury event in beautiful Baja California.
Melissa & KB’s Wedding
Edgy, elegant, modern, eco-conscious — this Todos Santos elopement at Pachamama is one of our favorite destination weddings in Mexico. Pachamama is a unique Todos Santos resort with luxury villas, unsurpassed coastal views, and white, adobe tepees. We love the versatility of the resort, as there are endless opportunities to create a timeless, polished event or curate an eclectic, bohemian celebration.
For our designs, we always consider our couple: what are their likes and dislikes, how can we create something that is unique to them? For this Todos Santos destination wedding, we turned to our couple: Melissa and KB. KB is a luxury suit designer and Melissa is a multi-media artist. They understand the beauty in creating art through texture, color, and style, so we wanted to create an elopement design that would keep them and their talent at the center.
Inspired by the white-washed terra-cotta and the turquoise tile throughout Todos Santos, we created a vibrant color palette that would play off the warm, coastal feel of the sleepy beach resort town. Using our couple as our design muse, we worked with Good Seed Floral to incorporate tropical monsteras and inviting neutral blooms throughout the modern ceremony installation and tablescape to elevate the warm ocean setting. KB wore a muted teal suit while Melissa played with textures of silk and fringe in her dress and accessories. By creating an elegant, neutral understated backdrop for our couple, we created a space that allowed their personal style to be at the forefront — a perfect way to celebrate their shared love of bold design.
And to play up the chic, edgy feel of Pachamama, we sourced unique, soft black rentals from Warehouse Rentals to help modernize our tablescape design. With black fringe chargers at every table setting, white ceramics, and modern blush accents, we loved finding textures and materials that contrasted perfectly with the couple’s bold style and the breezy ocean backdrop.
Photography: Monique Serra / Design & Styling: Mae&Co Creative / Venue: Pachamama / Florals: Good Seed Floral / Rentals: Warehouse Rentals / Gown: Flora Bridal / Suit: Kenneth Bloggs
Styled Wedding Shoot
Pachamama is one of our favorite venues for elegant destination weddings in Todos Santos, and this boho, beachy, monochromatic elopement at Pachamama is one of our favorites. This versatile Todos Santos resort is equal parts wild jungle and sophisticated luxury, and we loved leaning into the white-washed terra-cotta resort elements to create a neutral, monochromatic design for our couple.
For this elopement design, we wanted to create boho feel that matched our bride and groom’s style. We created a color palette inspired by Pachamama, featuring white, sand, copper, amber, and muted sage tones to establish an understated, modern backdrop. To add depth to our monochromatic wedding design, we played with texture. Inspired by the natural, wood thatched doors at Pachamama, we incorporated fringe lanterns throughout the custom ceremony design, complemented by pampas grass and rattan chargers throughout the modern elopement tablescape. We balanced our dynamic textures with smooth copper flatware and ceramic plates, too, mirroring the suave, white-washed walls of Pachamama’s villas and teepees.
Our neutral design not only created a timeless, modern feel for this elopement, but also celebrated the location. Here at Mae&Co, we’re big on finding textures that will contrast again the location and the view, and we loved the way this elegant monochromatic design came together to celebrate beach setting of Todos Santos. The cool turquoise waters lining this warm, Baja California coast stood out against the soft, neutral tones, creating a beach feel that perfectly matched our couple’s style.
Photography: Peyton Rainey Byford
Design & Styling: Mae&Co Creative
Venue: Pachamama
Florals: Good Seed Floral
Rentals: Warehouse Rentals
Gown: Flora Bridal
If you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Kima Tulum, Quinta Roo, Mexico
A Few of our Favorite Weddings in Tulum
Kima Tulum is an under-the-radar jungle oasis just outside of Tulum’s city center. This modern villa is located on a sprawling private estate, a world apart from the energetic hustle of Tulum, but still close enough to enjoy the city’s crystal blue beaches. This off-grid wedding venue is a design-lover’s dream come true: the beautiful, white-washed walls give the exterior a warm, Mediterranean feel, while the interiors blend Ibizan style and rich Mayan culture with natural, locally sourced materials.
