Beautiful Fall Weather is Here

Fall is a wonderful time of year at Angel Springs.  The weather can be fantastic, with sunny skies and cool evening temperatures.  One family took advantage of the wonderful weather to hold their rehearsal dinner at Angel Springs.  Several tables were set on the lawn so that their guests could enjoy the perfect evening.   The centerpieces and table settings looked great in the outdoor setting.

The next day, for their reception, they continued the autumn theme with  the decorations on the tables.  The tan, brown, and orange colors used in the centerpieces picked up some of the same shades from the stone wall in the ballroom.  The result was a beautifully coordinated palette that filled the entire room.

We are blessed that fall weather often lasts several months here in central Texas.  When planning your event you can often anticipate pleasant temperatures from mid-September until late December.  So take advantage of the great outdoors at Angel Springs.  Call today to arrange a time to drop by and discuss your fall-weather plans.

Wedding MBA

Norma and I spent a very invigorating week in Phoenix at the Wedding Merchants Business Academy.  It is important for us to continue educating ourselves to improve service to you, our clients.  There were some fascinating speakers and we can't wait to begin incorporating what we've learned into our business.

We also met lots of interesting people from all over the world and right here in Texas.  One very nice photographer from Dallas took out picture with Will Hegarty, the organizer of the conference. The photographer was Dwayne Lee (www.sflair.com).  If you are in the Dallas area you should give him a call.  He is very friendly and would be easy to work with to satisfy your photography needs.

Even If You Choose Another Location

Christie S. and her fiancé, who are from Waco, visited with us earlier this week.  It's nice to know that people fall in love with Angel Springs even if they decide to have their wedding elsewhere:

Anthony and Norma,

Thank you so much for opening your beautiful event center to my fiance and myself on Monday night. We both loved it but we have decided to hold it at a friend's ranch outside of Waco. I did want to say though that out of several of the places I viewed, your center was the nicest and most well kept and peaceful of them all. I will recommend Angel Springs to everyone,

Sincerely,

Christie S.

Premiere Party

WE tv update!  Even though the show has been postponed until December 14, the producers were nice enough to send us an advance copy.  So Kathie and Viv from Austin Wedding Planners threw a premier party!  Here they are as they welcomed the huge crowd of wedding vendors and previous clients.

After  we enjoyed some refreshments they played the video.  Here's a scene that was filmed at our ceremony site on the lawn under the trees.

Everyone had a great time, and we were very pleased with the outcome.  I'm happy to say that even Norma and Anthony made their national TV debut.

Keep watching this blog -- as soon as we have a confirmed date and time we will post the details so that you can watch, too!

We're Going to be on TV!

NOTICE: While we are still going to be on TV, we recently received notice that our show will not air until December.  Go figure...  We will post a message when we get a new schedule.

As mentioned in a previous blog entry, Angel Springs Event Center will be featured on an upcoming episode of "The Wedding Planners" on WE tv.  We recently heard that the episode is schedule to be broadcast on September 7, 2008 at 10:00 pm local time on WE tv(Suddenlink channel 179 - Time Warner channel 28). 

The show, which was filmed in March, is about wedding planners and the tasks that they undertake while designing and successfully managing a wedding and reception.

The wedding planners highlighted in this episode, Kathy Millen and Vivian Miller, own Austin Wedding Planners (www.austinweddingplanners.com), one of Austin’s premiere wedding coordination companies. They were contacted by the show’s producers about being the subject of an episode and initially turned them down. Millen said “We were just so busy that we didn’t think we had the time to spend.” The producers persisted and Millen and Miller agreed to the project.

Millen contacted Anthony and Norma Beissner, the owners of Angel Springs, to see if they would be interested in hosting the production crew during an upcoming wedding at Angel Springs. “There are so many nice venues in the Leander / Cedar Park area that a bride can pick from the beautiful Hill Country to Lake Travis. There is something for everyone. One of our favorite venues is Angle Springs Events Center,” said Millen. One of the reasons that the producers chose to tape the wedding at Angel Springs was because of the scenic and secluded Hill Country setting.

About one and a half weeks before the actual wedding there was a full day of taping background material at Angel Springs. The TV production crew set up a studio in the ballroom and used it to tape interviews with the bride and groom. They also staged meetings with several of the other wedding vendors involved in their reception. It was a rainy day, so they taped some scenes outside to heighten the drama. Anthony Beissner said “We gave a tour of our outdoor wedding ceremony site to the couple and the wedding planners. The director said that showing the nervous reaction of the bride would make good television. Thankfully the weather was perfect on the actual wedding day.”

Beissner said he was amazed at how much was involved in filming. “We had never been involved in anything like this before. The day of the wedding there were two full film crews shooting the show while we still had a wedding ceremony and reception to manage. However, the crews stayed very low key – they knew that the focus that day needed to be the couple that was getting married.”

Laura and Ross Davies, they newlyweds, seemed very pleased with the results of everyone’s efforts. Their wedding involved over a dozen wedding vendors, from catering and cakes to photography and videography. The job of making sure that all of these companies seamlessly performed their jobs to produce a synchronized end result fell to the wedding planners. Because Laura and Ross are both swim instructors Laura chose a wedding theme of “water”, and the Austin Wedding Planners made sure that the many wedding professionals involved in the event stayed true to Laura’s vision. All of the vendors involved in the wedding really went the extra mile to support the project.

Almost everything went smoothly during the reception, but there were a couple of small hiccups. These really highlighted the reason couples choose to make use of a wedding planner. Miller said “We take care of issues behind the scenes so that the couple and their family never know about them.”

We invite you to watch the show and the let us know what you think!

Austin Bridal Secrets

There's a (fairly) new web site in town.  "Austin Bridal Secrets" (http://www.austinbridalsecrets.com/) is a blog and podcast set up to help brides find vendors.  We had so much fun being interviewed by R.J., the DJ.  He has a very easygoing style and a pleasant voice.  We invite you to listen to our interview (http://austinbridalsecrets.com/2008/07/22/norma-and-anthony-beissner--angelspringseventscom.aspx) and learn a little bit more about us.  While you're there take a few extra minutes to hear from some of our other favorite vendors, like Ray and Debra from EverAfterImages.com, Kathie and Michelle from AustinWeddingPlanners.com, and Michael and Belinda of Angelic Strings.

Sapphire Wedding Package

We enjoyed hosting the recent wedding and reception for Laura and Brett.  They chose the Sapphire package with a few upgrades, and everything turned out great!  Here's what Laura's Mom and Dad had to say:

We wanted to take a few minutes to thank both of you for all the hard work you put in for our daughter's wedding!  The whole setting was ideal.

When we started the "wedding" process months ago there were so many dreams that we wanted to fulfill for our daughter and her wedding.  Yet we were on a budget.  A friend of a friend gave us your name and when Laura looked at the website she fell in love.  Your facilities are great.  Just the right mixture of classic beauty and a comforting "I'm Home" feeling.  Not knowing anything the two of you walked us through the whole process and put us at ease.  Your kindness and patience showed throughout our emails and last minute phone calls.  It was a most joyous occasion because of the two of you and the personnel you assembled for the packages.  Your package was great for us since our daughter was out of state and very detail oriented and her Mother is not (her own admission).  To know that we had all the bases covered with the package deal gave her Mother and I a much needed peace of mind.

Overall the venue was everything we wanted for our daughter's (and now son-in-law's) big day.  Thanks for making Laura's dream wedding come true.  Thank you for the fantastic memories.

We don't have the professional pictures yet, but here are a couple that we took ourselves.