By SweetDreams
Amber & Uriah celebrated their Love at Garden Vineyards with their closest family and friends.
Beautiful summer day, was the perfect back drop for their out door ceremony & reception.
The bride and groom made their day as unique as they were, choosing orange & royal blue colors and personalizing their whole day. With great linens and rentals from West Coast Event Productions & flowers from City Flowers.
They found time for them to share a moment.
It was important to our couple to provide good food (from Art of Catering) & lots of fun for their guests.
Delicious wedding cake & tuxedo groom cake… from Dream Cakes.
Great wedding guest entertainment… Paparazzi Tonight!
Choreographed first dance… being our fabulous couple are ballroom dancers!
And dancing all night long with Mega Music Entertainment…
Even the Grand Exit was fun for the the guests and bridal couple… “SPARKLERS”!
Congratulations to Amber & Uriah! Remember its your wedding day & you can make it as unique as you! Happy Wedding Planning!
Special Thanks to Stott Shots Photography & Paparazzi Tonight for their amazing images
By SweetDreams
Attention all Bride & Grooms to-be! Now that we told you how to get through a bridal show, here is a list of the upcoming shows in the Portland & Vancouver Area…
(* we are featuring a booth in these shows)
Sept. 11th- Tour d’Brides
*Sept. 25th- Very Engaging Bridal Event
*Oct. 8th & 9th- Rose City Bridal Showcase
Oct. 21st- Committed! Portland’s Alternative Bridal Event
Oct. 29th- Association of Bridal Consultants, The Wedding Event
* Nov. 6th- Bravo Wedding Affair
Jan. 7th to 8th 2012- The Original Portland Bridal Show
*Jan. 19th 2012- The Art of Weddings
*Jan. 22nd 2012- Bravo Wedding Affair
Jan. 28th to 29th 2012- Oregon Wedding Showcase
Jan. 29th 2012- Greater Vancouver Showcase
Mar. 8th 2012- Luxe Bridal Event
Mar. 10th to 11th 2012- NW Wedding Scoop
If you missed our post on bridal shows tips ”It’s Bridal Show Season” check it out before you attend your first bridal show… We will see you there, Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
Portland’s 2011-2012 bridal show season begins in this month, so all those bridal couples that are just beginning the planning process for your upcoming wedding this is where you need to start.
First, here is are a few things you will need to make it through all the fantastic bridal shows this season;
Water bottles, energy bars, tissues & patience.
Most shows you can purchase tickets on their websites, this is a good way to avoid standing in the long ticket lines.
Tip: contact the wedding and event planners in the shows for possible free passes.
Also, when your on the shows website look for a floor plan to see where the professionals are located that you are most interested in. Planning your route will make it easier on you and all your friends & family that are joining you.
All these shows are full of amazing wedding professionals that will have plenty of marketing materials for you to take home to look at afterwards, so bring a sturdy bag.
Tip: Try to spend 3-5 minutes per booth to really get the true connection with the fabulous people.
While you are looking at flowers..
Flowers by Event Floral/ Photo by Alyssa Jul Photography
Cakes…
Cake by Ja Civa's/ Photo by Alyssa Jul Photography
Decor…
Rentals by Barclay Event Rentals/ Photo by Alyssa Jul Photography
All the wedding professionals want you t0 sign up f0r their promotional specials, so bring a few sheets of printed adhesive labels with your contact information.
Full name
Wedding Date
Address
Email
Best contact number
You want to make sure they all have your information so you don’t miss out on any opportunity to save on your big day. Most importantly, ask the wedding professionals you feel are a good match for you and your event for an after show follow up appointment. This way you can sit down and have more personal time to tell them all about your wedding day!
We will see you at the shows, Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
A romantic little chapel nestled in a quiet Canby neighborhood is where Brandi & Ian started their “I Do” story.. Angelina’s Canby Poineer Chapel.
Brandi & Ian chose some fantastic wedding professionals to help bring their story together on their special day. Aaron Courter Photography was there to capture all the memories & emotions to help the couple to share their day with others.
Simple, Romantic & fun is what this couple wanted their day to be… most importantly they wanted to share it with their love ones.
The classic romance was carried through the ceremony & reception with the pink & white flowers by Country Florals.
They shared the simple, but elegant decor through out the event. Barclay Event Rentals helped set the tone with the champagne linens and chair covers.
Fun was the reception agenda, so Bust-A-Move DJ services did an awesome job keeping the party going all night at Weatherford’s Grand Lodge.
Love was the theme for the whole day…..
Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
Spring time is natures way for new beginnings, so it was the greatest time of the year for Carrie & Rafael to celebrate their union as husband & wife. The couple wanted to keep it simple, intimate & romantic with a twist of fun. Aquariva Italian Restaurant and The Avalon Hotel & Spa was the venues they chose to host their memorable wedding day. To capture all these amazing memories for the couple to look back on was Sara Vandepas of Sara Vandepas Photography.
