Outdoor Summer Wedding at Pine River Ranch | Mason Jars + Yellow Rose Bouquets

Stacey and Brian had a beautiful Wedding here at Pine River Ranch last August and their talented photographer Saskia M captured the details of their big day perfectly (like always!) The sun was shining and it matched Stacey’s yellow rose bouquet perfectly! The yellow, blue and khaki color scheme of their wedding was a perfect compliment to their August date.

Photographer Saskia Mizushima did a great job of capturing Stacey and Brian’s “first look”

Brian and Stacey got some great photos around the grounds here! I love this one of them at the end of the dock! 

Mason Jars are a DIY favorite at Pine River Ranch for decorations. Stacy chose to use the mason jars for her aisle decorations filled with yellow flowers and tied with a blue ribbon.Stacey had quite the grand entrance with a horse drawn carriage! We always love seeing the faces of guests when the bride arrives by horse and carriage! 

They also had a grand exit as husband and wife! A nice stroll around the property in the horse and carriage to share their joy while guests enjoyed a cocktail hour outdoors in the beautiful summer weather. 
The decor in the barn was so fun and I loved the personalized table centerpieces. Each table was filled with pictures and cities of places that had significance to them as well as beautiful flower arrangements in mason jars! 
They had quite the crowd lined up to catch the bouquet and garter belt! 

As always, if any photographers, brides, grooms or guest have any photos to share please send them my way to: ngourlie {at} prranch.com

Country Wedding at Pine River Ranch | Family Fun | Teal + Lavender | Homemade Dessert Bar | Mason Jars

We are so lucky to share another beautiful wedding with you shot by Saskia Mizushima! One of the things we constantly hear from photographers is that they could shoot a dozen weddings here at Pine River Ranch and not run out of places to shoot at, and Saskia is no exception.  The charming country details of Scott and Bri's August Wedding were wonderful inspiration for the creative and unique photos and I am thrilled to share their big day with you! 

Bri loved that she had cowboy boots on under her classy dress! Scott also wore a snap shirt and a Sword belt buckle under his very classy suit and tie!

The soft and whimsical floral bouquet from Safeway in Leavenworth is the perfect match for their style. Safeway Flowers are becoming a very highly recommended floral option from our past brides and grooms! 

We always love to see a bride in cowboy boots!

A great guestbook idea! Scott and Bri had a Polaroid camera for guests to snap photos of themselves and write the happy couple a message in their scrapbook.

Inspiration for the wedding/approach to your wedding style:*  Bri shared that: I wanted a local destination wedding (where you could drive home afterwards if you wanted but provided a reason for my relatives to fly out). And that's what we had. We stayed at Lake Wenatchee for three days. We hosted activities around town (wine tasting, rafting, putt putt golf, hiking, shopping in Leavenworth).  The bridal party stayed up the street at the Brown Family Farm and we had a spaghetti feed the night before the wedding for everyone that came into town early.  We hosted, I think fairly successfully, a really fun 3-day party!

The weather was perfect for their August Wedding! A beautiful day!

Bri and Scott work together and met several years ago with a slow courtship.  Once they got together "it was game on," says Bri. "Scott has two kids so we became a family first, bought a house second, and got married last," she shared.

Scott and Bri wrote their own vows to each other and there wasn't a dry eye in the house!

I love how they were both all smiles, all day! You could tell how happy they were to be married!

Scott and Bri filled the mason jars with coffee and wrote personal messages to all their guests! This was one of Bri's favorite details of their big day. Her Mom also made all the place settings by hand!

The toasts had everybody laughing, including Bri!
Yum!!! It doesn't matter what time of the day I work on the blog posts, I always get hungry when it comes to the dessert time! I am very fond of the "Dessert Bar" idea and think it is always a big hit with the guests, especially when the dessert options look this good! Scott's Mother helped bake some of the delicious desserts!Scott and Bri still had a traditional and beautiful wedding cake from Busy Bea's Bakery to cut! And they were nice to each other! No cake sacrificed! 
Their first dance as Mr. and Mrs. It looks like the night only got better from there! The dance floor was opened and guests danced the night away!We'll leave the night with this! Congrats you two! 

If you could tell a future bride one thing about the wedding planning or advice for the day of the wedding what would it be:  Go with your gut. There is always another option if the first one doesn't quite work out.

