This Bride Just Transformed Her Bridal Boots from Cowgirl to Couture

Lauren Megerdichian
June 30, 2019
Categories: Real Weddings, Rustic, The Blog, Traditional Elegance

There’s nothing more romantic than tying the knot at the very place your love story began. For this couple, that special place is the groom’s family ranch in Montana. The bride visited the ranch for the first time when she was just fifteen years old (how cute is that?!), now, many years later, they are exchanging vows in the same spot. I mean, it just doesn’t get much sweeter than that. The entire day went off without a hitch thanks to Katalin Green Events. The decor was simple yet elegant, with a classic palette of green, white and neutrals. Take in this breath of fresh air at the full gallery, captured by Orange Photographie.

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From the Bride… My husband Geoff and I were married this past July on his family’s ranch in Southwestern Montana. His grandparents moved there in 1955 and it’s been in the family ever since. Geoff and I met in high school so the first time I visited the ranch was when we were just fifteen years old. Since then we have shared so many fond memories there riding horses, feeding the cows, hiking, camping out under the stars and being with family. It’s a truly breathtaking landscape so when it came time to start planning we couldn’t imagine getting married anywhere else. With the closest hotels being 30 mins away from the ranch, it was quite a feat to organize lodging and transportation for all our guests (read: yellow school buses!) But it was all worth it to be able to tie the knot in such a special and secluded spot with the most incredible backdrop of greenery and mountains.

For the ceremony site, we chose one of our favorite spots on the property near a lone willow tree in a hay field overlooking Paradise Valley. Our taste is simple and elegant and we wanted to let the magnificent Montana scenery speak for itself so we stuck with a color palette of white, greens and neutrals for all our details from our invitation suite to our florals and bridesmaids all in white.

We opted for tipi tents for our cocktail hour bar and our pre-wedding ceremony tent where we signed our ketubah and worked in a few nods to the West with locally-inspired cocktails and cuisine such as a “Sage Margarita” and elk satay skewers and the groomsmen all in black jeans and cowboy boots. I chose a romantic lace dress from the Israeli designer Berta and customized a pair of white Madewell ankle boots by having them overlaid with the lace from my dress.

The reception followed just up the road at beautiful neighboring guest ranch where we dined and danced in a sail tent on the lawn. It had been raining the whole week before our wedding, so the grass was unbelievably lush and green for July in Montana, which was such an amazing gift.

We kicked off the week of celebrations by bringing our guests to the famous Livingston Rodeo for an all-American 4th of July and a BBQ rehearsal dinner the following night at the Old Saloon in Emigrant with an amazing Country/Bluegrass band from Jackson Hole.

All in all, it was the most magical week of our lives that we will cherish forever.