February 6th, 2012
One of the things that I absolutely love about Natalee and Andrew’s shoot is that they took part of their pictures in the brand new home they had just purchased together. No fancy locations, or props, just the two of them in the house “pre-furniture” where they would be starting their new life together. After reading what their photographer Marissa Bowers wrote about these two it’s easy to see that they both have a lot of courage. Andrew as a solider, and Natalee as the young wife of a soldier. Thanks so much to both of you for your contributions to our country, and to Marissa for sharing this lovely shoot with us.
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December 16th, 2011
This is Candice and Chris…
When Nikita Gross sent me their riverboat wedding I was super excited. They were married on the Ohio River in Cincinnati, and I was instantly drawn to their beautiful flowers created by Marti’s Floral Design. The lushness of her bouquet, and the fun textural mix of succulents, dusty miller, billy balls, and scabiosa pods combined with big beautiful blooms is always a winner in my book. Plus it doesn’t hurt that they’re an adorable couple!
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November 10th, 2011
Chad and Kristin met six years before they got married. They were introduced by friends, and hung out for a few months with the same group of people before ever going on their first date. Once she started planning her wedding Kristin sought inspiration on wedding blogs and in magazines. She fell in love with a pink and gold palette she found in Martha Stewart Weddings. She decided that the look was soft and romantic, just what the was looking for and decided to run with it as the inspiration for her and Chad’s day.
Who, What, Where ~ Ceremony: Saint Mary Magdalene. Reception: Our Lady Of Victory. Photographer: Studio B Photography. Flowers: Balloons By Me. Cake: Cakes Creatively By Crystal. Dress: Boutique 21. Hair: Cindy Ward. Make Up: Jordan Wolverton.
From the Bride…
There were many DIY projects in the wedding. I made my bouquet out of brooches mostly my grandmothers or ones that were gifts from my mom. I made my flower girls halos. We painted old books with chalk board paint and added some sparkle and wrote street names for table seating. We hand stamped all of our programs and thank you cards. I also made my own wish tree with real branches I painted gold.
There were a few heirlooms in the wedding, the brooches from my grandmother for the bouquet, and I also used her prayer bible during the ceremony. I tied it to the ring bearer pillow and he carried it along with the pillow.
Some of the photo locations that had special meaning to us were in the small neighborhood where our home is located. The mural we took pictures in front of is at the park near our house were we work out together. The best part of my day was the actual ceremony and marrying the man of my dreams!!! I am very blessed to call him my husband.
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November 8th, 2011
Kristin and Rene are an adorable couple, and for their e-session they decided to go with an Italian theme for the shoot because their first date was at an Italian restaurant. Kristin and her floral designer Katie from Yellow Canary worked on styling the session and created lots of sweet props. My favorite is the “Lady and the Tramp” moment with the plate of spaghetti. Thanks to Brenda of Pottinger Photography for the cute submission!
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October 3rd, 2011
The bride to be submitted this wedding to me, and said that her and her fiance were committed to doing as many hand made and DIY projects for their wedding as possible, and buying from other artists when they couldn’t do it themselves. I love the spirit of creativity that they put into personalizing their engagement shoot (check out the pennant banner, and wooden crate Rachael created), and can only imagine how adorable their wedding will be. Plus they included their sweet daughters in their shoot as well. Lovely images provided by marissa bowers art * design* photo
Here’s a link to the online tutorial Rachael used to transfer an inkjet print out to the wooden crates: http://matsutakeblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-transfer-inkjet-images-to-wood.html
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