Imagine you’ve booked a beautiful wedding scheduled to be outside: bright sunlight, beautiful flora, fresh air. But, the day of the event comes, and you see clouds rolling in from the distance. Worry floods your brain. Will it rain? If you’ve been to any outdoor event in Utah, you may have experienced this weather-induced anxiety over a possible cancellation or relocation of an event. But at The Fifth Floor wedding venue in Ogden, you won’t have to worry about weather, and you’ll still get your natural sunlight as if your event were outside! Ariel Pettigrew, owner of The Fifth Floor venue, has designed her space to avoid unpredictable weather and bring the outside inside. Ariel’s vision for this shoot was to “capture the charm and ambiance of the outdoors.”

The Inspiration

If you’ve watched the popular Netflix show Bridgerton, you’ll swoon at the design of this styled shoot. Aiming to reflect the romance and elegance of the Regency era, this team put together a scene with vibrant bouquets of flowers and classy gowns and jewelry. “To enhance the magic,” says Ariel, “we incorporated flowing drapery, lush greenery, and hanging floral arrangements, transforming the space into a whimsical garden.” You might imagine yourself as a guest on the set of a real Bridgerton wedding.

A mix of many different colors in floral arrangements, rather than one prominent color, is a modern trend in wedding design. Blooms by Marley takes advantage of the vibrance of flowers of all colors to highlight the freshness and brightness of spring, again bringing the outdoors to the indoors.

The Venue

As the largest natural light venue in Utah, The Fifth Floor has tall windows that offer a look at majestic mountain scenery and elegant sunsets. The windows give the venue a wide, airy look, another design tactic to bring the outdoors to the indoors.

An Industrial Accent

On one end of the venue is a looming steel wall—a stark contrast to the light, bright, airiness of the venue. It may seem out of place, but it brings a rustic moodiness into the venue that looks amazing in photos. Ariel said all the doors in the venue are made of steel, an industrial accent to keep things interesting in contrast to the white walls and pink furniture.

All photos by Brynlee Paige Photography.

Ariel offers a day-of wedding coordinator, two to three staff members on hand to help with anything from serving food to clean up, a two night hotel stay in the bridal suite at the Hilton across the street, a confetti exit, and more. Her staff does everything they can to guarantee a smooth day for the bridal party. Learn more about The Fifth Floor on their site, linked below.

The Team

Venue/Design/Vision/Planning: Ariel Pettigrew at The Fifth Floor, @thefifthfloorutah
Florists: Blooms by Marley, @bloomsbymarley; Wild Aura Floral, @wildaurafloral
Drapery: Mountain Event Rentals
Photography: Brynlee Paige Photography, @brynleepaige_
Dresses: Boda Bridal, @bodabridal
Models: Meg + Trey Valdez; Brialee Nelson, @xoxobrialee

We always say with April showers come May flowers, but the spring flowers came early this year in this soft and bright spring wedding shoot at The Mathis in St. George, Utah.

“I was inspired to bring this styled shoot to life to showcase a garden feel within a historical venue space,” says Ariel, the shoot designer. She heavily incorporated pink and white flowers accented with bright greenery to give that fresh flower garden feel.

On the historical Tabernacle Street, The Mathis has been restored with a modern twist, still keeping the integrity of the historical building. They made sure to keep the “original reclaimed wood and stained glass in their statement sliding french doors.” What gives this venue, especially this shoot, its special glow is the original glass that was kept in the reclaimed door. The glass that “was once clear, has over decades of time and exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight turned a soft purple color, and that’s how I knew the color palette was perfect for this shoot,” says Ariel.

The sweet purple glow from the door was softened with chiffon panels draping from the ceilings and framing the ceremony space. The space is additionally softened by some of the soft pinkish-purple tablecloths and the airy pink frosted flower on the cake. And the light purple paper goods for the invitations and place settings…purple really is the perfect color for this spring shoot.

Yellow and white details, from flowers to personal cocktails to fabrics, are used to add some pop. Ariel says that each variation of fabrics and textures “was selected with care to support a fresh, airy and garden feel.” You can see this not only in the tablecloths, but in the bride’s dress as well.

This is a bright, purpley-pink spring wedding shoot that surely highlights the historic beauty of the original venue. “I’m a huge fan of when tradition meets modern details,” Ariel says, “and I think all the vendors involved did a beautiful job with supporting this.”

All photos by Tiffany Sangster.

Utah Wedding Vendors

Planning and Design : Vow & Oak Events, https://www.vowandoakevents.com/

Venue: The Mathis, https://www.themathis.com/

Photographer: Tiffany Sangster, https://www.tiffanysangsterphotography.com/

Florist: Blossom of Blue, https://www.blossoms-of-blue.com/

Gown: Desert Rose Bride, https://desertrosebride.com/  

Makeup: Yesi Beauti, https://www.yesibeauti.com/

Hair: Lund Hair Co., https://www.lundhairco.com/

Bartender: @moms_ontherocks

Cake: @Kell.z.cakes

Rentals: Legacy Event Rentals, https://legacyeventrentals.com/

Linens: BBJ La Tavola, https://bbjlatavola.com/