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November 20th, 2008

my wedding invitations!

I haven’t posted too much about my upcoming wedding plans - because I’ve been so busy with wedding season over here, but I wanted to share my wedding invites which I just sent out! They were designed by up and coming designer Jenny Mills. She was the maid of honor in a wedding I photographed over a year ago, and then her sister hired me to shoot her wedding this past summer. I also photographed some anniversary portraits of Jenny and her husband this year. I loved the stationary and paper products that were at both weddings, so when I asked who the designer was and found out that it was Jenny, I knew I had to hire her! Here is what we ended up with, I love them. I wanted something modern and fun! Jenny is also doing the menu cards, placecards, and a few other items for my wedding. I’ll post all that once it’s finalied!

 If you want Jenny to do some designs for you, you can email her at mills_jenny@hotmail.com.

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November 17th, 2008

alix and sam

Last month I traveled to Houston to photograph Alix and Sam’s beautiful fall wedding at La Colombe d’Or - what a beautiful, ornate, historic location. It reminded me of the Driskill here in Austin. The wedding was a blast - I loved Alix’s fun vintage looking dress, it went perfectly with the location. Sam and Alix are so in love - it was most evident in the moments when I caught them together when they didn’t know I was there. I love that! The reception was very fun, with awesome band Skyrocket! getting everyone on the dance floor. Congrats Alix and Sam!

VENDORS

CEREMONY AND RECEPTION La Colome d’Or 

FLORIST Events in Bloom

BAND Skyrocket! 

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October 29th, 2008

kristy and bill

Kristy and Bill had a wonderful wedding at Vista on Seward Hill this month. I loved their clean, modern taste and style in their decor and flowers for the wedding - I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Vista look so pretty! It was a perfect fall evening for a wedding, with just enough of a breeze. And eventful too - a large tarantula crawling around outside and almost onto some feet got some people looking! Congrats Kristy and Bill!

 VENDORS

ceremony VISTA ON SEWARD HILL

caterer STERLING AFFAIRS

cake MATTY CAKES

florist MERVEILLE

 

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October 21th, 2008

sarah and andrew

Sarah and Andrew had a lovely ceremony and reception last month at St. Louis King of France Church and Villa Antonia. Her wedding was quite eventful (ask her and she’ll tell you stories) but it only added to the charm and the memories that I know they will have for a long time. I loved the person touches with the engagement and bridal photos that they used at each guest table, and the personally made jars of jam for guests to take with them. Congrats Sarah and Andrew!

VENDORS

CEREMONY st louis king of france church

RECEPTION villa antonia

CAKE michelle’s patisserie

MUSIC keith harris A Town dj

 

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I love this shot below - notice the guest RUNNING from the garter :)

 

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October 14th, 2008

kathryn and jacob

Kathryn and Jacob were married at Kindred Oaks in Georgetown last month. I had photographed their good friends Mark and Valerie’s wedding a couple years ago and they are also fellow Southwestern University Alumni! The wedding was just beautiful - with the hill country view in the distance and I loved it how they processed up the aisle together, it was so sweet. They really knew how to cut a rug at the reception - lots of great dancing to be had! Congrats Kathryn and Jacob!

 

VENDORS

CEREMONY AND RECEPTION Kindred Oaks, Georgetown

FLORIST ZuZu’s Petals

CAKE Michelle’s Patisserie

 

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October 08th, 2008

jenn and jim

 

I had the pleasure and honor to be able to photograph fellow photographer and friend Jennifer Lindberg’s marriage to Jim Pitts last month. I photographed the getting ready photos, and I couldn’t resist keeping my camera out for the ceremony and parts of the reception. Jen had six amazing photographer friends who volunteered to shoot various parts of her wedding! This was the weekend that the hurricane was headed for Austin, but it turned out to be a gorgeous day. It is always so wonderful to be able to photograph the wedding of someone I know as a friend, because it means to much to me to be able to capture such important moments for them. Their ceremony was so sweet and touching, and the reception was so great no one wanted it to end (including myself)! I had a great time actually being a guest at the wedding reception! It couldn’t have been pulled off without the assistance of fabulous wedding planner and friend Gina with Clink (who is helping out with my own wedding in January!) and all of the vendors involved did a truly amazing job. Jen recently posted on her blog a bit about me that I wanted to share:

 

Jim and I were lucky enough to have 6 amazing photographers officially covering our wedding, and no, not all at once! Well, mostly not all at once! Heather Mabry of Eclectic Images photographed during that exciting and nerve wracking time, getting ready, and beyond. I got to know Heather well when she graciously invited me to second shoot at a wedding in Barbados, where we stayed for one week and vacationed together. I love not only her images but also her gentle presence and way of being in a room.

 

Congratulations Jenn and Jim! We love you guys and we wish you the best!

