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An all INCLUSIVE SMALL WEDDING AND ELOPEMENT venue
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF STANARDSVILLE, VIRGINIA
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Although it was not the day they had originally planned, it was the most magical day nonetheless! A beautiful bride, her handsome groom, their loving family and a day that ended with a “wedding parade”! Brides and Grooms and families are having to make such tough decisions right now about their wedding days. Kayla and […]
“I’m not sure which shoes I’ll wear”, Melody laughed as she juggled several pale blue shoe boxes that she pulled from her bag. “We were supposed to be married in Colorado, so I had my dress fitted with my hiking boots…”. There are so many moments like this lately…a strange mix of funny and serious, […]
Hosting All Inclusive Virginia wedding packages, means we’ve scoured the Commonwealth for amazing vendors who can provide outstanding service to our couples. When it comes to a wedding day, there is almost nothing as exciting as a wedding cake! We have the most amazing baker, and wedding mornings always start to feel “real” when a […]
On March 28th, Lauryn and David were supposed to be standing in a sandy tropical paradise in Jamaica, joined by their families and saying “I do”. But, plot twist… half way through March, the whole world was changed by a global pandemic. And so it was that April 18th found this incredibly sweet couple sharing […]
A Sweet Sixteen in Quarantine is not exactly what we were planning…but it is what we got. So, like the rest of the world, we are doing our best to make lemonade from lemons. Meet Belle. My beautiful, quirky, crazy-smart, astrophysicist wanna be, almost sixteen year old daughter. When she is not gathering “fun facts […]
I always feel so sentimental about wedding photos – but these ones are especially getting me. Maybe it’s because they feel like the “last good day”…before everything changed and the world got turned upside down a little. Of course there will be lots more “good days”, but right now, I am so very thankful we […]
Although it was not the day they had originally planned, it was the most magical day nonetheless! A beautiful bride, her handsome groom, their loving family and a day that ended with a “wedding parade”! Brides and Grooms and families are having to make such tough decisions right now about their wedding days. Kayla and […]
“I’m not sure which shoes I’ll wear”, Melody laughed as she juggled several pale blue shoe boxes that she pulled from her bag. “We were supposed to be married in Colorado, so I had my dress fitted with my hiking boots…”. There are so many moments like this lately…a strange mix of funny and serious, […]
Hosting All Inclusive Virginia wedding packages, means we’ve scoured the Commonwealth for amazing vendors who can provide outstanding service to our couples. When it comes to a wedding day, there is almost nothing as exciting as a wedding cake! We have the most amazing baker, and wedding mornings always start to feel “real” when a […]
Although it was not the day they had originally planned, it was the most magical day nonetheless! A beautiful bride, her handsome groom, their loving family and a day that ended with a “wedding parade”! Brides and Grooms and families are having to make such tough decisions right now about their wedding days. Kayla and […]
“I’m not sure which shoes I’ll wear”, Melody laughed as she juggled several pale blue shoe boxes that she pulled from her bag. “We were supposed to be married in Colorado, so I had my dress fitted with my hiking boots…”. There are so many moments like this lately…a strange mix of funny and serious, […]
Hosting All Inclusive Virginia wedding packages, means we’ve scoured the Commonwealth for amazing vendors who can provide outstanding service to our couples. When it comes to a wedding day, there is almost nothing as exciting as a wedding cake! We have the most amazing baker, and wedding mornings always start to feel “real” when a […]
On March 28th, Lauryn and David were supposed to be standing in a sandy tropical paradise in Jamaica, joined by their families and saying “I do”. But, plot twist… half way through March, the whole world was changed by a global pandemic. And so it was that April 18th found this incredibly sweet couple sharing […]
A Sweet Sixteen in Quarantine is not exactly what we were planning…but it is what we got. So, like the rest of the world, we are doing our best to make lemonade from lemons. Meet Belle. My beautiful, quirky, crazy-smart, astrophysicist wanna be, almost sixteen year old daughter. When she is not gathering “fun facts […]
I always feel so sentimental about wedding photos – but these ones are especially getting me. Maybe it’s because they feel like the “last good day”…before everything changed and the world got turned upside down a little. Of course there will be lots more “good days”, but right now, I am so very thankful we […]
We were so excited to begin the month of March with the cheer filled wedding of Honey and Wes! This lovely couple added so many fun elements to their special day…from the sweet strawberries adorning their wedding cake, to the special first dance song performed by the brides own mother and brother. Honey’s mom Vih […]
This was a simply magical day at the Golden Horseshoe Inn! We absolutely loved all the charming decor touches and all the sweet people involved in Katlynn and Scott’s elegant rustic wedding day! There is just something about a pale blue wedding taking place in the Blue Ridge mountains…it feels like the whole world has […]
Valentines Day 2020 was like stepping into a Hallmark movie at the Golden Horseshoe Inn all thanks to the beautiful love story of Stasha and Francis! A special sweethearts table for two, a perfect, tiny wedding cake bedecked with lush flowers, and a bouquet whose trailing ribbons danced in the winter breeze. A bride who […]
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