It was great to walk around and see our work portrayed not only in our booths, but in many of the vendors that we have worked with in the past year, such as Vintage Villas, The Terrace Club, Vista West Ranch, Wildflower Cakes, Lakeway Resort and Spa, Kindred Oaks, Arbor Pointe Event Center, Bella Notte on Main, and Amanda Pye of Austin Makeup Design. Barr Mansion also has a display album, but since it’s so big, they left it back at the Mansion, so future clients can check it out there.

Thanks SO MUCH to Signs Express for printing my new banners so fast and for Stacey Hogge from Petal Pushers for providing the AWESOME flower arrangement for my booth!

Here’s some fun images from my booth setup.  I took them all with my kick-butt Canon G9 point-n-shoot camera.

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Thanks Donna!

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I grew so attached to this couple and their families.  I’ve been knowing them for over a year now, and it was great to see everything come together for their wedding day.  Elaine and the folks out at Kindred Oaks did an awesome job of running everything, and the all went well.  Brian, the groom, gave the best gift to Beth, his bride, that I have ever seen – a teddy bear from ‘Build-a-Bear’ with a personalized message.  I just loved watching Beth’s response when she played the recorded message from the Bear.

Here’s only a few of the awesome moments that we captured.

We had another awesome session with another fun bride at DunVegan Keep, today.  I think I will call Beth my ‘most-prized bride’.  She’s the most prized, because she won so many prizes at every bridal extravaganza show she attended!  I know she went to at least two, if not three.  She even won a contest for a free bridal session from me.  She actually won the same contest again at a later show, but she left before her name was called.  I believe she won some luggage and some trips, too. 

I got to meet her mom again (Mrs. Kim is so fun) and her sister Courtney.   Despite the heat (when is it going to cool down?), this bride and her makeup and energy held up well.  It’s been a while since I’ve had a blue-eyed bride, so that was fun to capture those awesome blue eyes, too.

.  I can’t wait to get back there since they have completed all of the renovations. 

Wow!

We were completely blown away that we made the front cover of a magazine! We have won some contests here and there, but now we are published!

It will be out in January and it’s the Austin Wedding Guide. This magazine is distributed all throughout Austin and surrounding areas and can be picked up at various Bridal Salons (David’s Bridal, Belle Saison, etc.) and Venues (Kindred Oaks, Hamilton 12, Marriot in RR, Winfield Inn, Texas Old Town, etc.). The beautiful lady that is on the cover is Meredith Malcolm, daughter of Jerry and Penny Malcolm at 2nd Generations Video Productions at www.2vgp.com.

The ceremony and reception was out at Kindred Oaks, and Steve and Elaine did a beautiful job with getting the place in order. The wind was blowing quite a bit during the ceremony, which provided us with some great ‘veil in the wind’ images, too. Thanks God! Unfortunately, the weather did eventually become a factor, and the reception had to end an hour early because of upcoming storms. The bride and groom did not seem to care too much, and they made the best of it. No wedding is ever ‘perfect’, but how you react to it can be ‘perfect’.