How To Survive Winter Events

Winter in Texas is crazy. If you have lived in Texas for any amount of time you know the weather can change at the drop of your cowboy hat. ;) Winter is no different. You may be walking around in shorts one day soaking up the sun and the next bundled up because a cold front blew in and dropped the temperature from a lovely 72 to a harsh 30 (for Texans anyway).

So, how do you prepare for a winter event? You ask yourself these questions: How do you decorate? What do you wear? What do you serve to eat?

If you event is in the winter months, why not play it up. Even if it turns out to be a mild Texas winter, decorate like your in a winter wonderland! There are so many things that come to mind when you think of winter. Some people say Christmas trees and poinsettia, others would say snow and bright red berries. Your imagination is your limit when it comes to decorating!

Your attire is another thing to think about. If it does turn out cold, then break out that fancy fur coat (or faux fur) or all those cute scarves and wraps. Think of winter colors; white for snow, red for those red berries and santa's suit, winter blue for frost, and you can even add things like diamonds and crystals for ice.

Food is where all the fun is, in my opinion. There are so many fun things you can serve to keep people warm and really keep with the winter theme. For one, people always think of hot chocolate and egg nog in the winter. I think soups and chowders served in bread bowls are adorable. Plus you can serve things like roast with winter squash. And, we can't forget that bar-b-que is always a hit in Texas!

No matter what you decide to do for your winter event as long as you put a little bit of your personality into the planning, it will turn out great. So, in the spirit of greatness, and since it's supposed to get down into the 20s tonight below are a couple of my favorite winter photos at Texas Old Town. (These are not all from the same events.)

Plus one more...but from somewhere else...because I love it. :)

2 More Weddings: Jan. 2010 and April 2010

Maggie and Patrick were married in January 2010 at Saint Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Austin, Texas. They had their reception at Texas Old Town in Sage Hall.  Pictures below of their fun reception by the wonderful Old World Studios Photography.

Lacey and Ian were married in April 2010 at Texas Old Town in Tejas Hall. They had PoK-e-Jo's cater their reception and their DJ was The Awesome Sean with ATXDJ. Photography was done by Old World Studios. See their wedding photos below.

Don't you just love weddings?! We will be posting more pictures next week!

2 Weddings: December 4 & December 5 beauties

Congratulations to Raj'ae and Travis & Angela and Jodie!

These couples recently got married at Texas Old Town. One on December 4 and the other on December 5.
Both were photographed by Margaret of Old World Studios. (Just a reminder...if you have any photos from an event at TOT, pass them on so we can feature your event on our blog!)

Now...on to the photos!

Let's start off with Raj'ae and Travis.

Now it's time for Angela and Jodie!

Stay tuned...because tomorrow we will be featuring a few more weddings photographed by Margaret at Old World Studios!