This Tulum venue offers a perfect alfresco setting for a destination wedding, featuring rich jungle greens and vibrant textures throughout the idyllic space. And with three luxurious guest suites, a stunning lap pool, and private gardens throughout the property, you’re able to enjoy a completely private stay and keep the party going long after you’ve said “I do.”
Katherine & Daniel’s Wedding
Earthy, modern, sophisticated, unique — this stunning destination elopement at Kima Tulum was all of those things and more.
To create a one-of-a-kind luxury wedding at this completely off-grid and remote venue we created a unique color palette that would play off the rich, jungle greens. Using Kima Tulum as our inspiration, we worked with Best Day Ever Floral Design to incorporate bold, dark grey, blues throughout the floral elements and tablescape to create contrast against the greenery in Tulum while complimenting the cool, modern lines of the venue. And to play up the earthy feels of Tulum, we sourced unique, soft black rentals from Archive Rentals to help modernize our palette. With black fringe chargers at every table setting, muted black taper holders, dark rattan-style hanging lanterns, and black-framed wishbone chairs, we loved incorporating a dark accent to make the design pop.
We utilized the venue’s locally-sourced wood tables for the elopement reception, but we added our own touch of intimacy by adding overhead string lighting and hanging pendants to illuminate and elevate our dinner nook. And with added terracotta, brass, and sand tablescape details, all of the tablescape design elements worked together to create a romantic intimate vibe — perfectly capturing the warm feel of an evening under the stars in Tulum’s coastal jungle.
Photography: Kape Photography / Design & Styling: Mae&Co Creative / Venue: Kima Tulum / Florals: Best Day Ever Floral Design / Officiant: Pastor Noe / Hair & Makeup: Prep Tulum
Paulina & Gabe’s Wedding
This destination wedding at Kima Tulum was so special, because it was not easy to get to. After months of planning, venue changes, replanning, and so many pivots in the face of a global pandemic, Paulina and Gabe’s jungle wedding at this off-grid resort ended up feeling exactly like it was meant to be.
For Paulina and Gabe, we love the unique challenge of creating a wedding design that would contrast the jungle while complimenting it at the same time. We built a custom modern, minimalist frame for the ceremony backdrop, providing a sense of structure against the wild and lush jungle background. While the rigid shape of the arch worked in contrast to the wild feel of the jungle, the dark wood complemented the natural setting perfectly. To build on the idea of our design working in contrast and in tandem with the jungle setting, we worked with Best Day Ever Floral Design to juxtapose bleached and fresh palms, creating a unique ceremony design.
For the reception, we drew our inspiration from Kima Tulum: a luxury wedding venue in the heart of an off-grid setting. A place completely unexpected, and completely enchanting. We believe intimate romance can be found in this most exotic places, so we wanted to elevate the magic this secret Todos Santos wedding venue by making the reception to look like it grew out of the jungle. All of the florals on the tablescape are inspired by the jungle. And to elevate the wild, jungle feel we dusty pink and soft coral colors throughout the modern tablescape design — matching the bold colors of the tropical anthuriums. We loved playing with height and dimension for this design too, choosing tall taper candles to match the oversized palms. We loved every detail of this intimate reception design, from the pink crystal glassware to the rattan fringe chargers, from the string lights to the modern place settings, everything worked in tandem to set the tone for a perfect evening under the stars dancing to a local mariachi band.
We work hard for our clients. From a complete replan and postponements to the completely remote venue, from the hurricane and storms rolling through the city to building structures in the middle of the jungle, we mean it when we say you won’t have to worry about a thing on your wedding day. We’re so thankful for our clients who trust us 110% to plan, design, coordinate, and take care of them — even in the most remote and hidden places.
Photography: Monique Serra Photography
Design & Styling: Mae&Co Creative
Venue: Kima Tulum
Florals: Best Day Ever Floral Design
Officiant: Pastor Noe
Rentals: Archive Rentals
Live Music: Mariachi Tulum
DJ: Pure Pulse
If you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Top 5 Desert Wedding Venues
We love a desert venue. As destination wedding planners, we’ve travelled all over the globe to design and style elopements and celebrations, but we have a special place in our heart for modern desert weddings. We love the vastness of the desert. We love the way the moon rises to create a canvas between the earth and sky - it’s the perfect backdrop for a unique, luxury wedding. We love the versatility of the desert, too, as the textures and landscapes inspire different designs based on the venue, location, couple, etc. So whether you’re planning a luxurious, sophisticated party for 200 guests or a small, minimalist celebration for two, here are our top five places for an intimate and bougie desert wedding.
