Lunch Time!

Chives Eatery is open again and ready to make hungry bellies happy! Please come enjoy a great, very afforadable meal in a beautiful setting at Stonebridge Manor. Chives is open Monday thru Friday from 11am-1:30pm (no reservations necessary). We would love to give you a personal tour and then send you down to enjoy delicious food prepared by our Executive Chef, Doug Brochu, with Creative Hands Cusine. I've been with Stonebridge for over 5 years and if I still get excited to eat their food, you know it's good!!

Click the link below to see the menu and prices (CASH ONLY):

http://creativehandscuisine.com/pages.php?pageID=chives#

One of our Amazing Brides!!

Amanda and Per choose Stonebridge to start their new life together on Saturday July 11 of this year. Although it was a bit warm :) they had an amazing wedding. Amanda's mom, was kind enough to share her experience:

"To the amazing staff of Stonebridge Manor, The Yontz family wants to thank you for the most wonderful wedding experience. From the very moment my husband, Paul and I set foot on your beautiful property we were dazzled. I know magic would happen and it did. Our first encounter was with the lovely Jennifer. She was kind, warm, welcoming and full of knowledge. She calmly and cheerfully answered my bombardment of questions and with a smile to boot! Paul and I ventured out a few more times to Stonebridge Manor before the wedding to visit and plan. All along the way we met delightful people involved with Stonebridge. Lia was another lovely lady who was gracious, welcoming and also answered every question with patience and a smile. We will miss seeing these incredible young women. Chef Doug must be mentioned as well for his exceptional culinary skills and great charm. Everyone loved the food. The DJ (Mike with Mancini Entertainment) was fantastic and everyone wanted to continue dancing the night away! Every step of the way the staff made our path towards the wedding easy, stress free and full of excitement and joy. As I had said once before - next to Disneyland this is the happiest place on earth! We are delighted to say that we can easily refer your Stonebridge Manor to anyone and everyone we know. We've no doubts that they too, would experience the same professionalism, integrity and friendly attitude that we did. On top of that they can enjoy the most gorgeous setting imaginable. I think movies should be made at Stonebridge Manor! We can never thank you enough for creating the most remarkable memory for Amanda and Per and the rest of our families to last a lifetime. All the work and caring your pour into all that you do was not lost on us and we greatly appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you, thank you! Most sincerely, Leslie and Paul Yontz PS. We hope you enjoy our token of appreciation coming your way."

We will truly miss this wonderful family and felt privileged to have them. They were so nice to send our staff some delicious cookies that were definitely enjoyed by all!

In our business we have a close relationship at an exciting and stressful time for sometimes a year and half and once the wedding is over we don't get to see them anymore! We have such amazing brides and become so excited for their big day. After hundreds of weddings, I still feel elated when I fluff a train into the air and it perfectly lands as the bride, my friend, starts her walk down the aisle.

Summer Weddings

Summer Weddings!!

These are some great pictures from weddings that we have had this summer. Some people hear "Summer wedding in Arizona" and have a panic attack! But you can see from these beautiful brides that they had amazing weddings!
My sister, who lives in Philadelphia, was recently here and said that 104 degrees in Arizona is so much better than 85 degrees in Philly because of the humidity. I will give you that it can be hotter than should be allowed! But, we have the advantage of being able to cool down our space with fan, evap coolers, and air conditioning!
One of my favorite things about Summer weddings are the fun colors. There are no rules when it comes to what colors go with other colors! I love the top picture of the girls in fuschia! They had sunflowers in their bouquet and it is so cute! The summer goes by so fast but I will always remember these absolutely amazing weddings. Now, go the pool, work on your tan, and start planning the spunky, fun wedding you could have next summer!

Weddings In May

Look how relaxed Virginia & Zach look! I love that Flint got creative and took our setee out to the North lawn.

May was such a great month full of easy and wonderful brides. Considering that May in Arizona can be warm, we had pretty good weather. We started using the air conditioning and fans toward the end of the month but were still able to have gorgeous events outside. I can't believe it is already June! Hasn't this year gone by so fast?

We are going into a slower season in comparison to March or October but we actually have quite a few events this June and July! It's so nice that we have the air-conditioned pavilion (it gets so cold in there!) and the inside of the mansion for those summer weddings. I love when brides provide cold bottled water to their guests before the ceremony and chinese fans as a favor for the ceremony. I've seen some really cute candid pictures of guests holding their fans. It's so fun to see bright colors, tea-length bridesmaid dresses, gelato stations and excited guests in the summer!

Pretty In Pink!

How great is the weather this weekend? Who would have thought the end of May would be in the 80's?! We had two beautiful weddings last night. Can you guess the theme?

Danielle's favors were so cute! They were ceramic peas that said "Two Peas in a Pod".

Prom Season

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It's a surprisingly quiet Saturday in the middle of May and we are getting ready for Coronado High School's prom. Lucky ducks, huh? This is the ultimate place for prom and the kids love it! We have had 3 proms here this year: Mountain View, Red Mountain and now Coronado. People always ask me if we dread having hundreds of teenagers exploring the grounds, but I always look forward to prom season. These kids are so good and very respectful of the beautiful setting. It's so fun to see what the trends are for dresses and hair do's!

We're gearing up for a busy week with 6 weddings. Good thing we know what we're doing! :)

~Lia

Here is a picture from one of our weddings last Friday from Flint's blog:

And here is a picture from last Saturday (congratulations everyone!):