March Bridal 2012 - Insite Brazos Valley

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INSITE BRIDE March 2012
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PUBLISHER’SDESK
SOME DAYS YOU CAN’T
FIGURE OUT WHICH END
IS UP and if you’re having that feeling reading
this month’s issue of INSITE, well, sorry about
that. It’s just that sometimes you shouldn’t have to
choose between two really great cover features. So
we didn’t.
The Bride Guide is the romantic story of how
one bride-to-be kept dozens of wedding planning
details – and her happiness – on track to create the
wedding of her dreams. Her secret weapon? The
BRIDAL
ASSOCIATION of the
Brazos Valley’s annual show at the Expo Center. This
year’s SPRING SHOW is February 19 and
it’s a don’t miss opportunity to meet the vendors that
specialize in happily ever after.
Not a bride-to-be? No worries. You can still
go to the dance … the NCAA MARCH
MADNESS
dance, that is. Having a
bid accepted to host the first and second rounds
of the Women’s Basketball NCAA tournament
is quite the honor for TEXAS
A&M
ATHLETICS and if the Lady Aggies make
it to the party, the home court advantage will be
something to CELEBRATE.
If you’re a visitor – WELCOME to
Aggieland! In this issue of INSITE, we’ve given
you a FRONT ROW SEAT to all the charms Bryan/
College Station has to offer for shopping, dining and
attractions. Enjoy your stay and come back soon!
– Angelique Gammon
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Angelique Gammon, Publisher
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Insite Magazine
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CONTENTS
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WEDDINGPLANS
A Bride’s Story
From ‘I Do’ to Happily Ever After
by Margaret Ann Thurmond
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YOURSOURCE
Bride Guide
Wedding Planning Resources
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INSITE Magazine is
published monthly by Insite
Printing & Graphic Services,
123 E. Wm. J. Bryan Pkwy.,
Bryan, Texas 77803. (979) 8235567 www.insitebrazosvalley.
com Volume 28, Number 10.
Publisher/Editor: Angelique
Gammon; Account Executive:
Myron King; Graphic
Designer: Karen Green.
Editorial Interns: Cheyanne
Baker, Margaret Ann
Thurmond; INSITE Magazine
is a division of The Insite
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prohibited. Insite Printing &
Graphic Services Managing
Partners: Kyle DeWitt,
Angelique Gammon, Greg
Gammon. General Manager:
Carl Dixon; Pre-Press
Manager: Mari Brown; Office
Manager: Wendy Seward;
Sales & Customer Service:
Molly Barton; Candi Burling;
Manda Jackson; Marie
Lindley; Kim Quinney; Barbara
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Beatty; Norris Carnes; Marilyn
Carey; Don Coburn; Jaimie
Colwell; Ricky Conchola;
Byron Lee; Margie Lowry;
Arthur Maldonado; Richard
Pearce; Brandon Prouse;
Frank Ramirez; Mike Seward;
Ruben Torres; Stephen
Woodruff.
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‘I Do’
A Bride’s Story
Story by Margaret Ann Thurmond / Photos by Fernando Weberich Photography
“We all went to Chuy’s for lunch. We were sitting over there,”
she says, pointing to a table in the corner. “I knew something
was going on because he started getting nervous, and then
he turned to me and looked me in my eyes and told me how
much he loves me and how much he cares and how he wants
to be with me forever. And then he got down on one knee
and proposed.”
Surprisingly, not many people noticed.
“I was surprised,” she muses. “He had to be really
bold to do that.”
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Get a Step Ahead on
Your Family Break!
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“The Proposal” launches a married
couple-to-be into the whirl of decision
making known as “Planning
Your Wedding.”
Each step
along the path helps create a
wedding that will reflect two
lifetime journeys that become
one at the alter. Whether it’s a
small, intimate affair or an
epic adventure for family and
friends, all wedding plans share
some traits: excitement, research,
a touch of nerves, details, lists and a
catch of breath as the day finally unfolds.
This is the story of LaDoris Beckworth’s path to becoming Mrs. Jamal Bowers, a
journey that began their senior year of high school and culminated in happily
ever after at an elegant, traditional wedding celebration in January.
Pre-Wedding Plans
LaDoris Beckworth has just entered into the
blissful and draining world of engagement.
Her race to plan out the last detail before The
Big Day arrives has begun on an intimate
double date at Chuy’s. After saying, “Yes,” LaDoris can only think, “What’s next?”
