Jamie and William wanted a retro speakeasy hiding inside a Colorado ranch, and Meredith Diamond was the one who caught every register of it on camera. he whole day ran on color, vintage finds, and a barn that slowly turned into a red lit lounge after dark. It was bold, a little theatrical, and exactly the kind of party they wanted to throw.
Location: Colorado, United States
Style: Retro, Colorful, Maximalist
Time of planning: 1 year
Number of guests: 125
Setting: Ranch
Season: Fall
Jamie and Will first crossed paths in their early twenties, when the timing was completely off for both of them. About seven years later their best friends reintroduced them, and that time it clicked immediately. Jamie works the corporate world while Will tours internationally as an EDM DJ, so the two of them live on very different clocks and somehow sync up anyway.
A year and a half into dating, Will brought the whole thing to Hawaii, a place they both love. He arranged a vintage VW bus rigged up as a roaming booth to roll onto the beach, and he proposed mid shoot while the camera was still going, which means the exact second she said yes is on film. They both cried the happy kind of tears and started building a future together. Their wedding movie was captured to by Klassey Productions.
Bride's Morning & Fashion
Jamie started the morning with her people in matching white ribbed tanks and no precious energy in the room. Kelsey McNamara handled makeup and HJ Studio Co built a half up half down style that Jamie kept exactly the same from ceremony to last dance, because she had no interest in disappearing to change. She wanted princess for the vows and edgier for the party, and she pulled both out of one face and one hairstyle.
For the ceremony she wore the Leighton gown by Danielle Frankel with a waist length veil she sourced on Etsy and her own family jewelry, the kind of mix that sits heirloom pieces next to a designer the whole fashion world is watching right now. Her shoes were Jimmy Choo. Later she switched into a custom corset and skirt by Kricket Marie Atelier for the after party, trading the fuller silhouette for something built to move and sweat in.
The fragrance was Jo Malone Scarlet Poppy, which lands almost too perfectly given that cherry red poppies ran through the entire floral story. Her stationery leaned into a hand drawn red ink world of cupids and hearts, with a save the date that reads like a tattoo flash sheet and a JW monogram speared by an arrow. That cherub motif was not a one off. Jamie wears one inked on her arm by Julianna Killmon, so the paper goods were basically drawn to rhyme with her own skin.
Groom’s Fashion
Will went with a custom velvet tuxedo from Bespoke Edge, a Colorado tailor, paired with velvet Magnanni loafers so the texture carried head to toe. The boutonniere was built custom with flowers and a gold chain pulled straight from one of his album covers, The Nature of Hope, so he literally wore a piece of his own discography down the aisle.
Ceremony
The ceremony was always meant to happen outside on a big grassy lawn with the mountains behind them. Colorado had other plans, and a cold, windy afternoon pushed everything indoors so guests could lock into the vows instead of their own goosebumps. The barn at Devil’s Thumb Ranch became the room, raw wood and stone and all, and the design team treated that rustic shell as a backdrop to paint on rather than a limit.
Nicole Silver Events transformed the altar with deep green velvet draping that softened the timber and gave the whole space a focal point with real depth. Lusha Events built asymmetrical floral moments down the aisle in saturated cherry red, blush, and hints of chartreuse, sculptural and a little wild instead of tidy and symmetrical.
Sleek black chairs grounded all that color and kept the look modern, while custom linens through Lola Valentina added another layer of funk to the palette. Hanging amaranth, the dangling tassel flower that people actually call love lies bleeding, trailed above the couple, which is a bold thing to suspend over your own ceremony.
Jamie’s brother officiated, and that choice made the entire ceremony feel like family rather than formality. They folded in some Jewish elements and kept the whole thing short and sweet, then read their own vows in front of everyone they love. There was crying, there was laughing, and by the couple’s own account there was not a dry eye in the building. Will later said watching Jamie walk down the aisle was the moment he felt luckiest, and Jamie called the ceremony the most memorable part of the entire day!
Moments Together
Once the rings were on, Jamie and Will spent their portrait time with Meredith Diamond out on the ranch with the mountains and the gold autumn grass doing all the work behind them. The wedding party rolled through in mismatched jewel tones of oxblood, bottle green, and pink, holding white calla lilies and anthurium that cooled down the red running through everything else.
Cocktail hour leaned all the way into the couple’s actual personalities. Jamie had a dirty martini in hand while Will stuck to Shirley Temples, and that split tells you most of what you need to know about how they balance each other. The bar itself got the full red treatment, stacked with crimson roses and anthurium so even the drink line felt like part of the set.
Reception
The reception is where Jamie and Will pulled off the full transformation. The barn got draped top to bottom in red and pink fabric, washed in saturated red lighting, until the rustic bones basically vanished and a sultry retro lounge took over. Think the red room energy of a David Lynch set crossed with a speakeasy that takes its color seriously. Sculptural black arch floor lamps curved over the banquet tables, throwing a soft downward glow that pulled the whole room into something intimate and a little after hours.
The tables ran long with low floral runners in crimson, coral, and blush, broken up by a mix of round and rectangle setups so that no two looked identical. Linens came through Lola Valentina, BBJ La Tavola, Nuage Designs, and Colorado Party Rentals, layered for maximum funk, and classic black bentwood chairs kept the maximalism from tipping into chaos.
The dance floor was the punchline, a green and white checkered surface with their own wedding logo planted dead center, bouncing all that red light back up into the room. Vintage pieces the couple hunted down themselves showed up across the night, because the goal was always to make the space feel like them rather than a rental catalog.
Their first dance was Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli, followed by toasts from both families, the maid of honor, and the best man. The cake was a funfetti and cookie dough situation, pink and sparkly with a vintage look and a vintage topper to match, baked by Alyce in Flourland. There was a second cake moment too, since the wedding landed on Will’s mom’s birthday and they made sure to celebrate her right in the middle of it all.
Then Will went to work. Late in the night he jumped on a DJ set with his friends, and the after party turned into a back to back run featuring Illenium, Dabin, Blanke, and more, which is the kind of lineup people buy festival tickets for. Late night pizza, chicken tenders, and fries kept everyone upright on the dance floor. The couple’s advice to anyone planning the same kind of night stays simple. Stay together the whole time, and dance until you physically cannot anymore.
Advice from the couple:
• Stay together the whole night and dance until you can’t anymore!
PHOTOGRAPHER Meredith Diamond | VIDEOGRAPHER Klassey Productions | PLANNING & DESIGN Nicole Silver Events | VENUE Devil’s Thumb Ranch | FLORAL, DRAPING & LIGHTING Lusha Events | TABLETOP & LINEN Colorado Party Rentals, BBJ La Tavola, Lola Valentina Designs, Nuage Designs | HAIR HJ Studio Co | MAKEUP Kelsey McNamara | ENTERTAINMENT Vignette Artists | TATTOO ARTIST Julianna Killmon | CAKE Alyce in Flourland | PHOTOBOOTH Wild Pearl Booth | CEREMONY GOWN Danielle Frankel Studio | AFTER PARTY LOOK Kricket Marie Atelier
