Saturday, July 24th wedding

The sun is bright warming up the vineyard, thank goodness there is a breeze. We are supposed to see a high of 90 today, so the air conditioners are working hard to keep the inside cool while the decorators are at work. We also try to keep the lights off as long as possible to keep the building cool, so many of the pictures seem really dark. Then during the ceremony we turn everything on and open the doors so that guests can flow in out very easily.


This group had some great vendors, starting with Special Occasions www.onestoppartyshop.net in Corvallis who dropped off the plates, silverware and extra tables. Their staff is always a pleasure to chat with and very helpful.

Denice from Distinctive Designs www.distinctive-designsonline.com brought in the beautiful centerpieces that were placed inside the main building and on the patios. Before Denice could place her centerpieces BeckenRidge made sure their rented ivory linens and white Italian chairs were ready to go. They did pick up the ivory napkins a few days earlier to have them pre-folded for placement on the tables. They added red overlays on the cake (cake from Roth's in West Salem) and head table. The head tables were situated a little differently this time with a wider "U" shape. The space in front of the head table was used for the dance floor.


They did bring in some other great decorating items too. Having a very fun summer feel to their decor they brought in a sun canopy for over the DJ who was Northwest Mobile www.nwmobiledjservice.com, keeping the group entertained for the evening.



They also brought in these big potted plants to string up the place seating cards. So for those that haven't read previous blogs we usually have a breeze out here so making sure outside items are secured is always a good idea.



While the ceremony was taking place at a local church in Dallas, it remained pretty quite at BeckenRidge. However, the caterer Willamette Noodle Company www.willamettenoodle.com did their setup before guests started to arrive.

When guests arrived from the church they entered onto the north patio finding their seating cards and enjoyed refreshments from the bar while waiting for the bride and groom to return.

The bride and groom had pictures, taken by Kris from Stalnaker's www.stalnakersphotostudio.com, at BeckenRidge before the ceremony, left for the church to snap some more shots, then returned to BeckenRidge for the reception and capturing all the great evening events.





Everyone had a great time and as the evening came to a close the guests assembled out front to send off the bride and groom in a bubbly kind of way.



Clean up began after the departure of the bride and groom with always a flurry of activity for about another hour sorting out the items brought and what vehicle they will go into. With all this going on a beautiful sunset was taking place and a magnificent harvest moon came up over the vineyard. You simply just have to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us.