Downtown Houston has some incredible wedding venues. From industrial warehouses, rustic barns, to victorian homes. No matter what feel you are looking for there will be a Downtown Houston wedding venue for everyone. 

The venue you choose has so many behind the scenes attachments (is that the right word? I don’t know but I’m sticking with it). Is there lots of parking, are there plenty of hotel options for out of town guests, are there catering options? Here are some tips for how to choose your Downtown Houston wedding venue.

  • First things first, What are you comfortable spending! BUDGET IS EVERYTHING! A downtown Houston wedding can get pricey if you don’t set expectations and create an order of importance.

  • Ask yourself what are the most important factors of your wedding. Is it Venue? Guest list? Photographer? From here it will help you narrow down where you spend the biggest part of your budget.

  • First, If you have a bigger budget, a larger venue and guest list may be feasible. If your budget is a little smaller I always recommend a smaller guest list with a more eccclectic and fun Wedding Venue. The Belamour, in Downtown Houston (pictutred in this blog) is such a cute venue! (no im not being paid to say this 😆).

  • SIZE
    • Smaller venue does not = less fun! It can leave room for those small details to shine and really soak in that small intimate wedding feel.

  • Start the venue hunt as soon as you have narrowed down your guest list! Most Downtown Houston Wedding Venues book dates as early as a year and a half in advanced!

  • ACT FAST! First off, If you like it! Book it! go in with the expectation of if you like it so will a million other couples who are getting married around the same time you are. DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WEDDING VENUES ARE DESIREABLE! (It’s almost like house hunting, you visit you love it and within the next hour its gone!)

  • GUET COUNT
  • Also, Consider how many out of town guests you have. Are there plenty of hotels nearby? one of the benefits to a Downtown Houston wedding is access to hotels, airbnbs, vrbos, etc!

  • TRANSPORTATION
    • Consider a shuttle or bus to transport guests to and from the venue as most Downtown Houston wedding venues will have limited parking, and or a cost attached to the parking options! If all of your guests are staying at one hotel this is a perfect situation! (helps with those late guests too :p)

  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • Next, Choosing a Downtown Houston Wedding venue also opens the door for epic entertainment value, good food, and lots of options for you’re out of town guests. Don’t want the party to stop hit up some of the incredible downtown bars and continue the night out!

And lastly enjoy! No matter what you choose it will be amazing and uniquely you!

Want to chat about the possibility of me photographing your Downtown Houston, Wedding  Contact me to learn more!

Well we have arrive at my first official Houston, Texas resident wedding!!

AHHHHHH! It has been a crazy ride but man am I pumped. Ashlee and Bobby were seriously so much fun!! All they wanted to do was party and celebrate with their family and covid didn’t stop them (with protections and mandates in place of course).

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I started a new thing and you can let me know if you like this format or nah… but I decided I wanted to feature my couples answers to a small questionnaire I send after the wedding to help me give you better content/ reading material as well as just ideas!

SO here we go: How did you meet? To our surprise, online dating isn’t that bad after all!!!!

When was the first time you knew you wanted to marry eachother?I don’t want to be long winded, but it was a beautiful November night and my now hubby asked me to attend his Aunt’s birthday party in Houston Texas. At this party the music, food, and my dancing skills were on point. Towards the end of the night, the photographer asked for his family to get together and take a picture. Not thinking anything of it then proceeded to my chair, because I knew I wasn’t family. Quickly, I realized that Bobby’s mood changed and boooyy did it go downhill after that. Our first major BLOW UP occurred after 8 months of being together. Come to find out the blow up was due to our own insecurities about how deeply we were in love with one another. You see, I went to my seat because I knew I wasn’t family and would of been deeply hurt by the rejection if my boyfriend told me to sit down. For my now hubby, he took that as a sign I wasn’t ready for that level of a commitment. Once we realized the root of our disagreement and expressed how we felt about one another. he then asked me to marry him.

What’s your favorite activity to do together? That’s a hard one, because we have some many. But if I had to narrow it down, we take pride that we are Leo’s and our birthday’s are a day apart. With that being said, we love to travel and celebrate our birthday’s together.

If you could give one piece of wedding planning advice to future couples what would it be? Just know that something isn’t going to go right and it will still be beautiful. With that being said, hire a day of wedding coordinator at the least. If you can afford a wedding planner, hire one (we used Lilliejane designs)

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and lastly my personal favorite question becaue well coffee and beer is life 😀

What’s your favorite beverage of choice? My husband’s favorite beverage is a Jack Daniels Margarita. My favorite beverage is a drink called a painkiller.

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I am obsessed with these two and how much fun they had with each other and their guests. Just want to give a big thank you to the vendors of this beautiful wedding down below and really hope you enjoyed this style of blog! Please feel free to leave a comment below about things you would like to see more of here :}

Venue: The Woodlands Waterway Mariott

Florals, and planning services: Lilliejane designs

Photography: Rkm Photography :p