A little Napa Winery Wedding

Liz was planning her destination wedding in Napa California and contacted me through email. We never met, but planned the whole wedding through phone and email. It was small but oh so pretty. I few peacock feathers to add some pop to the bridal bouquet and table centerpieces.

Photography by Tinywater photography.

Wedding in Chester California Part 1 Barn Dance Rehearsal Dinner

Michelle and her family live in San Francisco, but her father bought this amazing property in Chester California as his get away. They often have parties on the property and have even begun renting some of their cabins for folks who love to get away to fish and relax.
So when Michelle began to plan her wedding the property was her first choice.
She brought in Joanna Robinson as her event producer. The property has a lodge, main house and cabins, but under Joanna's direction an outdoor kitchen was built and electricity brought in to light up the reception. I won't get ahead of myself, but will start with the Friday evening rehearsal. Joanna created a down home barbecue provided by Party Grill.
Red and white checkered table cloths, carnival games and a barn dance completed the evening. Many of the guest brought tents and camped out the entire wedding weekend.
Photos by Justin of Bonneau Photography

Sydney and Ben at the Monte Verde Inn

Last weekend I was at one of my favorite venues, the lovely Monte Verde Inn www.monteverdeinn.net. Jessica from Stout Photography, blog.stoutphoto.com, was their photographer, it was my second week in a row working with Jessica. I just LOVE her!



















Sydney and Ben have been sweethearts since high school, pretty exciting to fianally see their big day.



Pretty posies in a row. My beloved antique roses, bouvardia, astible, and yarrow make up these vintage bouquets.
I ADORE this photo! This is the way a groom should look when he sees his bride walking down the aisle.


Can you say gorgeous! Kelly, the owner of the Inn made the cake.

Anne & Arron @ River Highlands Ranch & Vineyard

I am so excited about todays post, so excited that I'm going to post it all week!
Anne and Aaron were married at the http://riverhighlandsranch.com in Smartville California.
The wonderful, amazing, fabulous http://tanjalippertphotography.blogspot.com was their photographer.
I met with Anne almost a year before the wedding. We came up with a design plan. Then, just 6 weeks before the wedding we did a walk through of the property and changed the whole thing! Weddings are such a process, I do love how it all turned out.
River Highlands Ranch sits in the middle of 500 acres. To help lead the way we created a series of moss hearts to help lead the way, the largeset of the hearts was set out on the main road.

We hung moss hearts with Anne and Aaron's initials on the main gate leading to the ranch.

We put these little picket fence signs down the road leading to the barn, we even wrote a corney poem!

Almost there.

The beautiful barn

Love, love, love the barn doors!

When you get married at River Highland Ranch, you can spend your wedding night in the darling cabin. It sits in front of a creek and pond and even has a rope swing if you want to dive in!

The creek and pond in front of the cabin.

Aaron getting ready in the cabin

Meanwhile Anne was getting ready upstairs in the barn.

Love what Tanja did with these old tanks and LOVE that Anne would climb up the tank in her dress, before the wedding!

Love the woodsy feel
Aaron and Anne in front of the barn.
Stay tuned, tomorrow I will feature the ceremony!
If you like Tanja's work, you HAVE to click this link to the shoot that made me fall in love with her. http://tanjalippertphotography.blogspot.com/2008/09/greatest-engagement-session-ever.html