Weddings at Amangiri, Canyon Point UT
AMANGIRI luxury WEDDINGS
Amangiri is a 5 star, luxury resort that lies within 600-acres of private desert wilderness in Southern Utah. The modern and simplistic architecture features clean lines, natural materials and uninterrupted views of the surrounding desert and mesas.
Luxurious, private rooms, full service spa amenities and privileged access to National Parks and Lake Powell - guests of Amangiri experience the convenience of a high-end hotel with easy access to speciality guided adventures. The staff at Amangiri will do anything and everything to ensure your stay at the resort is absolutely unforgettable and bespoke.
DULCE & DENNIS | FULL WEEKEND BUYOUT
Dulce and Dennis are truly special people - both with unique backgrounds, vibrant, genuine personalities and an obvious, unconditional devotion and love for one another. Right from the beginning, we knew that their wedding day needed to be the ultimate celebration; emanating not only their relationship, but also their shared appreciation for nature and adventure.
Utilizing both the vastness of the property and the high-end style of the common areas, we designed this special Amangiri event to be both raw and wild, but also extravagant and luxurious. Our couple chose to completely personalize their special weekend and treated their guests to multiple resort activities and experiences. From a guided hike of Antelope Canyon to world renowned, luxury spa services - their guests enjoyed a truly idyllic, 5 star weekend.
We spent over a year working on this intricate design, with multiple trips to the resort to ensure our vision would translate as intended in the space. We used unique areas that had never been utilized for a wedding before, creating a truly one of kind event for our special couple.
The ceremony, intended to capture the vastness of the desert, was minimalistic and organic in style. Earthy, dried floral arrangements scattered the pathway and an asymmetrical modern arbor framed the couple. The Sons of Serendip, a famous classical quartet, added to the already magical mood with their incredible live processional songs.
A 6 foot tall, three-piece seating chart, specially designed and created by us, with custom vinyl decals by Carta Plena, welcomed guests into the Mesa Breezeway, where two long, candlelit tables waited for their arrival. To make the grand breezeway feel romantic and intimate we had sheer, flowing material suspended from the ceiling and trailing down to create a curtain, which hid the space from guests until it was time for the grand reveal.
Amangiri is where our sweet couple’s engagement began and is a place that now holds life’s most monumental moments. There are no words to describe the remote location, stunning venue and extravagant ammenties that are Amangiri. We’ll leave you with this - The morning after the wedding, the resort arranged for a private helicopter ride up to a mesa for a sunrise photo shoot, where the newlyweds soaked in the first quiet moments of the day as husband and wife.
Scroll down to see all of the stunning moments from this incredible, multi day, luxury event.
Photo: Laurken Kendall Venue: Amangiri Design, styling and coordination: Mae&Co Creative Video: White in Revery Florals: Sarah Winward Paper goods & signage: Carta Plena Lighting & draping: FWR Rental Haus Speciality rentals: RSVP Party Rentals Cake: Jasmine Rae Live Music: Sons of Serendip A message from our bride:
“Manda from Mae&Co Creative, and her whole team are incredible women, that are masters at what they do. Manda is basically Wonder Woman - she will go above and beyond to understand what your dreams are and what the vision for your wedding is, and she will make sure to exceed every single expectation you had, and blow it out of the park. She will take the time to get to know you as a couple, to make sure she can portray YOU on your special day, and not do a "copy/paste" version of some other event, like a lot of people in the industry do, and she will understand your dreams, and make each of them come true - even the ones you didn't even know you had. She is kind, caring, outstandingly creative, and all in all, the best person ever to be our partner in crime for this magical day. She will take care of every detail, every vendor, every hurdle there is to make sure you are take care of, and will make you feel SO pampered through the whole process.”
KIERA & AHMED | MICRO WEDDING WEEKEND
Kiera and Ahmed’s elegant Amangiri wedding is proof that a small guest count is the perfect excuse for unconventional elegance. From the beginning, Kiera and Ahmed valued the intimacy and sacredness that a small guest count would bring to their wedding weekend at Amangiri. And we know know that sometimes it’s the tiniest details, and the most intentional relationships, that make all the difference.
When we started designing this wedding at Amangiri, we knew our couple wanted to pair ethereal elegance with organic minimalism. With a small, intimate guest count we wanted to amplify the vast feeling of the surrounding desert by making every detail feel as if it was growing out of Amangiri’s natural landscape. We created our ceremony design atop the desert lounge ledge with a backdrop of mirrored pillars to reflect the surrounding desert landscape. We loved working with Siren Floral Co to bring our edgy and earthy design to life with monochromatic floral clusters that cascaded effortlessly through the space.
After the ceremony, the guests enjoyed drinks at a custom cocktail bar before wandering to the reception site. Set in the private Raven’s Nest space overlooking Amangiri, we wanted this beautiful location to speak for itself. Hidden within the curves of desert sandstone, we designed an overhead, tunnel-like structure with draped chiffon to create an ethereal, romantic space in the cliffs. Layering texture on texture, lush florals swirled around clusters of organic rocks and dramatic taper candles. Our luxury tablescape design featured neutral sand linens to complement the colors of Amangiri, and we elevated the natural, desert vibes by incorporating hand-dyed linens and bone-colored ceramics. This reception set up for 15 guests took three team members eight hours in the direct sun with 103 degree weather - but when we saw our couple settle into the cliffside for their reception we knew instantly it was all worth it.
