Alex + Stephen :: Part One :: The Color Palette

As promised, this week we are sharing all of our favorite parts of Alex and Stephen's wedding that was held at Vista West Ranch last August.  Today we are kicking off their 5 part series with focus on their pretty peach color palette.  We love love love "Color Bars" like the one we've created and shared above.  This is a great tool when planning and designing your wedding... it can even help you nail down a color concept if you are having a hard time deciding between a few options.  From the get-go, Alex and Stephen knew they wanted their wedding to feel casual and nice, but not stuffy.  They wanted color, but not overwhelming color... so they went with hues of light pink, light orange, and peach.  They also knew they wanted more muted tones of the colors than pastels.  As you'll see over the next week, Alex did a fantastic job tying together her color palette through her flowers and tablescapes, the wedding party's attire, the linens and the rest of her details, right down to the real peaches that adorned the tables amongst the flowers.  The neutral background of the barn and the natural landscape of the ceremony setting lent themselves well to her soft and rustic chic style.  Alex's photographer, Erin Woosley of EE Photography couldn't have done a better job, in our opinion, of capturing the look and feel of Alex and Stephen's "rustic chic" peachy celebration.  And the photo above, that's the clever seating chart that brought together all the shades and hues of Alex and Stephen's color palette that were used in various aspects of the wedding details and decor.  We love!

Next up, we'll indulge you with the lovely wedding party attire.  Sand colored suits and bow ties on the boys + flowy bridesmaids dresses in the perfect shade of pink... we can hardly wait!

More tomorrow!

xoxo,

Angela and the Vista West Ranch Team

PS We can't start this series off without mentioning the incredible vendor team that hit this wedding out of the park!  If you collaborated on this event, and we missed you, please let us know!

Coordination: Lizze Belle Event Planning

Floral Design: Petal Pushers

Catering: Pappas Catering

Cakes: Simon Lee Bakery

Bar Service: Served Bartending Services

Bluegrass Ceremony Music: Two High String Band

Reception Music: Groove Knight

Photography:  EE Photography

SPAM Problem!

If you contacted us via our website contact form this past week, please bear with us!  We just found all of those messages hidden in our SPAM folder! :(  We've got the problem fixed now, but please bear with us as we go through and answer all of your inquiries.  We are so sorry and really appreciate your patience!!

Alex + Stephen :: A Sneak Peek At Next Week's Peachy Blog Series

By now, you've surely seen a bit of Alex and Stephen's wedding between the posts on our Facebook page (we'd love for you to like us if you don't already!) and the feature on Rustic Wedding Chic, but if you're anything like we are, a few pics don't satisfy our appetites for pretty weddings!  So, we've put together a series of posts for next weeks where we will share all of the images from their wedding... from the color palette to the attire to the swoon-worthy flowers and details.  We had far too many favorites from their image album that Erin with EE Photography sent over, so we thought we'd break it up into segments and share all of it with you!  Be sure to check back with us next week as we dive into their southern celebration!  Happy almost Friday friends!

xoxo,
Angela and the Vista West Ranch Team

Open House This Weekend! {01.08.12}

My oh my! We have been so busy helping our beautiful couples with their gorgeous weddings that we have been neglecting the blog a tiny bit! But hopefully you've been keeping up with us on Facebook, but if that's not the case, then you may not know about our Winter Open House that is just around the corner... that's right... this coming weekend we are kicking off the 2012 wedding season in Vista West Ranch style, with a good ol' fashioned open house (we.love.them.). We've already had over 125 people tell us that they are coming, so join the party and head our way on Sunday afternoon. The details are listed in the invitation above, but just in case you are curious, here is a list of the fabulous vendors that you will be able to mix and mingle with at the open house. They are all wonderful and will be excited to chit chat about your wedding with you in a laid back environment complete with yummy cocktails and delicious eats and treats.

Photography

Amelia Tarbet Photography* - Amelia

Studio 563* - Sean

Forever Photography - Jona & Jerry

Jenny DeMarco Photography - Jenny

Desserts

Simon Lee* - Judy

The Cupcake bar, Austin* - Lori

Caterers

Crave* - Meredith

Whole Foods* - Sarah

Gourmet Gals* - Sherri or Cymbre

Chuck Wagon Caterers - K&D carriages- Dennis will be serving out by the campfire

Coordinators

Coordinate This...* - Casey

BZ events* - Megan

Lizzie Belle Events - Aimee

Invitations

The Pink Tulip* - Lauren

Dragonfly Designs* - Kathy

Travel

The Honeymoon Guru* - Skip

Alcohol Purchases

Star of Texas Liquor* - Kay

Bartending Services & Glassware

Served Bartending* - Angela

Bridal Dresses

Be Beautiful You Bridal Salon - Shelsea

Lodging

Blanco Inn and Suites - Linda

DJ - VWR in-house team

Lighting

FILO Designs - Howard

Florist

Petal Pushers

Wow, what an amazing lineup we have! We are so blessed to work with these incredibly talented and professional vendors frequently and hope that you will consider them for your wedding. The vendors' with an * next to their name are a part of our gorgeous new e-brochure! Check it out here!

If you can make it out on Sunday, shoot us a quick email so we can add you to our list! info@vistawestranch.com

Cheers!

Saturday, June 4, 2011 Is Now Available!

Yep! You heard us right! We just had June 4, 2011 open up making that our ONLY available Saturday for 2011! So if you know someone looking for a wedding venue for this summer, let them know that we would love to chat with them. Email cindy@vistawestranch.com or call us at 512.894.3500 for more details.

Check out this slideshow that our good friend Joel over at Greenbelt DJ Productions put together for us. Funny enough, we just stumbled across it but it is from one of our June weddings of 2010.

Dreams Do Come True - June 5, 2010 from DJ Joel Giorgio on Vimeo.

See the rest of the images by Matt Montalvo from Darron and Jessica's wedding here!

{Come Visit Us!} Bridal Open House - February 27 - 3 PM to 6 PM

Please be our guest next Sunday, February 27 from 3 PM - 6 PM at our first open house of 2011! As you can see from the invitation, we will have over 20 of our favorite wedding vendors on site for you to meet and get to know! Enjoy tasty eats, treats and cocktails as you take in the the gorgeous Texas Hill Country views from our little piece of heaven. We really look forward to meeting you (or seeing you again!) next weekend!

Kindly rsvp to cindy@vistawestranch.com

For a map and directions to our venue, please click here.

Jaime & Brett - Vibrant wildflower Wedding in Dripping Springs

September 5, 2010 - Jaime & Brett

From the hair, dress, shoes of drop dead gorgeous bride Jaime and the fun little details - this wedding is a stunner!. 'Nuff said.

This is just Part I of the blog post Diana did. Can't wait for the rest!

Cast and Crew:
Caplan Miller Events
Petal Pushers
Diana Lott Photography
Kurant Events
FILO Designs
Michelle's Patisserie