The sky’s the limit when it comes to Daniela and Fernando, quite literally. The two met shortly after jumping out of a plane at a skydiving drop zone, which eventually led them to start jumping together on the weekends.
Four years ago, Madison, a nurse practitioner from Seattle, and Emmanuel, a doctor from Ecuador, met at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. After just a few dates, Madison knew she had found her “McDreamy.” A proposal followed on a beautiful evening at a beach in Mexico, with a radiant sunset as the backdrop.
The couple planned for their wedding to be in February 2020, but as you can imagine, for two medical pros working at the largest cancer center in the U.S. during the pandemic, their wedding plans came to a halt. “We made the difficult decision to delay our wedding to not only keep our family and friends safe but also the patients we work with at the cancer center,” Madison says.
Thora and John Henry’s love story begins in a biology class at Houston’s Bellaire High School, when he was a sophomore and she was a freshman. “At the time we met, John Henry had sustained an arm injury allowing him to rely heavily on me for help with notes and such,” Thora tells us. It’s the “and such” that evolved into the love of their lifetimes, culminating in a surprise proposal at the James Turrell Skyspace at Rice U. Six months later, the former high-school sweethearts joined 250 of their nearest and dearest for a lively, lovely, let-your-hair-down celebration of their union at Washington Ave.’s hidden garden wedding gem, Hughes Manor where revelers dined on fresh ceviche and beef tenderloin, and danced the night away, until the couple’s sparkler exit at the end of the night. Please join us in thanking this sweet Houston couple for sharing their wedding day (and all its sparkling, special details) with us!
Photographer: Luxe Photography |Venue: Hughes Manor
Mosquitos. Guacamole. A clever ruse. Oh, how we love a zany proposal story: “I told Shane I wanted to wait until I officially had a degree to be engaged,” says Joanna. “He waited exactly a week after I graduated. We had talked about going on a hike, and finally planned it for that weekend. While on our hike there there were so many mosquitos it looked like a dark fog was following us. We ran out of the woods with about 30 bites each laughing so hard (with me not realizing his proposal plan was falling apart). We found an area that was mosquito-free, sat down for a picnic, and then Shane told me he had something for me. I got extremely suspicious that he was proposing. I thought to myself, ‘Shane can’t propose with a tub of guacamole (my favorite) sitting in between us.’ Click here to read the rest of this post »
Photos: Sylvie Gil | Set, Concept, Styling, Decor & Flowers: Todd Events | Wardrobe Stylist: Summar Salah | Oscar de la Renta Gown: Joan Pillow Bridal Salon | Jewelry: Nazar’s Fine Jewelry | Suit: Festari | | Hair: Ceron for Ceron Salon | Makeup: VCI Artist Victoria Callaway, Assistant: Devin Harvey
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and we’re feelin’ this green and white vibe! Lucky for you (pun intended), we pulled together the prettiest wedding décor, flowers, cakes, gowns and rings to give you some major green wedding inspiration. Check out the lovely photos below by Sylvie Gil from this incredible styled shoot by Todd Events. P.S. You can see more photos from this styled shoot in our current issue of Weddings in Houston magazine!
Photos: Sylvie Gil | Set, Concept, Styling, Decor & Flowers: Todd Events | Wardrobe Stylist: Summar Salah | Ring (‘Will You Marry Me’ Photo): Zadok Jewelers | Cake: Susie’s Cakes & Confections | Hair: Ceron for Ceron Salon | Makeup: VCI Artist Victoria Callaway, Assistant: Devin Harvey
