Showing posts with label country glam wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label country glam wedding. Show all posts

Monday, April 9, 2012

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.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Country Chic Wedding, Peacock Feather Accents, Antlers and Purple


Welcome to Kortney and Aaron's beautiful Country Chic Wedding at Pine River Ranch. What an amazing wedding I have to share with you this week from October! Their wonderful photographer Matt Shumate did a fantastic job of capturing all the details Kortney and Aaron had on their wedding day like peacock feathers, deer antlers and of course, purple!
I think these have to be 2 of my new favorite "detail shots" of the dress and shoes! They both capture our venue, Pine River Ranch, so perfectly as well as the glamorous country theme!The beautiful flowers were done by my Personal Touch Floral out of Cashmere, WA. Look closely and you can see the deer antler in the bouquet! How neat is that!? Love the Glamourous Country look! Of course, Kortney's outfit wouldn't be complete without cowboy boots! 
I love this shot! Photographer Matt Shumate says: "Sometimes me moving to the side a few inches is enough to make magic. I love this photo. Mmm…symmetry."
Kortney really wanted to surprise her Dad with a special plan before their wedding and take part in one of their favorite activities, shooting guns! Our neighbors here at Pine River Ranch were nice enough to let us use their range and Kortney, Aaron and her Dad took turns shooting milk jugs full of dyed water for a great explosion! We were so happy we were able to help Kortney with her wish and Matt got some great and very unique shots! Not every day you see a beautiful bride and her rifle!
On the way back to the Ranch they were able to grab a few photos in the fields of purple wildflowers, a perfect match for them! Almost too good to be true! This bathtub has turned out to be a favorite for brides and grooms at the Ranch. Who would have thought? Don't the bridesmaids look perfectly coordinated in their matching outfits?And of course the gentlemen looking quite dapper! More of the Country Chic theme with cowboy boots and wildflowers lining the staircase

And of course, Kortney must make an awesome grand entrance in Aaron's Willy Jeep! I love the personal touches that mean so much to the bride and groom. And the sign on the front: love it! It was a perfect sunny day for an outdoor weddingA note from Matt Shumate: The following photo is a special request for a photo that the couple could frame in a 4 pane window frame. I took several photos & stitched them together to get the resolution I needed. For photographers: The photo after this is a 100% crop just to show the sharpness.
For everyone that didn't think their wedding was amazing already, check out the centerpieces. Wheat, Lavender and Antlers, beautiful again! Their first dance. Please ladies, take a special note of the bottom half of Kortney's dress (if you haven't swooned already). You'll see why in a few images. Aaron and his mother with what I can only imagine was a very entertaining first dance.
And now please check out that dress again. I feel like I have had to use the word amazing so many times in this blog post, but amazing!

And the grand finale!! Congrats to you both Kortney and Aaron and thank you for choosing us to spend your big day with. (You had quite the "amazing" wedding and I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing your photos!)
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As always, if any photographers, brides, grooms or guest have any photos to share please send them my way to: ngourlie {at} prranch.com