Caterer - Ravenous Catering

DJ -  My good friend, Madison Krass

Cake -  Busy Bea's

Photographer - Saskia M

Make-Up - My friends

Dress - Benita's Bridal (Casablanca brand)

Hair - My cousin

Party Favors - fresh roasted coffee beans from locally-owned Diva Espresso

Decorations - My mom!

Flowers - Safeway in Leavenworth

Table-top plants - Safeway in Fairwood (taken care of by my Mom!)

The set up crew - my bridal party, and their significant others, and my extended family. They were awesome.

Outdoor Wedding at Pine River Ranch | DIY Chalkboards, Lake Wenatchee and Brownie Cakes!

I love hearing peoples engagement stories that did not go perfectly as planned. Maybe because mine wasn't quite the story book proposal every girl dreams of, or maybe because I feel like that is the way life works. Even though it wasn't exactly what we had in mind, in the end it is always "perfect" anyways. Jen and Jason's proposal story put a smile on my face. A day hike in beautiful Alaska ended up on the "wrong path" after 3 different locals told them 3 different directions to the trailhead. They decided to trek on anyways and ended up at a very romantic location....the dump!! {with frequent bear sightings}. Jason's Mom hitchhiked out to their rescue and sent them on the right path. At the top of a beautiful clearing Jason felt the spot was right and proposed to Jen.

Inspiration for the wedding/approach to your wedding style:* We love hiking and camping and the outdoors and therefore wanted a rustic and romantic outdoor wedding in the mountains.  Pine River Ranch in Leavenworth, Washington provided just the backdrop we were looking for.  We spent our year of engagement planning several DIY details to personalize our day, including our invitations, table cards, centerpieces, favors, signs, a photobooth and much more.  Our generous friends and family made our day that much more special and personal by donating their time and talent arranging our reception flowers, creating our sign, playing ceremony music, catching and smoking the salmon and even officiating the ceremony.If you could tell a future bride one thing about the wedding planning or advice for the day of the wedding what would it be:* Be sure to take a moment during your wedding to stop and take it all in - it all goes by so quickly.  And when your friends and family offer to help - let them!Your favorite detail/decoration:* It's really hard to choose a favorite detail or decoration, because we worked hard on a lot of details.  I surprised Jason and the groomsmen with cufflinks made from album art from his favorite band, and it was a hit!Their photographer Jen Finch did a wonderful job of capturing the joy and happiness on their wedding day.My favorite part of the day:* was when our photographer pulled us out of the reception to snap a few photos in the field while the lighting was perfect.  Not only did those photos turn out beautiful, but taking a moment to absorb where we were and walking back upstairs to take in our friends and family enjoying themselves at our celebration was so meaningful and unforgettable.Love this first dance picture!The Cake:* Jason made us brownies on our first date and we much prefer them to cake so we decided to have brownies instead. We also cut our brownies with the same knife my parents cut their wedding cake with. They were so tasty, we've since learned of a few guests that stuffed extras in their purses!

After the wedding festivities were over Jen and Jason were able to retreat to one of the six private suites at Pine River Ranch and enjoy the start of a wonderful honeymoon in their romantic cabin suite complete with jacuzzi spa, river rock gas fireplace and hand made pine log bed. Not a bad way to start a long and wonderful life together, huh?

Any vendors you would like to give a shout out to??
Caterer & Brownies: Ravenous Catering! The food was absolutely terrific. I still dream about the Yum Yum potatoes. Val was a great support as we changed things up during the reception - she took such good care of us and all our appetites!
Photographer: Jennifer Finch captured our day beautifully! She worked so hard and tracked down and documented every detail. We couldn't be happier with our photos, and she was such a pleasure to work with.
Flowers: Joanie at the Leavenworth Safeway was amazing! She did our ceremony flowers and worked hard to get dahlias before it was really dahlia season, and picked the perfect color rose to match our decor. I highly recommend!
Make-up: My dear friend Eden did my make-up, and it was fantastic to have her share the moments before the wedding with me.
Hair: Lucy and her friend at Shears in Leavenworth did our hair - they all turned our great!

Dress: Demetrios

DJ: DJ Chelan was very reasonable and a hoot to work with!  She even purchased some of our favorite songs that she didn't already have in her library.