Summer, Summer, Summertime...

It feels so strange to be posting weddings of summertime when we have so much snow outside! It's nice to have a little break from the snow even if it is only in photos. The following photos were taken by one of our wonderful vendors, Karen Linsley with Image Angels. We love Karen! She's been a photographer in the South Lake Tahoe area for many years she must know every perfect picture place in the area. Please check out her website if you have a moment, http://www.imageangels.com/. These are just a few that she sent me -- there are so many more that I would like to post, but I will have to save those for another blog entry.

This is from Damaris and Ian's wedding on August 29th. They had a beautiful day for their wedding! I love this shot of the Garden.

Oh, Pam and Anthony. Working with Pam and Anthony was so much fun. It was such a family affair. Pam's mom was very talented in pretty much everything. She made the cake, the chair covers, decor -- all of it. One of my favorite details from their wedding...the precessional song. After the ceremony, Pam and Anthony walked down the aisle to "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin. Pretty unique. 

This is one of my favorite photos from the year. I love how it really captures the essence of girlfriends! This is from Tamara and Gordon's wedding in July.

And one more just for fun! :)

Source for All Photos
http://www.imageangels.com/
Karen Linsley

We're back!

Hi All!!

First off, sorry for the long delay between posts. This summer took off with a bang and went out with a bang! Now that we are entering our winter season, the blog will be updated on a more frequest basis. I have emailed all of our photographers for photos of the weddings that we did over the summer, but until I receive those I will leave you with some photos of Morgan and Preston's wedding held here on August 6th. They had their ceremony in the Grand View Garden with the reception immediately following at The Eagle's Nest.

All of these wonderful photos were taken by Jaime and Jason of Rosestreet Studio.

Engagement and Boudior Packages!

Engagement and Boudior Sessions have become such a hit when you plan your wedding! Engagement photos are great to display at your wedding while boudior photos have become a wonderful gift to give to your groom! We have created some pacakges for both of these, but can also do them a la carte! If you are interested in either of them, please feel free to contact me anytime!

Tim and Jen's fun wedding!

Hi again. I've done some posting in the last week and like I said, I am finally finished with the March recaps. This Saturday marks the start of the summer wedding season for me so look for some better photos from professional photographers! I'll keep it short and sweet, but I will let you know that the photography was all done by Jaime with Rose Street Studio (so amazing!) and again, Katie with Katie Cakes & Sugar Pine Bakery.

Almost finished with March recaps...

Hello! I have one more post including this one to have the March weddings recapped! My goal is to have them all on the blog by Friday -- I can do it!

I know you all are probably very, very tired of my point and click Sony, but this one is yet another Sony taken wedding. Summer season is approaching and I promise to have much better photos for you from here on out. Summer season actually starts for me May 1st even though it is still very snowy in Tahoe. We've got lots of girls getting married in May and June and I am looking forward to everyone of those weddings. It is going to be a great summer! Anyway, I'll stop now and show you some photos from Kim & Geoff's wedding we had here in March. We actually got the pleasure to host four events for this family: a spa day, a rehearsal dinner, a wedding, and a brunch. It was a lot of fun.

The colors of the wedding were primarily a clover green with brown accents. In order to bring them all in, they used the white tablecloths that came with the site fee and also ordered white chair covers and chocolate brown sashes. We also put together their centerpieces -- simple but nice! We can do these in any color that you like as well.

Check out the kids' table! They were completely occupied all night long!

Katie, with Tahoe Katie Cakes made the cake. It was a very nice and elegant. It was an all fondant cake with purple sugar paste flowers and green leaves that Katie made from scratch.

Starting about a month prior to the wedding, I was receiving packages almost daily of candy. They had decided to go with a candy buffet for favors, but were driving all the way from Texas so they had it shipped to me. My office literally smelled like chocolate and I am definitely not complaining! I got to put together their candy buffet for them -- I love doing candy buffets. Not only do they smell great, but you can make them look great as well.

You can't tell me you wouldn't dig into that...!

Next up -- Jen and Tim's hilarious wedding (that I missed!) Professional photos too!

New Beauty Packages!

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a great Spring. The weather in Tahoe has been nothing short of amazing. Still snowing -- can you believe it? At least we will have a good lake level this year if the snow keeps up!

Recently, the all of the ladies in our department sat down to brainstorm what we could possibly do to enrich their entire wedding experience at The Ridge. One of the ideas that we came up with were Beauty Packages! I love this idea. The beauty pacakges offer you and your bridesmaids a day of relaxation and pampering without ever leaving your hotel room. All of them can also be customized to suite your needs and what you and your bridesmaids would like! Just click on the link below to enlarge the photo. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me anytime!

Marianne & Hoku -- Bringing in the bright colors of Hawaii

First of all, let me apologize for the long hiatus between blog posts. March was a pretty hectic month here at The Ridge.

Because I don't want to leave any great wedding photos out, I will start by showing you photos from Marianne and Hoku's wedding on February 27th. Marianne and Hoku planned a destination from Hawaii and brought bright a vibrant orange into the Hungry Bear Restaurant. I do also have to say a big thank you to Marianne as well for helping me plan my trip around Hawaii as she was a staple in my planning!

All photos are courtesy of my Sony point and click and I am not a wonderful photographer/editor. In a few days, you will be able to see some professional photos taken by one of our photographers. So, keep reading...!

Marianne and Hoku are great snowboarders so they decided to name their tables after various ski resorts. They came up with a DIY project that was very unique and cute. All of their wedding had orange elements; in this photo you can see the top of their programs as well. Under the programs was my favorite part of the entire day -- they had a Marianne and Hoku trivia game for their guests. It asked simple, but fun, questions that pertained to their relationship. Whoever got the most right at a table got a prize that the bride and groom provided.

Their centerpieces reflected the orange theme perfectly!

Since all of the guests were traveling, small hand sanitizers provided to them as favors. They were placed in a basket at entry table so that they could help themselves as they arrived to the reception.

They chose to use white chair covers and pumpkin lamour sashes and table runners for each table.

One of my favorite parts of the day was seeing their cake! It was really original and made by Katie with Katie Cakes and Sugar Pine Bakery. She does a really wonderful job! They chose a custom cake by Katie that best represented what type of event they were going for. Marianne and Hoku were both really fun and relaxed people and there is no doubt that their wedding reflected that.