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24.04

Posted in Houston Weddings, Real Weddings

Can an Aggie and and Longhorn find true love–you bet they can! This couple defied college rivalry odds and fell madly in love on a first date at the Houston Zoo. What better place to get married than the place where they first discovered their love for one another? Armed with a crew of fabulous vendors, including the incomparable Kimberly Chau, this couple put on a fun-filled wedding blast–complete with animal masks for the kids! Take in these gorgeous images by Kimberly Chau and then hop on over to her blog to check out even more fabulousness!

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Submitted via Two Bright Lights.

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22.04

Hill Country Wedding by Rebel with a Camera

Posted in Hill Country Weddings, Real Weddings

This wedding is choc-full of so much gorgeous details and imagery, I just don’t know where to begin. How about the bride–could she be more gorgeous! And all the sweet touches she incorporated throughout her big day are almost too much for me to handle–the embroidered handkerchief for her mother, the pop of purple among the lush gardens of Nature’s Point, and the burlap coffee-filled favors are just a few of the personal details that make this wedding unique. And Rebel with a Camera captured this beautiful day with such art and professionalism. Hop on over to their blog and check out even more of their great work!.

From the bride…I wanted the overall theme to reflect a natural and classic simplicity with tons of texture. My main color was eggplant purple and the main flower, purple anemones. I wanted the purple to pop so my other colors were neutrals, white and grey. Since my venue, Nature’s Point, had tons of green and flowers blooming, I didn’t want to compete with the how pretty the venue was, so I didn’t want too many flowers, but more succulent plants to go with this natural feel. The center pieces for the tables varied. Some were groupings of mercury vases and the other tables had white washed cement boxes which I found from a great store in NYC. The cement boxes I thought were such a neat touch. I loved how my florist, Visual Lyrics, was able to hang some mercury vases on each side of the altar. They did an amazing job with the flowers!! We also placed led lights in mason jars filled half way with purple dyed rocks (the same rocks you find in fish tanks). The linens were a cement colored canvas linen which balanced the center pieces, and I kept the white chairs to pop against the grey.

The only DIY projects I did were the favor bags/escort cards and table numbers. The favor bags were combined as escort cards. This was really neat because again I wanted to incorporate my heritage. In El Salvador, where my family is from, coffee is huge. So I found the burlap bags online, made the tags and wraps myself, and the coffee was actually whole bean coffee brought over by my family from El Salvador. My uncle owns a coffee mill and custom roasted those beans, and they were able to bring over 16 pounds of it for the bags! Crazy, but such a special touch! I wanted something with some texture for the table numbers. So I used purple hemp paper for the background and framed it with IKEA white frames. I had so much left over of the purple hemp paper that I used it for the favor bags as well.

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15.04

Houston Wedding by Kreative Angle Photography

Posted in Houston Weddings, Real Weddings

We have a beautiful wedding to share with you this morning! Huz Abdul from Kreative Angle Photography sent over these beautiful images and I jumped at the chance to share them with you. With the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center as their backdrop, this couple had a romantic wedding among the trees. And with a bride this beautiful, you just can’t go wrong. After you devour these images, hop on over to Kreative Angle’s blog and check out some more gorgeousness!

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12.04

Houston Engagement by Simply Love Photography

Posted in Engagement Sessions

Happy Friday, wedding lovers. We have a beautiful engaged couple to share with you today along with their equally beautiful engagement story. Kayla Trammell of Simply Love Photography captured the gorgeous photographs. So dive into these oh-so-chic images and start your weekend off right!

From the bride…A little about myself and my fiance, Tim…Get ready for a high school sweet heart story! We are both from Bakersfield, California, which is about two hours north of LA. We went to high school together and started dating when we were 15 and have been together ever since! We both went to Arizona State University for college. Summer of our Junior year, Tim had an internship in Houston at JP Morgan. After completing his internship they offered him a full time position upon graduation. So basically our senior year we knew we would be moving to Houston. So we moved out here and Tim now works as an investment banker at JP Morgan. As for myself, I work at Texas Children’s Hospital in Development, which is extremely rewarding! We do love Texas, but all of our family and friends are in California, so it is tough at times.

