Congratulations to Weddings in Woodinville Seattle Bride Best Of 2013 Winners!

Weddings in Woodinville’s media sponsor, Seattle Bride Magazine, recognizes & honors vendors yearly with their Best Of awards.  Determined by fellow wedding vendors, as well as by brides and grooms, the “Best of Bride awards recognize the many who make dreams come true on a regular basis”.  

Congratulations to the following Weddings in Woodinville winners & finalists!

Best New Vendor winner The Dress Theory & finalist Cake Noir

Quintessential Wedding Registry finalist Williams-Sonoma

Best Place for Bachelor Party winner Redhook Brewery

Best Bachelorette Party winner Butler Wine Tours 

Best Invitation Designer winner Paper Fling & finalist Swash Letterpress + Design

Most Creative Favor winner Heathorignal & finalist Paper Fling

Best Rentals winner Pedersen’s Rentals & finalists Grand Event Rentals and AA Party Rentals

Best Videographer finalist Bogle Productions

Best Photo Booth winner 321 Foto

Best Officiant winner Reverend Mary Calhoun-Window to the Soul

Best DJ for Reception finalist Wave Link Music

Best Transportation/Getaway Car finalists Butler Transportation, Rare Form Limousine and winner British Motor Coach

Best Valet Service winner Butler Valet

Best Hair winner Salon Maison

Best Makeup Artist finalist Salon Maison

Best Outdoor Wedding Venue winner DeLille Cellars

Best Place for Intimate Weddings (75 or fewer people) winner DeLille Cellars and finalist Willows Lodge

Best Caterer finalist Ravishing Radish Catering

Best Custom Dress Designer finalist Cicada Bridal

Best Photographer winner Azzura Photography & finalist Barbie Hull Photography

Best Northwest Destination Wedding Venue finalist Willows Lodge

Best Locally Designed Bridal Jewelry finalist T. Anthony Jewelers

Best Manis and Pedis finalist Frenchy’s Day Spa

Best Boutique Registry finalist Glassybaby

Best Place to Spend Wedding Night winner Willows Lodge

Best Formalwear For Men finalist Trillium Custom Tailoring and Design

For more information about the winners please visit seattlebridemag.com or purchase the 2013 Fall/Winter magazine at your local store.

Happy Father's Day

“A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day.” 
― Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice

Top Row Left to Right: Alante Photography, Amelia Soper Photography
Left Side 2nd row to bottom: Barbie Hull Photography, Jennifer Tai Artistry Photography, Shane Macomber Photography
Right Side row 2nd row to bottom: Jennifer Whorle Photography, Laura Marchbanks Photography, The Popes Photography 

All photos are from 2013 Weddings in Woodinville photographers.

Understanding your "Plan B"

 If there’s one thing you can count on here in the Pacific Northwest it’s that our weather is unpredictable at best.  Just this last week we saw thunder, sunshine, hail, mugginess, and winds all within a few hours of each other.  That’s where sage advice from founding board member Jacky Grotle, owner of Event Success, has advice for all brides, living here in our gorgeous, albeit, capricious, NW or not, to always have a “Plan B”.

“Using outdoor spaces are a favorite choice here in the NW, however you should always understand your ‘plan B’.

As a veteran wedding planner we understand that more than anyone!  We explain to our clients that they have to accept and love the ‘plan B’ as weather here is never certain.  It is ideal if the venue has a large enough indoor area to host your ceremony or reception that was meant to be outdoors.  If that is not the case, you should consider a canopy tent (a tent without sides) to cover your guests from rain or sun.  This is a great choice as it can frame the event a give you some parameters for your decor. 

Sometimes a space is just too lovely and the client just does not want a canopy, such was the case with Angie and Dom with their outdoor Leavenworth wedding.  When my clients choose not to have a canopy and there is not an interior space, I always have available umbrellas (just in case).  They were very happy to have Event Success and our umbrellas as it was lovely for the ceremony but it did sprinkle a little at the reception. 

These photos show that a few sprinkles did not dampen the event and the first dance was very romantic with the umbrella for two.”

Leavenworth wedding by Event SuccessOminous clouds are no match for a prepared bride & her wedding planner.Dancing under the stars and sprinkles.

Taylor’d Events by Jennifer awarded Best Planner in Seattle by Wedding Industry Experts

Congratulations to Jennifer Taylor, Taylor’d Events by Jennifer for winning Best Planner in Seattle and placing in the Top 100 in the US and Worldwide for wedding planning in the Wedding Industry Experts 2013 Awards! 

Wedding Industry Expert Awards is an annual competition recognizing some of the most popular wedding vendors at a local, national and international level.

There were over 30 categories in the 2013 awards including everything from Best Accessories to Best Wedding Planner. The vendor with the most votes in their category and location wins. The awards give past clients, peers and friends a chance to support the wedding service providers who have given them outstanding service or provided quality products.

Congratulations Weddings in Woodinville vendors being named Best Of by 425 Magazine

Weddings in Woodinville heartily congratulates the following 2013 vendors for being named Best of in their respective categories in 425 Magazine’s Best of:

Lisa Dupar & Company’s Pomegrante Bistro-Best Breakfast/Brunch

Redhook Brewery-Best Brewery

DeLille Cellars-Best Winery

Lisa Dupar was featured at Columbia Winery and Redhook Brewery was at Willows Lodge during this year’s tour and DeLille Cellars has been a venue since the inception of our wedding wine tour show. 

425 is a bi-monthly, high-quality, full-color newsstand publication. Find it throughout the region at bookstores, grocery stores, drugstores, fine garden centers, and the areas best hotels.