What a GLORIOUS day for a wedding!

Now, I knew it was a spectacularly beautiful summer day in the mountains.  But when I saw this photo, I asked asked Larry, "Is this retouched?"  Because just look at that sky.  But he just smiled and said, "Nope.  We live in paradise."  And surely heaven smiled on this wedding day.  Glorious is exactly the right word.

Facebook Friends get married at Timberwolf Creek!

This was more fun for me than I can tell you.  Ok, it's not like I had a facebook friend who decided to get married here.  Instead, it was a bride who had booked her wedding at Timberwolf Creek, and then became my facebook friend.  By the time the wedding day came around, it was like we'd known each other forever.  What a fabulous treat to be able to perform your friend's wedding!  I hope to see lots more of Mike & Kathy, and also the great friends they brought with them.  It was a great bunch of warm, loving people and plenty of laughter to go around.  What a pleasure!

Wedding Cake under Towering Trees

The weather has been so cooperative that we've been able to set up the wedding cake table right here in Brigadoon Cove.  How sweet is this?  What a spectacular setting to toast your marriage!

By Request - a cream, white, and green bouquet

Our English bride sent a request for a bouquet of green, white and cream colors. I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to do this! But it came out so pretty, she said she wished she could keep it always. Music to my heart. :) And it is a really lovely bouquet - this won't be the last time I use that combination of colors.

Brides Breeze in this Summer!

 

It is an amazing summer full of wedding couples, from all over. 

 

Starting with our first summer bride, in June, everything has been picture perfect.  And I have to tell you, when Michelle burst into song while reading her vows to BJ, every eye was misty.

Napkin Folding 101: The Pocket

I had a special request from a June bride for the reception napkins to use a pocket fold. She wants to put little menu cards in the pocket – charming! I was so surprised when the hotel restaurant asked me if there were instructions on this particular fold. I thought it was so simple, it's like cheating.  You will never want to fold the napkins any other way. It's the absolute easiest!

Place the napkin face down...



Fold the bottom half up, to cover the top half...


Fold the right half over the left half (the napkin is now in quarters – yours probably start out this way)


Now, take the top left corner, and fold two layers to the bottom right corner...
(The idea is that only the pretty side of the material shows.)


Turn the napkin over, so it's laying in a diamond shape...


Fold the bottom corner up, 1/3 of the way...


Fold the top corner down, 1/3 of the way...


Turn the napkin over. Voila – you have a pocket!


You can put silverware in the pocket, or menu cards, or place cards, or a flower...


Tada!

Another magical day!

Storms blew up and started raining about noon – with a wedding planned for 1:00!  The storm was predicted to hit full force just after noon.  Instead, it all just *stopped* and we had an absolutely beautiful wedding.  The couple asked for pictures in the Cove (like the one below) and we agreed.  Just as we were finishing up and leaving the Cove, the sky just opened up and poured.  The light could not have been prettier.  The couple could not have been happier.  Sigh!  Love is in the air.

Married in December

Our December brides are kind and gracious, and the charming grooms are all those Strong Silent types. There is something special about the couples who choose to be married here in the winter, when Mother Nature is quiet and at rest. I love winter in the mountains - you can see the backbone of the hills, when all the leaves are gone. The branches spread their architecture against the sky in stark relief and the snow softens everything and brings the world in close. These couples have a serenity about them, and December is the perfect setting for their vows.

November Weddings

November is that misty in-between time, when autumn is fading and winter has not begun. It is an achingly romantic time for a weddings.

Ah, October!

I call this one the Ballerina Bride.
Isn't she just the portrait of grace?

The bridesmaids called this one a Julie Sandwich. :)


I love my job. I mean, if you have to have a job,
it should be one you love.

Some people I just wish lived next door to me.
In this case, it was the whole darned wedding party
and every single guest.
What a romp. Lots of silliness and much fun.

--Sandee

Why yes, that is a kilt. And yes, that most certainly is a fairy princess, as well. Mark & Niamh came to us from Scotland and Ireland and made all my dreams of fairytale weddings come true.

Mark looked brilliant in his formal black kilt and Prince Charlie jacket, and -a stroke of luck- his gold boutonniere precisely matched his gold satin ruche tie. His sporran and skene dhu in place, shod in ghillies and flashes on his hose, the man was picture perfect, right out of a magazine. (Being ridiculously handsome didn't hurt anything.)

Niamh nearly took my breath away. She explained to me that her name (pronounce Niev, rhymes with Chicken Kiev) does indeed come from a fairytale. In the tale, Niamh, a fairy princess (told ya) falls in love with a mortal man. That part of the story has certainly been reenacted here. She's such a rare beauty and in her exquisite gown, as she emerged into the clearing... I fully expected a unicorn to follow her.

The couple was charming, everything was very relaxed, in spite of the formal attire, lots of laughter and True Love in the air.

They told me that our place reminded them of the chapel at Gougane Barra, in Ireland. High praise, indeed. And to find out that place was second choice, oh be still my heart. (And my puffed up ego! Compliments like that go straight to my head.)

It was a real pleasure to be part of such a beautiful ceremony. Thank you, Mark & Niamh.

Silliness

We have so much fun with some of our wedding couples. They just get zany. We love it, and many times, it gets caught on camera. Here's a few of my favorites from this year so far...