Congratulations Lindsay & Justin!
This past weekend, we photographed Lindsay & Justin's wedding & reception in Muncie. They had so many unique, cool details so this blog post will probably be huge but I had a hard time narrowing down my favorites! LOL Justin sent Lindsay flowers that morning…isn't that sweet?!
Lindsay's dress was gorgeous!
And of course, I LOVED her shoes! 🙂
Here's our handsome groom, Justin…
And Lindsay with her bridesmaids…I loved the bridesmaid dresses and their snowballs as "flowers" …so unique!
I had exactly 5 minutes to get as many cool detail shots and window light shots with Lindsay before the wedding since guests arrived a little earlier than expected – yikes! Since they didn't see each other beforehand, I knew the good outdoor light would be gone after the ceremony so we took advantage of it while we could and got some amazing shots!
The church was still decorated for Christmas, it looked like a winter wonderland! 🙂
Lindsay's mom & dad surprised them with a horse drawn carriage after the ceremony, so sweet!!
And they did sparklers as their send-off….
While we waited for the carriage to bring them back to the church to finish pics, John grabbed the camera and got this shot! Nice shot honey!! 🙂
Awww…..
Lindsay saw this shot in our portfolio from some winter weddings we did last year so we brought candy canes with us so they could replicate it. 🙂
Loved her flowers…
Oh la la! 🙂
Gorgeous cake!
They actually had a mashed potato martini bar that night! How cool is that?! The caterers were scooping out dishes of either mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes and then these over sized martini glasses were filled with goodies and toppings…YUM!
Loved the ornaments as centerpieces!
First dance dip at the end, loved it!!
This was such a hilarious sequence, I couldn't help but post all of it. LOL Karissa (the bridesmaid in front) dives for the snowball bouquet during the bouquet toss…it looks like she had it…
But then she lost her grip on it…
And ended up on the floor with another bridesmaid fighting for it! LOL (She won in the end though) 🙂
Lindsay's parents were celebrating their wedding anniversary that night so Lindsay's dad serenaded her mom to a tune from Elvis. It was super cute!! 🙂
We had a great party crowd that night!
At the end of the night, her dad sang another song to Justin & Lindsay…so adorable!!!
Thanks you guys for a great time this weekend, hope you're having fun in Disney World right now! 🙂
Christmas 2007 Pics!
Every year my dad's side of the family gets a "Happy Birthday Jesus" cake…we were all trying to remember when that tradition started. We think it was when my sister, Mary, was a little girl and said something like, "Well, if it's Jesus' birthday, we should get him a birthday cake!" LOL Isn't that adorable?! So here's this year's yummy peppermint Classic Cakes Christmas (b-day) cake. 🙂 I took some fun, random photos on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day of relatives and pets that I thought you'd all enjoy too. 😉 Here's my step-mom's adorable guinea pig, named Angel. She rings her little bell every now and then for food and attention, it's so cute!
And here's my aunt Therese with her dog, Rocky.
Gramdad enjoying his customized Hershey's gift we got him on Hershey's website. (He LOVES Hershey's chocolate!)
We had my Aunt Mary in the Christmas draw this year and she was blown away by the custom gallery-wrapped canvas print we made her of her and her furbabies for Christmas. 🙂
My sisters made me this awesome pink blanket (then wrapped the Victoria's Secret ribbon around it, how cute is that?!)…it's SO warm and snuggly!! And it's in my favorite color of course…
Here's Mickey, the family dog, next to her favorite new squirrel toy. She and Rocky are sisters (litter mates) and are best friends to say the least. It's so cute to see them together at family get togethers and stuff. I think Aunt Therese and Rocky got her this new toy that she loves…
And this was dad's big gift from us this year…we made him a 30×40 custom canvas print of him in the ND locker room from his 2007 ND football game, he loved it! 🙂
And my step-mom's reaction to the iPod we bought her! 🙂 (Of course, we included an itunes gift card and bling to complete the gift…LOL)
Here's Mary with her all-time favorite gifts – gift cards! 🙂
John & I snuggled up with our new pink blanket from my sisters. We didn't look too bad for only having about 3 hours of sleep that night! LOL We were up late editing and uploading weddings the night before so that many of our clients could enjoy their pics on Christmas day with their families. 🙂
We found some of the cutest gift bags, tissue paper & ribbon this year!
