Busy Bees on the Farm ! {Bee Photography} {Bridle Oaks Barn}

Gosh, I can't believe I've waited this long to do another post!

I feel terrible about that, but I've been SO so busy here at

Bridle Oaks.  It's just amazing what's been happening.

We are almost booked solid (for Saturdays) next year for weddings.

We had a hugely successful open house and luncheon hosted by

The Perfect Wedding Guide last week.

But before that… we had a stylized shoot that was organized

by Jessica at Encore Events It was so cool to see the beautiful

models completely finished with hair and makeup by

 Tatiana with Elegant Occasions

The photography was done by the terrific husband and wife duo,

Brandi and Jonathan of Bee Photography. Below, I have chosen some of

my favorite photos from their shoot. Just to give credit where credit is due:

The flowers were byUnion Blooms Floral

The rentals by Orlando Wedding and Party Rentals

The cake was from Cupcake Crazy

 The beautiful gowns! CasaDiBella at Celebration

All this was made possible because of the idea of this person:

Tatiana at Elegant Occasions, Orlando.

Tatiana came out to see me before the barn was even built!

She had the first ideas for the stylized shoot. It was really cool to see

her vision come to fruition. Working right along her was Jessica at

Encore Events, and she styled everything for the shoot.  Thanks to all of the above for

making Bridle Oaks look like such a magical place to have a wedding ! 

We're officially 30 days out !! Updates to Bridle Oaks Barn… { Deland Rustic Venue}

Wow! What a busy couple of weeks. There have been so many things

happening at the barn, I have to apologize for not updating you guys

sooner! I've been working out there everyday, and usually when I 

get home it's a mad rush to get every one fed and settled for the evening. 

Today, Ashley and I (my sister in law, partner in crime, and awesome

day-of planner) really worked hard to get some things finished up.

We hung market lighting in the seated areas of the barn, laid over

20 bales of pine needles in walking areas, moved sod, created a walkway

to the fire pit, met with our linen lady and created lots of havoc and fun !  

Here are some photos of the lighting in the barn, the restroom area (with tin roof accent)

some of the landscaping (not finished) and some other misc photos.

Please forgive quality, they were taken on my phone.

I'll check in again when we have some pavered walkways 

finished later this week ! 

Bridal Altar under construction ! { Bridle Oaks Barn}

So today was an exciting day at Bridle Oaks Barn ! 

We have officially started the outdoor altar which is situated

in a beautiful wooded section of the property. Right now this

might look like a pile of old wood to you, but it's going to be an 

A M A Z I N G   outdoor altar for all of our brides !

The creation, headed up by our awesome woodworker and all

around "build-it" guy ….   was a collaboration between three people.

Myself,  finding photos of altars I liked, Tigger putting all of our materials together.

 and my father, Ed, had the idea for the angle and location of the altar.

Last in line here is the main photo for my inspiration (thank you Pinterest!)

and the photos of the beginning of something really great!

Thanks for reading! 

**More news to come very soon on some cool lighting fixtures…