Every bride wants to look & feel “Fabulous” on her day and the ladies of Pretty in Portland were there to make sure that happened for Carrie.
To help create the bride’s blooming spring setting indoors was Leslie of Country Florals.
Using decor & floral wasn’t the only way the couple brought their personal touches to the wedding, they offered sweets from Le Cookie Monkey. Delicious flavored mini cupcakes, Elvis cookies and an amazing sweet heart cake.
The couple wanted the day to be a celebration for them and all their guests, so to get their party started and keep the guest dancing the night away. Carrie & Rafael also wanted to share his culture with all their family & friends… so the hired a Mariachi band to entertain everyone at the wedding.
Decor is always a great way to bring personality to any special day, like using names of special places for table names or textured linens and lighting in rich tones. Linens & lighting by Barclay Event Rentals.
At then end of every wedding day is the beginning of a new life together for every couple… Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
All of us at Sweet Dreams Weddings and Events in Portland Oregon just wanted to clarify that the Rip-Off report 446302 that comes up as one of the results is not about us.
This is a report on a wedding design and events company in another state, so we just wanted to let all our brides and the potential brides doing their research know that this report is not on us. We invite everyone to visit weddingwire.com and read our reviews from some of our recent bridal couples.
Thank you & Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
We are proud to receive this honor…. we love all our brides & grooms and we are honored to be the ones that were able to help them make their dreams come true. Thank you to everyone that help us get this award! We love what we do and it shows through our couples smiling faces!
Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
Imagine a downtown four star hotel with modern artwork, chic furniture, fabulous open areas that would make the perfect backdrop for your modern-chic wedding.
The Nines Hotel downtown Portland was our bride’s choice… and it was the best location for her wedding celebration.
The bride chose to create the ambiance for her ceremony in the open forum by adding candle light to mark her aisle & adding texture to the backdrop with 9 foot pluums she rented from WCEP. Being the area was open she used purple up-lighting on the pillars to dress up the room with her colors.
Here color pallet included purple tones, deep pinks & black… then took it up a notch with adding pewter accents. She also added textures to her decor with feathers, damask prints & pin-tuck linens.
Our beautiful bride personalized her tables with markers that said “love” in different languages.
Both her table markers and her escort cards were hand written by Alesia, of Alesia Zorn Calligraphy.
Her texture didn’t stop with linens or table centerpieces, she brought it in with her paisley cake and different flowered cupcakes by AK Cake Design.
With the large ballroom that she had her reception in we used purple up-lighting to dress the walls and created the couple initials on the dance floor to add that personal touch.
Using great linens, creative color pallet, with textures is the right combination for your modern- chic wedding! Don’t be afraid of using color & creative ways to bring your personality into your wedding day celebration.
Remember the first step to planning your wedding is to give us a call! Happy Wedding Planning!
By SweetDreams
Our Beautiful Oregon Coast Wedding!
This wedding was a destination wedding for our wonderful couple from Boise along with all the 60 guests as well.
The couple chose bold colors for their wedding pallet, so they used them in the flowers & in the small decor details.
The beach was the location & back drop for this fabulous wedding. Using the natural surroundings for her ceremony & inside the event room.
Every Bride & Groom should always add their own personal style into the wedding decor…. This couple did this by adding a shabby chic feel to the reception.
At the end of it all it’s about the union of the couple & enjoying the day.
But one thing to remember about a wedding at the Oregon Coast…. Always have the tented” Plan B” & bring your umbrellas!
By SweetDreams
Brides-to-be when you are choosing your wedding date for this summer & fall make sure you check these dates before you put your money down on your dream venue. If you want all your family & friends to be with you & your fiance on this important day try to avoid major holidays & other days of celebration.
Not just because people make plans or have traditions to celebrate these days, the cost of travel may be more expensive as well. If you are going to say your I Do’s in a Church or Religious facility make sure you are aware of all the recognized days of worship.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 17, 2011
Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2011
Presidents’ Day
February 21, 2011
April Fool’s Day
Friday, April 1, 2011
Palm Sunday
April 17, 2011
Easter Sunday
April 24, 2011
Memorial Day
May 30, 2011
Independence Day
Monday July 4, 2011
Labor Day
September 5, 2011
Columbus Day
October 10, 2011
Thanksgiving Day
November 24, 2011
Christmas Day
Sunday, December 25, 2011
New Year’s Eve
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Other Days you might to keep in mind when you are settling on the wedding day;
September 11, 2011 which falls on Sunday
December 7, 2011 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Super Bowl Sunday
February 6, 2011
The popular dates for weddings this year are 9/10/11 which falls on Saturday & 11/11/11 falls on a Friday.
So just remember if you do choose to get married on a holiday to send out the save the dates in plenty of time so your guests can make arrangements or send their RSVPs. Another piece of advise is to always check the local events in your city or town to make sure you don’t have any surprises traffic delays or road closures on your day!
Happy Wedding Planning!
