Rainy Day Wedding!

NEVER AGAIN should you live in fear of rain on your wedding day!! If you can't beat em, join em!

Aaron Shintaku and I have been designing this shoot for a while. So when we got word that it was supposed to rain last week, we got our stuff in gear! We, of course, brought in JL Designs to create our bouquets and she totally delivered! I told her we wanted something unique, and non-flowery. She is amazing, right? I had a blast designing and styling this shoot, and of course Aaron Shintaku is the MASTER. Watching him run around holding his camera in one hand and his favorite BRIGHT PINK umbrella in the other was too much for words. I am so so pumped on how it all turned out. What do you think? Could you see yourself having groomsmen wearing ponchos and bridesmaids in coats and golashes? I love it!!!

Southern Weddings Feature!

So my wonderful clients, Jessica & Curt, twittered/tweeted, me the other day with the news that their wedding received a HUGE 3 part feature on Southern Weddings! What a sweet sweet piece of news. Lara Casey, of Southern Weddings, is truly an inspiration and a leader in our industry and I cannot express how much of a blessing and honor it is to be featured on the Southern Weddings Blog! And to add to the good news? I won a scholarship to attend her new, Making Things Happen 2010 Workshop that is geared toward firing us up for 2010! Can't wait! Thanks Southern Weddings!

DIY Christmas Garland

Ok, so you wanna know the truth? I had this design idea for a tablescape. It involved these amazing craft puff balls. I had this vision. I spent time working and creating. I put it all together, and guess what? It didn't look like it did in my head. So now what? Well, plan B! I took my creation and put it, duh, on our Christmas tree! I wanted to share in the love so you can have a fantastic tree with some "at home" flavor!

1. Go to a craft store and buy your favorite color of craft balls.

2. Grab some thread and a needle.

3. Put in your favorite girly movie (I would recommend "Save the Last Dance")

4. Thread your needle and tie off an anchor at the bottom by making a thick knot in your thread for the first craft ball to rest on.

5. Randomly thread all different sizes and colors of craft balls onto the thread.

6. Keep threading until you have an enormously long garland for your tree!

7. Have a fabulous Christmas!

8. Praise Him!

Bouquet Toss Alternative

Remember Chris & Bridget? Yes, you do.

She decided to fake out her entire family and friends and instead of tossing her bouquet, she busted out the entire choreographed dance of Beyonce's "All the Single Ladies". The crowd went WILD. So did I. Ladies, this is an amazing alternative to the traditional bouquet toss if you have a lack of single friends, or if you just want to stray away from traditional....you all know how I feel about straying away from traditional :) Thanks again to the amazing Ashley Rose for the photography genius, and Chris and Bridget: do you know how much I love you????

Mod Holiday Tablescape

I had the EXTREME pleasure of creating and designing a tablescape with two amazing companies. Sarah Frenzel from Frenzel Photographers and Allison from The Innovation Companies are such creative, talented and edgy professionals! We wanted to create. We wanted to do something different. We wanted a mod, funky spin on the typical holiday decor. We went with sparkly, flashy, dark, and powerful. What do you think? Thank you so much to Elaine from Signature Party Rentals for the chairs, linen and china!

7th Annual Turkey Potluck

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy some pictures of our 7th Annual Thanksgiving on the Roof (Alley). It started 7 years ago with eight of us friends, a turkey fryer, and a roof. Now it is 60+ people, their families, everyone's favorite homemade recipes, and an alley! The more the merrier! Just put it on your calendar for the Sunday before thanksgiving! See you next year! :)

Hollywood Inspired Wedding

Remember my article for Style Unveiled that discussed CONCEPT vs. THEME? Well, this is the wedding that was my inspiration. I cannot even tell you how much fun this couple, their bridal party, family, and wedding was. It held EVERYTHING Hollywood! The venue was smack dab in the middle of all of the LA movie studios. There were crazy people in Hollywood to dance and take photos with. The guests and bridal party were rockstars at karaoke during the reception. The bride and groom's favorite movie posters displayed the table names. A vintage ticket booth served up the seating assignments. Some sweet dance moves from the former ballet dancer turned groom. A FULL CHOREOGRAPHED Beyonce dance to "All The Single Ladies" instead of bouquet toss! HIGLIGHT Of my career!!!! I will post the video as soon as possible!

Vendor LOVE:

Venue: Ramsey's at the Club

Photography: Ashley Rose Photography

Event Design & Florals: Jesi Haack Weddings

Ice Cream Sundae Buffett: Ramsey's at the Club

Wonderful Assistant: Mary Lallande with Jay's Catering :)

Linens: Fusion Linens

This last picture WAS NOT posed. This really happened. Chris, the groom, answered his phone during the portrait session and Bridget was like, "WHA???" love them. Chris and Bridget, thank you so much for being the most amazing clients I could ask for. Your love is truly inspiring and I am blessed to know you!