Elm Pass Woods - Wedding Festivals

Name: Elm Pass Woods - Wedding Festivals
Address: 280 Elm Pass Road, Center Point, TX, 78010, US
Telephone: +12109129320
Rating: 5

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Elm Pass Woods - Wedding Festivals

The only venue in the Texas Hill Country specializing in festival weddings under Giant-Hat Tipis. Fo
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08/19/2024

Three years after the first preggo home shoot (which you can find earlier in our feed) came back to our disaster zone house to freeze in time what it was like with a toddler and three elderly pups as we waited for the second tornado to hit 👶 🌪️

I’m soooo glad old man Dexter made it to this photo shoot day before he decided he was done. Handsome till the end!

We all are a liiiitle more tired and worn thanks to how quickly things can change in a few years. Learning you can be wildly happyy in some ways and also not at the same time and that’s not really a unique experience. comes for everyone eventually

Like how we are missing my dad and all the “I’ll take care of it energy” he brought to EPW, but glad to have the friends and fam we do have who help us keep keepin on and staying sane more or less 😅

We’ll figure out the flooded ceremony area and fallen lights/limbs before the fall season some how lmao

And all our wonderlusty couples who manage to find us out here in the Hill Country and decide to trust that out in a wooded meadow, we are the ones who can bring their laid back whimsical wedding vision to life 💕

After every booking I think surely this is the last one and we will be found out as frauds, but then we meet a new couple and we get to keep going. I think this thought is also common with small business owners LOL

As unique as everyone is I think we are all still kind of the same - wanting to live our lives safely, love who we love, and get a little help when we need and want it having some fun along the way👋🏼

So we’ll be here…with a lot of help from family and friends - doing what we can to make core memories for ourselves, our feral tots and anyone else that wants to get hitched out here 🫶🏻

11/20/2023

Happy Birthday to the dude that builds everything we need to run EPW aaaaand keeps us laughing!

Michael is one of a kind 💖

Checkout the last couple photos - the mud run (I beat him) where we first hung out plus the first ever photo I have of the two of us on my phone back on July 4th 2014!! So young and well rested…out late at a bar 😮‍💨

Cheers to another crazy year!

10/08/2023

old west + irish + forest + hobbit

No combination of things is too strange if they end up being a perfect reflection of you two. What is every relationship if not a jigsaw puzzle of random pieces that manage to fit together ❤️

1836 Photographie

10/02/2023

If this doesn't sum up the feel of a festival...

Fun fact - we have a golf cart to zip you around back to the cottage and wherever else - get different shoes, outfit changes, just a breather from all the activity.

Having a wedding in the woods doesn't mean you're going to get blisters on your toesies schlepping around dressed to the nines 😎

09/26/2023

//HOT TAKE// 🍰 I'm just going to say it - cake cutting photos are boring. I've seen countless cake cuttings and the trend has been clear...more and more couples are moving to an "unannounced" cake cutting or not having one at all.

So they may want the moment, but don't want to stop the party for guests to crowd around and watch what is usually a pretty cookie-cutter event.

Whether you want to announce it or not - I'm a big fan of keeping the instructions light. This is a small moment where confusion can actually capture the emotions flowing naturally while you ride that wedding high.

Worst case, the photos end up being imperfect...best case, your cake photos are actually memorable and genuinely hilarious (like this one that just makes you smile)

PS - this does NOT have to mean shoving cake in someone's face or forcing a stiff looping of arms with forks while you feed each other. But if that's your jam - please tell your partner ahead of time!!!!

Photo: Maegan Briana Photography

09/20/2023

POV: You're so nervous you forget your bouquet! even after reminders...but your venue has a golf cart and your coordinator immediately tells her husband who drove you down to turn around and get it NOW.

Meanwhile you stand there with your dad taking it alllll in absolutely oblivious as to why there is a pause (see photo #2)

And the guests know what's happening because they see the dust of the golf cart topping out on speed to get it to you.

And when you finally get it handed to you and make it down the aisle, everyone has a good laugh right before you marry your best friend.

Then after it all happens you KNOW in your soul that your mom was watching it allll from wherever she is now with the biggest smile and you'll remember it forever.

09/14/2023

This night is sparkling don't you let it go ✨

If you look at their faces you can see the relief of finally being their wedding day after all the planning...and the twinkle of - damn, this is our life now ..we did it.

09/04/2023

Attempting to will cooler weather into existence. Unrelated...a moment for this fishtail braid and dark lip. Enchanting!

08/31/2023

//DETAILS INSPO// Crisp fall feelings...felt hats, dried magnolia leaf arbor, hobbit cake made by the couple, and pint glass favors to use and take home

Point is, take all your favorite things and string them together - that's what makes a core-memory wedding for both you AND your guests!

