A little sneak peek at the beautiful bride...

When I was a kid we would go to the Festival of Trees every holiday season and I would admire all of the perfectly decorated trees with their specific color themes and not one light or ornament mismatched or out of place.  I would think to myself "When I am an adult and I have my own tree it will look like one of these."  Not this mismatched hodgepodge of a tree that always adorned one of my parents' homes.  But then something happened as I grew up.  I learned that every mismatched hodgepodge of an ornament has a special place in your heart, and on the tree...  if you do it right.  When my grandparents passed away, the only physical things I wanted of theirs were some of the precious ornaments that I grew up placing on their tree year after year.  No tree could have had a more extensive or eclectic mix of ornaments.  And none felt as much like home.  The traditions that tied me to that tree were rich and deep.  My grandparents' tree was much like my relationship with them. Something I grew to appreciate more and more as years went by.  All of this is not to say that our tree doesn't have its share of generic Target ornaments.  Or that I don't still insist on white lights over colored.  But there are those ornaments that I take out of the box so carefully and with great delight.  Feeling like I am reuniting with something truly special each time I do.    

One of the newer ornaments... I co-created this with Grant when he was about 6 months old.

My favorites of my grandmother's ornaments. This is one of 4 that clip in the branches over the tiny lightbulbs.

Another from my grandparents. I know this one is very juvenile. It was my absolute favorite to hang when I was a kid. I refused to let anyone else touch it.

And one more from Grandma's collection. One of her many many antiques. I fish you a Merry Christmas. ;)

 

May your tree also be merry and bright and full of a lifetime of ever-growing happy memories.

Check it out!  We're in a short film!  Kind of a "day in the life of" look at us.  Only not the day where I'm in old jeans editing in front of my computer all day.  (That wouldn't make for very good cinema at all now would it?)  No, this is our ideal sort of day where we get to shoot awesome clients (thank you Lindsay and Butch!), spend time together and with close friends...  We hope you enjoy the show!  

Amazing and talented people who helped us put this together:  

Bryan and Tracey Coward of Tampa Wonderworks,  Jim Morey of The Jim Morey Band

Good news!  We'll be in the KC area with appointment times available February 18 and February 20.  It will be the perfect time to meet us in person if you're considering commissioning us to photograph your KC wedding.  Did you know there are no travel fees with our Kansas City weddings?  We'll also have portrait sessions and boudoir sessions available those days.  Call or email to reserve your time.  We're looking forward to being back, catching up with family and old friends and meeting some new friends too!  See you soon, KC!

We saw this film tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.  The characters were well developed, cast, played.  The script was smooth and witty.  It took us to another time and place which is always fun.  And it was sooo pretty.  Just beautifully shot. Definitely worth checking out!

This wedding makes me love the color pink.  As in make me blush, see the world through rose-tinted glasses, drink up some pink lemonade while eating pink cotton candy, hop in my pink Cadillac, just tickled pink to be doing what I love. Ummm... maybe I shouldn't blog so late at night?  Oh, and I loved working with Niki and Will. They're sooo cute together!  They made our jobs super easy.  What a delightful day it was!  

Venue:  College Hall at New College

Flowers:  I Do Floral Designs

Entertainment:  The Venturas

Cake:  Troyers Dutch Heritage

Kristina and her family have been visiting this island for years.  It holds many fun and happy memories already...  now they have a few more!  Kristina and Adam's pictures reflect them perfectly...  bright and cheery, quirky, funny...  but with a bit of sexy sauciness for good measure.  Such fun!

The boys waiting for their shaves at The Barbary Shoppe.

Venue:  The Beach House

More to come soon!