Yellow Umbrella Events - Austin & Mexico Destination Wedding Planners
Today I’m going to let you in on a little secret. A lot of our brides like to do a pre wedding boudoir photo shoot as a gift to their groom on their wedding day. It’s true! And I’m always getting questions from the brides – What do I wear? Who should I call for read more…
Oh if you could only hear the things that we hear from wedding vendors, both during and after, a wedding. It’s not meant to harm though. It’s much like any other job held by anyone anywhere. Doctors complain about patients not following their release instructions when they get out of the hospital. Mechanics complain about read more…
Our sweet friend, Mylah Burrows, from Eureka Photography in Austin, just wrote a blog about why she recommends that her bride’s work with a wedding planner – and she featured Shea and I. And we’re pretty excited about it! It is always so humbling when your industry peers say such great things about you. We read more…
In case you haven’t heard, Premiere Party Central held a design competition for Austin event planners at the Palmer Events Center recently. And it was kind of a big deal! Premiere Events selected 12 of the top event planners in Austin to compete in a design competition. We were to incorporate their rental items and read more…
This is our favorite Plantation House wedding that we’ve ever done! Aren’t they adorable!? Hello!! Check out the Vera Wang – this is one fashionable couple! Fan and Chris held their wedding at The Plantation House in Pflugerville, Texas (just outside of Austin). Their wedding was over the top beautiful! From the Vera Wand gown read more…
This blog post may more accurately be named “Flower Power at Vista West Ranch” due to the enormous amount of gorgeous flowers that were used in this wedding! You see, Lyndee is no ordinary bride – she’s a recovering florist. That’s right. Lyndee and her mother, Lisa, were the owners of Lisalyn Designs Floral, before read more…
Last night I attended an awards banquet and party for a local industry organization. The theme was My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and we were all encouraged to dress the part. I’m not going to go into the specifics of why, but I actually own a big pink tulle wedding dress, so this was my read more…
UPDATE: We may have written this in 2012 but it’s just as relevant today, in 2019! Hyatt Lost Pines is still one of our favs for corporate events in the Austin area and that’s a real testament to this property. Even today they are just as current as ever. They continue to wow us and read more…
The couple are twirling around the dance floor during their first dance as a married couple and just at that final moment when the bride/groom dips the bride/groom the lights change in an instant from soft blue to dramatic hot pink and the spot light suddenly shines on the happy couple as they kiss. Wow! read more…
When we here at Yellow Umbrella Events were young and starting out we would often be asked “Why do you charge what you do?” or “How do you come up with what you’re charging?” and we would set out to explain our fee structure and why we charge what we do. It’s been quite a read more…
What’s the rain plan? This is a question that all of us here at Yellow Umbrella Events contend with on a regular basis. We are responsible to not only our lovely couples, but to our vendors, to insure that we’ve thought through their event and have made for sure that we’ve considered what will happen read more…
Actual Wedding Trends of 2013, According To Yellow Umbrella Events – The Low Down On What Real Couples Are Doing There are always so called “experts” in every field that tout the next big thing in their industry – and the events industry is no different. In a quick search this morning of wedding trends read more…
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