Amangiri
Amangiri is a 5 star, luxury resort that lies within 600-acres of private desert wilderness in Southern Utah. The modern and simplistic architecture of this hotel venue features clean lines, natural materials and uninterrupted views of the surrounding desert and mesas. But Amangiri is more than a luxury hotel, it’s a staggering landscape of canyons, mesas, mountains, and desert with so many unique locations, and every wedding we create in this space is a unique, one-of-a-kind experience.
If you’re seeking adventure, this venue offers unparalleled access to slot canyons hikes, desert helicopter rides, and unlimited exploration. But if you prefer a bougie retreat, you’ll love the multi-course meals and state of the art spa facilities. We love that there’s truly something for everyone at Amangiri - with luxurious, private rooms, full service spa amenities and privileged access to National Parks and Lake Powell guests of Amangiri experience the convenience of a high-end hotel with easy access to speciality guided adventures. An added bonus? The staff at Amangiri will do anything and everything to ensure your stay at the resort is absolutely unforgettable and bespoke.
Click here to read more about Amangiri weddings, designed by Mae&Co creative
Images from Laurken Kendall
Willow House
The Willow House is a modern desert retreat, located on 250 acres of private land and boasting stunning, unobstructed views of the beautiful Chisos Mountain Range. The clean lines and muted tones of the building blend into the vast surrounding desert - at Willow House, the design options are truly endless.
This desert wedding venue feels unique. Set in Terlingua just outside Big Bend National Park, the venue boasts access to some of the state’s largest ocotillo plants and some of the most colorful floral and fauna in Texas. Yet the brutalist style casitas evoke a neutral, modern feeling, perfect for a contemporary desert wedding. With 11 unique casitas on the property and a modern gourmet kitchen, the Willow House is the perfect place for a weekend-long wedding celebration with your closest friends and family. And with a new patio structure in progress, this desert wedding venue promises to be one of the most under-the-radar boutique hotels in 2021.
Click here to read more about our most recent wedding at the Willow House, designed by Mae&Co Creative
Images from Karra Leigh Photo
Under Canvas
With locations all across the United States, Under Canvas offers adventurous couples the perfect place for a bohemian-inspired wedding. While each Under Canvas glamping wedding venue lets you experience the great outdoors with modern comforts, every location is unique. We love the desert Under Canvas locations in Moab, Grand Canyon, Zion, and Lake Powell where you enjoy can luxurious, safari-style canvas accommodations with unparalleled access to nearby national parks.
If you’re inspired by the American Southwest, we have endless design ideas for Under Canvas Zion: a haven located upon 196-acres of remote desert terrain, surrounded by views of soaring sandstone cliffs and majestic red rock. And if you love adventure, we think you’ll love Under Canvas Lake Powell-Grand Staircase: this location is perched on a Canyon Rim Plateau with easy access to Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon, and Glen Canyon, the Lake Powell Marina and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park. Regardless of which Under Canvas location you choose, we promise these venues are the perfect mixture of high-end comfort and big-time adventure.
Images from Dawn Photo
Casa Santal
Located just outside of Joshua Tree National Park, Casa Santal is a modern, desert paradise. Designed as an artist’s retreat on a bluff overlooking a valley of Joshua Trees, this minimalist home boasts panoramic views from every angle. If you value Wabi Sabi design aesthetics, we can’t think of a better place for you to tie the knot in a place that marries love of design and nature.
Casa Santal caters to high-end, desert elopements with options for a private chef, yoga and massage offerings to help you enjoy the space and relax and feel pampered. We love the sexy, luxe feel of this Joshua Tree desert venue, and we think this is the perfect place enjoy some of the best views in the Mojave Desert. With canyon views, a large deck, and a shaded pergola, this venue has so many options for a unique ceremony space that will allow you and your guests to celebrate and enjoy the scenery.
