Beautiful Set-up this weekend at Chateau Polonez.

The recipe:
Venue: Chateau Polonez www.chateaupolonez.com
Floral: Events in Bloom http://eventsinbloom.com/
Cakes: Cakes by Gina www.cakesbygina.com
Photos by: Studio 563 www.studio563.com
Steel Drums: Steel Vibrations
Make-up: The Perfect Face www.theperfectface.com
Catering: Glorious Cuisine www.gloriouscuisine.com

Awesome video about working a negative into a positive

Thanks to Peter Shankman for sharing this video. Instead of her manager getting mad at the mime, he hired him!

So how is Galveston?

We get this question a lot lately, how is Galveston? Well there is good news and not-so-good news. Most tourist spots are up and running. Hotel Galvez opened their doors on October 31, 2008, but unfortunately lost their new spa :( But they will re-build it.

On the Harbor side, Willie G's Steak House opened back up on December 4, 2008. The main streets are cleaned up, with small piles of debris. The seawall area is beautiful, the sand is clean and the water looks blue (not kidding, blue)!

Once you venture to the residential areas, it does get a little sadder, there is still some major work to be done.

So in sort, if you are holding an event in Galveston, continue to do so. Te event areas are all cleaned up, and your event will help the economy in Galveston so that the whole Island can be rebuilt.

Holiday Sweater Gallery

This post has nothing to do weddings and events, but it is funny!
http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/living-green/staticslideshowdg.aspx?cp-documentid=15180155>1=32001

Event Trendcast

Last night ISES (international Special Events Society) hosted a fabulous event, with a great panel of experts on future trends in events. Here are a few notes:

Radihka Day with Weddings in Houston Magazine brought up a VERY new trend with bouquets at weddings. The new thing is to keep your colors consistent but let each bridesmaids carry a different style. Makes for some really good pictures!

Mechelle Lobpries with The Knot shared some new cake trends. A notable one- Frills and flowers are out but cool shades of colors and more organic shades of taupe and silver are in!

Amber Bell with Houston Modern Luxury Brides mentioned a new cocktail trend- Herbal Cocktails! People are mixing Asian ginger and lemon grass with different liquors to make a truly signature cocktail.

Veronika with Brides.com shared with us the newest craze in invitations, Modern Letterpress. This is something that has been around, but now we are seeing the floral and pattern impressions placed on invites.

Jennifer Schafer with Premier Bride Magazine gave us some great ideas on "branding" your wedding and events with logo/monograms all over the place and news ways to integrate them.