Ophelia and Matthew were married at the gorgeous Adrianna Hill Grand Ballroom, having both their ceremony and reception taking place in the large open room. Chinese traditions such as a tea ceremony during the reception and special details found throughout the wedding day, made the whole event both extra special and unique to Ophelia and Matthew. We also took the time to walk the streets of downtown that evening - this made for some romantic shots of just the two of them, peppered in amongst Portland’s downtown scenery such as Old Town and the Max line.
Their choice of a warm winter red for the details looked gorgeous juxtaposed to the incredible blue ceiling in the ballroom itself. Blue Hour Flowers incorporated that same red into all the bouquet’s and the groomsmen boutonnieres, creating flowers and details that visually popped throughout the room.
We also had the pleasure of working again with Travis, of Shields Films. The evening was further complimented with music during both the ceremony and reception and was provided by Stephen, of Celebration Music & Events.
Vendor List
Venue: Adrianna Hill Grand Ballroom
Videographer: Shield Films
Music: Celebration Music & Events
Cake: Beaverton Bakery
Florist: Blue Hour Flowers
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Rachel and Andy tied the knot at the Acadian Ballroom, a classy ballroom for wedding receptions at Portland’s Alberta Arts District. Getting ready was at the Heathman Hotel, which provided some great window lighting for beautiful b&w pictures. We stopped by the Park Blocks for some portraits where Andy saw Rachel for the first time and could not hold back his tears. We got some more photos in front of the Oregon Historical Society and then headed to the Acadian Ballroom! The ballroom was beautifully decorated for the ceremony and then immediately after the ceremony, it was quickly switched by the talented staff to the reception seating.
Couple cute highlights from the wedding: The couple asked the guests to leave their favorite recipes for them (picture below), and also they made some goodie bags for the little ones to have a good time at the wedding!
Rachel and Andy put some beautiful pictures on the tables from their past couple years, and the cake table had pictures of their parents and grandparents pictures of cutting cake (cake by Beaverton Bakery). Tables were decoratedby beautiful flowers from Sophisticated Floral Designs.
(Guests and friends can see the full wedding here)
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We had a lot of fun at Lauren and Keith’s wedding! Cowboy boots and hats, mariachi band, gay and lesbian party going on upstairs!
We started the day at Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop’s Close, a fantastic place! The ceremony was at the Christ Church Episcopal Parish in Lake Oswego, and then the reception was at the beautiful Portland Art Museum Fields Ballroom. The planning was done expertly by Amy from Blush Bridal, flowers were by Francoise Weeks. The museum looked beautiful with all the decorations and flowers. The couple even had a mariachi band to entertain the guests during the cocktail hour. Event Team NW entertained the guests with expert DJ’ing.
Meanwhile another fun event was happening at the Kridel Ballroom - Coronation 2008 by Rose Court. This provided some interesting photography opportunities. Everybody had lots of fun, and Lauren and Keith even got to check out the upstairs party for a bit. The night ended with a beautiful dance by bride and groom surrounded by guests holding candles. (The whole wedding can be viewed here)
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Vesna and Tony had their beautiful ceremony at The Grotto - the setting was very serene with sun peeking through the trees. Afterward the reception was at the Portland Art Museum Kridel Grand Ballroom, decorated beautifully by Vibrant Table. There was no shortage of awesome music, punctuated by Tony’s own band!
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Ada and Brad had a very unique wedding, starting at the First Baptists Church in Portland, and then moving to Governor Hotel Heritage Ballroom. They had around 400 fun guests. Ada had three dresses for the various events, such as the tea ceremony - a traditional white dress, a red dress and a pink dress. Their wedding place cards were golf themed. The table decorations were gorgeous!
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Ozgur and Vanessa met at a snowboarding trip and they got married at Timberline Lodge. How perfect! Ozgur’s family came all the way from Turkey to attend this beautiful reception with some Turkish wedding touches. The ceremony featured mixing of the sands - originally the sand was going to be coming in from Turkish beach but due to some customs mishap, they used beautifully colored sand instead. They passed bags of Turkish candy (similar to akide sekeri) as their wedding favors and attached a “nazar boncugu” (evil eye), a traditional Turkish symbol.
Mt. Hood was a gorgeous backdrop to their wedding ceremony. For their romantic shots, I also used the other side of the mountain as a backdrop, using the forests and the reflection lake, and also Mt. Bachelor.
Enjoy!
Nazar boncugu with Akide Sekeri
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One of the more popular themes in Oregon is a golf club wedding. Anna and Brian tied the knot at Oregon Golf Club. It was a beautiful day with views of Mt. Hood!
Anna and Brian took private dance classes and showed off their moves at their first dance. They ended their dance with a great dip (picture below). As a dancer myself, I really appreciated the cool moves and the choerography. Another great idea they had was the orchids they gave as wedding favors. I planted mine! The dancing was great, They ended the night exiting under sparklers and leaving in a 1958 Rolls Royce.
Vendors:
Officiant: Roger Moore
Caterer: Oregon Golf Club 25700 S.W. Petes Mountain Road West Linn, OR 97068 - 503.650.6900
Wedding Cake Bakery: Lamb’s Thriftway
Ceremony Musician: William Jenks - Portland Classical Guitar
Reception DJ/Musicians All Wright Music Eric Wright
Transportation/Limousine : Parke Avenue Limo Gary Parke 503.750.3891
Flowers: Geranium Lake Florist
Videographer: Ambient Sky
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Christina and Milto had a full on Greek wedding at Portland Art Museum Kridel Ballroom - it was a high energy wedding full of emotion. The ceremony was at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
Here is a small selection: (note: to see the full set, go to here - password required)
The single ladies names are written on Christina’s shoe.
The guests throwing lavender buds on the happy couple!
Milto’s mother singing a few songs to the guests.
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