Image from Anni Graham
The Joshua Tree House Tucson
The Joshua Tree House in Tucson, also known as the Posada House, is a 5 suite inn bordering the west side of Saguaro National Park in Tucson, AZ. Situated on 38 acres of land with a forest of Saguaro cactus, native plants, and an abundance of wildlife this is a space to reflect, reset, and create.
Each suite has its own unique feel. And when you book all of the suites for this Arizona desert hotel venue, you have access to a chef's kitchen, pool, rooftop lounge, yoga room, dining patio, fire pit, and living room with a projector, in case you want to end your wedding celebration with a movie night. This venue is perfect for off-beat desert brides who are ready to throw the party of the century. And trust us, we’re the team you want to have by your side to bring this bash to life.
Images from JTH Tucson
Ready to start planning your dream Desert wedding? Hit us up!
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.
Want to see more of our custom wedding installations? Check out this blog post highlighting a few of our favorite custom wedding backdrops!
Photo: Elizabeth Wells Photo Design and Styling: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: Good Seed Floral Rentals: Classic VintageOfficiant: Officiant JimmieDessert: Dream CakesIf you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Ecotrust, Portland, OR
Styled Wedding Shoot
This industrial rooftop wedding was defined by effortless elegance. Every element of the design for this sleek rooftop ceremony reflected the couple’s modern, sophisticated style. Set above the city skyline, we wanted to create a design that celebrated the bold height of this wedding location, a modern wedding design that incorporates the tall, sleek lines of the city.
Instead of diminishing the striking city skyline, we wanted our design to really capture the experience of a place; being part of the city’s heartbeat, recalling the feeling of watching the sun spill over the rooftop as you say your vows, it’s so significant. And by creating a design that augments the dynamic height of an urban rooftop wedding and frames the city, we designed a unique venue that is so much richer and bolder in the memories of our couple’s wedding day.
To create a sophisticated rooftop celebration that really captures the feeling of a trendy, chic city wedding, we honed in on the details. We designed and built a custom arch, knowing that we needed to create an original piece to frame the city backdrop. At Mae&Co, we specialize in being able to bring custom backdrops from concept to creation. The arch where you say your vows frames an everlasting moment, and we bring value to our couple’s by incorporating structures and elements that reflect the couple’s style. And for this modern rooftop wedding, we knew we wanted to create a custom frame with strong, architectural lines that would create a timeless, high fashion feel.
While our custom arch may be the biggest part of our design, we made sure every detail captured the opulent feel of this wedding. The custom invitation suite by State of Reverie features modern, elegant typography and the muted tones match the sophisticated feel of this elegant event.
The lush tablescape design incorporates tall floral installations by Good Seed Floral, creating a dynamic shape that plays in conversation with the rooftop terrace views. Touches of gold flatware, smoke glassware, and cream florals create a timeless, elegant feel. And the modern lines of the centerpieces and tablescape chargers elevate the design to blend perfectly with this unique, urban space in NW Portland’s charming Pearl District.
Every detail worked in harmony, as cascading blooms intertwined with brushed metals and soft fabrics fell gently on modern table settings - mirroring the way the bride’s soft pink veil swirled around her modern, structural gown on the top of this rooftop wedding venue. And when the couple descended to the city’s core, the sophisticated setting on this modern rooftop lingered.
Want us to design your modern rooftop wedding celebration? Check out these sophisticated rooftop venues we love!
Photo: Catalina Jean Venue: Ecotrust Rooftop TerraceDesign & styling: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: Good Seed Floral Rentals: The Party PlacePaper Goods: State of Reverie If you’re interested in how Mae&Co can make your day extra special and unique to you, we’d love to hear from you
Top Boutique Hotel Destination Wedding Venues
From Mexico to California; Portugal to Morocco - our team has been a part of planning countless high-end events all around the world. With years of experience and industry knowledge under our belts, we’ve compiled a list of our top 10 favorite destination wedding venues spanning the globe.