VENDORS

CEREMONY French Legation Museum

RECEPTION Thistle Cafe

LIGHTING Ilios

 RENTALS Marquee

FLORIST Visual Lyrics

HAIR Deborah at Pink MAKEUP Ezme

OFFICIANT Joe Fontenot

VIDEOGRAPHER Crescent

DJ Penguin Entertainment

CAKE Michelle’s Patisserie

CONSULTANTS Gina with Clink 

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This is my fiance, Mike, being silly.

 

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My fiance Mike and myself.

 

 

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October 06th, 2008

joanna and javier (and clara!)

Joanna and Javier held a beautiful ceremony and reception at the Stephen F Austin Hotel in downtown Austin last month. They were so much fun to work with and I loved it how they included their beautiful daughter Clara in the festivities. This was the first wedding ceremony held on the balcony at the SFA, and thought it was tight quarters, I think it was lovely with the city in the background. Joanna and Javier walked up the aisle together to get married, which I thought was so sweet! Everyone had a great time at the reception and really cut it up on the dance floor.

Best wishes Joanna and Javier (and Clara)

LOCATION AND CATERING stephen f austin hotel

CAKE pecan street cafe

DJ Byrne Rock

 

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October 03th, 2008

save the date cards!

I just wanted to share the save the date cards I recently designed for my baby brother and his fiance Emilie. I was honored to be able to take their photos when he proposed a few months ago, and I also was able to take their engagement photos for them. I’m really happy with how they turned out, and I can’t wait for their wedding (and lucky me, I get to go as a guest!)

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September 24th, 2008

bethany and rick

Bethany and Rick had one of the most memorable ceremonies I’ve ever photographed!! They were married at Horseshoe Bay Resort - it was a cloudy day and just when the ceremony was getting ready to start there was a small rain shower, so the wedding was pushed back. When it looked to be all clear, the ceremony began - and the moment that Bethany stepped out from under the awning it began raining. Not a drizzle, but a steady rain! She proceeded up the aisle and after a few moments of stunned looks and confusion, they decided to continue the ceremony and get married! All the guests stayed and watched with towels over their heads - one guest even held a chair over his head! Some onlookers who were guests of the resort even brought large table umbrellas over and held them over the bridal party during the ceremony. I don’t think Bethany and Rick and all of their guests will soon forget their wedding! The rest of the wedding was great and fun - the guests put the rainy weather behind them and had a great time. The newly married couple played a fun newlywed game at the reception which was fun to shoot - see photos below of them holding their shoes in the air! Congrats Bethany and Rick!

VENDORS

CEREMONY AND RECEPTION Horseshoe Bay Yacht Club

FLORALS Carman’s Flowers

CAKE Brother’s Bakery

MUSIC Tunes Across Texas

COORDINATOR Sandra Chavez, A Moment in Time

 

 

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September 19th, 2008

laura and michael

Last month, I traveled to Georgia and North Carolina to photograph Laura and Michael’s wedding. I photographed Laura and Michael’s good friends wedding (Meridith and Todd, which was featured in The Knot Real Weddings Texas magazine) and so when Laura and Michael inquired about by ability to travel out of state for their wedding, I jumped at the opportunity! Being able to leave Texas and travel to such a beautiful place with amazing weather for that time of year was so great and I was so appreciative! We made it a short weekend vacation and I brought along my fiance Mike, and my good friend and amazing photographer Stacy with SMS Photography as my second shooter.

We flew into Georgia and had some time to explore the Blue Ridge mountains before we started shooting for the weekend. On Friday before the wedding - we took a drive to view the scenic waterfalls of the area, and went toboganning (normally done with snow - this was improvised with fake grass and inner tubes!) A pulley took us up the hill and then we slid down. It was really fun to act like we were 8 years old again - and now I can say I am one of the few who has been toboganning! We also went panning for gems - and this was much more of an eventful experience than we would have thought! We didn’t really expect to find much of anything, but we found tons of gemstones including rubys, amethysts, aquamarine, emeralds, topaz, etc! It was sooo much fun - so much in fact that we did it twice :)

Laura and Michael’s wedding was gorgeous and the change of scenery and cool breeze was so nice! Laura and Michael let us spend lots of time taking advantage of the beautiful scenery for portraits, and then everyone at the party had a great time and it shows in the photos. Congrats Laura and Michael - thanks for having us out!

VENDORS

CEREMONY Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Highlands, North Carolina

RECEPTION Old Edwards Farm, Highlands, North Carolina

COORDINATION Ann Tate

FLORIST Dutchman’s Designs

CAKE Aimee Silver

BAND Kingsized

 

 

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This is Stacy panning for gems, finding something great!

 

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Here I am looking very surprised!

 

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We had to take a touristy photo in front of the view. My fiance Mike and I…

 

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That little spec on the righthand white slide is Stacy! I wish I could add a sound byte, she was giggling the whole way down!

 

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Stacy volunteered to wear Laura’s veil so we could take it off for a few photos. I think she just wanted to wear a veil :)

 

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Stacy again, wearing the veil. I think she would have worn it all night if no one objected :)

 

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