Just popping in to share a belated little beauty we left for a private birthday at our perennial favourite, the Hotel St. Cecilia here in Austin. To say we’re obsessed with the St. Cecilia and its gorgeous views would be putting it mildly. That peacock wall really does no wrong, and those ruby hued, double […]

We were thrilled to be asked by the ladies over at Bash, Please to come on board for a modern, Moroccan-inspired wedding at the Parker Palm Springs this past weekend. Floral-wise, it was pink in all her glory, plenty of beautiful brass, and included a significant amount of foraging for bougainvillea. And don’t forget about those adorable little […]

This weekend saw an influx of East Coasters arrive into Texas for a big wedding we’ve been working on for over a year. We did our best at channeling “East Coast Elegance” [for lack of a better phrase] while still grounding it in Texas, so to speak. We brought our big guns to Barr Mansion […]

This seems like an apropos way to return to blogging, but has anyone snagged any of the most recent copies of Brides magazine? They recently did a complete revamp of the look of the glossy, and I love the new direction. Second best? The July issue has a feature on Austin as a destination wedding […]

———— “We live in a culture that nurtures competitive skills. But it’s probably a good idea to try to supplement them with the skills of the creative monopolist: alertness, independence and the ability to reclaim forgotten traditions.” Things that rung out like a bell in my head: reclaiming forgotten traditions, and taking the necessary pause […]