Belle The Magazine

The Wedding Blog For The Sophisticated Bride

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Chic Chandeliers

A touch of blink is always beautiful.g. What better way to incorporate the blink factor to your event than the forever-elegant Chandeliers. Ballrooms, haciendas, and even tents and gardens, are perfect for chandeliers. Chandeliers add a feel of elegance to a contemporary-modern wedding and bring an extra luxurious effect to the classic reception. Have Chandeliers read more…

Rules for a Statement-Making Dessert Buffet

One of my favorite “trends” for weddings is the famous dessert/candy buffet. Unfortunately, I have seen a lot of dessert buffets with a style that look more appropriate for a kids birthday party than for a wedding. This kills the whole concept and trend. Look at your dessert buffet as you would see your cake; read more…

Tablescapes

We had the pleasure to attend the El Paso Pro-Musica Guild Tablescapes contest. It was a beautiful event full of talent and it was very inspiring to us. These are some of my favorite Tablescapes photographed by The French Vue. Which one is your favorite?   Elite Events                 read more…

{Unique Engagement Session}: Sarah + Aaron

I’ve got a funny feeling you’re going to go just as crazy about these as I did. Words can’t even describe them, really can they? Sarah and Aaron are a super cool, unique couple from El Paso (oh yes this couple is local woohoo) who certainly added that little bit of cool to their engagement shoot. The read more…

{A Magic Destination Wedding}: Cyndie + Scott

I bring you a wedding that is total magic. It took place in the beautiful historic town of Antigua, Guatemala. The bride and groom are from Austin, but the bride used to live in Las Cruces, NM and her mother still lives in El Paso, so it’s kind of a “local wedding”. Photographed from Dan read more…

Something Blue: Part II

Something Blue … What about the Wedding Dress? 1 Bellantuono 2010 Bridal Collection, 2 St. Pucchi 2010 Bridal Collection, 3 Atelier Manon Pascual 2010 Bridal Collection, 4 Kate Halfpenny 2010 Bridal Collection, 5 Manikinn 2010 Bridal Collection, 6 Ana Torres 2010 Bridal Collection, 7 Alina Pizzano 2010 Bridal Collection, 8 Ella Rosa Spring 2010 Bridal Collection  Images via Fashionbride’s Weblog 

Gaby+Zac : Engagement

Two things I love to feature in Belle are quality photography and the use of our local natural scenery in Engagement and Wedding Sessions. Here is a good example of this, a beautiful engagement session by Yada Guerrero , an El Paso based photographer with a ton of talent.  And, if it wasn’t enough, the Bride read more…