Rachel + Ryan @ The Black Diamond Lodge

Mar 21

Written By Amber Andrew

WHAT: Magical Wintery Wedding Full Of Timeless Elegance + Warmth

WHEN: February 2nd, 2024

WHERE: The Black Diamond Lodge, Durango, Colorado

COORDINATORS: Amber + Josh

VIBES: Elegant, Classic, Black + White, Timeless

These are a few of my favorite things:

Snow during the ceremony

Do we need to say more? The clouds opened up the weekend of the wedding and everything what white and magical and everything the couple wanted for their high mountain winter wedding.

Here’s Rachel sweet review that made us cry:

We can’t say enough great things about Amber and her team at The Perfect Day. We are from New England and booked our wedding venue via zoom and had never even visited Durango, CO before. I know sounds crazy however we hired Amber as our coordinator and we never felt nervous or stressed! She is absolutely amazing at her job and our day was perfect because of her. She is fast to respond and was so helpful recommending local vendors who were also amazing! She was so helpful with our timeline and making sure all the vendors were communicated to a few weeks leading up to wedding day. Then all wedding weekend she took care of everything, the set up was gorgeous and the weekend was so stress free all we had to worry about was spending time with our family and friends and enjoying every moment! Not to mention - our friends and family still talk about how great she was - “your wedding coordinator Amber was the best” “Amber was great at making sure everything was correct and on time” “I want to hire Amber for my wedding” just a few of the nice things our guest had to say. Thank you Amber so much for helping make our special day even better than we could have imagined, we are forever grateful for you and your hard work!

Faux flowers from Pretty Petals

Yep. These flowers are not “fresh”. Could you tell? Us either! Emmie from Pretty Petals blew us away with the colors, design and overall vibes for the big day.

Food all day

Rachel and Ryan’s menu was LEGENDARY! Brunch for appetizers, pizza for dinner and late night sliders. Everything was delicious, fully customized and perfect for just want the couple wanted. Food was their top priority and Et Viola blew it out of the park.

DAncing on the tables

The father of the bride’s only request was that they got to dance on the tables during the father daughter dance. What a great way to get the party started!