@1836 Photographie

08/26/2023

Hope your weekend is 🔥🔥

PS if you're in need of some bops in the car, currently obsessed with 's new EP and really her whole catalogue

photo .brownell

08/10/2023

When the bride ices her groom on the ridge. The photos tell the story 🧊🍺

We carefully orchestrated this for months with Christina. I had to act (which isn’t my strong suit) - and make it seem natural to ask Dakota to hand me something from my backpack so he could find the .

Icing each other was a part of their early courtship so she wanted to make a core memory on their Wedfest day.

He was not supposed to drink the whole thing, but you know he wasn’t tryna lay up - so he got it done ✅

and her associate and I were dying laughing as was Christina.

Love them 🥹

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07/18/2023

When a musician and a music therapist tie the knot…you get a tambourine bouquet and magic 🎵💕

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07/05/2023

This look right here 🥹

And her look on the last pic 😏

These two are parents now and such is the circle of life at EPW. Love that we get to help kick off each new little fam onto their next chapter!

07/01/2023

We haven’t introduced ourselves since January 2020 😅 and that was when it was just Mike and I with a crazy dream to open a wedding venue three months before a global pandemic 👋🏼😅

We’ve have our ups and downs like any family…

renovated the Honeymoon Cottage,
invested in our whimsical indoor restrooms,

launched a woodworking business ,

had a baby,

lost my dad, Gary the groundskeeper to cancer in 6 weeks 💜,

decided to keep going with this little family business (at his insistence) but still haven’t been able to cover everything he used to do around here because he was basically 3 people,

started coordinating weddings with my mom Yogi Susie who gets unofficially adopted by every grandparent after each one,

met soooo many rad couples who value connection over stiff tradition,

all while producing close to 50 woodsy wedding festivals and learning something new after every. Single. One.

…and we are STILL here! +1 little loud employee

There are more dreams to chase, and we are planning big things around here. Thank goodness for grandmas, because we couldn’t do it without them!

And thank you to alllll the couples and their families who have joined the EPW family. It’s still crazy to us that we are trusted over and over to build your core memories 💕

Being a professional Joy tourist these past 3.5 years has been so rewarding and healing for our family. Cheer to the next 50 🥤

PS - you are such a kind soul for capturing us all during a Wedfest, I will treasure them 🥹

XOXO Alex, Mike and Theo (plus our three geriatric puppers)

06/23/2023

Hard truth: you are likely going to be let down by someone as you plan your wedding AND feel like you are letting someone down. Weddings can be so fraught with everyone having an opinion.

Set your intention with folks from the beginning that you two will be following your own path towards YOUR wedding.

And before you know it, you’ll be standing in an empty venue right after it allllll came together perfectly imperfectly basking in the glow 💕

05/12/2023

A dance floor vibe you can feel ✨

04/29/2023

The release after months of planing 🗣️

Right before we hike down if I feel like you and your just-wed needs to release some emo I will usually suggest screaming out to the party below - and the results are always fun!

01/20/2023

// Venue Open House // Looking for a laid back alternative to the more traditional wedding experience? Come experience Elm Pass Woods!

Deets:
✅ Sunday 2/19 from 12-3pm
✅ Theme = Woodland Disco 🪩
✅ Meet rad LOCAL wedding pros with a passion for what they do
✅ Foodtrucks, drinks, and yard games
✅ Coffee Truck!! Grazing table artists, cigar roller, the list goes on
✅ Puppers welcomed 🐶
✅ See a real wedding set up!
✅ Browse our decor inventory
✅ Lots of neon 💘🤷🏻‍♀️
✅ Please RSVP!! Link in Bio

RSVP >>> www.elmpasswoods.com/openhouse

This is going to be fun - so bring your people and get outta the city for a Sunday funday!

DM me if you want reccos on where your guests could stay for your wedding weekend + stuff to do in the area ☺️

Not getting married/already married? We’d appreciate if you’d spread the word to people who might be or comment why you love EPW below (y’all know the algorithm is fickle AF) Tell all your friends 👇🏼🤓

06/30/2022

To read such a detailed and thoughtful review like this for the very first Wedfest we did without my dad days after he passed is just, everything.

Thank you Kim and Ryan 💜💜

06/27/2022

Pro Tip: Aisle Bubbles 🫧 Instead of those tempting tiny bubble vials for each and every guest - opt for a $30 bubble machine from Amazon at the head of the aisle!

