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! 

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 ! 

Barn Blessing and Misc photos ! { www.bridleoaksbarn.com}

Wanted to share some photos with you from this past Sunday

out at Bridle Oaks Barn. We had a barn blessing from Pastor Mike

Coleman. It was very special. We had approximately 65 close

friends and family attend our ceremony. The best part was the

pot-luck afterwards! Pastor Coleman may also hold random

Sunday morning church services out at the altar during the year. 

I'll keep you posted for a schedule. 

We are counting down the days to our first wedding, Sept 5th !

I believe we have 16 days left to finish our work and get all

the last minute details in place. Crunch Time! 

By the way, many have been asking about our website.

We DO have a website up at:
www.bridleoaksbarn.com 

Please check it out ! 

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…