A Winter Wedding at the Carriage House Inn and Stella

Heidi Roland Photography

Our Story:

“We met at work, we both work at Rider University. He's the baseball coach and I'm the fitness director and he would come into the gym all the time to work out and we just became friends and that friendship turned into a relationship. It was a normal Saturday night, we were headed out to dinner at Marcello's in Bordentown, NJ with my mom, my sister and my sister's boyfriend. Barry and I also love Bordentown, we love small quaint towns with charm, Bordentown and New Hope are our two favorites. Going into the dinner my mom was the only one who knew Barry was going to propose. Right after we finished the main course and before desserts Barry pushed his chair out and got down on one knee and proposed. It was perfect! At our favorite dinner spot in Bordentown with my family :)

We chose New Hope for our wedding since it was the spot for our first date and we wanted to come full circle and make it our ceremony and reception spot. We like to visit New Hope for dinner and drinks regularly and when we took a ride there on Labor Day weekend 2019 we saw the new renovations of Ghost Light Inn and Stella restaurant and knew in that moment we had to have our wedding there. We love that it’s on the water and for a February wedding we thought the structure of the venue and the backdrop of the New Hope Bridge would be amazing for our photos. We wanted an intimate venue with class and elegance, which was exactly what Stella brought to us that night of our wedding. We loved that the venue also offers stays at the Carriage House Inn, which was just perfect for our bridal party and within walking distance to the ceremony. The walk from the Carriage House made the most amazing pictures that day. The town is so quaint and I knew pictures along the water, on the bridge, in front and around Stella and by the Bucks County Playhouse were going to be just what I wanted for our portraits.” – Brett & Barry