Autocamp Yosemite
Just a 3 hour drive from busy San Francisco, California you’ll find this beautiful compound in the woods on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park. Onsite modern lodging options are convenient for a weekend celebration - custom designed Airstreams, cozy cabins and luxury glamping tents. Between the mid-century modern clubhouse, large grassy area and onsite pond, there are countless, unique spaces to exchange your vows or host the party of your dreams.
Spend the morning hiking Yosemite Falls or say your vows at Glacier Point and then head back to AutoCamp for a beautifully styled reception. With space for up to 130 guests - this is the perfect place to combine intimacy and adventure.
Image by Mary Meck
Image by Janelle Elise Photography
Photo by Anni Graham
Amangiri
This 5 star, luxury resort lies within 600-acres of private desert wilderness in Southern Utah and only a 30 min drive from the famous Antelope Canyon. The modern, simplistic architecture of the venue features clean lines, natural materials and uninterrupted views of the surrounding dunes and plateaus. With the vastness of the property and the high-end style of the common areas, you can truly have your wedding as raw and wild or as extravagant as you want, all within the beautiful walls of the surrounding desert.
Send your wedding weekend going for a hike though Antelope Canyon or lounging by the pool… This venue will even arrange a helicopter ride for stunning aerial views if desired! From the most intimate high-end events to luxury large-scale celebrations, Amangiri is the idyllic place to pamper your guests (and yourself) and host a truly stunning wedding like no other.
Images by Laurken Kendall
Hotel Santa Caterina
This historic, 5 star luxury hotel is perched on the cliffs of the rustic Amalfi Coast with Mediterranean architecture, colorful tile and endless rows of lemon trees adding to the already quintessential Italian feel. The staff is incredibly helpful in working with the Mae&Co team to make any couple’s dream come true. The immaculate dining room is an elegant sun filled room with floor to ceiling windows where you can overlook the sea and nearby town of Amalfi while toasting with local wines and enjoying the highest quality Italian dishes.
Have your ceremony in the garden, your cocktail hour along the cliffside pool and your reception inside the beautiful and elegant private dining area. This venue is a show stopper for those wanting to run away and get married in the heard of Italy’s famous Amalfi Coast.
Images by Karra Leigh Photography
Korakia Pensione
This Mediterranean-style resort in the Southern California desert is truly an oasis. Unique to the area and gorgeous in nature, boasting curated Moorish architecture, stunning pools and lush gardens. If you’re looking for a cross between Spanish vibes with Moroccan architecture, earth tones mixed with pure white stucco and palm trees against rolling desert hills - Korakia is your spot. With onsite bungalows and guesthouses, this venue is perfect for a multi-day destination event for up to 130 guests. Not to mention, the weather in Palm Desert is next to perfect all year round.
Images from @Korakia
Image by Christy Dawn
Willow House
This modern desert retreat is located in West Texas, just 6 miles from the incredible Big Bend National Park. Located on 250 acres of private land and boasting unobstructed views of the beautiful Chisos Mountain Range, the options at Willow House are truly endless.
The clean lines and muted tones of the building blend in to the vast surrounding desert, allowing for a design as bold and bright or as minimal and earthy as you like. The twelve onsite, luxury casitas can sleep up to 26 guests - making this the people location for an intimate celebration. You and your guests can spend a long weekend hiking, stargazing and exploring all of the beauty that the Texas desert has to offer.
Images by Karra Leigh Photography
Image by Melissa Marshall
Acre Baja
Just on the outskirts of San Jose del Cabo, a charming desert town on the Baja Peninsula, you’ll find Acre, a private jungle oasis tucked within the sprawling hills. From the boutique, luxury treehouses surrounded by palms to the elegant, tiled mango orchard, every corner you turn at Acre is bursting with both modern architecture and lush, tropical gardens.
The flow from the grassy ceremony site to cocktail hour by the pool, followed by dinner and dancing in the orchard makes for seamless transitions and an altogether effortless event. Their onsite award-winning bar and restaurant - serving authentic dishes made from locally sourced ingredients - can cater an event from as small as 20, or as large as 500. Rent out all 12 treehouses and you and your guests can keep the party going as long as your heart desires.
