Hot one day, cold the next….This Houston Holiday weather is reminding me all too much of a theme we executed this past September. Say hello to “Fire and Ice!â€�
We wanted to throw a dual birthday that centered on our client’s favorite color, orange. With a little AFE creativity and our amazing team of vendors, it [...]

How does Anthropologie always manage to fill their stores with items as equally funky and eclectic as they are sophisticated and chic? Well sister-store, BHLDN, takes this phenomenon and cranks it up yet another notch.
 BHLDN (pronounced beholden) opened last week in Highland Village as the very first of its kind. Soon to spread across the US, we were glad to be [...]

Our office, if this wasn’t already obvious, is filled with people who love a good party, which is why this in-house baby shower made for such a great Friday!
Since we heard we were welcoming a tomboy (NOT a pink-loving girly-girl) into this world, we delved into the purple and green color scheme.
Our transformed conference room…

The [...]

A Fare Extraordinaire announces the launch of our first retail product,
Farely Sweet. The snack-size bags of our signature sweet potato chips just hit the Houston food market, and we could not be more thrilled!

Since 1985, we’ve produced thousands of hand-crafted menu items, but few have been as frequently requested and absolutely addicting as these all-natural, [...]

Well, it may not be Kate and William, but it might as well have been! This wedding was truly made for royalty. A gorgeous bride and groom brought to us by Belle of the Ball, we were happy to be a part of the imperial planning!
Off with a bang, the bride pulled up in style!Â
And a romantic, sunset [...]

In February, Latina magazine, L’ Oreal and CoverGirl teamed up to take on Houston Galleria with an all day makeover event. While we weren’t the ones making the magic happen with curling irons and makeup brushes, we were ecstatic to work alongside some of our favorite vendors to transform both the Galleria and the looks of some highly satisfied customers!
Let It [...]

Yesterday marked my one-year anniversary with A Fare Extraordinaire, making it a great time to reflect on the parties and people that catalyzed it into such an exciting blur!
A corporate luncheon Monday, benefit Tuesday, sip n’ see breakfast Wednesday and a weekend filled with milestone occasions and non-profit galas, there’s hardly time to eat (oddly enough). Luckily, AFE has [...]

Last weekend we were honored with the opportunity to plan a 25th birthday celebration for one of our favorite Houston-born bloggers, Bailey McCarthy (a.k.a. Peppermint Bliss)! You can read all about it from Bailey’s perspective here or, from mine, right here!
Since Bailey is well-known in the online community as an interior designer with nothing but fabulous taste, the pressure [...]