Our busy fall wedding season is wrapping up. We are looking forward to cherished family and friend time. Today we give thanks for all our blessings big and small. Never has it been more true to “Do what you love and love what you do”. Sending warm wishes to everyone.
Driskill Winter Wedding Fun
Lia and Tye are such an enjoyable couple and were a good team in starting their wedding plans. They hired me eight weeks before their wedding to pull together the final vendors and wedding details at one of my favorite Austin venues, The Driskill. The groom’s parents have an amazing home near Zilker Park and hosted a wonderful rehearsal dinner on Friday night. The wedding day was crisp, but not nearly as cold as February could have been.
I love seeing all the details come together at weddings, especially when they reflect what the couple loves. They definitely had one of the most epic cake cuttings I’ve seen in a long time, I loved their photo booth cut-outs of our favorite Texans Matthew McConaughey, BEVO and Willie Nelson not to mention the non-stop dancing thanks to Blind Date. All of these details and more were captured by the amazing Tyler Schmitt with Mill Photo Studio.
What an absolutely amazing weekend we had. Cheers to a lifetime of happiness for you both.
Vendors:
Church: St. Mary’s Cathedral Austin
Wedding Planner: Barbara’s Brides
Reception, catering, and bar: Driskill Hotel, Hannah
Cake: Sweet Treets, Jackie
Photography: Tyler Schmitt with Mill Photo Studio
Videographer: Bird and the Bear, Bryan
Flowers: STEMS Floral
Reception Music: Blind Date Mark
Hair and Makeup: Kandy Glass, makeup 512-0357
Uptown Valet & Transportation
Photo Booth: Smile Booth
Lighting: PSAV, Xavier
Merry Christmas
This time year always fills my heart with love and a sense to give. I hope you spend the holidays with family or friends that fill your heart and make you happy.
Blessings to you,
Barbara
www.barbarasbrides.com
Dark, Velvet Driskill Wedding
Working with Kelly on her wedding, the most challenging aspect was describing her vision to vendors. She did not want a goth wedding, but she did want a dark feel. She loved the idea that the Driskill may be haunted. She loved the rich velvet linens and ribbons along with deep floral colors accented by gold, crème and peach. We worked to create a vintage feel with a touch of eerie. I love the photos and was very excited to see that some of the photos did have a haunting effect to them. My favorite part at the end of the night was seeing a hearse outside the Driskill after the couple exited. With all my weddings at the Driskill, that was a perfect night for it show up for a photo op.
Wedding Planner: Barbara’s Brides
Venue, Catering and Cake: The Driskill
Church: New Sweden Lutheran Church
Floral: STEMS
Photographer: Lauren Apel Photography
Music: Groove Labs
Linens: Marquee Rents
Transportation: Four Leaf