After many years of waiting and nagging, I knew a proposal was soon approaching. This summer Tim’s parents came to visit us and his dad planted this seed of us coming out to see him get this “award” for his business achievements. Tim’s father is in his 70′s so Tim insisted that we fly out for the weekend to see this because it was very important to him. I was very reluctant because it was going to cost us an arm and a leg to get home for literally 48 hours. I complained the whole week prior to going home about the hassle we were going through for this award ceremony. We go home and on Saturday Tim picks me up in a limo, which I didn’t question because his dad’s firm has sent limos in the past for events. And we’re off to the awards ceremony…We pull up to the fair grounds (kind of like a mini Reliant Stadium) and walk into the convention center. I keep telling Tim I think we’re in the wrong place because it was totally empty. As we walk in the arena it is completely empty and there is a small table with a picture of us from a formal dance when we were just 15 with roses. He took me back to that place because that is where we had our first dance and he asked me to be his girlfriend many years ago. This time he was asking me to be his wife! I was completely surprised and still asked if we were going to the awards ceremony later. Long story short, this awards ceremony was code for our engagement. After that we hopped in our limo and went to dinner where both of our families were waiting for us! It was so incredibly special!

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Photography | Simply Love Photography

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10.04

Houston Bridal Session by Christine Gosch

Posted in Bridal Sessions

Today’s feature is all loveliness and class. Christine Gosch sent over this classic bridal session and we couldn’t wait to feature it. Taken at the ever so lovely Courtyard on St. James Place, Christine was able to capture some of the most classic and beautiful bridals we’ve featured on 7 Centerpieces. Go ahead and dive right in and then head over to Christine’s blog to check out even more gorgeousness.

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Photography | Christine Gosch
Venue | Courtyard on St. James Place

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08.04

Houston Styled Shoot by Christa Elyce

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Good morning, wedding lovers! Last week was crazy-hectic for us around these parts, so our posting schedule was disrupted for a bit. But we’re back on track this week and we have a great styled shoot from Christa Elyce Photography to start off your week. Event planners Natalie Dawley and Lauren Simkins of Two Be Wed were the brainchild behind this shoot and pulled together an amazing cast of vendors to pull it off. I won’t say too much more–there’s a great description at the bottom of the post–I’ll just let you jump right in!

“Fool for Love” - Our shoot started with the most pure of all inspirations- a dream! Natalie Dawley, owner of Houston-based wedding consulting firm Two Be Wed, awoke one night from spinning ideas of playing practical jokes on her vendors at a wedding. With April Fool’s Day approaching, we thought what a fun shoot it would be style a beautiful springtime reception, with a twist.

The theme has two facets: Classic southern style including a garden setting at Gardens of Bammel Lane, calligraphed paper goods by Everly Calligraphy, lemon meringue macarons, pistachio macarons + mini key lime pies by Macaron by Patisse. Then we have our April Fool’s Day couple, the fools for love! They are head over heels for each other and not afraid to be silly about it. We created adorable and fun DIY crowns, fool’s gold place card holders, and funfetti favors. The bride and groom (really married) enjoyed playing pranks and even had a pillow fight!

Her dress and accessories from BHLDN capture the stylish yet playful spirit, as does the groom’s suit and tie (his own).

The sweet Spring color palette and floral design by Tamara Menges are inspired by the watercolor-esque fabric featured in the table runner + napkins. We took this a step further by mimicking its watercolor technique in the guest book concept and embellishing the paper goods ourselves! Everyone got into it, especially photographer Christa Elyce. I think we all have a new hobby!

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29.03

Houston Wedding by Christa Elyce Photography

Posted in Houston Weddings, Real Weddings

When I got this next wedding in my inbox, I absolutely could not believe it was not a fashion shoot. I mean really, this couple is just too gorgeous for words and the images that Christa Elyce took of them look like something straight out the magazine pages! The bride’s sense of style is absolutely impeccable. I love all of the golds tones with the pops of red infused throughout. You definitely feel the 1940s Harlem Renaissance vibe the bride was going for throughout the photographs. Speaking of the photographs…they are so stunning I literally gasped. The images are so romantic and ethereal and invoke that old-Hollywood vibe. Can Christa Elyce be my new best friend because she is definitely my new favorite photographer. Check out even more of her amazing work on her website. Christa was kind enough to send over images of the couple’s day-after shoot, which are equally as stunning. Go ahead and dive in. I promise your day just got a whole lot better.

