We have been fans of Lena Medoyeff's natural-silk gown shop on NW 23rd for just about ever. And to hear that they are having their first ever bridal sample sale? Woohoo! It's next week, June 12, 13, and 14. Definitely check it out! For more info, go to lenadress.com.
The recent sunny May weather reminds us we are moving closer and closer to summer wedding season. But of course, we had a huge rain shower last night as well. Outdoor weddings and ceremonies are always big in Portland and throughout Oregon. But for various reasons, not everyone wants an outdoor wedding. Maybe they don’t want the stress of thinking about a weather back up. Perhaps they’re looking for a more formal design. Perhaps they want dancing and a huge band until midnight, which would get you in trouble with the neighbors (and the law) at an outdoor wedding. So this week’s post is dedicated to a short roundup of some gorgeous indoor wedding locations in Portland, so you can get married in style all year long.
All weddings coordinated by EJP Events. If you have any questions about these locations, or any of the other hundreds of wedding venues we’ve worked, please shoot us an email!
Many thanks to Craig Mitchelldyer, Robert McNary, Holland Studios, Fritz Photography, and Jessica Shepard for providing the photos.
Oregon Historical Society – Photo Holland Studios
Walters Cultural Arts Center – photo Craig Mitchelldyer
Avalon Hotel (Now River’s Edge Hotel)
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Your definitive-ish list of places to have a barn-style or barn-themed wedding in the greater metro Portland, Oregon – SW Washington area! Includes every barn venue I can think of between Hillsboro and Hood River, from Longview down to Silverton. Most are actual barns, some are barn-type buildings in outdoor sites. Whew!
Roloff Farms
Long Barn Farms
Postlewaits
Lucy's Garden
Tina's Barn
McMenamins Cornelius Pass
Clackamas River Farms
Perryhill Farm
Anderson Lodge
Langdon Farms Golf Course
Red Barn Studios
Rebers Riverside
Water Oasis
Cape Horn Estate
Peterson Red Family Barn at Columbia Fruit Orchards, Woodland WA
Oak View Acres Farm, Canby
Pendarvis Farm
Log House Garden, Keizer OR
Miller Farm Retreat
Memorial Park Wilsonville OR
Sam Cox Building at Glenn Otto Park
Did I miss any? Please leave a link in the comments!
Early in wedding planning, even before the gown or the venue is chosen, most of you are thinking about look and feel. When you close your eyes and picture yourself entering the venue on your big day, what do you see? What flowers are you holding? What colors are surrounding you?
It's a big choice and the heart of wedding design, and it can be overwhelming. Equally confusing can be the many options you have for gathering your ideas in one place. You've probably heard about mood boards and inspiration boards, palettes and swatches, but what is what?
A mood board is the broadest tool used early on to help you determine the most general ideas about look and feel of the wedding. Not limited to actual wedding services, you might pull in photographs, videos, songs, words, and even poetry that evokes the mood you want to set for your special event. I really love the mood boards over at The Wedding and Event Institute Blog, here's one example:
An inspiration board is the next building block of creating your wedding design. Many of you may have started a Pinterest account and it's a great way to easily create inspiration out of your collected pins.
Once you have set the mood of your wedding, use an inspiration board to collect specific photographs of actual flowers, invitations, linens, stages, mandaps or huppahs, ceremony backdrop, room layout, and so on. Lots of folks interchange the terms mood board and inspiration board, but I feel like the inspiration board is a more specific tool.
An inspiration board can also be tweaked to become a story board later on – necessary for design-intensive weddings. A story board is just that: a detailed board that tells the event's story from start to finish, from the actual color scheme and entry points to the venue, to the lighting settings and tablescape. These depict final choices and elements. Most of the time, we accomplish the same thing at EJP Events by writing a detailed setup narrative, but in some cases, a story board is definitely needed.
A palette is just a selection of possible colors for the event. This is a great way to communicate to your vendors so they are all on the same page and using the correct warmth, hue, and saturation as they produce your wedding attire, linens, tablescape, and flowers. I love the palette tools over at ColourLovers:
Finally, a swatch is a sample of a design item, usually a textile/fabric that you use as a sample of the texture and color you would like to see. It is the physical version of the digital palette.
Thanks for reading this post! You might also like this post about 5 tools to help you choose a color palette for your wedding.
We are thrilled to be chosen by Geranium Lake Flowers again this year as one of Portland’s best wedding professionals and to help judge their Geranium Lake Dream Wedding Pinterest Contest. Please read below for the exact details on how to enter your Pinterest board in the juried contest – it’s not a drawing!
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YES! It’s happening again! This weekend at the Portland Bridal Show we launched our search for 2014’s most fabulous wedding board on Pinterest.
Here’s how to enter to WIN $1000 TOWARDS YOUR WEDDING FLOWERS!
You must be getting married in 2014 (if you’re a 2015 marrier, check back next year!)
Follow us on Pinterest {Emee says: Why not follow Emee’s pinterest while you’re at it? :-D}
Create your own Pinterest board and title it “Geranium Lake Dream Wedding”
Re-pin to your board a minimum of 3 images that inspired you from our website
IMPORTANT: Continue to curate your board from any source until your dream wedding look is complete and simply amazing. Your board should not be limited to flowers only. Feel free to pin whatever has inspired you, including your clothes, invitations – and whatever else rocks your world. This is NOT A DRAWING. Your board will be judged against other couples’ boards so it’s important that your board be complete, cohesive, and gorgeous. The boards will be judged by the best Portland wedding professionals so make it count!
Finally, email a link to your board to natalie@geraniumlake.comWe will accept submissions accept through February 28th and the winner will be announced in March.
Good luck!
2014 is roaring in and we are so excited to see what this year’s couples are planning for their wedding designs. Here are some wedding trends we hear are going to be super-hot in Portland, from our own clients and also talking with colleagues around town:
Interactive art walls or art installations. So fun we had to do a whole post about it, read here. We even had one couple grab all the art off the walls of their own home and display it during cocktail hour, creating an art gallery atmosphere.
Continue reading “{ Portland Wedding Coordinator’s} Top Wedding Trends for 2014”