The Blooming Idea Blog

  • Texas Winters

    Texas winters are often so mild through the end of the year, which gives those who love the outdoors even more time to appreciate all they have to offer. It's especially nice if you have always wanted an outdoor wedding, because so many of our Saturdays are filled with blue skies and mild temperatures. This stunning arch display set the back drop with soft vines trailing down either side of the...
  • Wharf Terrace in the Summer Time...


    The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center has multiple outdoor locations for weddings. The Warff terrace is one of the many beautiful locations. With views stretching over the water and into the trees you get this sense of serenity while still in a beautiful city suburb. The Warff Terrace can be dressed up numerous ways, one of which we always recommend to help really set the stage for your...
  • Summer Weddings {part 2}

    Some weddings just take your breath away. I am a sucker for peaches, corals and creams. THis bridal bouquet with peonies, garden roses, hypericum berries, freesia and miniature calla lilies was soft, full of beautiful fragrance and breathtaking!
    The Forest Deck at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center is always busy, especially during the summer. The gorgeous outdoor setting is a perfect venue...
  • Summer Weddings Review... {part 1}

    Summers are filled with weddings and usually at the end of the summer we look back and realize just how many beautiful weddings we've done, and then realize that not even a fraction of them actually make it onto our blog, so this post and a few after will be highlighting some of our favorite pictures from the Summer weddings of 2012. Above are 2 different styles of arrangements in green blue and...
  • Black and White Polka Dots

     Polka dots are so fun, youthful and always lively when paired with white and yellow! This bridal bouquet of yellow and white roses, white daisies, white freesia and crystal accents was wrapped with a fun crystal ribbon. The traditional style of the bouquet let the fun and fragrant flowers shine.
    The bridesmaids carried similar bouquets with tufts of black and white polkadot ribbon loops with...
  • July Weddings {part 3}

    Filled with bright colors and warm summer days, July is never a disappointment when it comes to beautiful weddings. This stunning display of pink hydrangea hot pink roses, greenery and tulle across the arch created a soft background for the blushing bride and handsome groom. Their reception was held in the Emerald Ballroom at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center. The tall centerpieces with...
  • July Weddings {part 2}

    The most beautiful things about flowers, is that they are a product of nature and can be used to create some of the most beautiful things on earth. There are millions of possibilities and anything you can dream we can create! This beautiful reception alternated tall and short centerpieces, using blue agapanthus, alstromeria, bells of Ireland, mixed greens, antique green hydrangea, button poms and...
  • July Weddings {part 1}



     This beautiful bride had a stunning bouquet of white hydrangea, white roses, white peonies and blue delphinium blooms, while her bridesmaid carried a fragrant bouquet of ruby stock with blue ribbons.
    These bouquets were beautiful and also fragrant! We love to encourage our brides, if there are no allergies, to hold something fragrant. Especially since you will be told multiple times throughout the...
  • White Weddings.


     White is the quintessential wedding color. It is the most popular by far, and pair so well with any other color. We love how fresh it is and how much it can brighten up a room. These white arrangements added variety and texture to the reception. By alternating low arrangements of white hydrangea and tall arrangements of white gladiolas and curly willow the room felt more intimate and interesting.
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  • A Blushing June Bride

     When the weather cooperates in the summer time in Houston there is no place more beautiful to do an outdoor wedding than at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center in The Woodlands Texas. June weddings are always filled with beautiful colors, gorgeous decor and blushing brides.
    This beautiful bride had a fabulous spring mix of green, white, pinks and yellows throughout the ceremony and...
  • June Wedding Review

    Here are some of the fabulous weddings from this month!
     Ashelynn Manor is a beautiful wedding venue, with a fabulous reception hall. The atmosphere is intimate and fun and I can't think of a more appropriate place for a bright yellow and white daisy wedding!
    The Chapel's rich wood tones lends a richness to the room and allows the flowers to stand as the focal. (Of course until the bride makes her...
  • A Curtain of Orchids


    This beautiful arbor was the backdrop for a ceremony at The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center on the Warff Terrace Patio. A black wrought iron arch draped in soft green vines and a curtain of falling dendrobium orchid blooms framed on either side by stunning white and green arrangements with gladiolas, lilies and mixed greens.
    These fun arrangements were for a small reception at The...