Beautiful Saturday June Wedding

Well Oregon weather finally took a break from the rain and came through for this destination wedding. Most of the guests, including the bride & groom, are from Wisconsin and they are enjoying the views and the warm sun. This is what June is all about and should be all month long.

This group really eased into their day with a start of hair and makeup from Face, Body and Beauty www.facebodybeauty.com. BeckenRidge started the girls with the Bella package of fruit, cheese, crackers, champagne and orange juice while they finished getting ready.

Becca from SHE Designs (with Sue arriving a little later) www.shedesignsevents.net arrived about the same time as the girls and immediately started into finishing the details of setup. BeckenRidge already had the white linens, white Italian chairs, tables, bistro tables and ceremony chairs in place upon their arrival. Michelle from Image Floral www.imagefloral.com also was on her way with setup inside and on the lawn. Everything just turned out beautifully.




The guys showed up right on que and headed for the Belvedere room, where they were welcomed with their beer of choice, meat, cheese, crackers and to keep them hydrated water was readily available. They enjoyed their room with Foosball, poker set, satellite TV, stereo and those that wanted some fresh air stepped out onto the covered deck overlooking the Riesling and simply took in the views.


Photographer Kris Stalnaker www.stalnakerphotostudio.com arrived next, quickly oriented himself of who was where and started into the getting ready shots. He really had a fun time with this group, both bride and groom where cheerleaders back home in the good old college days along with most of the bridal party. The pictures really show them in action. :)


Right along side Kris Stalnaker was Ryan Chaney from Focal Point Digital Media www.focalpointvideo.biz videotaping all the action. This video is going to be amazing http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1519058898763&ref=mf. If you can't see it via the blog go to BeckenRidge's facebook and take a glimpse of what Ryan has put together, just gave us goosebumps.


With most of the guests arriving on the Raz bus the ceremony started pretty much on time. Deepwood Strings was here with a quartet playing beautifully and staged nicely on the patio with the water fountain and a tent (rented from BeckenRidge) placed to shade them from the sun.


As the ceremony took place Eric from Mobil Music www.mobilmusic.com and Wild Pear www.wildpearcatering.com were making sure everything was in place for guests as they reentered from the ceremony. Food was excellent as always and nicely displayed. This really was an all star cast of vendors, it was great seeing Carolyn from Edelweiss Cakes www.edelweisscakes.com. The cake was simple and elegant with just a few flowers added.


The bridal party was announced through the front doors, always a cool way to go. The reception lasted about 5 hours a little longer than normal, but worked well with this group.




They really enjoyed themselves and when it came to an end the college fight song was sang by all.




The Raz bus waited for the guests and the bride and groom to take them back to their hotels. As only a few stayed behind to gather the last pieces from the wedding, mostly Sue & Becca from SHE Designs handled cleanup, which is always nice to have coordinators makes the day for everyone more enjoyable.




BeckenRidge staff always stays behind a little longer with the re-stacking of chairs and our own clean up in order to prepare for the next event/wedding. While doing so we happened to catch a beautiful harvest moon creeping over the horizon. It is hard to capture the full beauty of it, but here is what the camera got. Enjoy!