Romantic Whimsical

My sister is engaged and her wedding day is getting closer and closer. I thought it would be awesome to create a wedding inspiration board to help get her pumped up for her big day. Her wedding theme is Romantic Whimsical and her colors are Blue and Hot pink. Hope you enjoy little sister. I love you. Thanks again to Cristina Navarro for allowing me to use her fab photo of what I think is a "whimsical" cake. The cake is a creation from Thierry of Sweet 'Art Festive Cakes.

Vintage Love

Since my husband is a Video Production and Graphic Designer, he has definitely made me more appreciative of quality film making. When it came to planning our wedding he was the person in charge of finding us our wedding videographer, JC Video Productions. We are very happy with our wedding video. One thing that we didn't want was our wedding video to look like it was a cheesy novela, and luckily it didn't. Brides and Grooms, when you look for a videographer make sure to set up a consultation and have them show you their previous work. If they do not want to share previous wedding videos they have made that is a RED FLAG and I would advise you to start  looking for another videographer.

I was looking at Style Me Pretty and found this awesome Vintage wedding inspiration video by Buzz Media Company. It definitely made an impression on me and I would have totally wanted to do that for our video.  I tell my husband that I want to get married to him again a million times so we can incorporate all these cool new trends that I find. He just looks at me like I am a crazy woman. haha. Enjoy the video, I LOVE the vintage look.


Elihu Island Winter Love from Buzz Media Company on Vimeo.

The fragrance of LOVE

When it came to planning my wedding, the hardest vendor for me to find was a florist. I shopped around like any smart bride should and I fell in love with Fiori. They were very attentive and addressed all of my floral needs, and most importantly my budget. Fiori doesn't just put together your average centerpieces, boutineers and bouquets they create pieces of art with beautiful flowers. Visit their website at http://fioritheflowerstudio.com/ to see various floral arrangements they have created.
Below are some photos of Fiori's work taken by Cristina Navarro of New Day Photography www.newdayphotography.com

UTEP Color Inspiration

There are an array of colors that you can choose for your wedding. Many brides are usually the ones to choose the theme and colors of the big day and the groom doesn't really have a choice in the matter. Masculine colors are becoming more popular in modern weddings.
Personally, I was so excited to see that blue and orange are a hot color combo right now. The reason I am so excited is because they are UTEP colors and I have constant Orange Fever. haha
If you and your fiance are big UTEP fans, like most of El Paso, or are UTEP alumni this would be an awesome color theme.
El Paso grooms are going to be so happy if their brides tell them their wedding colors will be orange and blue instead of pink and purple.

Check out this color inspiration board compliments of Charmcitybride.com

Groom's Cake

According to Martha Stewart Weddings, the tradition of the groom's cake can be traced back to the Victorian era in England. The groom's cake made it's debut to the US in the South. Groom's cakes are a fun way of expressing the groom's personality. Groom's cakes can depict a plethora of things but typically are a favorite hobby, sport or food. Personally, I always enjoy the groom's cake more than the wedding cake. I wonder why they taste so much better.
Oh and here is a fun lil tidbit I would like to share. An old superstition is that if the single women at the wedding take a piece of the groom's cake home and sleep with it under their pillow they will dream of their future husband. Ladies, this is literally "FOOD FOR THOUGHT." haha
So enough about Groom's Cake history, below you will find some awesome examples of groom's cakes.
Also, I can't leave you without information about some of True Love Nation's favorite local bakers. First, Thierry of Sweet 'Art Festive Cakes bakes custom design cakes that look and taste amazing, visit her website at www.sweetartfestivecakes.com. You can get a taste of her delicious cakes on the dessert menu at The El Paso City Grill. Secondly, Bowie Bakery not only makes the best Pan Dulce in El Paso but is also baking wedding cakes too, visit their website at www.bowiebakery.com.

These two cakes are from the website gallery of Sweet 'Art Festive Cakes by Thierry.
The following photo my friend took at a wedding she recently was a guest at. The groom really likes Chico's Tacos.