Best Belated Birthday Blog (b)-Ever!

Yesterday was the birthday of someone I love, respect and admire. And someone who can be quite trying at times but is still willing to take out the trash in the rain. Yuckie! Yep, its my hubby Jeremy! Love yas! We got to take some time off yesterday to enjoy it. And despite his not being one to really celebrate birthdays, we still managed to have some fun!

Early that morning, I decided that he should have a birthday candle in everything he ate! So I started off the day with my super yummy cinnamon streusel birthday muffins.


But he woke up before I got them on a plate. I quickly stuck a candle into one and presented it to him. Well, the morel of the story is don't let a candle sit too long in a fresh-from-the-oven muffin or all the wax melts off of the candle and into the yummy muffin. (end of morel) (begin punchline) ...And that's how his birthday muffin became a holey one! :) (wakka~wakka~wakka) At least we got a pretty picture before the demolition.


The rest of the days' meals didn't really afford the use of candles, thus dashing my wonderful candle-filled birthday scheme: traditional birthday hash browns - too flat, chili - too soupy, and a super-frozen snickers ice cream cake - too hard! (He's not one for dry cake or gobs of frosting hence the genius idea of an ice cream cake was born) Now if only it wasn't such a terror to cut into. Maybe the candle could have been hammered into it's thick, chocolaty shell... but it probably wouldn't have been too good for the candle. At least he got one candle for the day. May he just wants to pretend he's turning one. lol

So, here's to my Jeremy! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! May you have many more filled with dancing squirrels and guitar-rocking! :)

Great Bridal Expo Wrap-Up

We had such a great time at this weekend's Great Bridal Expo in DC. It was so much fun meeting with so many couples and getting to talk with them. I get so inspired when I get to hang out with cool, fun people and there were a bunch of them there. I was surprised at how many grooms-to-be made it out there. But they were all great sports! :)

We also got to show our new canvas gallery wrap and some really hot albums. I tell ya, metal is so cool for an album cover! I'll be posting pics of them in a later post because you've really got to see these. But for now, I wanted to put up a little collage I made of our day there.

Note: these were shot with our mini point-and-shoot. It's super-cute but not exactly picture-perfect quality.

Thanks again to everyone who visited us at our booth and best wishes for your upcoming weddings! If you'd like more information about us, collection details or have any questions we didn't get to answer, please feel free to email us on our website's contact form or call us at 410.818.6748. ~Cheers!

The Great Bridal Expo

I wanted to be sure to give everyone a heads up about a cool event happening this weekend. This Sunday - August 19th - Jeremy and I will be attending The Great Bridal Expo in Washington D.C. If you're in the area, come on down to the Renaissance hotel and say hello. And while you're there, check out our new sample albums. We'll also be giving away a really cool product that is new for our clients this year. Click on the pretty star below to visit the show's main website and learn more. See you there!

Jo + Justynn's Wedding

"As soon as I saw her come out of the room with the dress on, I screamed, 'Jo'!" Her mother laughed as she told the story to those standing in the room. Jo's eyes sparkled brightly as she giggled. "When I saw her cry, I knew this was the dress for me." Jo sat down on the bed beside her mother, admiring the beautiful gown. They held each others hand tightly. You could see by the smiles on their faces just how happy and excited they were for the day ahead. It was time for Joanna - her daughter, the youngest and last child in the Prouty family, to become a bride.

Jo and Justynn's afternoon wedding took place in their neighbor's garden. A gorgeous blue sky stretched out over the guests heads as Justynn's grandfather offered a prayer of thanks and blessing for the young couple's union.

We love being able to shoot creative portraits with our couples. It's so nice to be able to take time in the middle of the wedding day and just have the couple be alone together (with their photographers that is ^_~). It's usually the first time they've been alone since becoming husband and wife and its a real treat to document that moment. We also get to have some fun!

Justynn was a real gentleman. He carried his new bride down the sidewalk from their ceremony site to Jo's parent's house, two doors away.

To Jo + Justynn, we wish we were with you now in Puerto Rico! lol Seriously, we were so glad that we ended up photographing your wedding. I can't say that I've ever met such a calm bride as you Jo! You were cool-headed and stress-free all day long, even when we marched you through the alfalfa field. May that calm and carefree spirit carry you through your lives together. And Justynn... you keep an eye out for all the bugs! :)

Jo + Justynn's Rehearsal

Monday night, we received a call about a wedding this Friday. Through the love and support of their wonderful family, we got the go ahead for plane tickets and a quick romp back up to Ithaca, MI. We had the privilege to shoot Becca & Brendan's wedding here in June. Now it is her sister Joanna's turn to marry her man Justynn. It's so awesome to be welcomed back into the family! ^_^

Since everything happened so fast and in a rather sneaky fashion, we weren't quite sure if we'd be a surprise gift to the couple. Just in case, we were very hush-hush about it and didn't even disclose it here, just in case Jo was reading. :)

Well, this afternoon we attended their rehearsal dinner - pizza a la poolside - followed by the ever delightful rehearsal. We can't wait for their wedding tomorrow. Looking at what we've already seen today, only good things will follow. Enjoy!

warning: color splash!

I've really been liking the new blog look! It's so bright and lite and cheery! Me thinks the delightfulness has begun to spread into our website. ^_^ It's a great thing, except when your browser doesn't register the changes right away. If you are noticing some strangeness occurring when loading our site, don't worry! It's not gremlins. Please forgive the mess while we re-construct the site... live. It should be up and running and sparkley by tommorow. Thanks for being patient with us. And stay tuned for the upcoming post, "Where are they now?" Cheers!

Deja Vu?

We will be out of the office beginning today, August 7 through Monday August 13. You can still reach us by phone and through our website's contact form. We just might take a little longer to get back to you. More will be explained about our sudden disappearance in a later post. :) Oh, the suspense!

Summer Makeover

Ah yes, the weekend has arrived! It's a nice break from a long work week. Jeremy and I have been busy gearing up for the DC bridal show happening this month - August 19th. I'm really excited about the new album designs I've created for the show and I can't wait to share them! I might even be tempted to post one or two pages up on here... hehe ^_^ I've also been contemplating a new look for the blog. With such a beautiful and sunny summer, our dark black was feeling rather ...well, dark. So I decided to give it a little summer makeover! What do you think? Jeremy is always teasing me that I love bright colors and why don't I use more of them. Well, here they are - on a calming, clean white palette. Perfect balance, eh?

Today on our day of rest, we decided to go see the new Simpson's movie. I wasn't too sure about it. A Simpson's episode for 1 1/2 hours? Well... I was wrong. Actually, pleasantly surprised. I was already a fan of the show, just not as of these last episodes. The movie, which I thought would feel drawn out, actually flowed very well. It was a Simpson's episode but done... really well! (Have I mentioned it was a really well-done movie? lol) The Simpson humor was there - Homer strangling Bart jokes, physical comedy performed by Mr. Simpson himself in very painful ways, inside jokes about past episodes - event a decent story to pull it all together. Oh and tons of parodies! They were hilarious! I'm so glad I went out and saw it. Just what I needed. Thanks Jeremy! It's so nice to find unexpected joys in your day. Even if you have to be nudged into them. :)

Jeremy was kind enough to "simpsonize" us to mark the movie debut. And he even placed us on our favorite walking path. awe!