Modern Garden Wedding at Flamingo | Little Vegas Wedding

Rebecca and John’s Vegas wedding encapsulates the versatility of having a wedding on The Strip. Starting with a romantic wedding ceremony officiated by a friend in the tropical gardens of Flamingo, they moved with their guests over to the chic lounge at Chandelier Bar. Handcrafted cocktails, hors d’ouevres and cupcakes fuelled the guests up for a full night of Sin City adventure, and they had little Vegas survival bags to take back to their hotels afterwards. I’m in love with Rebecca’s incredible silver Tadashi Shoji dress, too. A perfect choice for this stunningly modern wedding!

WHY REBECCA AND JOHN CHOSE LAS VEGAS
We decided to get married in Las Vegas because we didn’t want a traditional wedding and we knew that all our guests would have a great time there. It’s almost impossible to not have fun in Vegas!

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THE CEREMONY — Gazebo Chapel at Flamingo Las Vegas
The ceremony was held outside at the gazebo chapel at the Flamingo hotel. My best friend was the officiant, and we had a very personal ceremony with our closest friends and family. We wrote the ceremony as well as our own vows.

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THE RECEPTION — Chandelier Bar at Cosmopolitan
The reception was at the Chandelier Bar at the Cosmopolitan hotel. We had passed hors d’oeuvres and cocktails all made by the amazing catering staff at the hotel. We then held an after party at Cleopatra’s Barge at Cesar’s Palace where we danced until the wee hours of the morning.

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DIY DETAILS + DECOR
I designed the invitations and gift bags and then professionally printed. I also made the programs for the ceremony and the card holder box that was placed at the reception. Although there weren’t many decorations needed because we chose venues that were gorgeous on their own, I wanted to make sure that there were some personal artistic touches. I’m an artist so having my hand in the design of the invitations and gift bags was really important to me. Some items in the wedding that we’re special to me were my grandmother’s purse and handkerchief that had her initials embroidered on it. The hanky definitely came in handy when we were reading our vows!

Modern Garden Wedding at Flamingo | Little Vegas Wedding

FAVORITE MEMORY
It’s hard to pick just one! I think the most memorable thing for us was when we read our own vows. We each wrote them privately, so they were a surprise at the ceremony. Proclaiming our love and commitment to each other in front of our closest friends and family was such a powerful and moving experience that we will never forget. Also doing a Soul Train dancing line at the after party was pretty epic!

Modern Garden Wedding at Flamingo | Little Vegas Wedding

LAS VEGAS WEDDING TIPS FROM REBECCA AND JOHN
Our number 1 tip for planning a great wedding in Vegas, is to pick a location and vendors you love. There are so many options to choose from, and most venues make it pretty simple to plan a wedding. It was like one stop shopping for us. John and I both love to cook, and food and cocktails were the most important aspect of the wedding for us. The Chandelier Bar is so spectacularly beautiful and know for their mixology program, that hands down, there was no other venue in our mind that would have been as perfect.

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REBECCA AND JOHN’S GUESTCOUNT + BUDGET
I really wanted to keep our wedding around $15,000. I think we were pretty close to that, but I honestly lost track after a while. In reality it was probably closer to $20,000. We had about 75 guests that travelled from all over the country to be with us.


VENDOR + VENUE DETAILS :

PHOTOGRAPHER . JamieY Photography, member of the LVW photography directory
CEREMONY VENUE . Gazebo Chapel at Flamingo Las Vegas
RECEPTION VENUE . Chandelier Bar at Cosmopolitan

OFFICIANT . Christine Glanert, personal friend / FLORAL . Flamingo Las Vegas / CATERING . Cosmopolitan / BRIDAL FASHION . dress – Tadashi Shoji / HAIR . Marie Dillenbeck, Expressions Hair and Nail Salon / MAKEUP . Violet Hour Salon at Cosmopolitan / GROOMSWEAR . MICHAEL Michael Kors / VEGAS SURVIVAL TOTE BAGS . designed by the bride, printed by Indyink / STATIONERY + PAPER GOODS . designed by the bride, printed at Colpa Press / FAVORS . chocolate poker chips - Personalized Chocolate, Elvis sunglasses - Oriental Trading Company, cookies and snack mix - DIY

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  1. Jasmine - My Hotel Wedding

    Her dress is fabulous! Love the Vegas glam feel of it all.

  2. JamieY

    Always love seeing weddings I photographed featured on your site.

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