Outdoor Cocktail Hour Essentials
When you book your event at Pine Lake Ranch, you’ll enjoy all our rural Texas venue has to offer, including access to our open-air string-lit corral, perfect for hosting a warm-weather cocktail hour. Today we’re sharing the essentials you need for a memorable outdoor cocktail...
Warm-Weather Wedding Menu Ideas
Hosting a warm-weather wedding requires a fitting dinner menu: fare that makes your guests feel as sunny as the skies overhead! To do so, serve up delicious food that incorporates the flavors of the season, like fresh fruits and vegetables. Today, we’re sharing some tasty...
Our Favorite Wedding Shower Themes
Planning to host a wedding shower? You’ll need a theme! A theme is not strictly about color palettes and decorations, but the vibe you want to create for guests. For example, some couples want a casual and intimate gathering, while others prefer a big and...
Four Reasons You Might Want a Seating Chart
Seating charts have become a popular element at wedding receptions a detail, in addition to décor, that often doubles as a guide for guests. However, not every wedding will require one. In fact, after careful consideration, many couples are opting to do without. To help...
Our Favorite Flowers for Bridal Bouquets
An essential accessory for any bride-to-be is a fresh bouquet! These beautiful arrangements are designed to complement your overall style or theme and typically feature your wedding color scheme. To help inspire you, so you can go to the florist with ideas in mind, here...
Our Top 4 Tips for Hosting at Pine Lake Ranch
After booking your wedding venue, you’re likely to have several months to plan before the big day arrives. Meaning, you have plenty of time to prepare – and we want to help you do so adequately. After all, our sprawling estate is like no other!...
How to Make Your Wedding More Inclusive
When it comes to hosting a wedding, there are a lot of traditions involved. However, more and more couples are finding that they don’t necessarily agree with all of these traditions. Namely, some rules and expectations set for guests according to their sex or gender....
Tips on How to Review Your Wedding Vendors
On almost any post-wedding checklist, you’ll find a recommendation to review your wedding vendors. But why is this important? In addition to providing crucial feedback so that a business can improve its services, you are also helping future brides secure the best vendors for their...
How to Decide if You Should Hire a Wedding Videographer
Some of the first vendors a couple will invest in for their wedding are a photographer followed by a videographer. But, if you have wedding photos, do you really need a video? This is a common question that stumps plenty of couples. Making this decision...
8 Things to Do Right Before You Walk Down the Aisle
You spend all morning getting ready to walk down the aisle and, when the time comes, it takes your breath away…and your ability to think straight! This could cause you to overlook some last-minute tasks that will make for a less nerve wracking and more...