These two ended their evening enjoying a hookah lounge under the starry skies - en experience they’ll remember for a lifetime.
Photo: Anni Graham Venue: Amangiri Design, styling and coordination: Mae&Co Creative Video: Stanton Giles Florals: Siren Floral Co Paper goods & signage: Wildhouse Ink Speciality rentals: Adore Folklore Cake: Jasmine Rae Live Music: Bella Fiasco Hookah Lounge: HookahHolics Mobile Catering Scroll down to see details from Kiera and Ahmed’s intimate rehearsal dinner at Amangiri
KIERA & AHMED | REHEARSAL DINNER
Hidden deep within Amangiri’s surrounding rock formations is the Chinle Site, a unique and atmospheric setting for fine dining amid the natural serenity of the desert. The day before their wedding, Kiera and Ahmed invited an intimate group of guests to enjoy cocktails, a private dinner and live music in a dramatic and chic space.
While the wedding day was an earthy and neutral affair, this rehearsal dinner at Amangiri was inspired by Kiera’s vision of bright red and pink monobloom arrangements. Designed with drama, we styled this tablescape with elegant textural details including edgy glassware, black brushed flatware, and blush candles growing up from the lush floral clusters.
A modern and dramatic affair, this intimate dinner party at Amangiri set a tone for this luxury desert wedding under the Utah sky.
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STEPHANIE & JUSTIN | INTIMATE WEDDING
Choosing to elope gives you the freedom to be intentional and plan your day around details and experience, which allows you to fully connect and be present as you begin your marriage together. When Stephanie and Justen came to us and asked if we could help them “plan a Zoom wedding” in the middle of Amangiri’s 600-acre remote landscape, we knew this day would be special. We knew that this was about more than just setting up a tripod, it was an opportunity to help them invite family into their elopement in a way that felt intentional and thoughtful – Covid be damned.
While this wedding was incredibly intimate with a nine-person guest list, don’t underestimate the work that goes into planning, designing or styling a small elopement. Just because there are less people on the guest list, does not mean there is less time spent choosing locations, colors, textures, vendors, candlesticks, napkins, furniture, plates - We take great care in designing experiences where every detail holds meaning and the couple can step back and truly experience the effortless elegance of their day.
For Stephanie and Justen, we love the unique challenge of designing a day steeped in tradition yet filled with innovation. The ceremony design incorporated traditional Jewish ceremony elements, including blessings over two cups wine, breaking of the glass, signing of ketubah, but we elevated the chuppah to incorporate a modern, luxe feel with sculptural and dramatic blooms and pampas grass.
And while this wasn’t the first luxury wedding at Amangiri that we’ve designed and styled, we loved that this elopement gave us the opportunity to explore new areas throughout the property. Amangiri is more than a luxury hotel, it’s a staggering landscape of canyons, mesas, mountains, and desert with so many unique locations. For Stephanie and Justen’s ceremony, we designed a unique floor plan at the Desert Lounge that prioritized sweeping landscape views to frame our couple. For the reception, we helped our vendors navigate from the intimate pavilions at Camp Sarika to the atmospheric Chinle Site – the ideal place for private dining and performances in the desert. At the stunning Chinle Site, we created a timeless tablescape with a sand, white, gold, and cream color palette. These neutral tones fell together perfectly amid the natural serenity of the desert, and the arid textures of lunaria, dried florals paired with the soft textures of cheesecloth runners and place setting details created a delicate, understated feel.
In addition to designing and styling this Amangiri elopement, we loved planning all of the nuanced timing and events throughout the day. While you might not think you need a planner for an intimate wedding or elopement, trust us, you’ll be so thankful to have someone seasoned in coordinating details, working behind the scenes to bring your day to life. For Stephanie and Justen, we helped them set up a Zoom experience that invited loved ones to not only watch but also participate in the elopement. We set up iPhones, tripods, and microphones to make sure guests were virtually present to experience every moment – from listening to the swells of live music as Stephanie walked down the aisle to chiming in to give a toast from the comfort of their own homes, we loved being able to create connections between our couple and their guests, both near and far. We also helped them add unique details throughout their day, including live music at multiple sites, a live painter who captured the ceremony experience in real time to preserve their elopement, and live performances from Navajo musicians to honor the site and enrich the meaning of their experience.
We’re so proud of this stunning, unique desert wedding and the incredible team that helped make this beauty come to life, especially in a time when having your wedding as planned can be so difficult, but so worth it.
Designing beautiful spaces in remote corners of the world brings us so much joy - we’re so thrilled to share this one with you
Photography: Laurken Kendall
Design & Styling: Mae&Co Creative
Venue: Amangiri
Florals: Color Theory Design
Video: Stanton Giles
Hair & Makeup: Sara Ajdahim
Live Painter: Talia Koval
Live Music: Skylight City String Quartet
Zoom Ceremony: Wedfuly
Speciality Rentals: FWR Rental Haus