Ellis Ranch has Royalty

London may have their Royalty but so does the Ellis Ranch Wedding Park. All our brides are Princesses at the Ellis Ranch.

Ellis Ranch Couples Party

Couples Party - Come join in on the fun.



Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Arrive any time between
6:00 pm / 9:00 pm * FREE


FOOD – BEER – WINE – MUSIC - FRIENDS - FUN


We work with a great group of wedding vendors and they are helping us honor you, with an exciting and fun evening. Great time to visit with other couples, share ideas, meet the Ellis Ranch staff, Ellis Ranch preferred vendors, sample great food and view their products or services which help you make your wedding beautiful and memorable.

This is not going to be another typical bridal show but a party! There will be a gift for every bride and drawings for some great prizes.

Please join us May 17th with that special person. Bring your Mom and Dad, Bridesmaids along too. Great time to party and find that perfect vendor for your special day.

RSVP: eranch@verinet.com or call 970-593-9570

Ellis Ranch Wedding Park

Needing a little dose of summer? This video will deliver a wonderful view of how our ranch will look during the summer months. Photography Cody Van Pelt has so kindly put together this beautiful video of the Event Center & Wedding Park and the Carriage House.

For all the couples that toured our ranch this past winter you had to take a leep of faith that the wedding park will once again bloom into beautiful full trees and lush green grass. This video is for you. Thank you for booking with us.



The photographer of this video Photography Cody Van Pelt is one of the Ellis Ranch's Preferred Vendors. Each year we choose eight photographers we feel honored to recommend to our brides and Cody is diffidently one of our top photographers. Still needing a photographer for you wedding? Cody is your man.

For a complete list of Ellis Ranch Preferred Vendors please click on this link - Preferred Vendors

Craig Campbell CD Available April 5, 2011

Hope you don't mind if I do a little self promoting for my son-in-law Craig Campbell. His debut album will be on the shelves tomorrow April 5, 2011. If you love Country Music you will love this CD. "Family Man" currently on the billboards charts at #14 and rising each week.

Here are a couple of the photos from last nights ACM Awards Red Carpet in Los Vegas. Craig Campbell and Mindy Ellis Campbell.

Beauty at it's best.

This is the time of year in the wedding business one could say we are also in the March Madness of Weddings playoffs. Brides are playing the game venue VS venue in search of finding the perfect venue to host their most memorable day.

We do book weddings year round but from January thru March seems to be tournament time for brides.

This time of year brings up many problems for venues when trying to show brides how beautiful their venue truly can be. When showing our wedding park this time of year you have to deal with sub zero temps, brown grass, no flowers and barren trees. We once had a groom ask if we planned on removing those dead trees before summer. Evidently he was not from Colorado.

I could go on and on and describe how beautiful our weddings are but think these photos will show you the beauty our past brides saw in their eyes.

Come on in and take tour of our beautiful ranch.

Brides and Venues Choices

Brides have so many choices nowadays when planning their wedding. They have to choose everything, from the perfect wedding location to what to do if the weather turns bad. I can’t even begin to list all of the decisions a bride will make from the time she is engaged to that special someone to the day of matrimony.

The same goes for wedding locations. We have to make choices daily and yearly to help brides take personal tours of the facility, and to keep the gardens beautiful year-round. One of the hardest decisions I feel we have to make is which magazines and websites to advertise with.

Without the proper advertising and marketing that will drive brides and grooms to our venue, none of the other decisions will exist.

We could use a little help from all brides, mothers of brides or friends helping plan the wedding. Where do you find yourself spending most of your planning time? Looking at magazines or websites? And which ones? If you have a moment, we sure could use some help in making decisions about where to invest our time to be most helpful and accessible to you. Please feel free to comment and tell us which resources you use. Knowing this will help with our marketing, and also help you secure the type of venue that you are looking for.

To thank you for sharing your opinion, we will send you a beautiful custom-made string of pearls. After commenting, please e-mail us your address, so we know where to send the pearls. E-mail info@ellisrancheventcenter.com, with the subject line “Pearls.”

Photos and links to the magazines listed are only examples. If you have another web site or magazine please state those sites too in your comments.

Wedding Sites and Services
Perfect Wedding Guide
The Knot
Bridal Guide

People Places and Things to Love About Loveland, Colorado

Time is running out to order your personal book about Loveland. For only $20 you will get a life time of memories to give your Mom for Mothers Day. We ordered three and can't wait to have them on our coffee table.

A group of Loveland, Colorado residents and business people who want to share all there is to love about Loveland. The project will focus on one positive person, place or thing each day for 365 days that help make Loveland Colorado, America's Sweetheart City.All Loveland residents are encouraged to send their ideas, photos or stories which they want to be considered for inclusion in the final book.

