Onteora Mountain House last Wedding of 2010

What a great season we had at Onteora Mountain House. I am so sad it is over. We did the first wedding of the season on May 1st (check out the Blog post) and we were fortunate enough to finish the season, which ended on October 30th.

I was so happy for the couple because the weather was pretty nice and there were still colorful leaves on the trees that I know meant a lot to the Bride and Groom.
During this season, we have had the pleasure of working with Jeremy Hudler who handles all aspects of the weddings there. (check out his Onteora Blog posts http://onteoramthouse.blogspot.com/).
Wow is he an ambitious person. He may be young but he is  mature, driven, intelligent, and sweet. Steve and I have been very impressed by his professionalism and easygoing nature. He is certainly an added bonus to an already amazing place.

Hanging out with Jeremy after setup

I took photos of the Bouquets outside the Bridal suite. The Brides Bouquet had a mix of mini Sunflowers, orange Gerbera Daisies, dark burgundy Calla Lilies, burgundy Spider Mums, yellow and burgundy Button Mums, red Hypericum Berries, dark red Ranunculus and peach Stock.

Brides Bouquet

The Maid of Honor Bouquet had Sunflowers, peach Stock, red Hypericum Berries, dark red Ranunculus, and burgundy Calla Lilies. The Bride asked me to use extra fabric from their dresses to tie the Bouquets.

Steve made Posies for two sisters with extra flowers he had. There was peach Stock, Sunflowers, burgundy Calla Lilies, and Button Mums.

Sister

A Junior Brides Maid carried a pretty Pomander made from Button Mums. It is really sweet.

Here we have two Corsages, one pinned and one wrist.

The Groom

The Ceremony area had an Arch covered with Sunflowers as well as aisle chair arrangements.

The couple wanted their Registration table to look like a “forest floor”. Steve used Moss, tree stumps, gourds, twig balls, and a Manzanita Tree. The couple put guest names on leaves.

Cocktail arrangements were in mini Pumpkins with Mums, Ivy, and Seeded Eucalyptus.

We alternated Wood Boxes, Bubble Bowls, and Cylinders.

There were mixtures of pumpkins and Gourds, Bittersweet, Ivy, Gerber daisies, Stock, Sunflowers, Yarrow, Mums, Calla Lilies and Hydrangea in all the tables.

Onteora Mountain House Fall Wedding

On this day, the weather started windy dark and dramatic, great for photos but not for a wedding. It was really touch and go for a while. The nice thing about Onteora is the fact that it is so beautiful even with inclement weather. If the weather happens to be bad, you can get married in the pavilion, which still feels like it is outside. As the day went on it got nicer and nicer. Don’t want to jinx anyone by this statement but it almost never rains on our Onteora weddings.

I really love the colors of these fall Bouquets. For the Brides Bouquet we used ivory Stock, purple Mokara Orchids, Cherry Brandy Roses, wine colored Calla Lilies, and wine colored Ranunculus, Hypericum berries, purple Anemone and magenta Cosmos.

Brides Eye View

The Maid of Honor’s Bouquet had purple Stock, baby blue Delphinium, purple Anemone, wine Calla Lilies, purple Lisianthus, Quicksand Roses and Hypericum berries.

MoH's Eye View

The Brides Maids Bouquets had purple Anemone, Black Baccara Roses, red Ranunculus, purple Stock, baby blue Delphinium, purple Lisianthus and purple Alstromeria.

We alternated the tables using two types of Urns and multiple pieces of glass.

The black ceramic Urns had purple Mokara Orchids, purple Stock, purple Lisianthus and Ivy with a metal cage.

The other Urn had purple Mokara Orchids, lavender Stock, blue Hydrangea, yellow Celosia, burgundy Hypericum berries and Ivy.

The table with Multiple Glass had Okra, blue Hydrangea, baby blue Delphinium and green Parrot Tulips.

I love these cocktail arrangements. They had purple kale, rust Cymbidium Orchids, green Hypericum berries and green Parrot Tulips.

For the Junior Brides Maid Bouquet Steve used blue Hydrangea, purple Lisianthus, wine colored Calla Lilies, yellow Celosia and baby blue Delphinium.

Mom's Posy

For the aisle chair arrangements, we used yellow Celosia, magenta Cosmos, purple Lisianthus and wine Calla Lilies.

After the wedding, I stopped by the Reservoir again and took a drive to take more photos of our Hudson Valley Life.