LaDoris is the first child in her
family to marry, so planning a modern
wedding is a new phenomenon for the
Beckworths. Luckily, LaDoris has the
love and support of both her family
and her fiancé’s family to make the journey
a little easier. A Bryan/College-Station native,
she first met her fiancé Jamal Bowers during
their senior year of high school. Fast forward
five years and the Beckworths and Bowers
have formed a united front to make LaDoris’
dream wedding happen. Everyone was able
to show their support, in ways both large and
small. “It makes you feel good that so many
people love your child,” the mother-of-thebride says.
LaDoris has dived into the planning process with The Knot, an online website that has
everything from color scheme ideas to advice
on how to find the perfect honeymoon
destination. LaDoris also has used local resources to research vendors in
the local bridal market. “I attended a
bridal show at the Expo Center here,”
“Yes,” LaDoris can only
think, “What’s next?”
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she says. “They had all the local vendors.”
She stresses how vital the Bridal Show &
Benefit has been to her success, a show that
is held in spring and again in the fall at the
Brazos County Expo Center. Vendors from
the area and surrounding cities are on hand
to answer every bride’s questions and concerns. A advantage of attending the show is
the forms a bride-to-be fills out so that emails
updates with the latest bridal events and special discounts on services can be sent during
the planning phase.
LaDoris has decided to use all local vendors for her wedding and she emphasizes
the need for experience. Using a vendor with
knowledge of the latest wedding trends also
is helpful. Flower decisions, for instance: LaDoris says she and her mother had no idea
where to begin or what was traditional and
the flowers prove to be a huge undertaking. Debbie Brooks at Post Oak Florists
takes care of both the ceremony and
reception. “I would recommend her to
anyone,” Beckworth gushes. “She was
very helpful.”
LaDoris
also stresses the
need to consider the
small details that many people
don’t think about when planning a wedding:
the unity candle, the groomsmen’s boutonnieres, the party favors and table settings.
Using local vendors as resources has kept the
small mountain of details from becoming
overwhelming.
As the big day draws near, it’s all coming
together just the way LaDoris has wanted it to
be since she was young – with a few changes
sprinkled here and there.
“I wanted a turquoise dress, but that
changed,” she says. Her idea of a mermaid-style
dress transformed into an elegant ball gown
when she discovered one at a trunk show in
the Woodlands. “When you’re shopping
for the dress
and she puts
on ‘the one,’ you
know immediately,” LaDoris’ mother
says. “We knew.”
There’s no doubt that planning a wedding can be stressful, and part of
the reason is that opinions helpfully offered
from every direction can become overwhelming.
“Dealing with people who don’t do what
they say they’re going to do is frustrating,”
LaDoris says, while explaining wedding planning woes. What she isn’t struggling with is
pressure from family members to have her
wedding a certain way. “A lot of people wanted to give suggestions to save money,” she
says. LaDoris offers a lesson for other brides:
the planning process is ongoing, right
up until you say, “I do.” “It’s all the
little details,” she says. “There are still
a lot of things where you think, ‘Oh, I
haven’t thought about that.’”
LaDoris advises future brides
“I attended a bridal show at the
Expo Center here,” she says.
“They had all the local vendors.”
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to deal with the stress by staying organized.
It’s important to keep everything in line so
you won’t become overwhelmed. She adds,
“Think about the end result.”
“Everyone wants to give their ideas, but
you just want her to be happy,” LaDoris’
mother says. The best news for the stressed
bride-to-be: “We’ve never had a moment
where we felt like we didn’t want to do this
again.”
The Big Day
After almost a year of planning her dream
wedding, the finish line is in sight for LaDoris
Beckworth. The easy part will simply be saying, “I do.”
LaDoris says that she isn’t at all nervous
before the ceremony begins. In fact, her quiet
calm radiates to those around her as she waits
for the ceremony to commence.
“Everybody else was nervous, [but] it
was just what I always wanted,” she recalls afterwards. “I knew he was who I wanted to be
with; I had no doubts.”
The Day starts early at Christ United
Methodist Church in College Station with the
wedding day coordinator helping things run
smoothly. LaDoris and her wedding party
set up tables and chairs, and everything else
is left to the vendors. Her organization and
planning is paying off.
“Everything came together perfectly,” she
will say after. “It was pretty amazing how everything fell into place.”
LaDoris has used her local resources to
find the perfect setting for her wedding as
well as a day coordinator. “When I was looking for a nice church I asked for information
about wedding packages,” she says. “They had
a coordinator, music; a lot was included in the
price.”
Two words come to mind during the ceremony: traditional and elegant. The guests are
holding custom-made, tiffany blue programs
and are waiting
patiently
for the bride to
walk through
the doors. Light
from the afternoon sun is
streaming into
the sanctuary,
and the groom
is
standing
at
attention,
looking for his
bride.