Why? Those individual bubble vials can look messy as the wind blows them all over the place ahead of the ceremony if you put them on the benches - plus they are plastic and have separate top pieces some guest’s inevitably don’t collect afterwards, so they end up allllll over the ceremony area. ALSO I’ll carry your battery operated bubble machine up the ridge for more photos AND move it to the dance floor for the party 🫧😍

06/18/2022

🌈 Happy Friday Friends 🌈

📸 .brownell

06/03/2022

Cheers to Haley & Connor 🥂

Their bright and cheerful Wedfest had beer Burros, karaoke and so much LOVE 💕

Wedding Pros:
lipstick.andlashes

Del’s Tacos & More
Karen at the Rise Shop Kerrville

05/19/2022

Cheers to Sarah & Adam 🥂

They got married in the sun and danced in the rain…and it was the stuff of magic ❤️

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Wedding Pros:

La Tapatia Food Truck from Center Point, TX

04/28/2022

Cheers to Micah & Chey 🥂

Their classic, neutral-toned wedfest was *chefs kiss* and it is obsessable

Is that a word? It is now!

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Pro Team:

04/14/2022

💖 Becky + Ryan 💖

A Wedfest to BARK about 🐶

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Wedding Pros:

j.me

04/08/2022

Cheers to Kim & Ryan 🥂

Their wedfest was the stuff of absolute dreams and an unbelievable start to our season ✨

Wedding Pros:

lipstick.andlashes

03/31/2022

I feel lucky to have had the time that we did to learn from my dad, about everything from how to show a quiet kindness that doesn’t need credit to how to run this business.

A few weeks ago I asked how we would ever be able to continue doing Elm Pass Woods without him - and he said with zero hesitation - you had a vision and y’all need to see it through.

This Wedfest season is for Groundskeeper Gary 💜

03/25/2022

This is the only kind of energy you need at your Wedfest ❤️

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03/17/2022

Social media norms would say - keep the cancer talk out of the pretty wedding festival feed. But that would be pretty disingenuous, and we’ve always said above all else we want to be authentic

Groundskeeper Gary’s diagnosis has upended our family and how we live day to day these past four weeks. And you know he’s over here fighting to slow this cancer train, while still asking about the upcoming weddings - saying we have a commitment to our couples and believe me…we know.

This experience has me feeling like what we do for our couples matters even more than I thought. The truth is your wedding is a snapshot in time. The friends and family that show up for you and your person on that day will never come back together in the same way again - time keeps on moving. While maybe that’s sad it’s also kind of beautiful, right? It’s a privilege for us to play a part in it.

So for what it’s worth - do it your way - and try to let the annoying things go, because it’s the people who will make the memories…not the stuff.

x Alex

03/10/2022

Get Hitched,
Hike a Ridge,
Kiss ❤️

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280 Elm Pass Road
Center Point, TX
78010

Telephone

+12109129320

Website

https://linktr.ee/elmpasswoods

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Let it rolllllllll 🥂 Champagne towers don’t always go according to plan, and if you experience a champagne tower fail - just keep going and make the most out of it just like Lindsey and Daniel. The photos are honestly more epic anyway! Wedding Pros: Photos: @johnwintersphotography HMU @love.lipstick.andlashes Rentals @crurentals Food @benjiesmunch Music @henryinvisible #elmpasswoods #festivalwedding #austinwedding #champagnetower

Oh look, lesbians! ✨ The tourpalooza this weekend got me alllll fired up hearing their experiences. Hot take - seeing yourself represented shouldn’t be so rare it sparks happy tears. I heard the pope said “who am I to judge?” So don’t quote a bible verse please, try humbling yourself And if you aren’t in line with love is love then make THAT obvious too. Don’t stay low key and humiliate people in private who just want a wedding the same as anyone else. This goes for all wedding pros - not just venues okiiiiii Happy pride, this month and every month ✌🏼 - Y’all means ALL 🤠 #Fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry #prideordie

Does the traditional indoor ceremony set up leave you…underwhelmed? Woodsy wedding or bust! ✨ Flyover by @choices_fpv 🎥 Cover photo @mayraeadsphotography #elmpasswoods #wedfest #fallwedding #festivalwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountrywedding #sanantonioweddings #houstonweddings #uniquewedding #ceremonyinspiration #weddinginspiration

A fall, forest, fairy, festival wedding from day ☀️ > 🌙 Always yes to a fire performer at your outdoor wedding! 🔥 @colorandbeam 📸 @thepourhorse @benjiesmunch @intrinsicmomentpictures @love.lipstick.andlashes @circusdreamsandco @crurentals @thelittleweddingband @dr.andrewfox Floral: Rose Shop Kerrville #Fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry

