http://www.botanicalpaperworks.com/product/Plantable+Heart+Notes/36/

We wanted to give our guests a favor that was meaningful to us that they wouldn't just toss in the garbage. We chose plantable paper hearts. The come in pretty envelopes, so they double as place cards as well.

The room alone is $400 for 3 hours. It's reasonably priced and has a beautiful view of Yosemite! When the falls are flowing, they flow outside the windows. If you choose to have a reception here though, it will NOT be cheap. The food, cake, drinks, etc will cost you an arm and a leg!

The people who book special events are VERY helpful though!

I LOVED this shop! This is where I got my dress and I can't say enough good things about them. They listened so well to my description of my perfect wedding dress.... AND found it! I'd been to about 8 other stores all over southern CA and Oregon. I thought I was just going to need a custom dress, but no! It was at my price point, they didn't try to push me to buy something I couldn't afford. When you come for your appointment you can look at the dresses yourself, then they give you your own LARGE private room and pull dresses for you. If you think you've found THE ONE.... they have a beautiful mock isle to walk down so you can get a feel for the dress. One bummer, you can't take pictures (but we did when they left the dressing room!) until you put a deposit on the dress. Overall though, it was a great experience and I would recommend them to anyone!

http://preciadophotography.com/
Her pictures are great, she's a doll to work with, and she's very reasonably priced. See her website for more details.

If you want to get married in Yosemite, there are really very few venue and caterer choices.... like only 1, and they know it, so the charge you whatever they want. The room rental isn't all that expensive, but the food, cake, and alcohol are ridiculous! And if you want to bring your own wine... it's an $18 corkage fee per bottle. Your own cake? $4 per person to have it cut. They're quite helpful while taking all your money, but they will not work with you on the prices. It's worth it if the location is important to you, but know that there are other bed and breakfasts around Yosemite which might be a better bargain (if you can get to them.... a December wedding doesn't really lend itself to optimal driving conditions snow wise)

I ordered a stationary set with envelopes and paper from mrelliepooh.com. Weddings create so much waste so I tried to conserve where possible.

Here's a blurb from their website:
"Our products are great for the environment.
We support the local Elephants and Sri Lankan peoples.
We are a "green" environmentally conscious company.

Mr. Ellie Pooh is a new eco-friendly, innovative company
that sells 100% handmade journals, stationery, crafts,
scrapbook/photo albums and various grades of paper
made of 75% Sri Lankan elephant dung (Ellie Pooh
Paper). Mostly, elephant orphanages supply our product
Pooh, while Maximus makes our exotic paper. Mr. Ellie
Pooh distributes throughout the U.S., Canada & Puerto
Rico.

All of our paper products are 100% recycled, 75% Pooh
and 100% fun.

There are no toxic chemicals used in our paper-making
process. Only basic bonding agents such as alum and
rosin, along with water soluble salt dyes for coloring are
used. No bleach. No Acids. As no alkaline or acid solutions
are introduced during manufacturing, our handmade
papers are of an ideal pH value for photography
preservation."

The money goes to support elephant conservation as well.

This chapel is located at the valley floor of Yosemite. There's a wonderful view of Half Dome to the left and waterfalls to the right. It looks like it's straight out of a fairytale! It can only hold 125 people, so it's not ideal for large weddings. Since it is so small, it can be difficult to get ahold of anyone if you need a question answered right away. I've found though, if you send them an e-mail or leave a message, they do get back to you within a couple days. The price listed is the price if you do not use their pastor... it's more if you use theirs.

I'm doing my own decorations and centerpieces, so I hit the after Christmas sale and was AMAZED at the deals (I'm having a winter wedding in Yosemite, so I wanted faux pine needles, pine cones,and red berries)! I got my pew decorations for $0.29 each! If you have the time, go to Michaels at the end of whatever season you need your decorations for. The staff was really helpful as well!

I found the staff at David's to be rude, unhelpful, and just plain mean spirited. I had heard of their negative reputation in the past, but I didn't imagine it could be THAT bad. It is! I would never recommend using them for anything! The only reason we still got the dresses there was because we had a store credit from a previous event.