Ok, so this is kind of funny (but kind of not)…you all know that I have a massive database of friends, family, past clients, their families, etc, etc. We’re talking thousands and thousands of email addresses…well, FaceBook has this feature where you can upload your database and they’ll send friend requests to your contacts. What they don’t tell you is that there is an unknown limit as to how many contacts you can upload in a certain period of time. Apparently, I had too many friend requests sent out and too many new friends added too quickly and they thought I was spamming people! LOL Isn’t that hilarious?! Well, it was funny until we thought “OMG, are we going to have to create a whole new FB page and ask everyone to re-friend us!?” :O So I emailed the powers that be and luckily got my account reactivated tonight after I told them what happened. I was happy when I got the email saying they reactivated my account - yay!! So yeah, life is good again and feel free to friend us…just not all at once. LOL

On 8/10, we had a party for John’s b-day at my mom’s house. We have a lot of b-day parties in our family throughout August & September it seems!! He was so excited that my mom got him a new watch…he actually lost his at the Summer Bridal Show and we never did find it. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch with my mom & grandparents that afternoon and then headed back to her house for cake and presents…

My grandparents got him a sweater for the Fall season and a bunch of gift cards for date nights! (Thanks you guys!!) We’ll be enjoying those soon I hope!

Mandy wore herself out from all of the festivities….LOL

And speaking of birthdays…lol…no, mine isn’t until 9/9 but I had ordered a cake a month in advance because the cake shop was so busy with wedding orders that I wanted to make sure I got my order in on time. Well, they must be used to people placing last minute orders because they accidentally wrote down 8/9 instead of 9/9 so we got another cake out of the deal. LOL

Most people aren’t lucky enough to get a trial run of their b-day cake a month in advance! LOL It was soooo good though…the top layer was peppermint and the bottom was chocolate…but we couldn’t eat it all so we started giving some of it away…

On 8/9, we photographed Andrea & Michael’s pink & green themed wedding & reception at Valle Vista! They were such a great couple to photograph, they’re gorgeous people - inside & out - which makes our job super easy! Andi had a Colts garter since they’re both Colts fans…

And some HOT shoes!! You know it’s going to be a fun day when you walk in and the bride is wearing THESE!

Here’s Michael, looking all studly….

And Andrea, isn’t she gorgeous!?

I LOVED her flowers!!! Randy & Debbie Watson from Distinctive Designs did all of their fresh florals that day. The bouquets and centerpieces were so beautiful and non-traditional…loved it!

I told her she has a Julia Roberts smile, don’t you agree??

This shot below is probably one of my all time favorites of the day…we put it on the slideshow and Andrea loved it too!! She’s sooooo pretty!!

I love it when I walk out on a Saturday morning and see bright blue skies and puffy white clouds…

Another favorite….

Somehow at the end of pre-ceremony photos, Michael managed to get a splinter in his finger….but have no fear, we carry tweezers in the massive emergency kit we bring with us. And it just so happens that Andi is a nurse so between the two of us, we got him fixed up in time for the ceremony!

::high five::

More cool flowers…of course, the fact that they were pink & green made me go even more gaga over them! LOL

Check out her cute favor boxes!!

I loved her centerpieces and the chair covers, it really makes a huge difference when you dress up banquet rooms with full length linens, chair covers and gorgeous flowers!

After the ceremony, they took a horse drawn carriage around the property…and it just so happened to be around sunset! I was so excited because I knew how much she loved their engagement pics that we shot a few months ago at sunset and now they have some wedding shots that match the look of their engagement session!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!!

Gypsy (the horse) even got her nails done for their event! LOL

She’s such a sweet horse and she loves all of her brides that she totes around every weekend.

GORGEOUS! I think this is a new favorite shot at this photo spot!

One thing I enjoy doing is shooting fun ring shots so you’ll see a lot in this post and in more future posts to come…

They had Indy Photo Booth at their reception and I LOVED IT!! Indy Photo Booth actually had a booth at our bridal show in June and our booths were next to one another. (Some of you probably remember that!) Not only were they the nicest people but their concept is amazing. Guests get in and take fun & silly shots of themselves and then they get one side of the strip of photos and the bride & groom get the other side put into a Creative Memories album at the end of the night. Guests sign in next to their photos and the couple has an AWESOME keepsake from their reception. Guests loved it and so did we! Check out their website for more info!

I don’t think anyone who was at the reception will EVER forget this! LOL Andi got him GOOD that night…

But don’t worry, when she wasn’t expecting it, he got her back! LOL

Loved this shot from the daddy/daughter dance…

More fun ring shots…

Remember the “baking cookies” contest we had for this couple earlier this year? Well, here’s how it turned out!! Valle Vista baked up some sugar cookies with pink & green M&Ms that were served at the end of the night. Definitely photo worthy!!

And here’s that cool scrapbook from Indy Photo Booth!

Thanks you guys for a fun time!! More pics coming soon!

Just a quick FYI to all of my FaceBook friends…we’re having some technical difficulties with my FaceBook page today but I’ve emailed them and I’m awaiting a reply. Hopefully I won’t have to create a new FB page and have all 500 of you refriend me again. LOL What a nightmare!!

I’m a little behind in blogging since I’ve been editing weddings so much lately but I wanted to post some pics from John’s b-day. His favorite thing to do every summer is to go to the State Fair & we have so much fun hanging out together. The dates of the fair actually fell on his b-day this year and he had the day off from work so we made a day of it. I got tickets for the fair train and we spent the day oohing and ahhing over adorable animals!!

Isn’t this guy adorable?! I wanted to take him home sooooo bad. The French Lops are my favorite!!

How cute is this?!?!?!

