The mountains are dear to me so I began exploring mountain related words in hopes that one would speak to me. A ridge is a long, narrow portion of land that often joins two mountains. The imagery of two mountains struck me related to weddings because they join two people (and families) forever. This deep meaning is exactly what I wanted in a business name. I sat on that one word, ridge, for over a year racking my brain and going through my daily life always searching for a word to pair it with.

I finally had the thought to reflect on my own wedding for the other word. I love flowers and swooned (still do!) over my bouquet! The red amarantha draping down and the tall, bold blue thistle stood out amongst white roses and eucalyptus, my favorite greenery. While the amarantha is beautiful, the word didn’t stick out to me (pun intended!) like thistle did. And thus, I had a name - Thistle Ridge!​