Images by Karra Leigh Photography
Pink House Azores
Just a two hour flight from Lisbon, lies the magical island of Saõ Miguel, which is home to the infamous Pink House; a historic barn, renovated to reflect simple, contemporary aesthetics and spaces. Surrounded by tranquil gardens and abundant fruit orchards, this space is idyllic for hosting an intimate destination event.
With 5 acres of beautifully manicured land, there are countless spaces to host the events of your special day. We love the idea of utilizing the gardens for both ceremony and reception, with cocktail hour revolving around the property’s stunning pool. Between the main house and the smaller studio, the pink property can accommodate 7 guests overnight. But not to worry, San Miguel has both modern, high end hotels and charming Airbnbs scattered throughout this vibrant, European island.
Images by Melissa Marshall
Cedar Lakes Estate
This high-end, private estate in the Hudson Valley is just 70 miles from bustling New York City. Mixing rustic architecture with modern amenities, this upstate venue is timeless and the idyllic place to spend a long weekend celebrating your marriage, surrounded by the people you love most. The estate boasts immaculate indoor and outdoor spaces for events of any size and the luxury onsite lodging, spa and restaurant ensure all of your needs are met, right onsite.
A mountain top ceremony, cocktail hour by the lake, followed by dinner in the expansive 5,400 sq. foot barn is the perfect flow for a luxury event. However, with multiple different venues onsite, you can select the spaces that suite you, your style and your guest count best.
Kima Tulum
Just a few minutes from the vibrant city center of Tulum, this modern oasis is situated on 2.5 acres of lush, private, jungle. With three luxurious guest suites, a stunning lap pool and beautiful, secluded spaces this tropical villa is the idyllic space for a small destination event.
We love this space because unlike most venues, this space is entirely yours. With a full buyout of the property, you’re able to enjoy a completely private stay and create a truly curated event with the vendors of your choice.
Images by Patrick Vollert
Beldi Country Club
This luxury Marrakech venue offers both culture and convenience with beautiful Moroccan architecture, 38 onsite guest suites and a high-end spa offering both modern and traditional services. We love this venue because the spaces are all so individually unique, yet cohesive, providing the perfect flow for an event of any size.
The greenhouse, with lush flora and soaring glass ceilings, is the most stunning space for an intimate, yet lavish reception. Imagine sitting around a long table, dining on Mediterranean cuisine, surrounded by the elaborate structure and flourishing native plants. Beldi Country Club offers tradition and culture without sacrificing glamour.
Images by Anni Graham
Elaborate, simplistic, intimate, or large - Our team is well experienced with destination wedding planning and would love to be a part of your planning experience.
The Colony, Portland, OR
Theresa & Kishor’s Wedding
A high-end winter wedding at the colony
Planning, designing, styling and coordinating this high-end winter wedding at The Colony in Portland, Oregon was such a joy for our entire Mae&Co Creative team. Our sweet couple, Theresa and Kishor, live in Bangkok, so we were both honored and so excited when they first contacted us for full service planning of their destination wedding in Theresa’s hometown. It’s such a special thing to be a part of the planning process from day one and we’re so grateful for our couples who fully trust in us and our expertise.
The ceremony was held at Our Lady of Lavang Parish, a Vietnamese church in NE Portland. The peach accents of the structure were stunning and complemented the neutral, earthy color palate of the overall design. Selva Floral’s unique, free standing floral arrangements were such an unexpected and beautifully modern statement in an otherwise traditional, historic space. They managed to frame the ceremony perfectly without taking away from the surrounding notable beauty of the building.
The ‘historic meets modern vibe’ was evident throughout the entire reception as well. The Colony, a mid-century colonial style venue in St. John’s neighborhood, is filled with both character and charm - a brick exterior, wood burning fireplaces throughout and a grand ballroom complete with massive windows and black wainscoting are just a few of the many charming qualities of the venue. Unique circular and curved signage by Kalen Rivers, modern, statement floral designs by Selva and a custom built photo booth back drop by our Mae&Co team were just a few of the design highlights that brought modern flair to the space.
