Sherwood Country Club Wedding

Nathan & Stephanie's Wedding

Sherwood Country Club

April 29, 2011

I had the pleasure of creating Nathan & Stephanie's wedding cake.  Nathan was so great to work with and was always popping in to check out how the design of the cake was going, checking on the sugar bows, dropping off the custom topper. 

He even dropped by on the way to Las Vegas for his bachelor party with all his buddies!

Cake complete with Sugar Bows and custom Stenciling

 

Sherwood Country Club Ceremony site.
Flowers by The Exotic Green Garden



High fashion dresses worn by beautiful guests!



Love the Gold shoes!



The grooms shoes..... love that shine!

 

Engagement pictures of the bride and groom

Candy Buffet - Sweet!



Custom Topper designed by the bride and groom!

Congratulation Nathan & Stephanie!

NOW OFFERING CANDY BUFFETS!

Pastries By Vreeke is now offering Candy Buffets in the Ventura County and Los Angeles Counties!

Custom signs and table decorations can be used to add to the sweetness!

Candy Buffets are a good way to sweeten up any party or event!  Candy Buffets can be coordinated with the color scheme of your party.  The colors schemes are endless with candy coming in every color of the rainbow and more!

All of our candy containers are wrapped with coordinating ribbon and labeled with each type of candy 

Many chocolates come in different shapes and colors to coordinate with your theme.

Large lollipops make a great favor for all your guests and look so festive!

Candy Buffets can be created 100% Kosher for those Bar and Bat Mitzvahas.

Many popular candies such as M&M's are Kosher and come in every color!

Contact Pastries By Vreeke

for more information, details and pricing on Candy Buffets

Vintage Wedding Cakes

Westlake Village Inn Vintage Wedding

April 2, 2011

I LOVE when I get a bride and groom who are so in love and have such a sweet story to go along with it. 

This couple met in elementary school and were separated when the grooms family moved to another state.  The bride waited for over 20 years until they found each other again on Facebook.  They started dating and again they knew they were meant to be together. 

I was honored to be able to create their wedding cake for their beautiful wedding reception held at Westlake Village Inn.

Note from the bride & groom:

Dear Lori,  You are not only a wonderful woman but also make incredible cake!!! We have gotten so many compliments on our wedding cake! It was the most beautiful art I have ever seen and it tasted amazing!! The way you decorated it was so beautiful it was criminal to cut into...but I am so glad we did! That was best cake I have ever tasted in my life!!! It was moist and the flavors were just incredible. I can never thank you enough!! You made our day so very special! We are now you biggest fans!!!      Lots of love,  Judy & Dan

Another great story of their 1950's vintage cake topper which was originally used on the brides mother's cake and has been used on every wedding cake in the family since than.

It's always so fun to see the flower girls and bridesmaids, they are always so cute :)

It was the brides father's birthday on the day of the wedding, so we made him a special Syracuse University Orange cake.  I wish I was able to see his expression when he saw it.

Happy Birthday David!

Congratulations Dan & Judy!

Moorpark Country Club Wedding

Moorpark Country Club located in the hills above Moorpark, California is situated overlooking the greens of the private Moorpark golf course.  The morning could not have been more beautiful, the sun was shining and the temperature was starting to rise to make for a beautiful outdoor ceremony.

The wedding cake designed by Pastries By Vreeke was themed after the design of the bride and grooms wedding invitations and the detailing of the brides gown.  The detailing of the dress with the sugar flower turned out beautiful and made the design of the cake so special.

Note from the bride:

Thank you SO much for such a beautiful cake, Lori!!!

It was so perfect for our wedding, and more than what we imagined!

Absolutely amazing. We can't thank you enough, Lori.

We were very lucky to have you for our wedding.

Can't wait for our next event. We are definitely going to look for you!

Julie+Kenny, March 2011

The table cards were so original.  Little corked bottles with dried flowers and a rolled up note to each guest. 

It's always so great to see creative wedding placecards, which makes each wedding reception so unique.

The table numbers were placed inside tiny bottles with dried flowers to tie in with the theme of the table cards.  It must have looked so cute once all the guests arrived and each table was filled with the tiny bottles.

Susan of Flowers By Susan located in Simi Valley, California created beautiful flowers to line the ceremony walkway.  Topiary balls filled with flowers accented the opening to the gazebo where the wedding ceremony was to take place.

Congratulations to Julie & Kenny!

The new Wedding Suite in Nordstrom

Please join award winning cake decorator

 Pastries By Vreeke

for the Grand Opening of

The Wedding Suite

Thursday, March 3, 2011

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topanga Plaza, California

If you’re a bride-to-be, your wedding day will be one of your most joyous days—and the time you spend shopping for it should reflect the happy occasion to come. That’s why we want to make shopping for you and the whole wedding party an experience you’ll remember almost as much as your big day. We’ve introduced you to our Wedding Stylists, and now we’re excited to announce the impending opening of our first Wedding Suites.