This guy was so funny…he was so big and was just chilling out on his water bowl. I couldn’t decide which view I liked better so I chose both pics of him…

Another cutie…notice the marble under him? I think they do that to keep them cool - great idea!

John’s favorite slushy drinks…

Then we played a water game and I won this cute alligator for him….:)

Then we headed over to the butterfly garden. This butterfly was actually right outside the garden area and was so tame that he let me hold the stem with one hand and shoot the photo with the other. (It was a tad windy that afternoon)

Gorgeous sunset!

The fair train coming back to pick us up….notice a bit of flare here…love it!

The next evening, we went to my dad’s to celebrate his b-day with that side of the family…

It happened to be the night of the opening ceremonies for the Olympics so we were all a bit glued to the TV that evening but we had a lot of fun & he had another awesome b-day!!

Coming Soon…

Andrea & Michael’s wedding

John’s B-Day Party #2

Erin’s “Un-Birthday”

Tisa & Jeff’s wedding

Brenda & Greg’s wedding

Grandma’s B-Day Party

Leah’s horse show

As many of you know, we’ve been nominated for WRTV’s A-List of Best Local Businesses again this year and we’re competing against over 100 other photographers for one of the top 5 spots again. Last year, we made it to the top 5 and before they turned off the “view current standings” link a few days ago, we were only 6% away from the #1 spot!! So WE NEED YOUR HELP!! The voting ends sometime tomorrow and they will begin tallying the votes for the 2008 Top 5 Businesses so please CLICK HERE to vote NOW and please remember to send your friends and family to the site to vote as well….we can’t do this without you!! (By the way, WRTV will NOT spam you but you will need to give them a valid email address and check your email after you vote just to confirm your vote for us…thanks!!)

We went to Holcomb Gardens to photograph Amanda & Nathan’s engagement session on 8/3 and had a blast with them!! Some of you may recognize this photo above…John took this pic of me shooting pics of them and I LOVE it…definitely a new favorite! I made it my new FaceBook profile pic yesterday. Here’s our adorable 9/5/09 couple, Amanda & Nathan…

Isn’t she GORGEOUS!?!? We had her lay down in Nathan’s lap on a park bench and I snagged this awesome shot! Her eyes are AMAZING!

Awwwww

John & Melissa were both side-shooting with me that day and a butterfly happened to land right in front of John! (Nice shot honey!!)

And while he was shooting that, I was shooting a few individual head shots for them…now they have updated pics of each other to display on their desks at work.

The sunlight was amazing that day…we couldn’t have asked for a better day to shoot outside!

Amanda’s adorable parents even came along to take photos of us taking photos of them, isn’t that cute?! Tae (her dad) even went out and bought a Nikon D300 just so he would be able to take great photos of all of her wedding-related parties and activities leading up to the big day next year. I remember when I first met them, they booked us for the wedding and then right before they left my office, Tae looked at me and said, “Thank you for making my daughter so happy” and I nearly lost it! (I have the best job in the world, can’t you tell!?) They are SUCH sweet people and we’re going to have SO much fun at the wedding next year, I can’t wait!

Loved this one!!

They did a quick outfit change towards the end…

Melissa shot this one below & had the idea of turning it into a “save-the-date” card so I played with it a bit in photoshop…great idea Melissa!!

FAVORITE!!!!

And a group shot of all of us! Thanks for the photo Tae!!

(Nathan, Erin, John, Melissa & Amanda)

Thanks for a fun time that day, more pics coming soon!!

On 8/2, we photographed Kate & Payton’s wedding & reception in Salem, Indiana. Kate had a gorgeous dress and TONS of helpers in the dressing room…7 bridesmaids, 5 junior bridesmaids and a flower girl and guess what?! They were ALL in PINK!! I was in pink heaven that day!! Check out this adorable junior bridesmaid!

Kate & Payton are so cute together! We started with a few formals for their families and then quickly headed outside for some fun pics!

Check out the pink & bling, loved it!!

Kate has gorgeous eyes!

LOVE IT!!! Their wedding party was so much fun and they were up for anything…I love that!

Kate & her girls…

Can you tell I loved their colors & flower choices?!

A bubble exit!

They had 4 (yes, FOUR!) types of cake that evening! YUM!! Cake #1…cupcakes!

I loved their chair covers and full length linens…it really does transform a banquet hall into a gorgeous setting for a reception!!

LOL Cake #2…the groom’s cake…

Cake #3…the wedding cake…

CUTE!!!

LOL I love it how the girls are always ready to catch the bouquet…

But the guys usually just stare at the garter as it’s coming towards them…lol

Cake #4 - a birthday cake!!

Thanks for a fun time that day, more pics coming soon!

Check out what our September 21st couple chose for their invitation design - GORGEOUS!! Great job April!

CLICK HERE!!

This week has become “Birthday WEEK” for John…we like to drag out celebrations as long as we can, you know? Even though TODAY is actually his b-day, I had a full day of back-to-back appointments and projects to do on Tuesday and that included a surprise cupcake drop off from Karen at Holy Cow Cupcakes! Many of you probably remember how she named the “Erin” cupcake after me, well…it was John’s turn! I had her make a marble cupcake with bright blue frosting and green sprinkles to go along with his favorite flavors and colors that matched his business. He LOVED it!!! Check out the Erin & John cupcakes side-by-side…aren’t they cute?!

(These aren’t the best photo quality, sorry…I just took a few quick pics with my little “purse camera” that day) Anyway, after a few appointments, I took him out to Kincaid’s for an early b-day celebration where he had an amazing filet & I had my all time favorite, the dijon chicken! YUM!!

Last night he enjoyed a dinner out with his parents and today, he has the day off and we’re heading to his all time favorite place…more pics & parties coming soon!!!!! Happy Birthday honey, I love you!! XOXO