From the Bride…I drew inspiration for the design of our wedding from a group of photographs by James Van Der Zee depicting the Harlem Renaissance. We carried on the vintage/historic feel of our wedding to our choice of venue. I grew up passing The Parador on my way to school over the years and always dreamed of getting married there. The historic architecture of the building fit right into the vision for our wedding day.

My idea was to incorporate hints of gold subtly in different aspects of the wedding décor. I wanted to avoid having a monochromatic color palette but instead a more natural application of our wedding colors.

The same idea of subtle hints of gold played into effect with the choosing of MOH gowns. My MOHs are my absolute best girlfriends in the world and I wanted to highlight their influence not only in my life but Landon’s life as well. I therefore, wanted to exemplify both of their personalities in the gown choice. I was able to find one of the gowns at Neimann Marcus Last Call and the other in a resale shop in Midtown.

I decided to also try my luck at creating the bouquets and boutonnieres. I suffer from extreme allergies and didn’t want to risk an “outbreak” on my wedding day. So we kept the flowers to a minimum and used a variation of red flowers (heart roses, roses, and carnations) to accent the gold.

As far as ceremony décor, I decided to keep the altar décor simple to signify the simplicity of the bond that God has blessed us with. It was important to us to keep our ceremony sacred and spirit filled.

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27.03

Houston Wedding by Love Lee Photography

Posted in Houston Weddings, Real Weddings

How cute is this next wedding! I adore the pink and gray color palette and how it coordinates so well with the modern and chic venues. It’s so hard to find a church that has modern architecture, but the Chapel of St. Basil offers just that. So all of you Houston brides looking for a modern church, take note! And how adorable are those pinwheel escort cards! I love discovering new interpretations of old standards. And Margaret Lee of Love Lee Photography did an amazing job capturing all of the perfect details and the great love that this couple obviously share. Check out even more great images on her blog.

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Photography | Love Lee Photography
Ceremony Venue | Chapel of St. Basil at St. Thomas University
Reception Venue | Alden Hotel
Florals | SCF Events

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25.03

Houston Wedding by Carlea J Photography

Posted in Houston Weddings, Real Weddings

Good Monday morning to everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We have a wonderful wedding to start off your week. I love so much about this wedding, I don’t know where to begin. The gorgeous dress, the vintage car, the bird cage centerpieces…this couple hit it out of the park! And the images by Carlea J are equally as gorgeous. She really captured the beauty and joy of the day. Check out even more gorgeous images on her blog.

From Carlea J…The wedding had a very modern vintage feel to it. The hotel itself (Alden Houston) is very chic and classic with lots of clean lines. Whitney’s dress had a vintage elegant feel to it in both the cut and color as well as the accents around the waist. I loved the incorporation of the bird cages, which felt vintage but not cheeky. Very tastefully done. My two favorite design elements were Whitney’s bouquet and the getaway car. The bouquet had a mix of soft, muted pinks and whites, with lovely and unexpected pops of black. The getaway car was an amazing turquoise thunderbird convertible which Whitney told us Chris’ dad restored for the day. Whitney even got to pick the paint color! It felt vintage in a cool way.

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22.03

Dallas Wedding by Greg Blomberg Photography

Posted in Dallas Weddings, Real Weddings

This next wedding is so beautiful and classic, I don’t know where to begin. Let’s start with the bride–could she be more gorgeous?! I totally have a girl crush! And how cute is that pooch all dressed up for the big day. The photographs by Greg Blomberg Photography capture the classic beauty of the day. His images are so mesmerizing you just want to envelope yourself in them! If this wedding doesn’t get you over the hump, I don’t know what will. Go ahead, dive in!

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