Wedding Fairytale for a Knoxville Couple
A Knoxville bride’s dreams of a beach wedding were washed away after the gulf oil spil. http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/100316484.html
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Rachel Bethmann’s Mom & Dad – A parent’s perspective
Castleton Farms bride Rachel Bethmann’s wedding ceremony is fast approaching on August 8, 2010. As you can imagine, she and her family are hard at work finalizing all those small, yet important details. Most of you who follow our blog know that Rachel was a displaced bride with her original wedding ceremony location in Pensacola, [...]
Rachel Bethmann’s Wedding Cake…need we say more?!
One of the most vitally important parts of planning a dream wedding is choosing the design and flavor of the wedding cake! The possibilities are endless. An equally vital part of the equation is finding a bakery and cake designer with artistic talent and vision to translate your dreams into wedding cake reality. Allow us to [...]
Culinary delights for Rachel Bethmann!
Anyone who has attended a wedding knows that many of them can be fun, with great food! Some can be less inspiring with chicken the consistency of rubber, watery and overcooked vegetables and bland flavors. Castleton Farms just happens to have some of the greater Knoxville area’s best Preferred Vendors to deliver beautifully prepared, delicious food [...]
“Displaced” sometimes translates to a fairytale ending!
Weddings are the stuff of which dreams are made for every grown up little girl. Ideally, the venue is chosen a year in advance and the bride and her family spend that year setting all the fun, entertaining, touching, thoughtful and beautiful details into place. Sometimes, however, things go unexpectedly awry and the bride becomes [...]
Brand Conscious
Today’s couples are smart, savvy and stylish and that’s why many are choosing to “brand” their wedding. That’s right, branding isn’t just for corporations. Brands evoke emotions and is a unique way for the couple to convey the mood of their special day. Branding starts long before the wedding. Most wedding designers say that once [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Always in Bloom
When brides are planning their dream wedding, sometimes, one of the most daunting tasks is selecting the flowers. Flowers for the ceremony, for the reception, bouquets, boutonnieres and the list goes on. It can seem overwhelming, that is until brides meet with Leonard Palladino of Always in Bloom. Leonard’s experience, expertise and his infectious laughter [...]
Follow the Bride: Amanda Jones, Part 4
For Castleton Farms bride, Amanda Jones, April meant showers. No, not rain as in “April showers bring May flowers,” but wedding showers. On April 11 after church, Amanda had a shower with the ladies from her mother’s and her step-father’s side of the family. The shower took place at her fiance, Josh’s aunt’s home and [...]
Where Shabby Meets Chic
What’s your ideal vacation? Camping and hiking in the mountains or staying at a ritzy hotel in the city? Are you more comfortable wearing cowboy boots and blue jeans or do you like dressing in your finest? When finding the perfect wedding venue location, these are questions that you and your fiance should answer. After [...]
You Inspire Me
The theme, the dress, the veil, the flowers, the bridesmaid dresses, the centerpieces, the linens. Aaahh! Planning a wedding can sometimes be overwhelming. Creating an inspiration board can bring it all together and center your thoughts and ideas. Brides at Castleton Farms are discovering that their inspiration boards are a useful resource to help visualize [...]