Fully appointed with gowns, bridesmaid dresses, comfy seating for the whole party, extra-large fitting rooms and so much more, our Wedding Suites are the perfect place to sit down with our stylists and make the day of your dreams a reality.
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Marylin & Lori Vreeke of Pastries By Vreeke enjoying the evening chatting with brides and other wedding vendors.

Pastries By Vreeke, located in Westlake Village, California created this display cake especially for the Nordstrom Wedding Suite event.

 Every ten minutes or so, the two sets of models would switch, enabling the brides to see so many pretty dresses!

















So many different styles to choose from. They all look so pretty, especially when the models are beautiful!

Even the mother of the brides had fun trying on dresses from the huge selection.

Jo & Tony owners of Maravilla Gardens in Camarillo, California
 enjoying all the desserts supplied by Command Performance Caterina.

Tobey Dodge, wedding planner extraordinaire discussing The Wedding Suite with one of the Nordstrom staff.

So many pretty wedding dresses at Nordstom to theme my wedding cakes after

Brides can never get enough Bling!

  

Refreshment galore supplied by Command Performance Catering
The new Wedding Suite in Nordstrom is amazing.  The staff is wonderful, very knowledgeable and makes the wedding dress fitting very enjoyable.  Not only do they offer attire for the entire bridal party and guests, they also offer facials, manicures, and a list of vendors.

The most amazing thing about the Wedding Suite in Nordstrom is the prices of the dresses.  The highest prices we found for wedding gowns were barely $1,000. 

I'm going back with a family friend for a fitting.  She found the most beautiful dress when she was there.  Can't wait to see the show!

Many thanks to Command Performance Catering for the wonderful evening of desserts!

Ventura County Wedding Locations

Ventura County is home to some of the most beautiful and unique wedding venues. There are multiple Country Clubs, Hotels, Historic Homes, Garden Sites, Vineyards, Beach weddings, Restaurants, ocean piers, Zoo weddings park sites to name a few.  Really the choice is endless.

Pastries By Vreeke delivers to many wonderful wedding sites in the Ventura County.



Spanish Hills Wedding Cake



County Club Weddings in Ventura County

Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks,

Spanish Hills Country Club, Camarillo

Moorpark Country Club, Moorpark

Saticoy Country Club, Somis

Sterling Hills, Camarillo

Los Posas Country Club, Camarillo

North Ranch County Club, Westlake

Sherwood Country Club Wedding Cake





Westlake Village Inn Wedding Cake





Hotel wedding sites in Ventura County

Hyatt Westlake, Westlake

Westlake Village Inn, Westlake

Mandalay Beach Resort, Oxnard

Four Seasons, Agoura









McCormick Home Ranch Wedding Cake

Historic Homes wedding sites in Ventura County

Camarillo Ranch Home, Camarillo

McCormick Home Ranch, Camarillo

Hummingbird Nest, Simi Valley



Golf Course wedding sites in Ventura County

Sterling Hills, Camarillo

Los Robles Greens Country Club, Thousand Oaks,

Wood Ranch Golf Club, Simi Valley

Vineyard wedding sites in Ventura County

Bella Victorian Vineyards, Camarillo



 

Bella Victorian Wedding Cake













Garden wedding sites in Ventura County

Hartley Botanica, Somis
Maravilla Gardens, Camarillo

Rancho de las Palmas, Moorpark,

Walnut Grove, Moorpark,

Hartley Botanica Wedding Cake







Other wonderful wedding sites in Ventura County

Calamigos Ranch, Malibu

Regan Library, Simi Valley

Scarlett Belle River Boat, Oxnard

Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens





Calamigos Ranch Wedding Cake







 Tips when visiting wedding sites in Ventura County:
(courtesy of Here Comes the Guide)
•If you really love the site, ask the venue representative to put together a proposal with all the pricing and policies—including the tax and service charge—so you have an idea of the basic cost.

•Bring a camera with you to every location you visit, and organize the photos by location name when you get home. After seeing a series of places, it’s easy to confuse them. Having a photographic record will help you remember what was special about each site.

•Pay attention to venue as a whole: Check out everything, including the restrooms, the foyer, the dressing rooms, the outdoor lighting and even the kitchen. You want to be sure your vision can be realized at this location. If possible, make arrangements with the site representative to visit the venue when it’s set up for a wedding.

•GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING. Your date is not officially reserved until you sign a contract and, in many cases, give a deposit—even if a site contact says you don’t need to worry about it. Once you’ve found THE PLACE, make sure you ask what is required to get your booking locked in and then follow through on satisfying those requirements. And don’t assume that just because the site coordinator said you can have 4 votive candles per table, you’ll get them. Before you sign a contract, read the fine print and make sure it includes everything you and the site contact agreed on. As new things are added or changed in your contract, have the updated version printed out and signed by you and the site representative. Also, document all your conversations in emails and keep your correspondence.

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Check out Google Maps for Ventura County Wedding Venues