Fall Omni Scottsdale Wedding | Taylor & John

I am so excited to share this beautiful fall Omni Scottsdale wedding in Arizona. Taylor and John were the last of their close group of friends to finally tie the knot. And as a result, they decided a destination wedding to one of Arizona’s premier resorts was the best way to celebrate. Their Omni Montelucia wedding was filled with loads of love, honor, and good ol’ college pride. Geaux Tigers! Hook ’em Horns!

Bridal Party in tuxes and mixed dresses at Omni Montelucia Scottsdale

The Wedding Day Details

Taylor’s mother has a long-standing family connection to Carlson Craft. In honor of that history they decided to use them for her wedding invitation suite. A simple but classic design with custom hand-lettered calligraphy. In addition, Taylor also honored her mother and grandmother on her bouquet. Taylor’s bouquet was wrapped in lace from her mother’s wedding dress and a locket with her maternal grandmother’s photo was attached since she was unable to attend to due her fragile health. And then we also surprised Taylor’s mom by including a heart locket with her mother’s picture on her wrist corsage. Such a beautiful and simple way to honor the people we love.

Gold Wedding Invitation Suite with blush and burgundy flowers

Gold wedding invitation and wedding rings

Wedding invitation envelope with calligraphy and wedding rings

Bride's blush and burgundy bouquet and Chanel perfume

Getting Ready & First Look at Omni Scottsdale

One of my favorite aspects of the Omni Montelucia are the private suites that also include private backyard spaces. Taylor and her family stayed in the beautiful Camelback Suite. This subsequently allowed both indoor and outdoor privacy as they got ready for the big day.

Bridesmaids in floral robes at Omni Montelucia Scottsdale

Bride and bridesmaids getting ready at camelback villa at Omni Montelucia

bride and dad first look at camelback suite at Omni Scottsdale

bride hugging father after special first look

Bride with blush garden bouquet and her mom

Do you not just love Taylor’s bouquet?! When Taylor started talking about her wedding vision and described the flowers and bouquet she wanted, I knew exactly who we had to go see. No one does a beautiful and lush garden-style bouquet better than Sarah of Sarah’s Garden. And her mom Betty’s dress?! I have never seen a more on-point dress by the Mother of the Bride! It is by far one of my favorites to date.

Bride with bouquet walking to first look outdoors

bride touching groom's shoulder at Omni Scottsdale

bride and groom first look at Omni Scottsdale wedding

bride and groom hugging after first look at Omni Montelucia wedding

Bride and groom at Omni Montelucia resort in Scottsdale

bride and groom posed in orchard at Omni Scottsdale wedding

bride and groom smiling with bouquet at Omni Montelucia wedding

The Ceremony & Bridal Party

Valencia Lawn wedding flowers and chairs at Omni Scottsdale wedding

Blush and burgundy wedding ceremony flowers at Omni Montelucia

Bride and dad walking down aisle at wedding ceremony at Omni Montelucia

Groom watching as his bride walks down the aisle

Bride and groom exchanging vows at arbor on Valencia Lawn

Bride and groom at wedding ceremony at Omni Montelucia.

Another wonderfully personal element was Taylor and John’s decision to have John’s father officiate the ceremony for them. It’s always special when a couple can have someone special to them be a part of such an important and intimate experience.

Bride and groom exchanging rings during ceremony at Omni Scottsdale

Bride and groom kissing during wedding ceremony at Omni Montelucia

bride and groom walking up aisle after wedding ceremony with guests throwing petals

Bride and groom kissing walking down the aisle

Wedding party at the Omni Scottsdale Resort venue

Bride and Bridesmaids in mix and match burgundy and blush dresses at Omni Montelucia

Taylor’s bridesmaids in their beautiful BHLDN dresses. Bridesmaids in unique but coordinated dresses is always one of my favorite trends.

Bride and bridesmaids with blush and burgundy flowers

Groom and Groomsmen in tuxes at Omni Montelucia in Scottsdale

Omni Scottsdale Wedding Reception Details

Taylor and John’s ceremony and reception were both on Valencia Lawn, which required us to execute a “flip” during cocktail hour. In less than one hour, the Shine Events team, the Omni Montelucia Staff and the floral team at Sarah’s Garden brought the reception space to life.

Wedding reception and cake on Valencia Lawn at Omni Scottsdale wedding

One of my favorite wedding tips to give brides is that we can repurpose ceremony flowers to the reception. For example, we took the flowers that bordered the ceremony aisle and used them to highlight the head table. We then took this philosophy a step further and reused the bride and bridesmaids’ bouquets as the table centerpieces. (While that isn’t quite as common of an example of repurposing wedding flowers, for this wedding it was an important detail. We didn’t want to sacrifice the flowers selected but also needed to stay within a specific budget.)

Fall outdoor wedding head table with flowers at Omni Scottsdale

Blush and burgundy fall wedding flowers at head table

Blush and burgundy head table centerpiece at fall Omni Scottsdale wedding

Our bride’s precious bouquet! Sarah (of Sarah’s Garden) worked hard to make sure the bouquet looked beautiful as a bouquet but could then transition easily to be the head table centerpiece. (And don’t worry, we removed the lace and locket before we placed in the vase.)

Modern white cake with blush and burgundy flowers on blush velvet linen

Fall Omni Scottsdale wedding reception on lawn with round tables

The centerpieces above started out as bridesmaids’ bouquets. They were designed slightly larger to accommodate their need to perform double duty and transition to centerpieces. And no one was the wiser! Win – Win!!

Wood tables and velvet table runner linens at wedding reception

Wedding table flowers and decor on long wood table

Bride and groom at wedding reception setup

I love to bring in the bride and groom to see the space BEFORE we allow their guests in. This allows some time to reflect and see the space we have been working for so long to design with them.

black and white image of Bride and groom grand entrance at wedding reception

Bride and groom kissing at grand entrance under bistro lights

black and white photo of head table at Omni Scottsdale wedding

After Taylor and John cut their cake and hosted toasts, we brought everyone inside the ballroom with a good ‘ol New Orleans (and LSU) inspired Second Line. This helped guests become excited about going inside to dance and party the rest of the night away. And it could not have gone more perfect. In fact, their whole day was perfect and I loved being a part of it with them. Taylor and John’s families are some of the kindest and most loving people I have ever had the privilege of working with and I can’t wait to see them again.

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