Kara + Jeff

Date
Sep, 28, 2020

It’s Magazine Monday! And today we have a closer look at Kara and Jeff’s fall feast for the eyes โ€” straight from our 2020 glossy pages.ย 

IT’S FRIDAY, I’M IN LOVE // Sept. 27, 2019

Kara Hallstrom and Jeff Larsenโ€™s wedding was iconic.ย 

Designated icons โ€” representing significant moments of their relationship โ€” donned everything from their invitation suite to the guestbook to the wood welcome sign at their Sundance Resort nuptials.ย 

A bumblebee for their โ€œmeet cuteโ€ on Bumble. A film festival pass for their mutual love of cinema. A woodsy tent for the โ€œindoor girl who fell for an outdoor boy.โ€ A ukelele for Karaโ€™s childhood home of Hawaiโ€™i. And a Disneyland castle and Star Wars lightsaber for magical memories.ย โ€œFor a hot minute there were two lightsabers on the invitation, which Jeff loved,โ€ Kara says. โ€œBut I had to draw the line somewhere!โ€ย 

For their Friday fall fรฉte, it had to be Sundance โ€” their most favorite date spot. Kara calls the ceremony the greatest 30 minutes of her life. Surrounded by loved ones, vintage rugs, twinkling lights, and profound petals, Kara walked arm-in-arm down the aisle with her parents to an acoustic version of โ€œFriday Iโ€™m in Love.โ€ย 

They were married by a dear friend, Jeff Paris โ€” โ€œthe other Jeffโ€ in Karaโ€™s life. During the vows, the groom expressed his heartfelt love and devotion, while the bride cheekily opened with, โ€œYouโ€™ve ruined everything.โ€

Iconic.ย 

 

SOURCES

Photography Alyssia B Photographyย (a #UVBvendor!)

Wedding Planner Briana Stewart

Venue + Catering Sundance Resortย 

Floral Design The Potted Pansyย (a #UVBvendor!)

Cake Flour & Flourishย (a #UVBvendor!)

Gown Leanne Marshall Designs at Alta Moda Bridalย (a #UVBvendor!)

Flower Girl Dresses Chantel Lauren Designsย (a #UVBvendor!)

Hair + Makeup Darcy Moody +ย Bronwyn Haws at Suggestions Salonย (a #UVBvendor!)

Groom’s Attire Bonobos

Bride’s Shoes BHLDN ย 

Invitation Design David Byrdย 

Invitation + Photo Printing Persnickety Printsย (a #UVBvendor!)

Rug Rentals The Boheme Projectย (a #UVBvendor!)

Barrel Rentals Alpine Event Co.ย (a #UVBvendor!)

Welcome Sign + Reception Timeline Whitney Kaโ€™ili

Photo Boothย The Hand Drawn Photo Booth

Musicianย Paul Jacobsen

Lighting 360 Canopy

Guestbook Eccentricityย (a #UVBvendor!)

Officiant Jeff Paris

PETAL ME THISย Kara and Jeffโ€™s September Sundance soirรฉe was woodsy and wonderful. Karaโ€™s sister, Briana Stewart, is the editor of Utah Valley Bride, so they worked closely together to select vendors and plan every moment. A ceremony standout was the carpet-laden aisle with rugs from The Boheme Project. But the most important decor detail to Kara? The flowers, perfectly petaled by The Potted Pansy. โ€œFlowers seem too simple a word for what Mandy did for the wedding,โ€ Kara says. โ€œShe is a true floral magician. Itโ€™s as if every blossom was bursting with the same love I was feeling. I wish so much I could have saved every last bloom, pressed in hundreds of books of poetry.โ€ These magical flowers were incorporated into every aspect of the design, from the hexagon arch to the aisle barrels to the sign-in and reception tables โ€” with no two centerpieces the same.

PICTURE PERFECTย Sweet touches enhanced Kara and Jeffโ€™s charming celebration. Cassidy at Flour & Flourish created this three-tiered blue vision โ€” complete with striking and sprawling sugar flowers. (Cassidy even coordinated with The Potted Pansy so that the sugar florals would match the real ones!) The brideโ€™s nieces donned twirl-worthy and hand-painted frocks from Chantel Lauren Designs. Her flats gave the rustic ambiance a little sparkle. And Karaโ€™s dress, a Leanne Marshall from the impeccable Alta Moda Bridal, was a dreamy bow-dotted chiffon with sleeves customized to flutter fabulousness. Effortless elegance at its finest.ย 

SHOWERED WITH LOVEย The forecast threatened rain, but instead the day showered with rose petals, bubbles, and emotion. Photographer Alyssia B charmingly captured these unforgettable moments. โ€œShe really brought our love story to life,โ€ Kara says. โ€œWe were so lucky.โ€ The timeline on the tables โ€” lovingly drawn by the groomโ€™s sister Whitney (who also made the wood welcome sign!) โ€” was a pretty party starter. After guests dined on a Sundance barbecue feast and had their picture made by The Hand Drawn Photo Booth (complete with souvenir photo strips!), the brideโ€™s parents gifted them leis flown in from Hawaiโ€™i. Their first dance was to โ€œThis Will Be Our Year,โ€ with the lyric โ€œtook a long time to comeโ€ being particularly meaningful. After cutting the cake and thanking their loved ones, Kara and Jeff floated off into the night โ€” with the first rain drops of the day starting their flight.

September 25, 2020

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