My Lovely Pink Family

I want to take a moment to express my gratitude towards my Pink Family which is comprised of the past Wedding Pink couples.

Not only are they awarded a dream wedding but afterwards they join our family and help with future weddings. Every family member represents strength, courage and hope in dealing with breast cancer.

We intend for this special family to grow and give back to the community every year.

Mike & Erika (2014), Cheryl Ungar (founder of The Wedding Pink), Melissa (2011) and Erin & Ben (2013)

Alice's Gift

We had a huge surprise for Erika at her wedding. She was gifted this stunning Todd Reed necklace made of yellow gold, raw diamond cubes and brilliant cut diamonds.

There is a beautiful story behind this. Kelly Karli of Frosted Pink Weddings donated her wedding planning services to The Wedding Pink 2012 and one of her clients read about it on her blog. The mother-of-the bride proceeded to make a private donation to The Wedding Pink in honor of Kelly's grandmother, Alice, who passed away from breast cancer many years ago. Alice was very dear to Kelly and her inspiration in founding her wedding planning company.

Kelly joined us at this year's wedding and presented the necklace to Erika. Our hope is that Erika wears this necklace in good health remembering this special day and all of the family and friends that surrounded her and Mike with love.

Additionally, a very sincere thank you to Todd Redd Jewelry for making this possible.

 

 

Erika and Michael's Wedding Photos - Part 3

Erika and Michael's beautiful day at Crooked Willow Farms.

 

Photos by Van Buren Photography, M Photography and Cheryl Ungar.

The Wedding Pink is made possible through the generosity of the vendors, individual donors and corporate sponsors. If you would like to pay it forward for next year's couple to have a similar wedding of their dreams, you may make a donation here. We are a 501(c)3 charitable organization and your contribution is tax deductible.

Erika and Michael's Wedding Photos - Part 2

Our lovely couple!

 

Photos by Van Buren Photography and M Photography

The Wedding Pink is made possible through the generosity of the vendors, individual donors and corporate sponsors. If you would like to pay it forward for next year's couple to have a similar wedding of their dreams, you may make a donation here. We are a 501(c)3 charitable organization and your contribution is tax deductible.

Erika and Michael's Wedding Photos - Part 1

We all had such a great time at Erika and Michael's wedding and we were honored to be part of it. There are so many great photos and we are still editing through thousands of images. Here is the first of several blog posts of photos. We hope to have the rest up by the end of today and a full gallery of photographs in a few weeks.

Enjoy!

Photos by Van Buren Photography, M Photography and Cheryl Ungar Wedding Photography

The Wedding Pink is made possible through the generosity of the vendors, individual donors and corporate sponsors. If you would like to pay it forward for next year's couple to have a similar wedding of their dreams, you may make a donation here. We are a 501(c)3 charitable organization and your contribution is tax deductible.

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Camplin

Wow, what an amazing evening we had last night. More pics soon!

Photos by Katie of Van Buren Photography and Emily of M Photography.

Erika and Michael's Big Day is Tomorrow

We are all so excited making Erika and Michael's wedding dreams come true tomorrow. Stay tuned to the blog and our facebook page for updates throughout the day.

Meanwhile, Erika and Michael joined me this morning for a little interview on Channel 9's Colorado and Company.

Happy Anniversary Erin & Ben!

Today marks the first anniversary of the 3rd annual Wedding Pink. We would like to wish the lovely Erin and Ben a happy happy anniversary!

New Website

We hit the refresh button on our website. We hope you like it!

Our Amazing Vendors

With this year's Wedding Pink being a little over 3 weeks away I wanted to take a moment to thank all of the vendors who are generously donating their products and services to make Erika and Michael's wedding dreams come true.

A huge thank you to the following vendors:

Crooked Willow Farms

Cloud 9 Weddings and Papers

Biscuits and Berries Catering

Van Buren Photography

A Design Resource Florals

Anna Be Bridal Salon

The Makery Cake Company

Erin Ferris Hair

Robin Flanagan Makeup

A Music Plus DJ

M Photography

All Digital Photo and Video

Allwell Rents

Pink Monkey Solutions

Hipster Mama Productions

Men's Wearhouse - Park Meadows

The Event Booth

Chair Covers and Linens

Hammond's Candies

Hyatt Place Denver - South

Chairished Vintage

Splendor

Brown Palace Hotel

Wedding Hanger Shop

Melissa and Jeff Celebrate 3 Years

Tomorrow, April 17, marks the 3rd wedding anniversary for Melissa and Jeff, our very first Wedding Pink couple. Much has changed since that joyous day in downtown Denver. Last Autumn they welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world. Furthermore, Melissa continues to remain healthy and cancer free.

Over the last 3 years The Wedding Pink has also grown as next month we will help Erika and Michael celebrate their special day. This marks the 4th annual Wedding Pink. 

All of this brings much happiness and joy to me! It is a dream come true to be able to offer a silver lining to these young couples after they have struggled with such a horrific disease.

Melissa, Jeff and Fenn

Our Handsome Groom

We believe in equal rights here at The Wedding Pink. It is always delightful to show the bride trying on wedding dresses and it is just as much fun to show the groom at his tux fitting.

Recently I joined Mike at the Men's Wearhouse in Park Meadows mall and for those of you who do not know, Men's Wearhouse is donating Mike's tux.

So without further ado...

In case you are wondering Mike will be sporting a slightly different look at the wedding!

