(At least, new to me!) The past few months, we at Portland Wedding Coordinator have seen several interesting new sites for weddings and receptions spring up. We have visited a few on this list, but until we get to do the full tour and blog post, thought that we might do a little preview for those of you in venue-shopping mode.
Because EJP Events' coordinators are constantly out in the field, we often get calls from landowners who are curious about turning their site into a space for events. So we're often the first to know about these new sites.
If you are a venue owner — Did you know, we also offer Event Site Consulting and Wedding Day Coordination services for site owners? Our services allow you just be the owner, while we take great care of your event clients and make sure they have a wonderful wedding day. Take a peek at our services for Camp Colton as an example. Email emee@ejpevents.com if you're interested.
It’s springtime in Oregon, which means event planner open house season! Our inbox is filled to the brim with invitations from far and wide, enticing us to visit new and new-to-us venues in the city and the country.
This week we visited the Oregon Olive Mill, a division of Red Ridge Farms out in Dayton. (Very close to Dundee). It’s a really neat site with both outdoor and indoor elements, boasting an olive grove, herb gardens, and locally-pressed olive oils. From what I understand, any licensed caterer can be used. It was lovely to tour the site and taste the the local produce.
Here are a couple of photos of the outdoor ceremony site and indoor hall, followed by a Flickr slideshow.
I love getting the mail. Especially when there is a new bridal magazine to read. All the pretty pictures! So when I opened up the cover of the Spring 2009 Elegant Bride magazine, it was a treat to see one of our clients' weddings featured in their "New Ideas" section. ("Buttoned Up", page 66.)
It brought back great memories of connecting with a really fun client (Amber of The Ribbon Jar), and bringing all of her and her fiance's ideas to life.
I also loved the cover color scheme of tangerine and green — reminded me of our EJP table setup for Art of Weddings in January. This is sure to be a hot color choice in 2009.
I hope that all of you are having a wonderful day, enjoying the promise that the future holds for us. Whatever your political leaning, I hope you'll be reminded that we all have much more in common than we have that is different. Here' s to an inspiring year! And if you are engaged, may you be just as blissed-out and happy at the end of your wedding as these two looked at theirs. Thanks to Gangsta Bride for the pic!
The past week was plenty busy with our participation in the first wedding show of the year – The Art of Weddings. We had so much fun and saw all kinds of cool things that we just have to tell you about. So today’s Saturday Roundup will have a lot of content, hang in there!
First off, we were so lucky to be placed near Annette from Swanky Tables Event Design. Her business centers around getting all the little details on the table just right, from linens to place cards, and she even has a candy buffet setup service! Her table was all decked out in pink and silver, and it was hard to resist the pink rock candy swizzle sticks! We can’t wait to do an event with Annette.
Next up is Karren’s Specialty Cakes.
They were handing out full-size samples of their chocolate orange and
pear cake and both were fabulous. I am really picky about
cake so take my word, it’s great! I heard tell that Karren only does
one cake a weekend, so if you’re interested, get on it! Pictured below
is the Porceline cake from her website: