I hope you'll join me every Wednesday for special wedding information!
When bride and groom have family living in different states how should they choose a wedding location? What if it just doesn’t accommodate everyone? May I suggest a few ways to handle the situation?
A.) Hold the wedding where the bride and groom reside.
B.) Choose a location close to one set of parents.
C.) Plan a destination wedding.
Your primary care or concern for guests should be to give advanced notice.
Work with a local hotel, block off a certain number of rooms at a group rate for your guests.
Send "
save the date" cards six months prior to the wedding, include information about local accommodations. This will help guests plan and save for your wedding. If a large part of your family is unable to attend, have
a second reception close to the family that lives out of the area. I recommended this option to Loren & Kathy. Their son Jake met and fell in love with a California beauty Michal (My-kel), while playing football at Saddleback College . Jake and Michal, who work and live in California, chose to tie the knot in sunny southern Cal. (who can blame them). I had the pleasure of coordinating their NW reception with the groom’s parents, Loren and Kathy.
Second receptions can be as formal or informal as you make them. We had originally planned to celebrate the week after their wedding. The original plan included a more formal event in a venue that would have a wedding reception feel but due to poor weather, postponed it for a later. Jake and Michal's NW reception ended up being about 5 months after the original wedding, therefore the Buchanan’s wanted to go with a relaxed atmosphere. We saved money on the venue by using a family member’s rather large, nicely manicured back yard for the event. Flowers were seasonal with a couple bouquets of red roses mixed in. Music was a mix of the couples favorite songs burned to a CD. We had a total of five awnings for guest and food purposes. The colors were carried over from the original ceremony.
The menu simply delicious: Shrimp veggie
kabobs, Chicken Teriyaki kabobs, rice, salads - provided by various family members, fresh cut veggies, and fresh fruits. The fresh Bavarian cream with strawberries cake was purchased from a Vancouver bakery
Larson’s. The day of their NW reception was picture perfect!It was an honor to help this couple celebrate with family and friends here in The Pacific NW.
Get out and smell the crisp air; put on a jacket, pick up a Starbucks and let your senses take in fall here in the Pacific Northwest -- October has arrived! On this first day of October, I thought it would be fun to share some Portland, OR and surrounding area links and events that help “celebrate the season”! 