Mission:To promote Loveland, Colorado, and showcase the stories of the people, places and things that make it a great place to live or visit. All net proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the purchaser's choice at time of purchase.

Products: The 365 day project will culminate in the publishing of a book titled "Loveland 365, the people, places and things that make us America's Sweetheart City." The book is currently estimated to be available by Mother's Day 2011. The book is being ONLY pre-sold until April 1, 2011 at www.Loveland365.com. It is not expected to be available for retail purchase.

Description: "Loveland 365, the people, places and things that make us America's Sweetheart City," is a 365 day project that began January 1st 2010 and recently ended on December 31st 2010. All topics in the book, all writers, all volunteers, all photographers, the printer, and participating organizations are from Loveland. All photographt taken is from 2010. All net proceeds from the sale of the book will be distributed to each purchaser's favorite charity or non profit at the time the book is produced. At the time of purchase, the purchaser chooses which participating charity they want the net proceeds from their book to benefit. The net proceeds from the sales of the books will be determined by the number of books which are sold. With 3,500 books sold, the net proceeds from each book will be $20 per book. If less books are sold, the net proceeds for each book will be less. (read less)
Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/Loveland365

Weddings with Pizazz

Weddings with Pizazz

We host more than 100 weddings per year, and we get so excited when we hear one of our brides talking about a themed wedding.

Weddings entail such a mixed group of family and friends of all ages and personalities. When one of our brides chooses a themed wedding, you know that when the guests arrive, they all get into a totally different mood.

The options are endless: beach/tropical, Western, vintage, music-themed, Mardi Gras, Vegas, Irish. Themes are so much fun to plan.

Our son and his fianceé wanted to go to the beach to get married, but with the cost involved in getting all of their family and friends to a fun, exotic location, they decided to host a beach party for their wedding instead.

They are having a blast together searching for decorations and tasting food that will be different from the normal wedding meal.

Having a theme does not take away from your sacred vows. It only enhances the experience, by allowing you to incorporate more of your individual preferences and style. Weddings, after all, should be a great experience and memories made for a lifetime.


Here is a great site to look at for themed wedding ideas. WeddingThemesIdeas.Net

Also check out Electric Frog for great themed idea: There is a wishlist www.eclecticfrog.com

Bride's Choice Awards

Bride’s Choice Awards

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, has announced the winners of WeddingWire Brides’s Choice Awards for 2011. We are happy to announce that several of the Ellis Ranch’s Preferred Vendors are among the prestigious group of vendors.

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds.

Ellis Ranch Event Center & Wedding Park has been honored with this prestigious award. We are also happy to let you know some of the vendors we work with daily are among this fine group of wedding vendors.

• Pastor Manon Weber - Happy Feet Weddings
• Nicole Habel – Image Gallery Photography
• Sarah Lee Welch – Sarah Lee Welch Photography
• Cody VanPelt – Photography by VanPelt
• Shawn Ellis – Ellis Ranch Event Center & Wedding Park

These wedding vendors are among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

We think it is important that you get to know the Ellis Ranch team members who help make your wedding day the most memorable day possible.

The Ellis Ranch Event Center & Wedding Park is a family-run business and has been since 1963. We have been very blessed that we have a family who loves to work -- and play -- together.

First, meet Shawn and Kim Ellis. They are the most visible part of our team. Shawn and Kim are Ellis Ranch’s in-house planners. They will be your go-to people during the planning year prior to your wedding. They are available to help make your year and date so without a hitch. They encourage all brides to call and ask them questions on any subject that may arise during the planning. A bride who only calls the week prior to her wedding date makes Shawn and Kim very nervous. Shawn and Kim truly can solve so many problems just by getting a phone call. The day of your wedding, Shawn and Kim also will be around to help make your day run smoothly.

Ellis Ranch is a facility-rental only, giving you the opportunity to plan and manage your wedding day and select the different vendors that best meet your needs. That means our duties are focused, so at any given time during a wedding, someone from our team will always be available to help make your day run smoother.

Being a family-run business, any of us can jump in and do any job that needs done. We don’t have typical employee roles. No “That isn’t my job” or “That’s not my department.” Our family, as a team, is here to make you day stress-free.

Behind the scenes, we have Grandma Norman, who we have to give credit to for all the flowers around the grounds.


Roxie Ellis is our business manager, handling all marketing and bookkeeping. Social media with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogging are Roxie’s specialty.

Terry Ellis is our groundskeeper and in charge of keeping all equipment up and running. He is also the person who harnesses and keeps the horses beautiful for your carriage ride to the altar.

Mike Lowell is our only non-family member, but our family truly feels he is part of our family. Mike has worked with us for more than 10 years. You will see Mike all over the ranch. The day of your wedding, he will be helping you set up your bar. Many days, he drives the horse-drawn carriage.