Veil & Vow Huge Success

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Brown Palace Hotel for the Veil & Vow Luxury Wedding Showcase this past weekend. All of the proceeds are benefiting The Wedding Pink and we are grateful for their support. We would also like to mention that the Bridal Collection held a sample dress sale at the show and 15% of the dress sales are being donated to The Wedding Pink. 

Thank you again to the sponsors, vendors and attendees of the show. It was fabulous!

Michelle of the Brown Palace Giving Away Prizes

Erika & Mike, Wedding Pink 2014 Bride & Groom

The Bridal Collection Sample Dress Sale

Wedding Invitations

I have to take a moment to share Erika and Mike's wedding invitation. It turned out so perfect and captures the flavor of their upcoming wedding (which is hard to believe that it is less than 2 months away!).

Erika and Mike had the pleasure of working with the multi-talented Ann Marlin of Cloud 9 Weddings & Papers. Ann not only graciously donated the invitations but is also is the lead wedding planner for The Wedding Pink 2014 and 2015. We are very fortunate to have her on board.

Veil and Vow Wedding Showcase, March 22 at the Brown Palace

This March, The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa will host its first ever “Veil & Vow” event to benefit The Wedding Pink. The luxury wedding showcase will take place from 1-4pm on Saturday, March 22^nd and feature the city’s best planners, designers, event professionals and bridal boutiques.

The day of inspiration will include gourmet offerings from the Chefs at The Brown Palace, free-flowing bubbly from Moet, advice from wedding professionals, from designing the big day to finding the perfect gown, and way for brides-to-be to pay it forward. One hundred percent of the $10 admission fee and a portion of all dresses purchased that day will be donated to The Wedding Pink, a generous organization that helps deserving couples recently touched by breast cancer, to receive the wedding of their dreams.

Celebrated for its elegant sense of tradition and modern luxury, The Brown Palace has been one of the most sought-after venues for ceremonies, wedding receptions and special occasions since its inception in 1892. As a backdrop for more than 4,000 weddings in its time, the regal and warm atmosphere of the iconic Denver landmark continues to attract brides, grooms and families as they celebrate milestone occasions.

“Weddings are such a special life event and our hotel has been lucky enough to share in so many of those memorable moments over the years,” explained Mark Shine of The Brown Palace. “These celebrations symbolize a lifetime of love and we can’t think of a better partner to celebrate that with than The Wedding Pink,” Mark continued.

In addition to the generous ways The Brown Palace will be supporting the organization at the Veil & Vow showcase, the hotel will also host The Wedding Pink’s 5^th annual wedding celebration on May 15^th, 2015 for the couple selected this year.

The event does have limited availability and is open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register and attend, please visit: http://www.brownpalace.com/weddingshowcase.  

Fun Custom Hanger for Erika

A few weeks ago I had a surprise email show up in my inbox. Much to my delight it was from the Wedding Hanger Shop offering to donate a custom hanger for Erika's wedding dress.

It arrived the other day. Isn't this full of awesomeness? We can't wait to see Erika's dress hanging on this.

Custom Hanger from the Wedding Hanger Shop

The Wedding Pink 2015!

We are ecstatic to partner with the Brown Palace Hotel for our 5th annual Wedding Pink on 5/15/15!

Ann Marlin of Cloud 9 Weddings will be donating full wedding planning services and we will be assembling our stellar team of vendors over the next few months.

Please stay tuned to our blog and Facebook page for more vendor details as well as the dates for the submission period.

Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, CO, Host of The Wedding Pink 2015

Major Announcement Next Week

We have some exciting news to share with you next week.

Stay tuned to our blog and facebook page for this big announcement!

Happy New Year from The Wedding Pink

Happy New Year and thank you to all who have supported us.

It has been an exciting year and here are some of the highlights.

Our 3rd annual Wedding Pink was held in May at the Wine Country Inn in Palisade, Colorado. Erin and Ben had a beautiful wedding and celebrated with their family and friends.

Erin and Ben

Erika and Michael were selected as the recipients of the 4th annual Wedding Pink which will take place this coming May at Crooked Willow Farms in Larkspur, Colorado.

Erika and Michael

A couple of Erika's friends surprised her at Anna Be Bridal Salon when she was trying on wedding dresses. This is one of my favorite videos of all times. Thank you to All Digital Photo and Video for producing it for us.

The Wedding Pink Dress Surprise from Cheryl Ungar on Vimeo.

Our lovely bride Erika is dress shopping at Anna Bé Bridal Boutique, who graciously donated a dress, and little does she know that her fiancé, Mike, has arranged for her two best friends to fly into town to surprise her.

The Wedding Pink is an annual wedding giveaway package presented to a couple whose lives have recently been touched by breast cancer. For more information please visit our site, www.theweddingpink.com

Huge thank you to Nicole at All Digital Photo and Video for producing this video.
http://www.alldigitalphotoandvideo.com/

Melissa and Jeff, the recipients of the first annual Wedding Pink, brought our first pink baby, Fenn, into the world.

Melissa, Jeff and Fenn

We would also like to announce our new advisory board members, Erin & Ben and Ann Marlin of Cloud 9 Weddings. 

Stay tuned for some exciting announcements coming in January!

Our Pink Baby, Fenn

The other day I had an opportunity to catch up with Melissa and Jeff, the recipients of the first annual Wedding Pink which was held in April 2011. They have a beautiful little baby boy named Fenn. 

I am honored to share an updated photo of this little guy.

On another note, we wish everyone a healthy and prosperous new year! We also have some exciting announcements coming in January so please stay tuned.