{"id":406,"date":"2011-05-04T14:51:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2011-05-16T15:54:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:54:15","slug":"wedding-wednesday-jackson-destination-with-flair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"WEDDING WEDNESDAY: Jackson Destination with Flair!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE &amp; FIND A WYOMING VENDOR! <a href=\"www.wyoweddings.com\">www.wyoweddings.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Max &amp; Cecile&#8217;s destination Jackson wedding was gorgeous &#8212; and full of their own touches and personality!\u00a0 Max &amp; Cecile have friends worldwide, and felt that Jackson made the best choice for their destination wedding.\u00a0<em> &#8220;Deciding on a location was difficult, since both of our families are widely distributed in the United States and Europe,&#8221; Cecile writes.\u00a0 &#8220;{W}e decided that Jackson, Wyoming, would be an unforgettable one to which many guests would be more than willing to travel. It was also the location that best represented our personalities!&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/heathererson.com\/\">Heather Erson Photography in Jackson <\/a>for sharing these amazing photos and to Max &amp; Cecile for sharing their story!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann06-21.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-407\" title=\"Rietmann06 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann06-21-494x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann06-21-494x384.jpg 494w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann06-21-188x146.jpg 188w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann06-21.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, so check this out:\u00a0 The dress was purchased the week before Max &amp; Cecile moved from San Diego to Switzerland &#8212; she had never tried it on or altered it before the wedding day! Look at how BEAUTIFUL it is on her &#8212; talk about a dress MADE for someone! (WOW!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann10-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-408\" title=\"Rietmann10 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann10-21-494x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann10-21-494x384.jpg 494w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann10-21-188x146.jpg 188w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann10-21.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their beautiful ceremony was held in a friend&#8217;s meadow overlooking Jackson.\u00a0 Friends Bland Hoke and Mark Dunstan created the aspen tree arch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann04-21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-409\" title=\"Rietmann04 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann04-21-494x494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann04-21-494x494.jpg 494w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann04-21-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann04-21-188x188.jpg 188w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann04-21.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From Cecile:\u00a0<em> &#8220;From our experience, wedding cakes were beautiful, but often didn\u2019t taste as good as they looked, so we opted for wedding pies instead. Each table had a different kind of fruit pie as a center piece, and the main pie was set up close to the stage. The pies looked beautiful, as though straight out of a French bakery \u2013 our guests loved the idea!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann14-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-410\" title=\"Rietmann14 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann14-21-494x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann14-21-494x384.jpg 494w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann14-21-188x146.jpg 188w, http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Rietmann14-21.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We blogged recently on fun reception gift &amp; entertainment ideas (click on &#8216;Inspiration&#8217; then &#8216;Gift Your Guests!&#8217;), and this is a fantastic idea!\u00a0 From Cecile:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My sister organized a game in the middle of the dancing, which I believe should become a tradition. It was a mixture of musical chairs and a scavenger hunt. Twelve guests were to sit in the center of the stage and were given the name of an item that, when the music stopped, they would have to retrieve before being able to sit back down to (n-1) chairs. Each \u201closer\u201d would be responsible for a certain month of the year to carry out a task or favor in honor of the couple. One who was responsible for December sent us a care package in Switzerland full of local goodies we missed!&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nThanks to Max &amp; Cecile for sharing their day with us, and to <a href=\"http:\/\/heathererson.com\/\">Heather Erson Photography in Jackson<\/a> for supplying us with these AMAZING photos! Would you like to be our next wedding or engagement spotlight? Every Wednesday, we&#8217;ll bring you a new story &#8212; email brides@wyomingweddingsoline.com to have YOUR story featured!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Til Next Time&#8230;there is no wedding too big or too small for WYOMING!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kati Hime, Editor<\/p>\n<p>editor@wyolifestyle.com<\/p>\n<p>LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE &amp; FIND A WYOMING VENDOR! <a href=\"www.wyoweddings.com\">www.wyoweddings.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OR OUR SISTER PUB, WY LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE! <a href=\"www.wyolifestyle.com\">www.wyolifestyle.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE &amp; FIND A WYOMING VENDOR! www.wyoweddings.com Max &amp; Cecile&#8217;s destination Jackson wedding was gorgeous &#8212; and full of their own touches and personality!\u00a0 Max &amp; Cecile have friends worldwide, and felt that Jackson made the best choice for their destination wedding.\u00a0 &#8220;Deciding on a location was difficult, since both of our families are widely distributed in the United States and Europe,&#8221; Cecile writes.\u00a0 &#8220;{W}e decided that Jackson, Wyoming, would be an unforgettable one to which many guests would be more than willing to travel. It was also the location that best represented our personalities!&#8221; Thanks to Heather Erson Photography in Jackson for sharing these amazing photos and to Max &amp; Cecile for sharing their story! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; OK, so check this out:\u00a0 The dress was purchased the week before Max &amp; Cecile moved from San Diego to Switzerland &#8212; she had never tried it on or altered it before the wedding day! Look at how BEAUTIFUL it is on her &#8212; talk about a dress MADE for someone! (WOW!) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Their beautiful ceremony was held in a friend&#8217;s meadow overlooking Jackson.\u00a0 Friends Bland Hoke and Mark Dunstan created the aspen tree arch. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Cecile:\u00a0 &#8220;From our experience, wedding cakes were beautiful, but often didn\u2019t taste as good as they looked, so we opted for wedding pies instead. Each table had a different kind of fruit pie as a center piece, and the main pie was set up close to the stage. The pies looked beautiful, as though straight out of a French bakery \u2013 our guests loved the idea!&#8221; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We blogged recently on fun reception gift &amp; entertainment ideas (click on &#8216;Inspiration&#8217; then &#8216;Gift Your Guests!&#8217;), and this is a fantastic idea!\u00a0 From Cecile: &#8220;My sister organized a game in the middle of the dancing, which I believe should become a tradition. It was a mixture of musical chairs and a scavenger hunt. Twelve guests were to sit in the center of the stage and were given the name of an item that, when the music stopped, they would have to retrieve before being able to sit back down to (n-1) chairs. Each \u201closer\u201d would be responsible for a certain month of the year to carry out a task or favor in honor of the couple. One who was responsible for December sent us a care package in Switzerland full of local goodies we missed!&#8221; Thanks to Max &amp; Cecile for sharing their day with us, and to Heather Erson Photography in Jackson for supplying us with these AMAZING photos! Would you like to be our next wedding or engagement spotlight? Every Wednesday, we&#8217;ll bring you a new story &#8212; email brides@wyomingweddingsoline.com to have YOUR story featured! &nbsp; &#8216;Til Next Time&#8230;there is no wedding too big or too small for WYOMING! &nbsp; Kati Hime, Editor editor@wyolifestyle.com LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE &amp; FIND A WYOMING VENDOR! www.wyoweddings.com OR OUR SISTER PUB, WY LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE! www.wyolifestyle.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1,5],"tags":[123,81,122,14,15,114],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-uncategorized","category-wedding-spotlight","tag-destination-weddings-wyoming","tag-jackson-wyoming-wedding-vendors","tag-weddings-in-jackson-wyoming","tag-www-wyoweddings-com","tag-wyoming-wedding-inspiration","tag-wyoming-wedding-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wyoweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}