The main ballroom, where dinner and dancing commenced, felt both inviting and luxurious with long candlelit tables, warm overhead lighting from antique chandeliers and custom dinner menus at each setting. We love nothing more than seeing the shock, excitement and sometimes tears from our clients when the reception space is first revealed to them, just before the room is filled with laughter and cheers.
Our full service planning package gives our clients the freedom to relax and truly enjoy the process. We give you curated choices, you make decisions and we take care of the rest. If you’re interested in our wedding planning services, click here to learn more. We’d love to be a part of your very special day.
Photo: Jordan VothVenue: The ColonyDesign, styling and coordination: Mae&Co CreativeFlorals: Selva Floral DesignRentals: Archive Rentals Signage: Kalen RiversPhotobooth: Smirk Photobooth Co
Hotel Santa Caterina, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Alexis & Nick’s Wedding
This elegant Amalfi Coast wedding took place at a historic 5 star luxury hotel, Hotel Santa Caterina, perched on the cliffs of the rustic Amalfi coast. The Mediterranean architecture, colorful tile, draping bougainvillea and endless rows of lemon trees and olive groves provided the most quintessential Italian backdrop to this already perfect day.
International events require a fair amount of ‘think on your feet’ decisions and force you to really get creative with what’s around! In lieu of their original ceremony backdrop plan, Good Seed Floral utilized preexisting natural elements and created their arbor install on a tree limb, which flowed from overhead, all the way down to the base of a rustic wood fence. The outcome was stunning and so true to the surrounding Italian style.
Dinner took place in a bright, sun filled room with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the sea and nearby town of Amalfi. We wanted the tablescape to reflect the colors of the Amalfi coast, so we opted for pale turquoise candle sticks, organic rust colored napkins and a gauzy sand table runner. Each setting was adorned with custom, earth tone menus and place cards from Seek Paper Co. The elegant room was soon filled with laughter, Aperol spritz induced toasts and live music from the hotel’s grand piano.
The couple shared their special day with just their closest family and friends in one of the most beautiful and romantic spots on earth. They chose to forgo traditional and decided to make it exactly what they wanted.
We love helping couple’s create unique events and authentic moments that are true to the them and their personal love story. Click here to read about our other Amalfi Coast event this past spring!
Photo: Karra Leigh Photography Video: Jessica Heron ImagesDesign and Styling: Mae&Co CreativeVenue: Hotel Santa Caterina Florals: Good Seed Floral 
Private Villa, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Ashlee & Josh’s Wedding
Whimsical Elopement on the Amalfi Coast
Can you think of anything more romantic than exchanging your vows at a private, seaside villa on the Amalfi coast?
Running through the winding streets, hand in hand, toasting with Italian wine and dining on local takeout pizza under the stars, surrounded by your ten closest loved ones - this destination elopement was far from traditional and was exactly how Ashlee and Josh wanted to spend their special day.
Our team traveled to Italy to make this this 12 person, full service Mae&Co elopement come to life. We brought in tow one gigantic suitcase and a dream team of vendors from the states; Karra Leigh Photo, Jessica Heron Images and Good Seed Floral.
The couple chose to exchange their personal vows privately, which they wrote on the backs of prints that they picked up in town earlier that week. They then shared a quick formal ceremony with their 10 guests on the villa’s piazza - framed by two lush, freestanding floral arrangements by Good Seed Floral.
We designed the dinner in the middle of the villa’s garden, the sea as the backdrop and ancient olives trees on either side. Although the meal was simple, we wanted the tablescape to feel grand. Custom menus and place cards by Seek Paper Co and the organic floral table runner by Good Seed were just two of our favorite aspects of this stunning tablescape.
We love elopements for so many reasons, but our very favorite is seeing a couple truly relax and enjoy a day that is exactly what they want. Ashlee and Josh were able to soak in the day together, stroll the winding, stone streets and spend time with the people who truly matter most.
We are so thrilled to have been a part of this incredible, international elopement and would love to help you plan your perfect adventure.
To learn more about full service elopement planning with Mae&Co, click here.
Photo: Karra Leigh Photo Video: Jessica Heron ImagesDesign and Styling: Mae&Co CreativeFloral: Good Seed FloralPaper goods: Seek Paper CoMUAH: Styled by Mal