I love the fall- the leaves, the air, the hot cocoa, the scarves, the sweaters. October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s only fitting that two of these events are centered around that! Here are some great events I’d LOVE to see you at:
Sunday October 5th- Join us Get Hitched, Give Hope gals at the Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer to support City of Hope’s breast cancer research, education and treatment. You can join our team HERE!
Thursday October 23rd- The Get Hitched, Give Hope Auction and Benefit, where you can get gorgeous goods for your wedding while giving back. Help us raise $50,000 to grant wishes for breast cancer patients through auctions, raffles, and donations. Click here for the latest details, sponsors, goods, and for tickets!
Romantic vintage is how I’d describe Meghan & Kevin’s wedding celebration on the antique Skansonia Ferry boat last month. I love how she put together the soft greens, romantic roses, and dreamy creams, all inspired by a turn of the century styled cameo necklace Kevin gave to Meghan while they were dating.
I love the attitude of this shot… so funny!
A little post-nuptual champagne and lounge on their fabulous velvet couch.
This was their sugary sweet signature cocktail. When Meghan and I were planning out the photography details at our last pre-wedding meeting, we had a little side conversation about what their drink should be called. They both have rather uncommon last names, so after a little name scrabble, the “Megvan Steensbak” popped out of my mouth. I was delighted to see this on the menu at the bar!! Naturally it’s one of my favorite shots of the day :)
I’m not much of a cake gal (cause if I ate the cake at every wedding… well… let’s just say I’d have to buy new pants!), but it looked so good I had to try a bit. YUM!!!
I’m so excited for Nicole. She’s taken that big leap between moving on from her day job to opening her invitation design company full time. I first met Nicole last year when they invited me to document their gorgeous Woodinville wedding (see her gorgeous mug here!). Of course, she had top notch invite and program design-she had designed them herself. We actually went to the Art Institute together, but never crossed paths, although I recognized some of her guests at the wedding as old classmates. Actually, they recognized me… and after 7 years I couldn’t believe how quickly they picked me out! Nicole has been designing ever since those old school days, but still loved her job as a photo director at Macy’s, and she was torn between both careers. She finally decided to take the leap, and she is making a splash. Check out this gorgeous design of hers, I love the shade of green ;)
Love how she incorporated her client’s personal proposal story into the design of this one:
And for her own, she even included little stickers for guests to choose from to put on their calendars to mark the date:
Take a look around at her site- and if you’re in the industry, you’ll be seeing a lot of her in the next few months as she makes the rounds and introduces herself at all the hip happy hours! Stay tuned for her blog too, she’s itching to write!! Luck Nicole!! www.nmpaperdesign.com
Here’s the story as Andrea thinks it is: she’s flying from New York, where she lives, to Seattle, where she grew up, for her mother’s retirement party. Her boyfriend Carlos really wants to go, as he loves loves loves her family, but he just can’t tear himself away from work. So Andrea and her mom are to arrive at 6 at the Columbia Tower in downtown Seattle before the dinner starts. And woah, there’s a photographer there who wants to take her mom’s picture for the newsletter. And then her mom has to go give a quick interview, but none of the family is there yet, so Andrea has to wait in this nice little private dining room to the side while mom is being interviewed and the larger room is being set up. And this weird photographer sure is bossy, trying to keep her in the room by herself… What could be taking the family so long to park the car??!!
Here’s the story as Carlos knows it, and what is really going on: He wants to propose to his girlfriend, who he just thinks is the bees knees. For months, he and her family has been lying like crazy to get Andrea to fly across the country so that he can propose to her in her home town. He flew to Seattle right before she did, nearly running into her at the airport since his flight was delayed, and was lucky enough to be able to stay with Andrea’s sister while taking care of all the final details. He has the whole Columbia Tower staff in on it- there is even a sign at the entrance to the Tower Club that states what ballroom the “United Airlines Retirement Dinner” is in! With months of careful planning, and a whole lotta nervousness, Carlos finally enters the room.
Andrea is quite confused about the whole thing- first to see her boyfriend there. Then, that he’s proposing to her during her mom’s retirement dinner. Then, that there is no retirement dinner and the family really isn’t looking for parking, and finally, that yes, she got all dressed up just for this. There is no dinner, no retirement even. Just a guy asking his girl to marry him, holding a stunning and sparkling marquis diamond ring, what she’s always dreamed of.
Here’s a slide show of the moments leading up to the big one, a mini impromptu engagement session right afterward when they’re still all aglow with happiness, and finally, the brunch with the whole fam the next morning.
Thank you Carlos and Andrea, so so much, for letting me document this incredible moment for you. It was so exciting being in on the big secret and watching the events unfold, especially Andrea’s confusion at it all. And I’ll never forget what you said, Andrea, when Carlos pulled out your ring, “Where DID you get THAT?!”
Because, alas, Andrea does work at Tiffany’s, so she KNOWS rings ;)
