With This Ring Wedding

The Lodge at Gearhart

Something I have always dreamed of doing is planning a wedding at the beach. This year I finally got my wish. Even though the ceremony was not technically in the sand, it was still an amazing location (as you can see in the picture above). The Lodge at Gearhart was a very neat facility. The couple rented it for the entire weekend which allowed 26 of their guests and bridal party to all stay at the location. This made rehearsal, decorating and clean up much easier than any other destination wedding I have ever seen. It was so convenient, in fact, that we were done setting up over 3 hours before the wedding started. Everyone had plenty of time to shower and get ready before pictures started. I am going to tuck this little gem in my back pocket and save it!!!

I only have a few pictures from my point and shoot camera, but I couldn't wait to show everyone how wonderful this wedding turned out.

Each table was named after a street in Portland that the couple had gone on a date.
A small chalk board with each guest name was placed on the table for a second reference.

Programs were designed to look like a for sale flier

Ceremony at the far end by the ocean
Dinner to the right nestled in the trees
Dancing and appetizers at the tables near the house

Ceremony as the sun came down

and finally, dancing with Design Band until the noise curfew
made us shut things down.