Guest List: What You Need To Know Before Sending Invites

| Arizona Wedding Venues

“Guest List” — while just thinking about those words are enough to send shivers down the spine of any bride planning her wedding, we are on a mission to make sure your planning process goes as smoothly as possible! After all, a stress-free bride is a happy bride! Allow us to share a few tips and tricks we have learned over … Continued

Your Wedding Date: What is the “Perfect Date?”

| Arizona Wedding Venues

Congratulations! You and your sweetie have been enjoying engagement bliss, and now you’re ready to settle on a venue and a wedding date! We wonder, is there such a thing as the “Perfect Date?” At Stonebridge Manor, we eat, breath and sleep weddings! We can’t help but be excited when helping you pick YOUR ideal wedding date. There are so many … Continued

Real Wedding: Celeste & Jason

| Aisle Decor

Celeste and Jason were married in the Garden Pavilion this March. We just LOVE their spring wedding. The blues were absolutely stunning and we adored the creative florals that Celeste choose in her bouquets and centerpieces. Her flower girl adorned the most precious floral crown! This day was filled with so much beauty and love, we wish we could do … Continued

Real Wedding: Claudia & Andrew

| Arizona Wedding Venues

We absolutely love spring weddings. Spring is such a gorgeous time of year to celebrate LOVE and Claudia and Andrew’s big day was no exception. We were head over heels with her very classy soft pink and gold color pallet. We adore the vision that Claudia put together and everything just sparkled. Can we talk about Claudia’s veil, and the dress, that … Continued

Unplugged Weddings

| Arizona Wedding Venues

Please know- we’re very biased here. But if you’d like to take our advice on an unplugged wedding- do it 🙂 You have paid for a fabulous photographer and perhaps even a videographer. The last thing you need in the background of your gorgeous photos/videos are PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES. Seriously. It just takes all of the dreamy-ness and romance out … Continued

Food Trucks?

| Tips

Food trucks are equally adorable and delicious. Not sure what it is exactly that has re-faced this industry, but it has become a movement. And guys, this movement is entering the wedding world! SO EXCITING. As you can tell, we are on the Food Truck train we have two rules about them. 1. Don’t use them for the full catering … Continued

Real Wedding: Amanda & Bryan

| Real Weddings

Amanda and Bryan just ooze with adorableness. Their April wedding took place in our Garden Pavilion, but their love took place in all of our hearts! They are just absolutely in love, and so cute to watch. These photos captured by the lovely, Courtney Lively, do a great job at showcasing their goofy side and sweet love. Dream Team: Creative … Continued

Advice: One Step at a Time

| Wedding Decor

Take things one step at a time.  Seems simple right? Let us dive deeper. We find that a lot of brides and grooms want to get everything done as quickly as possible because they believe that this process is supposed to be stressful, and that you need to finish things fast. Well, you’re at an all inclusive venue so you can take … Continued

Wedding Vows- How to?

| Ceremony

Right now you’re problem thinking, ‘oh yeah, we have to do those too.’ Honestly, try not to think about these until you schedule your meeting with the officiant, way down the road in the planning process. So if you just got engaged, save this read for later 🙂 The main thing to decide when it comes to vows are: Traditional? … Continued

Real Wedding: Natani & Clifford

| Arizona Wedding Venues

Natani & Cliff had such a sweet wedding. They’re wedding was on Thursday, March 13 of this year. Boy oh boy, those Thursday weddings are a smart way to get a great bang for your buck, but also to ensure a good long stay for your out of town guests! They took advantage of all of that. Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Sundstrom! … Continued