A Portland Art Museum outdoor wedding in the sculpture garden: Today’s photo comes from the 2007 archives! Altura Studio captured this beautiful outdoor reception. I loved how the platinum lamour table linens contrasted with the bright colors of the fall flowers and the existing art. Very excited to read that the PAM will be adding a fantastic new art pavilion in this location in the next couple of years, but it’s a little bittersweet to say farewell to this unique outdoor urban wedding location. Let’s enjoy a good Portland Art Museum outdoor wedding while we can. Catering: Vibrant Table, Flowers, Geranium Lake.
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{ Real Weddings } Thalia and Conor at the World Forestry Center
Today’s EJP Events real wedding comes to you courtesy of Thalia and Conor, who we worked with last summer on their lovely wedding at the World Forestry Center. The WFC is such a great venue because there are so many choices for catering, and there are both outdoor and indoor wedding locations. For Thalia and Conor’s wedding, they chose the tented outdoor plaza for the ceremony, followed by a cocktail hour inside Cheatham Hall. During this time, our team changed the tent setup from ceremony to reception. Finally, they and their almost 200 guests headed back to the tent for a seated buffet dinner with a dance area in the center.
courtesy Fritz Photo
While the guests went in for cocktails, the EJP Events team worked quickly to move ceremony decorations for reuse as reception centerpieces; remove tent dividers and bring out tables, move ceremony chairs around the dining tables; and set placesettings and favors.
courtesy Fritz Photo
The catering from Food In Bloom received rave reviews from the guests.
Thank you, Conor and Thalia, and to your families, for having us as part of your wedding day!
Preparing for Summer Weddings In Portland
Is it time for preparing for summer weddings In Portland yet? I know, you probably think I’m premature for talking about summer weddings. I can’t help it! This time of year when our fingers and toes are freezing just from walking to the mailbox and back, it’s almost impossible to remember what the kiss of the sun is like. Thank goodness for photographs. This beauty sent to me by Evrim Icoz shows a wedding we coordinated last year for Heather and Joe.
And what a day it was! Evrim goes in to more detail on his blog (and you can see all the great pictures there), but in a nutshell:
11:am Wedding ceremony in the urban forest
12:00 Brunch in the park
1:00 Pedicab and trolley rides around Portland
2:45 Jet boat rides on the river
4:00 Change clothes for the reception
6:00 Super glam/boho reception at Castaway with Simpatica Catering; and dancing ’til socks were worn through.
A few tips for your own Preparing for Summer Weddings In Portland, and outdoor weddings in Portland and how you can be ready:
– Make sure cold beverages are plentiful upon arrival. For an informal wedding, tubs or deep trays filled with ice can surround bottled drinks or heavy glasses.
– Have a plan for shade. Too often, couples only plan for a rain back up. But a sun plan should also be in effect. Parasols, extra tents, mist fans, and table umbrellas can all help.
– If you have an indoor venue, check out the A/C options and rent fans or swamp coolers if the venue doesn’t have any.
Thank you again, Heather and Joe, for sharing the sun with me!
Related Posts:
Columbia Gorge Outdoor Wedding
Lewis and Clark Estate Gardens Outdoor Wedding
Portland Art Museum Outdoor Wedding
Lovely wedding photos at McMenamins Edgefield by Fritz Photo
A while back, Shutterbug Magazine featured a photographer we’ve been working with for a very long time: Fritz Liedtke of Fritz Photo. We were super happy for him, and additionally thrilled that the magazine chose a photo from one of our own clients, whose wedding was held at McMenamins Edgefield.
Here are a few more photos from this lovely Edgefield wedding that took place at Edgefield’s Blackberry Meadow and adjoining Hall. A full blog post about the wedding is on Fritz’s blog here. Enjoy!