One of the easiest ways to make your wedding day a bit less stressful is by choosing to have your ceremony at a wedding venue.  These places are built to and designed with your wedding in mind.  I was super pumped when I heard a new one was popping up near me here in Palestine and a week or so ago Bella Sera Ranch had their open house.  I had a wedding that day so I was not able to attend but I did stop by and kick the tires around a bit before I rolled out of town.  Here are a few images I snapped.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this area in the back for ceremonies.  You and your wedding party will LOVE LOVE LOVE the giant shade the tree and porch provide. :)

This is a view of the back porch.

Bridal room.

Check out this huge reception hall.
La Tee Da brought their flowery goodness and dropped some everywhere.
Check out the cool vintage buttons.  (25 cool points for Barbra and the gang.)

Also if outdoor ceremonies are not your thing, or if rain is not your thing, they have this great chapel on site.  It totally reminds me of the chapel in Runaway Bride.  In a good way. :)
Well, there you have it.  A mini tour.  Now I just need a bride to book me to shoot her wedding there. :)  Lets get to it ladies.  Operators are standing by.  903.480.4011. :)  But, before you call me you’ll want to call them and see if they are available as well.

Bella Sera Ranch
http://www.bellaseraranch.com
903.723.0900

This is the last category of Top 10 images and it’s a good one.  Regardless of wedding venue, flowers, and all the planning that goes into a wedding day it’s ultimately about the two people getting married.  There is nothing I enjoy more than giving a couple a great photo of them on their wedding day.  Most of these came about because of them choosing to have a First Look.  It’s what allows us time to really have fun and capture some creative photos.

Since this is the last category I’m going to leave the voting open all weekend so get to work people.  check back Monday morning when the winners in each category are announced.  Each category winner will receive a 16×20 print of their winning image. So pick an image, vote, then get on your Twitter and your Facebook and make your friends come vote.

Here are the images.

Sometimes when I get to a wedding and a bride had told me her color it’s still hard to “find” her color.  There was no doubt Jean wanted a bit of purple in her day. :)

These two had one of the sweetest First Looks in a while.  They just stood there and hugged and talked for quite a while.

I’m not sure who drew their gun first, but there was a bit of a stand off for a while.  Things got tense. :)

Flying bridesmaid.

Impromptu Dance Party.

This was James as they left the ceremony and were heading down the hall for a few minutes alone. :)

CMB DJs with a non-impromptu dance party.
Also, a big thanks to Stephanie Jamison for coordinating this wedding.  You can reach here at (903) 922-6896 or follow her on Twitter where she is always giving out great little planning tips.

I had a crazy Saturday/Sunday schedule.  I spent about 10 hours with Jean & James at their wedding.  Came home, crashed, woke up and drove to Tyler to hang with Kristen & Brandon at their smokin’ hot Villa di Felicita wedding for about 12 hours.  Here are a few quick images from each with tons of blog love to come later this week.

Kristen & Brandon also had plenty of Mug Machine goodness happening at their wedding.