Your bridesmaids and groomsmen are your best friends, your confidantes, your partners in crime. They stand beside you on the most important day of your life—and usually do it wearing something YOU picked out (and THEY paid for). Show them how much you appreciate all they do by treating them to a totally unique Vivabox. What’s Vivabox, you ask? Check out this blog post for a peek beneath the lid!

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Your wedding will undoubtedly bear your personal touch. So should your wedding favors. But that doesn’t mean sending guests home with any old knick-knack stamped with the date of your blessed union. Instead, select a favor that shows creativity and playfulness, with just a touch of nostalgic whimsy. One sweet idea: a personalized candy jar like this little darling from American Bridal. It’s inexpensive, reusable and easily personalized, plus the candy you choose can be color-coordinated with your wedding palette for a wonderfully stylish tabletop addition and take-home token.

When the male guests at your wedding reception take the time to tell you it’s the best bash they’ve ever been to, you’ve done something right, says Mary Lee Hackedorn. The boys weren’t the only fans of her baseball-theme, but still fabulously elegant, wedding to Richard Barlow Wilkens IV at Minute Maid Park’s Union Station. Read about it here, and prepare to cheer.

Tiffani-Janelle, pastry chef
Cake Creations
When baking for the corporate market wasn’t quite enough for Tiffani-Janelle, the ambitious pastry artist decided to put out a few calls in the world of wedding cakes. Fortunately for Houston brides, Bobbie Taylor of Cake Creations snapped up the supremely talented chef, and Tiffani-Janelle has been turning out head-turning cakes at Taylor’s side ever since. The baker says she loves the balance of kitchen work and face-to-face customer service that defines her position: "With so many culinary jobs, you don’t ever see the client. But here, I get both. It’s very fulfilling." As for wedding guests, they’re filling up on Tiffani-Janelle’s famed wedding cakes, which, this season, are leaning more and more toward fabulous flavor combinations–chocolate-pomegranate, pina colada, mocha-marble-fudge—stacked high and all dressed up in pure white or ivory frosting.
For more information on Cake Creations, click here, or call 713.263.1952 to schedule an appointment.

Floral isn’t just one of the most visually impressive elements of wedding decor, it’s also one of the most expensive line items in most wedding budgets. To get the most bang for your floral buck, and make sure that you don’t end up with wilted blooms or tilted centerpieces, make sure you hire a good floral firm. Our wedding florist listings can put you in touch with Houston’s top floral artists, all the click of a mouse.

Weddings in Houston’s much-anticipated Before You Say..."I do!" annual bridal soiree will take place Sunday, January 24, 2010. If you only attend one wedding show, this is the one, so mark your calendar Houston brides and make it a date. Keep an eye out for your Weddings in Houston weekly Wedding Buzz Newsletter as we announce more details in the upcoming weeks.

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