{"id":3464,"date":"2011-08-12T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonweddingblog.com\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2012-06-13T09:42:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T16:42:05","slug":"behind-the-scenes-weddings-in-houstons-august-issue-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/behind-the-scenes-weddings-in-houstons-august-issue-launch-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Scenes: Weddings in Houston&#8217;s August Issue Launch Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party1.jpg\" alt=\"Weddings in Houston's August Issue Launch Party\" width=\"660\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party1.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party2.jpg\" alt=\"Weddings in Houston's August Issue Launch Party\" width=\"660\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party2-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party3.jpg\" alt=\"Weddings in Houston's August Issue Launch Party\" width=\"660\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party3.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party3-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party4.jpg\" alt=\"Weddings in Houston's August Issue Launch Party\" width=\"660\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party4.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/launch-party4-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos: <a title=\"DW Photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/Wedding_Photography\/DW_Photography.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">DW Photography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ever wonder what Houston\u2019s finest wedding vendors are doing when  they\u2019re not creating, you know, totally incredible weddings? Well, on July 21 , 300 of them were living it up at <a title=\"La Colombe d'Or Houston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/Reception_Venues\/La_Colombe_d_Or.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">La Colombe d\u2019Or<\/a>\u2014site of the <a title=\"Weddings in Houston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Weddings in Houston<\/em><\/a> August 2011 Issue Launch Party!<\/p>\n<p>The lively and visually stunning (of course) bash\u2014with fabulous  country-French d\u00e9cor and luscious flowers from Rob Smith of <a title=\"Events in Bloom Houston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/Wedding_Flowers\/Events_in_Bloom.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Events in  Bloom<\/a>\u2014brought out many of the city\u2019s most in-demand wedding vendors.  Among them, <a title=\"Susie's Cakes &amp; Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/Wedding_Cakes_Desserts\/Susies_Cakes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Susie\u2019s Cakes &amp; Confections<\/a> and <a title=\"Cake Creations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/Wedding_Cakes_Desserts\/Cake_Creations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Cake Creations<\/a>, whose  dazzling and decadent cakes were so \u201cso beautiful, it was a sin to cut  them!\u201d noted <em>Weddings in Houston<\/em> publisher Radhika Day. As if these  divine cakes weren\u2019t enough, the sweet gals from <a title=\"SWEET Houston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/wedding_cakes_desserts\/sweet.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">SWEET<\/a> gifted guests  with to-die-for French macaroons (big with Houston brides for 2011-2012  weddings&#8211;if you haven&#8217;t yet, you&#8217;ve seriously got to try them).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this being a <em>Weddings in Houston<\/em> party, you  better believe some amazing entertainment was on the menu. Guests  couldn\u2019t get enough of the killer DJ and alluring \u201ctable girl,\u201d courtesy <a title=\"Jetspeed Entertainment Agency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/music_entertainment\/jetspeed_entertainment_agency.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> Jetspeed Entertainment<\/a>\u2014and they couldn\u2019t wait for a go at the <a title=\"JPL Entertainment Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10150248230802444.324447.97295512443&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">photo  booth<\/a> from <a title=\"JPL Entertainment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/music_entertainment\/jpl_entertainment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">JPL Entertainment<\/a>, who also showed off their unique  hand-crafted albums and guest books, btw.<\/p>\n<p>Big\u2014no HUGE\u2014thanks to Rob Smith, Susie Edwards, Bobbie Taylor, John Escamilla, Jeff Landry and Sandy Tran, as well as Dan Zimmerman and Hannah Kramer of the  sumptuous and spectacular La Colombe d\u2019Or, and to the talented Danny  Heinlin of <a title=\"DW Photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/Professionals\/Wedding_Photography\/DW_Photography.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">DW Photography<\/a> for fabulous pics of the event, featured here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos: DW Photography Ever wonder what Houston\u2019s finest wedding vendors are doing when they\u2019re not creating, you know, totally incredible weddings? 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