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LOVE TEXAS SKIES UNDER BY LACY BALL. EVENT DESIGN TODD EVENTS. PHOTOGRAPHY SCOTT HAGER AND STEPHEN KARLISCH. W More than 1,000 guests witnessed Niña and Trevor exchange vows in the Highland Park Presbyterian Church sanctuary November 10, 2012. The bride and groom made their getaway in a 1973 white Eldorado Cadillac (courtesy of Romantic Remembrances) with custom-made, leather-bound 7-foot longhorns designed by the bride's mother. Niña designed her six-foot-tall cake with inspiration from her mother and Todd Fiscus. The cascading flowers made of icing, garnished with real magnolia leaves, and Trevor's Texas-themed groom's cake were both created by Frosted Art. anting to pop the question at a location steeped in happy memories, Trevor Tollett proposed to Niña BarbierMueller at her family's E-S Ranch. Eleven months later, Todd Fiscus of Todd Events created an unforgettable evening — inspired by the nuptials of the bride's own parents, Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller — at the same family ranch. Niña and Trevor exchanged vows in front of more than 1,000 family and friends in the sanctuary of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, then made the 25-minute trek outside Dallas to the reception. "It's almost like it's 'good luck soil' to start the next chapter of my life at the ranch," Niña says. Guests were welcomed by dozens of glowing live oaks arching over the 175-foot drive, streams of magnolia leaves lining the tent ceiling, bagpipes, mariachis and a 17-piece band appropriately named Big Blast and the Party Masters. The reception was held at the Barbier-Mueller family's E-S Ranch. The 2,500 acres are located 25 minutes from Dallas on the western shoreline of Lake Ray Hubbard. THE DETAILS THAT COUNT 14 French wine-cask globes 48 mariachi 15 bridesmaids 16 baby's-breath orbs with willow spines 41 members of the wedding party 2,500 acres 6 feet of wedding cake Hundreds of softly glowing lanterns hung from the 100-year-old oaks. Forty-eight mariachi players heralded the arrival of the happy couple, who strolled arm in arm up the driveway with an army of friends behind them. The very newly wed couple took a seat at the altar surrounded by close friends, family and their wedding party of 41. The bridesmaids glowed in cappuccino-hued gowns by Monique Lhuillier; Niña's gown was her own design, executed by Nardos at Stanley Korshak. The bride's soft pavé bouquet, designed by Todd Events, included garden roses, hydrangea, peonies, gardenias and lisianthus, all tied in magnolia midori satin with a handkerchief from St. Moritz, which was given to Niña by her mother on her 18th birthday — her something old. "I wanted simplicity, as the ranch itself is so beautiful on its own — I didn't want to take away from its natural beauty. We made a conscious choice to match the trees and white fences, which is why the color scheme included greens, whites and some browns intermixed." — Niña Barbier-Mueller Tollett