We are all so excited to meet you. Come on out and take personal tour and meet the family.

Marriage Licenses in the "Sweetheart City"

Marriage Licenses in the Sweetheart City
Where to Get Your License
Larimer County Clerk's Office
205 E. 6th St, 1st Floor
Loveland, CO 80537
970-679-4526 ~ M-F 8-5

Marriage licenses in Colorado are available at various locations. The $30.00 fee MUST BE PAID IN CASH, and is valid for 30 days. Both parties need to be be present and must sign at the time of filing for a marriage license, and must present valid ID and proof of age.

If either party is divorced, the county will require the date and place of the divorce. The divorce MUST BE FINAL. Widows or widowers need to supply the date and place of death of their former spouse.

The legal age without parental consent is 18 for both persons. For marriages of age 16-17, consent of BOTH parents or parent having legal custody (or guardian or judicial approval) is required.

Blood tests are not required in the state of Colorado.

The license must be used within 30 days of the date of issue, and used only in the State of Colorado. License must be recorded within 60 days of marriage date or a fine will be imposed when recorded. The statute DOES NOT allow a friend or relative to solemnize the marriage unless they are either a judge or clergy.

It is best to obtain a copy of your marriage license (or your marriage license application,) to carry with you as proof of marriage for changing your name on your State ID, Driver's License, vehicle registration, insurance documents, and Social Security card. It is best to get your driver's license updated first, as many offices will require documentation and a state ID with your new name before processing a change request.


Thanks My Loveland Wedding and Events for making this information available.

Every Venue has it's own style and grace.

Every venue has its own style and grace, just like every bride is not the same. When choosing the location for your special day, you need to consider what kind of wedding you are looking at hosting and, more importantly, what kind of bride are you.

Today, couples have so many choices to make when planning their wedding, but the first decision to make is where do you want to have your wedding?

Before you get in your car and start driving around, we would recommend you do a little homework beforehand. With the Internet, you can almost have a your site chosen before leaving the house -- or at least have your options down to three or four.

Here are a few ideas that are important when deciding to book your venue:

1. Be sure not to set a date before viewing several venues. This will take so much stress out of your decision, and you will not have to just settle for a venue because they are the only place with your date available.

2. Ask yourself: What kind of couple are you and what are your needs? Are you hands on? Do you want a wedding that is all-inclusive, formal, outdoors, destination, church or themed? Brides nowadays are very lucky to have the choice.

3. Set a budget. Ask your parents if they plan on helping with the cost and have them specify the amount. That way, if you spend all of the money they plan on giving you on your wedding dress, you know you will have to cover the rest of the costs involved.

4. View several venues before deciding on one. We always recommend that you set an appointment with a venue. This way, the venue will be able to give you undivided attention. Our venue does give showings to drop-ins, but sometimes we have to cut those unscheduled tours short because of other appointments. Always be on time for you appointment.

5. When viewing a venue, take into consideration who will be your go-to person during your year of planning. We have heard many brides say they never know whom they will be talking to during the planning process, often due to employee turnover. This can be very stressful, and many times the wedding day does not go as planned. At the Ellis Ranch, we are family-run. We pride ourselves with more than 47 years of business success and one-on-one customer service.

6. Take into consideration if you have family and friends who will be traveling to your wedding. Does the venue have relationships with area hotels and transportation?

7. You will need many different vendors to help make your day special. A venue comes into contact with more vendors then any other person you will work with during your planning process, so truly listen to their advice. Every venue wants to make your day the best it can. Without happy brides, we will not stay in business very long.

These are seven important considerations to think about before booking your venue. There are many others, as well, which a good venue planner can help you with in order to create your dream wedding.

April and May Specials

April and May Specials

Still looking for the perfect venue? The Ellis Ranch Event Center and Wedding Park is offering a $500 discount on any new wedding booked on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays during the months of April and May 2011 at the Carriage House and $500 discount for May 2011 at the Event Center.

With our already reasonable pricing this is a huge deal. When you are ready to schedule you private showing please give Shawn a call at: 970-593-9570

Don’t fret there is still plenty time to get all detail planning done. Remember when planning and having problems just pick up the phone and give Shawn and Kim a call they can solve almost any problem with a phone call.


Ellis Ranch Event Center and Wedding Park

2333 Ellis Ranch Lane

Loveland, Colorado 80538

970-593-9570 ellisrancheventcenter@gmail.com

Free String of Swarovski Crystal Pearls

Free string of Swarovski Crystal Pearls when you schedule a showing at the Ellis Ranch Event Center Wedding Parks. Schedule your show during the Rocky Mountain Bridal Show. Receive the beautiful pearls during your personal showing.
Sunday, Jan. 09, 2011, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Colorado Convention Center - Korbel Ballroom
700 14th St.
Denver, CO 80202