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Keswick 10/30/22 Keswick 10/30/22

The Peak of Fall

When Alvina & Mike toured Keswick Vineyards searching for their wedding venue, I remember telling them how the date they were considering booking would have a great chance of hitting our peak of fall colors and boy was I right! Just look at Mother Nature showing off her colors on Sunday, October 30th. The weather was perfect! Cloud coverage so pictures would be perfect, no breeze, warmer temperatures during the day and then cooling off just enough at night to keep you comfortable as you dance the night away. It’s days like this that make fall weddings in Virginia impossible to beat.

For Alvina and Mike, their pets are their children. This was another item they asked of me when they toured, “Can their dogs be part of their wedding day?” Of course! So, Layla & Scooter were part of their wedding party with Scooter being the ring bearer carrying those rings attached to his collar. I’ve never seen such well-behaved dogs before. Take a close look at my photo and you will see Scooter just laying near the feet of Mike.

It was so cute to see the surprise reaction when Alvina discovered that on the back of her wedding cake was a picture of their cats. Her reaction was priceless! She made her guests come up to the cake and check it out before cutting her cake. I’m not sure who did this surprise, but well done!

The décor for this wedding was right on! Again, using those rich, fall colors with velvet linens, perfection! But something that really added to this wedding day was having a grill to cook quail on during cocktail hour. Nothing like the smell of a grill to make your mouth water. And guests just loved seeing the chef cook in front of them and then to serve hot appetizer to them. Highly recommend!

Thanks for the following vendors for making this wedding picture perfect:

Keswick Vineyards as their wedding planner

Catering by The Catering Outfit

DJ Derek Tobler

Photographer Josh Bingham

Commonwealth cake

Blue Ridge Florals

Officiant Claire Francis of Sacred Ground

Hair by Judy Hayward

Keswick 10/29/22 Keswick 10/29/22

Dreamy Fall Colors

When you dream of having a wedding in Virginia in the fall you only dream of the colors Meghan and Adam had on their wedding day. Slowly each week we have been seeing the fall foliage unfold here at Keswick Vineyards. It feels as though each day the colors get better and better. One of our favorite parts of the property in the fall is the yellow foliage on this tree. I mean come on?! You can’t beat it!

One of the many wonderful things about our venue is the ability to have your ceremony with whatever backdrop is the most appealing to you! Meghan and Adam really wanted the fountain as part of their backdrop but also wanted their guests to see the vineyard and mountains! This is exactly what they did and it was wonderful for guest to see a little bit of everything while watching the ceremony!

A special thank you to their vendors who made their day so special:

Planner - Jordan Snider with Boundless Love Events

Catering - Southern Inn

DJ - DJ FIT (Nathan May)

Photographer - Kristen Meadows with Kristen Camille Photography

Videographer - Joshua Hall with Whiteflair Productions

Pastry Chef - Southern Inn

Florist - Faded Poppy

Officiant - Dave Norris

Hair - Kellerie Nash

Make Up - Hayley Joan MUA

Transportation - Albemarle Limousine

Rentals - Argent Events

Keswick 10/28/22 Keswick 10/28/22

Let's Get This Party Started

We all knew we were in for a great time at Bethany & Jeremy’s wedding at Keswick Vineyards on Friday, October 28th, when their processional song was “Let’s Get This Party Started” by Black Eye Peas. I loved it! Not a traditional song choice but the perfect song for the two of them because their ceremony was one for the “first” book.

Bethany and Jeremy were already married (not sure everyone attending knew that) so they thought it would be wonderful to have all the married couples in attendance to renew their wedding vows with them. So, when that time came during the ceremony, small bridal bouquets were handed out to each “bride” and each couple stood and faced each other while renewing their wedding vows. How special was that?????

Looks how beautiful their ceremony was. Situated in the middle of Edgewood’s private driveway, framed by the vineyard and mountains with a beautiful, fall floral arch directly behind them. And when it came to their exit, bubbles!!!!!! Just love how that looks in photos!

Bethany & Jeremy made sure they would have the perfect fall wedding day by burying a bottle of bourbon exactly one month before their wedding day and boy did it work! Not only did they have perfect weather, but they hit the peak of our fall colors. I just love how they took advantage of those fall colors and added them to their color wheel for décor. Their welcome table was draped with a copper-colored velvet linen with a fall welcome sign. With the addition of couches & chairs to create “living rooms” under the tent and standing bar tables draped in velvet linens, created the most warmly fall feeling to the tent.

Thanks to the following vendors for making this wedding extra special:

Wedding Planner Stacy Lunceford

DJ Seth Kravitz

Photographer & Videographer Amative Creative

Pastry Chef Moon Maiden’s Delights and Carpe Donuts

Florist Flowers Make Scents

Officiant John Charlet

Hair by Drew Inge

Makeup by Stephanie Parker

Transportation by James River Transportation

Rentals by Bride & Joy, Paisley & Jade and Classic Party Rentals

Late night snack by Benny’s Pizza

Keswick 10/23/22 Keswick 10/23/22

I Must Confess

After a 10-year courtship, Courtney & Mark finally tied the knot at Keswick Vineyards on Sunday, October 23rd. What a gorgeous fall day they had with Mother Nature showing off her colors.

Courtney & Mark wanted to take advantage of those amazing fall colors by having their ceremony in front of Edgewood Estate with our amazing yellow sugar maple in the background. It’s hard to beat that view! What also made their ceremony extra special was to have 3 of their grandmothers as their flower girls. How cute is that?

Courtney & Mark had a smaller size wedding with less than 60 people attending. With that in mind, they chose to do long rows of rectangular tables for their reception versus the typical 6’ round tables used here. I think you would agree that looked gorgeous!

My favorite thing from their wedding was the twist they did to the typical photobooth. Most people hang a neon sign with their last name or cheers or something like that on a greenery backdrop. Not Courtney & Mark. Their neon sign said “Confessional”. In front of the greenery backdrop and neon sign was a bench for guests to sit at and record a “confessional” on how they knew the couple, how long they have known them, etc. What a cute idea!!!! I also liked the signs they had made that matched the black and white theme of their wedding. Nice job guys!!!!

Special thanks to the following vendors:

Event Planner Grace Jackson

Goodrich Gourmet Catering

DJ Kevin Graham

Photographer Nilo Burke

Officiant Patrick Boyd