Sometimes, it takes distance to make two people realize just how much they care about each other. For Evan and Brandon, who dated a handful of times before Evan left on a month-long European excursion, it was during their separation when “it became clear we could not live without each other,” she says. To pop the question, Brandon enlisted his parents to help him wrap artist Konstantin Dimopoulos’s “Blue Trees”—an art installation in Houston’s Spotts Park—with LED lights, then led Evan to this special spot for his surprise proposal. The couple’s unique “cabaret-style” wedding, at Hotel ZaZa, kicked off with cocktails and hors d’oeuvre, followed by a ceremony in the center of ZaZa’s Phantom Ballroom, and “a very lively night,” Evan says, “with no down time!”

VENDOR DETAILS
Venue: Hotel ZaZa Houston
Invitations & Stationery: Bering’s
Flowers, Decor & Lighting: Plants N’ Petals
Linens & Rentals: EB Inc. Event Rentals & Design
Bridesmaid Dresses: Bella Bridesmaids
Registry: Kuhl-Linscomb
Honeymoon: Costa Rica
Photography: Morgan Lynn Photography