We have finally come to a decision on our venue for the wedding! After almost 2 months of looking and number crunching, we fell in love with the Martinelli Event Center in Livermore, Ca. It is in conjunction with the Garre Winery which is down the hill from the ceremony/reception site.
This is the lawn and ceremony site that is to the left of the banquet room, where the reception will be held inside. I love the trellis with all the greenery hanging from it, and the view of the livermore hills and wineries is beautiful. It's so quiet and peaceful.
This is the courtyard area with a fountain and a fireplace. When these pictures were taken, they had everything set up for quite a large wedding, and the dance floor was placed outside. I am pretty sure we will have the dancing inside. I am pretty sure that I want to string lights across for a European/Tuscany cafe feel. I would also love to add places for people to sit and mingle since this is where cocktail hour will be right after the ceremony. At the end of the courtyard (in this picture) is the banquet room.
Its a very nice, spacious, clean room with great chairs (yes, the chairs were a big selling point for me) and plenty of space for creative imagination with decor. There are drop down screens to show picture slideshows and it is air conditioned or heated (which was a big selling point for Casey....coz God knows he needs to be comfortable!)
So this place is perfect for us. There is a lot of sprucing up that I would like to do to add my own flair...its just trying to figure out all the details.....but that's the fun part!!
So exciting.....now its actually starting to feel like I am going to get married! Yeah!!!!
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