Two squids who met serving our country and wanted to get married in the woods, so they did 🦑 💕 Cheers to Alex and Ellen 🍻 Wedding Pros: @elmpasswoods @law.rinse @atousaazodi @thepourhorse @nothingbundtcakes @tapatiados Food Truck The Rose Shop Kerrville #woodsywedding #navywedding #hillcountrywedding

Someone check that this man is okay 👽 💨 💋 Abduction captured by @eyeroniclove #weddingtip #weddingideas #fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry #weddinghumor

REMINDER: Just because you aren’t a bigot doesn’t mean there aren’t people who are (in your area!), trying to screw up someone’s day with a cruel sign. And then someone who happens to not be cisgender or hetero just living their life, headed to HEB for groceries and they see THIS SIGN. Don’t ignore it and think…well *I’m* not like that. Be like the lady in the end of this video - be LOUD 👏🏼 This includes small businesses y’all - being LQBTQ “friendly” is not enough ❤️ The Texas Hill Country is for everyone!!!! Hey photogs - do you have all types of couples represented on your website? Venues? You shouldn’t have to even say you’re “friendly or accepting” it should be obvious in your content. Ya that’s the quiet part out loud 😘 I’ve had couples tell me they’ve cried from being rejected or even ghosted by venues or vendors they loved. Imagine that happening to someone you love. Their existence and love being invalidated? Think about it. Then decide how you can signal your support…and no it doesn’t mean you have to make a sign and stand on the street. A lot of small signals WILL drown out the idiots with the cruel signs. Just don’t take acceptance for granted. The TX Hill Country is for everyone ❤️ #bekind #loveislove #txhillcountry #kerrville #lgbtq🌈

Super simple DIY vintage table assignment display for an outdoor wedding festival! ✅ Antique shutter ✅ Twine ✅ Clothes pins ✅ Card stock to print ✅ Chalkboard sign This emerald antique shutter is now part of our decor inventory that couples can access at no extra charge ☺️ #diywedding #dollartree #weddingcrafts #fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry #weddingdecor

Matt and Iris’ emotion was so so earnest - absolute stars in their eyes ✨ This is what a wedding festival is all about ❤️ YOUR relationship ❤️ Pretty sure @kdcaptures and I both went awwwwwww when he took out his phone to take his own picture of her 🥹 If you want a unique backdrop for your own love story - visit our Venue Open House 2/19, 12-3pm - RSVP at the link in our bio! #Fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry #weddingafterbaby

// Venue Open House Sunday February 19th, 12pm-3pm // Come feel the Hill Country Wedfest vibe for yourselves 💖 Theme is wedfest woodland disco 🪩 RSVP link in bio >>> www.elmpasswoods.com/openhouse 📸 the magic creator from this day @photosbyyazmin will be there + other amazing wedding pros! Unrelated: Alicia and Arthur now have a wee babe and that makes me weepy in a good way 🥹 #openhouse #fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry

A 1970’s Montecito style Wedfest that is VIBESSSSS Rataan, terracotta, and gold accents - Alyssa’s vision was dreamyyyy ✨ @ofthewildflowersphoto @thepourhorse @vatoslocos_tacos @alyssasartisanconfections @djstephtx @veilartistry_ @hitchphototx @crurentals Rose Shop Kerrville 🌸 #Fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry #diywedding #terracotta

Everyday is for lovers ❤️ 📸 @photosbyyazmin **Our love letters are a decor inventory option - zero American dollars** #Fallwedding #engaged #smokebomb #bohowedding #tipi #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry

// First Dinner on the Ridge // The ridge hike isn't just for gorgeous portraits - we've had couples opt for a little bit of added private time before joining their festival guests below. Yummmmmm! All you need is love and tacos, right? 🌮❤️ photography: @corriemahrphoto tacos: @cabobobs #Fallwedding #engaged #bohowedding #tipi #weddingfood #tacos #travel #adventurewedding #hike #elopement #southtexaswedding #hillcountrywedding #outdoorwedding #woodsywedding #hillcountryweddingvenue #elmpasswoods #sanantonioweddings #austinwedding #houstonweddings #tipiwedding #festivalwedding #herecomestheguide #texaswedding #festivalbride #wedfest #txhillcountry #goldenhour

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Our own wedfest

Being outdoorsy folk the first thing we decided was the theme - a whimsy-filled festival with giant-hat Tipis!! We quickly realized there weren’t any venues out there offering the festival we were envisioning, so we set to work putting our own together from scratch. After 10 months of getting our 20 acre slice of Hill Country heaven ready for “Haws Wedfest” - and tons of encouragement from family and friends who attended - we decided to bring the festival vibes to other couples...at Elm Pass Woods!

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