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Lexi + Drew {Salida SteamPlant Wedding}
Congratulations to Lexi & Drew! They had a beautiful SteamPlant wedding along the Arkansas river in downtown Salida Colorado. Settings provided the table linens, chair covers, rustic wooden benches, and the set up of all our products plus the paper lanterns.
Wedding Planner: Ululani Event Design
Catering: Kalamatapit Catering
Venue: Salida SteamPlant
Flowers: Rancho Verde Flowers
River Orchard Place {Poncha Springs Colorado}
A few months ago we met Emily and Max out at River Orchard Place to get the lay of the land there. Christopher had done a few small rental deliveries there and I had not been yet.
It was originally homestead in the 1800’s on 600 acres as hunting cabins. Some of their guest included Roy Rogers and Dwight Eisenhower.
River Orchard Place specialize in weddings and reunions, because of the gorgeous grounds. There are five cabins all with a mini refrigerator, microwave, and coffee pot. Perfect for your wedding party or family to stay at.
The grounds have a perfect spot to set up a 30 x 40 tent for an outdoor wedding. The area is surrounded by large cotton wood trees, and the South Arkansas River runs along the property. There is a small apple orchard on part of the property. If you are up for a small hike to the look out tower the views of the Collegiate Peaks are breath-taking.
Cara & Jeff {June 2, 2013, Stoney Spring Ranch & River’s Edge}
Congratulations to Cara and Jeff High! What a great wedding here in Salida. They had a 3 day event with friends and family. Cara and Jeff use to live and work in Salida and knew so many people here. It was the biggest wedding we have done.
Settings was very involved in the 3 day event. Rentals: tables, linens, napkins, dishes, glassware, sound system (we ran it off our new batteries), wooden benches, chairs, Day of Direction. Cara and Jeff used our 2 person team Day of Direction to make sure everything ran smoothly and all they had to do was get ready and enjoy their family, friends and each other.
The ceremony and cocktail hour was at Stoney Spring Ranch outside of Salida, Colorado. They then tossed the garter and bouquet from the raft and floated down the Arkansaw (my favorite part).
The reception was held at River’s Edge in Salida.
Lady’s brunch: Little Cambodia
Rehearsal Dinner & Welcome Party: Bensons (with a band)
Sarah & Josh {May 18, 2013 Salida SteamPlant}
Congratulations to Sarah and Josh! Settings provided the linens and table numbers. Flowers: Rancho Verde Flowers, Catering: Kalamatapit Katering, Cupcakes: Sweeties Bakery, Venue: Salida SteamPlant
Bridal Shower Planning
As we are about to approach our busy wedding season I began to think about the parts we are not normally involved with. This is mainly because my sister Wendy is engaged with a November 2nd wedding. Unfortunately she is in Nebraska and hundreds of miles away from me so I won’t get to help her with too much of the wedding planning (I even missed the dress shopping). Oh and did I mention the guest list is around 500 people. My inventory is not equipped for that large of a wedding.
One thing that I do get to be a part of the planning is her bridal shower. I started a check list and thought there has to be more bridal shower planners out there that need a little planning help. Happy Planning and remember to have fun that day and not stress. It always comes together.
Bridal Shower Check List
- Pick a date & time
- Saturday or Sunday afternoons work great. About 2+ months before the wedding.
- Times 2-4ish works great. You don’t have to do a full meal and that helps the women with children at home.
- Have the bride provide a guest list; excel works best so you can import it into word to print addresses right on the envelopes. (most brides already have an excel for started so it should be easy)
- Invite close family and friends
- Include the groomsmen’s wives/girlfriends
- Do not invite anyone that is not invited to the wedding
- Avoid inviting people out of state that cannot make it. Sometime it makes them feel they have to give a gift. This excludes grandmas, aunts and close relatives. They often get offended by not getting them.
- Invitations
- You can get great premade invitations and just print on them.
- Or order from a stationary store.
- Send out about 3-4 weeks before shower.
- Have people RSVP so you know what to expect.
- Have people do something memorable for the bride
- Bring family recipes on recipe cards.
- Give a note on how to have a successful marriage.
- Come up with a list of questions and ask the bride and groom separately before the shower and then read both of their answers at the shower. You could even have the guest guess the answers before giving them out.
- Theme
- You can use the bride’s colors or do something totally different.
- Mine was High Tea
- My sister were doing Tiffany’s
- Kentucky Derby tea
- Pampered chef party where she gets the points to buy more if people purchase.
- Room in the house or time of day—you give each person invited a different room or time that their gift’s theme must follow.
- Pinterest is the place for GREAT ideas. http://pinterest.com/settingsevent/bridal-shower/
- Games-
- You can do some games, I’ve often found that people feel weird doing them and they like to catch up and meet the people there.
- I suggest an icebreaker for everyone to meet. They will be seeing each other in a few months.
- Like a bingo game and each person is on it and how they met the bride. The first with 5 in a row get some kind of prize
- Food & Drinks
- Finger Food works great easy to grab and eat while talking to people
- Drinks- wine and a fun cocktail. People always loosen up a bit with a drink.
- Gifts are best to open towards the end.
- Have someone keep track of who gave what gift. You can also use labels and put the right on the gifts with the giver’s name.
- Have someone take all the bows & ribbons from the gifts and make a bouquet that will be used at her wedding rehearsal.
- Ideas for guest favors (optional but a great surprise)
- Small succulents in a pot
- Small potted flower or plant
- Canning jars with cookie mix.
- Candy
- Something that the bride loves.
- Hostess gifts
- It’s always nice when the bride give something to who the planners of the event are.
Laura C-Thank you for the idea of putting this together.
Credit Cards
We are now able to accept all major credit cards. Both over the phone and at events!
Avery & Josh’s Wedding Salida SteamPlant
This wedding was before I owned Settings but recently got the photos. Katja helped Avery with the linen rentals and the teal cloths are now apart of Settings Inventory. Love the colors Avery!!!
Avery is a talented photographer here in Chaffee County with Paper Posey!
Lauren & Gus Wedding at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs July 20,2012
Lauren & Gus has an intimate wedding ceremony in the Meadow at Mt. Princeton with close friends and family. The reception followed at the Princeton Club.
Katie & Scott’s Wedding at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs July 7, 2012
Katie and Scott were blessed with by all the family members and friends that traveled from all parts of the country to attend their wedding at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs.
Christopher and I helped them with chair and linen rentals. Katie had a great eye for colors(pinks, blue, green, white, etc), textures (bulap, satin, tuil), and flowers. The Pavillion looked great. Instead of a traditional wedding cake they had a dessert table (sorry it all arrived after I took photos). Mt. Princeton’s event coordinator said they had so many wonderful cookies, pies and sweet treats that they all wouldn’t even fit on the table.
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