There is a
barely audible
gasp when LaDoris
walks
through
the
church doors.
Her beauty is
radiant as she
makes eye contact with her groom. The traditional feel is continuous throughout the ceremony as the pastor brings a message of true
love from the Bible.
On a day that creates a new union, familial love and support fill the sanctuary and
continue into the reception. Again, it’s the
small details LaDoris has attended to that
add to the moment, from the lavish candy
bar with custom-made “LaDoris and Jamal”
labels for the sweets to the tiny silver bows
wrapped around the dinnerware. Guests
“Everything came together perfectly.”
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are seated at tables
adorned with intricate centerpieces
and
individually
wrapped party favors, all with a hint
of tiffany blue.
After the children visit the candy
bar, those who were
part of the ceremony take seats at their
own table where
wedding coloring
books and placemats await them. LaDoris and her mother had
found a wedding coloring book online that
sparked the idea.
The bride and groom are seated at their
own table at the head of the room, an oasis
of intimacy for the newlyweds surrounded by
family and guests. The reception proves to be
the fun celebration LaDoris and Jamal have
been dreaming of, a time to celebrate and
share. Soon they will be off on their honeymoon adventure, but for
now they are content to
savor the moments that
will become cherished
memories for all the
years to come.
Happily
Ever After
The wedding and honeymoon have now come
and gone, and it’s the
rare bride who looks
back with few to no regrets about plans that
have gone awry.
“A lot of people
said it was the most
beautiful wedding they
had ever seen,” LaDoris
says. “It was elegant and
classy.”
When asked if there
was anything at all she
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would have done differently, she has only has
a few suggestions. “Yes,” she says with a laugh.
“I would have given the photographer more
direction.” She encourages future brides not
to assume that every vendor knows what you
want.
“Vendor’s aren’t perfect; there’s a whole
lot going on, but sometimes [things] can slip
your mind.”
Above all, LaDoris stresses the need to
stay organized because things can become
overwhelming once the day gets close. “Stay
calm, and if anybody asks to help, take advantage of it,” she says. “It really helps that people
are supportive.”
From her new viewpoint on the other
side of The Day, this bride returns to how important the Bridal Show at the Expo Center
proved to be during the planning process: it’s
not only an opportunity to get to know different vendors but also to see their work.
LaDoris has one final piece of advice:
“Don’t let the vendors take advantage of you.
They see stars in your eyes, and some people
can use it the wrong way,” she says. “Stick with
what you want.” i
YOURSOURCE
THE BRIDE GUIDE
Besco Custom Jewelers
Custom Designed Jewelry
3rd Floor Compass Bank Building
2405 Texas Ave. S, College Station
(979) 764-8558
BescoJewelers.com
The Brazos Cotton Exchange
Special Event Venue
Howell Building
200 South Main, Third Floor, Bryan
(979) 575-4181
BrazosCottonExchange.com
Briarcrest Country Club
Special Event Venue & Catering
1929 Country Club Drive, Bryan
(979) 776-0133
BriarcrestCC.org
Charli
Clothes, Jewelry, Gifts
505 University Dr. East, College Station
(979) 268-9626
CharliOnlin.com
Cricket Cruise & Travel
Honeymoon Packages & Travel
[email protected]
(979) 836-6600 / (713) 446-4990
CricketCruiseAndTravel.com
Christopher’s World Grille
5001 Boonville Rd, Bryan
(979) 776-0802
Christophersworldgrille.com
David Gardner’s Jewelers
Jewelers, Gemologists
(979) 268-0800
DavidGardnersJewelers.com
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Dermataloge Medical Spa
Post Oak Florist
Specialties Photography
Make-Up for Special Occasions
Wedding & Special Occasion Flowers
Bridal, Engagement & Wedding Day
1707 Broadmoor Dr. #101, Bryan
(979) 776-7546
Dermataloge.com
Mad Hatter’s Tea Room
& Boutique
212 S. Echols, Caldwell
(979) 567-3504
MadHattersTeaRoom.com
900 Harvey Road, Suite 12, College Station
(979) 764-0091
Weddings.PostOakFlorist.com
(979) 696-9898
SpecialPhoto.com
Royalty Pecan Farms
Texas A&M Rec Center
Special Event Venue & Services
10600 State Hwy. 21 East, Caldwell
(979) 272-3904
RoyaltyPecans.com
West Campus, College Station
(979) 845-0838
RecSports.tamu.edu
The University Club & Texas
A&M University Catering
12th Floor, Rudder Tower
Texas A&M University
(979) 845-2582
UniversityClub.tamu.edu
For more vendor information, visit
InsiteBrazosValley.com/BrideGuide
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