Here's what kept us busy for the past 6 months... (phew, it's over!)

{the lift ticket save the dates}

{the shoe flowers for the bridesmaids}
Amazing friend and bridesmaid AM came up with this cute idea to create some cohesion with the bridesmaids shoes (since I didn't care what shoe they wore). It was cool to see how each shoe looked a little different with the placement of the flowers!
which ended up looking like this...

{photo cred:
Josh Durias}

{the ornaments, a part of the welcome bags given to guests}
left over from the forests of Santa Fe, Dad, Satch and I found this wood, cut it in 1/2" slices, sanded them down with a power sander (thanks Satch) and branded away. The finish pieces have holes drilled in the top and more baker's twined looped through for the full ornament effect (a special tradition in our relationship made an awesome and personal take away).

{the outside of the invites}
Lately I'm really into the baker's twine and we wanted to maximize use of the brand...I think the two juxtaposed perfectly. My uncle D had the card-stock die-cut to specs, so we got to have our own custom piece!

{the inside of the invitation suite}
Thanks to dear friend and bridesmaid TK and our nearly effortless teamwork that created this perfect invite suite that displayed and described satch&i and the event so well!

{the chuppa}
we purchased the planters at Jackalope in Albuquerque
E & Dad found some "downed" aspen trees in the outskirts of Steamboat (thanks guys!)
Dear friend & bridesmaid KW sewed the perfectly sheer cover that was tied to each post.
Dad made it sturdy with bases that each planter was drilled to. It was JUST what I had in mind.

{the escort cards}
During the rehearsal dinner, we had close family and friends + the bridal party sign some old skis that RC found on ebay. Dad created a bracket to hold the skis and we strung the escort lift tickets across each row. Each guest was seated at a table named after a ski resort, which they located by the resort stickers that my brother E, scrounged up.

{the cake displays}
While in Santa Fe, we found a downed log near the trail head. We cut the log into different heights with a chainsaw and nailed a place card that said which cake was which. I especially loved how these turned out and hope that I have a reason to use them again at another party...

{the entry branches
behind the ever cute flower girl/niece MA)
The three of us (D,S,&me) spent one afternoon building these entry way branches...covering them in "fake snow"...duct taping the bottom and covering them with twinkly white lights. They didn't turn out ask cute as the headband in M's hair that I made, but they were the perfect touch for the front of the ceremony...here's a picture of one of them by day...

that's all I got for now...scrounging through photos. Thanks everyone for your help, wouldn't have been the same without you. Now, on to home projects!
- Ali