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Enjoy the sights, sounds, smells, traditions and flavors of this beautiful holiday season! We truly appreciate our beloved community and beyond! As you plan gatherings, shop, wine, dine, or seek professionals and services, remember to show “local love” and support Ellis County! Each and every reader, business, supporter, and contributor makes a meaningful difference to…
I wouldn’t consider myself one of those girls who “grew up dreaming about their wedding day”. What I did know is that I wanted my wedding day to be about me and the person I was going to be with for the rest of my life. I wanted the vibes to be positive, pure, and…
Jorge and I met at the beginning of COVID. During that time it was especially difficult to start dating anyone, so like many people our age we turned to dating apps. The one in particular that we both got on was Hinge – you may have heard of it (it’s the app that’s meant to…
As any classic teenage rom-com movie would unfold,our story began in highschool.Between classes, volleyball and basketball practices, college tour visits, and winning Junior Class Homecoming court together,we shared many conversations aboutschoolwork, life, college, and our dreams; BUT we were JUST FRIENDS! Once life brought me to Dallas, a 15-year-longfriendship turned into a proposal on the …
Marc and I met through friends when wewere just sophomores in High School. We had been together 13 years when he FINALLY popped the question! We have two beautiful sons, Linden(7) and Layton (3). Originally,because we had been together for so long, we didn’t want a wedding at all! We considered both an elopement-style wedding…
When I was planning my wedding almost twenty years ago, I didn’t know I would end up in the catering business, but just working out all of the details in my own wedding was great training. I grew up attending First Baptist Church Dallas, one of the largest churches in the country. Covering five city…
About halfway between Austin and Houston, and just minutes from Round Top and Burton, an unexpected love story has turned into a life story of passion with a purpose. A spontaneous road trip to admire fields of wildflowers eventually bloomed into a new path of owning a multi-faceted Texas destination for one very adventurous Houston…
Our sense of smell loves nostalgia. Smells can bring back specific and special memories and it can imprint memories that will last a lifetime. Scents have the significant power to transport us back to a memory and it is seen to be closely tied to our emotions. On a day as special as your wedding…
I’m going to take you back to 2014. Remember with me if you will… it was the year Frozen came out and not a single one of us could let it go, let it go, let it go. Mona died #stillnotoverit. Ariana Grande got smacked in the face with a Victoria’s Secret angel wing. Delena…