For the Love of Flowers. { Julia's Floral Design at Bridle Oaks Barn} {Deland}

Forever… I've been in love with flowers. I feel so lucky lately 

because each time Julia brings them to the barn I get to feel, smell

and sometime photograph these little beauties that nature has given

to us as gifts. I just love looking at all the intricacies with each and every one.

The differences in texture, color and smell. They really are amazing, if you

think about it. Julia does such a wonderful job arranging them. I can't say

enough how much I appreciate her being able to create these works of art

with my brides. They all love her and even if they only get a bouquet, 

she still puts the same amount of love and attention to the creation. 

If you want flowers for any reason, Julia at Julia's Floral Designs in

Deland is the place to go. It sounds like an info-mercial… but it's not ! 

I just truly adore and appreciate what she does for our weddings and

events! 

Heather and Dale at Bridle Oaks

It's been too long since I did a blog post! I guess things have been

VERY busy at the barn. I've been meeting with so many upcoming 

brides, helping to plan weddings, feeding chickens, cleaning up… 

time has just passed by. 

Last night we probably had the BEST wedding YET!

Why… you ask? Well.. mostly because the people make a wedding,

and all of Heathers guests made it a fun and memorable night.

But also… it's  because Heather took our advice and used the best vendors

we know.  It made the night beautiful, seamless, memorable, and most of all.. fun!

Julia from Julia's Floral Design  did an incredible job with the flowers

and there were a LOT of them … It was amazing!!

DJ Phil  did a most excellent job with the DJ'ing and music. He made

sure he had guests out on the dance floor all night… they even had a

lip sync battle! 4 Rivers did the catering. Food was hot, delicious and ready to go. 

They also clean up everything… which saves everyone a ton of work.

J & T was bartending. Our favorite bartenders who are ready and willing

to lend a hand anytime with anything. I only took a few photos, 

but please view them. What a great night! 

Congratulations to Heather and Dale, who now jet off to

exciting ICELAND for their honeymoon!! 

BBRRR ! Snuggle up and have fun! 

I'M a CHICK MAGNET! ( Bridle Oaks Barn)

Ok, look, I have a confession. I'm a total chick magnet.

When these little babies are born, I can't get enough. 

I think about them when I first wake up and can't wait to

get over to the barn to make sure they are still ok. 

(we've had some critter mishaps… which were very sad with past litters)

By the way, what do you call a group of new chicks?

A litter?  A crop? A flock?  No. Not sure about that one.

Did you know that the chicks all go and hide under the mother hen 

when there's any danger? It's so sweet. You'd never know there

were ten little chicks under her, she hides them so well.

Here you see my son, who is also a chick magnet.

With baby chicks and otherwise… LOL

Enjoy the photos! 

SLEEPIN! 

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 ! 

Linens and More.. {Bridle Oaks Barn} {Central Florida Barn Venue}

Alight Folks, this will be the last post from our stylized shoot.

This one features the linens from Lynn at

Linens and More  and table design from Ashley,  our day-of coordinator

 and all around amazing decorator.  She designed and decorated 

this table for our shoot. The flowers are from Julia at Julia's Floral Design

It's always good to have vendors close to our venue, and all these

ladies are in Deland. Lynn offers free pickup and delivery of all

linens for your wedding at Bridle Oaks. Ashley will help

you organize, decorate, take down and most importantly, 

keep your wedding running on time and help to move

your guests to the areas where they are needed. The worst thing is cutting

your cake with no one around because they are wandering 

all over the property ! Keep things organized on on track with 

our day-of coordinator, it will be the best decision you will make! 

Here, also are some extra photos from our shoot by the 

talented Alice of Alice's Art Gallery…