Alum Rock Park

Well, Ive finally booked my wedding site for both ceremony and reception. After much consideration we settled on Alum Rock Park, more specifically Sycamore Groove Picnic grounds.  At the very top of the hill, at the end of the parking lot there is a paved hiking trail. For a few hundred feet you follow a small winding creek decorated with little stone bridges.

Past the small hotsprings there is a shady little picnic site on a patch of grass. Before you walk into the site there lies the stone bridge that will set our ceremony. From the top you can see all the little hot spring arches but the smell is not apprent unless your right up next to the wells.

3 BBQ pits and enough seating for 75 people this site is perfect for our small low budget wedding. Strangely enough the park's pamphlet claims they do not allow weddings (but large company functions and parties are fine). After talking with the Ranger we got the OK for our event, but im not sure why they would have this rule, Maybe they are afraid people will throw rice and hurt the wildlife.

 

 

More wedding dress designs

Notes, notes, and more notes! I'm still working on designing this dress, but everything will be decided upon by the new year. In fact i already have made changes on this and ordered a new skirt and train pattern which i will follow up with soon. The new inspiration is Winona Ryder"s London dress from Bram Stoker's Dracula. An odd source to say the least but the beautiful design of her dress really stuck with me.

Anyways, this is a style guide that i sent my dress maker and i already have gotten some great feedback from her. I can't wait to buy my fabric for this.