Here's Grandma opening one of her gifts from us. She and Grandpa love to go to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and the last time we were in there, we noticed that they were selling those tin cans of peanuts wrapped up in Christmas wrap that you could wrap up with a gift card so we did that for one of her gifts this year and she loved it!
I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season like we did! 🙂
Holiday Bridal Show 2007
On 12/16, we sponsored the 2nd annual Holiday Bridal Show at Allisonville Nursery. Despite the weather that morning, we still had a great turn out that afternoon! We had goody bags for all of the vendors and for the first 10 brides that attended the show each hour. The vendors went all out on their booth decor…here's Idieh Design's booth…loved the detail she put into it!
Gorgeous flowers at Chuck's booth! (Of course!)
New dress styles were displayed at Posie Patch's booth…
We had a live band, The Fabulous Imports, who did a great job during the show!
The crew of Northernlight Filmworks! We'll be working with them at a wedding very soon…:)
Here's Anna from Special Occasions by Anna. She provided all of the gorgeous linens, chair covers and sashes for our show. It looked AMAZING!
Our booth set-up…
Treats for the brides…:)
Let the show begin!
Ilene from Classic Cakes did an awesome job with her displays as usual!
Lilly (one of the Nursery cats) kept everyone entertained by going from booth to booth that night too! LOL
Thanks everyone for another great show and mark your calendars for our 2nd annual Summer Bridal Show on June 22, 2008!
Congratulations Carolyn & Josh!
On 12/15 we photographed Carolyn & Josh's wedding at Centenary United Methodist church in Lebanon and their reception at Ulen Country Club. It was all so gorgeous and decorated up for Christmas…I loved it!! That day started with a snow storm so we had fantastic window light before the ceremony. Isn't Carolyn stunning?! It was so much fun to work with Carolyn & Josh and their families again, we photographed Carolyn's brother's wedding last year (Clint & Michelle) so it felt more like a reunion that day! 🙂
These kids were so cute. The ring bearer did NOT want to have anything to do with photos so the flower girl was like "what do I do now?!" when he decided not to participate. LOL!! Most people would probably not shoot this…but not me! I figure people will laugh about this afterwards. 🙂
Here's our handsome groom, Josh! Josh's dad actually performed their ceremony that day, it was all so sweet and personalized.
During the ceremony, I found this little angel sitting on the back window of the foyer….had to get a shot of it. 🙂
Can you believe they met in middle school?! How cute is THAT?! They actually had a photo from their middle school winter dance printed on their wedding invitations…so cute!!
I LOVED all of the decor in the country club that night. Can you find the cake in this shot? 🙂
At the end of dinner, I stepped outside to get some fun Christmas light shots on the back veranda. I loved how the snow looked like a perfect blanket near the lights. 🙂
And here's a shot looking into the dinner/dancing area…
This kid was hilarious! He loved it that we are all digital since he could see what we were shooting after we shot it. He did a little performance for us on the dance floor that night. Today's kids will never grow up knowing what it was like to shoot film back in the day! LOL
Doesn't Carolyn have the best smile?! 🙂
Favorite dancing shot…
And another favorite…
LOL! I love the look of surprise on the bouquet catcher's faces every weekend! 🙂
Thanks you guys for a great time that day!! More pics coming soon! 🙂
Happy New Year!
Thank you to all of you who helped make 2007 a fantastic year for us!! We're looking forward to working with all of our wonderful clients & friends in 2008! 🙂