Brides of North Texas

The nice girls over at Brides of North Texas posted this recently about the Annex on their blog:

"Venue With A Green Factor - After visiting the Hickory Street Annex event space, we had to share this unique spot! The space is a perfect blank canvas for any wedding day transformation.  Also, we love the "green" factor!  The sapce has reclaimed architectural elements, uses recycled paper goods and has 100 percent wind-powered electricity.  Also, for every event they make a contribution to www.americanforest.org to plant trees  in an area in need of restoration."

click here to see the full post and their wonderful site

Blue Lotus Design

Brianne Denton with Blue Lotus Designs did the flowers for Andrea's wedding last month.  Her approach is fresh and modern.  Curly willow flanked the altar area with a curly willow cross suspended above.  The coolest thing were the fish bowls at the bar, Brianne's husband does koi ponds and landscaping so the two of the collaborated on this event (they were much larger than they look in the photo).  This gives new meaning to "drink like a fish!"

Nice Reflection

Jim Herndon, with On Location Portraiture, took this photo of Nicole in front of Building B.  This is one of Gary's favorite images taken on his property, not just because she is so gorgeous but because of the nice reflection in his office window. Jim says he has shot many portraits around this same area but never did notice the reflection. (click on the photo above to see more of Jim's recent bridal portraits)

If you want a photo shoot at Hickory Street Annex, the price is $75 per hour and you can have use of the bride's room for changing and hair and makeup.  If you book an event with us, the fee is waived. We have lots of bridal portraits, engagement portraits, kids, families, etc. done here. You can use your own photographer or give Jim a call!

Carved Fruit

I wanted to start a blog dedicated specifically to the events held at the Annex. The date of 8-8-08 seemed like a fun one to start with so I dove in and did it. On the eighth day of the eigth month of the eighth year, we had a wedding/reception combo. The bride Liz, from Laos, and the groom Jose, from Mexico, brought two cultures together. The couple was determined to tie the knot on August 8, 2008 because of the significance of the number 8. This date was particularly of interest to the bride because in Asia, it is an extremely lucky number, as you probably heard when the Olympics began on this date also.  Last year, the special date was 7-7-07 and next year I assume it will be 9-9-09.

Part of the Laos tradition is to have fruit carved into elaborate decoration. And don't think that it replaced the wedding cake, they also had a super gorgeous cake with fresh flowers.  When I saw the fruit being carved and the cake being adorned by fresh flowers, I went next door to our "resident photographer", Jim Herndon with On Location Portraiture, and asked him to grab some shots - they are way better than the ones I took!

Watch this blog for future events. I am trying to capture something unique at each event and post a photo and brief description. The venue at the Annex was designed to be very flexible to allow for creative types and I am seeing tons of creativity at the events!