: Monday, April 11, 2011

I’m on a roll today. A Senior Session AND a Mad Love post! Holler!

This weekend was fun filled. Spent Saturday morning photographing a friend {& bride} ’s beautiful Bridal Shower and then booked it to the BFF’s to decorate & cook for her Bachelorette party {which was a HUGE success}! Now all we have left is the wedding. In less than three short weeks! I am beyond excited. Yet, ridiculously nervous. I have yet to write my MOH toast. Ack!!! Sunday was lazy. After a very long night out, Wynter and I lounged, ate leftovers and napped. The evening was spent hanging {and eating some more} with the fam. A pretty perfect Sunday if you ask me.

So it’s now Monday, again. I swear it feels like Monday comes around every other day. How are the weeks flying by so darn quickly!? Nevertheless, Monday’s are exciting because I get to blab about my favorite finds from the week! So, here they are!

#1. First Looks. I really do love them. I love the true emotion they bring and the relaxation they give for the rest of the day. The top 3 photos were found on one of my fav blogs, {The Loveliest Day} & the second 2 photos are from my dear friend Diandra’s recent wedding! She just blogged about her First Look experience and I thought it was fitting to add here =) Go read what she has to say from a bride/photographer’s perspective! {Diandra Ann}

#2. I’ve been seeing cakes like this a lot recently and have to confess that I’m obsessed. I just love the way that they look. So soft and romantic!

{Green Wedding Shoes}

#3. From the same inspiration board, this ridiculously beautiful lilac bouquet is seriously calling my name! how unique and gorgeous is this!?

{Green Wedding Shoes}

#4. Thanks to my sweet friend Meg, I’m currently obsessed with this church in Tiburon, Ca. Like, really…reeaaalllly obsessed. Old St. Hilary’s Church is perched atop a seriously breathtaking hillside overlooking the bay, the bridge & Angel Island. Stop. It. Right. NOW! I pretty much want to get married there. There’s only one teensy weensy little problem. Apparently it was deconsecrated years ago and the Catholic church won’t recognize a marriage there. When I read that, my heart sunk. Seriously. Down to my toes. So now I need to shoot someone else’s wedding there to get my fix. I promise to only be a little bit jealous =) The reviews on Yelp will make you fall in love even more!

#5. Oh Hello Friend and MNA Designs have teamed up to offer you a sweet deal on some super cute jewelry! Right now, if you buy a $20 voucher from Oh Hello, you’ll get a $40 credit to shop at MNA’s Etsy store! I already picked out my favorite piece! If you’re feeling generous, I’ll message you my address =)

Well that post was long winded! Enjoy this beautiful Monday friends!

♥

: Monday, April 4, 2011

Well good afternoon (evening?) my sweet friends!! It has been quite the busy last two weeks for me! Last weekend was the BFF’s bridal shower and then the boy and I drove down to LA for a few days & he shot a Two Faced event…um, holler! Lola and I got to enjoy the dog beach with Lydia, Mary & Heidi..(& Rilo, Frank & Roxy too!!) We came back to reality mid week and this past weekend has been spend doing a shoot, having a fabulous coffee date with a dear friend and a baby shower! Phew…The month of April is already wearing me out and it’s only the 4th! Less than 4 weeks away from Wynter’s big day! AH! I cannot wait! The details are all coming together perfectly and I can’t wait to share the images!

But I’ll shut up and get to the good stuff =)

#1. I want mix match chairs in my house around my table like these. that’s all.

{via Decor8}

#2. I know I’ve mentioned this nuuuuuumerous times but every single time I come across a collage above a bed, I die.

{via Design Sponge}

#3. This bouquet. I want this…..at my wedding, in my home, on a wall as a painting. Everything! How beautiful is it?

{via Style Me Pretty}

#4. This clutch is absolutely perfect for spring!

{via 100 Layer Cake}

#5. This app is way too convenient and cute. I’m a stickler for paying for apps but this one might just win me over.

{via Style Me Pretty}

#6. {drum roll please} My favorite thing on today’s post. I love it so much, in fact, that I built one of these bad boys today =)

{via Design Sponge}

Wanna know how I did it? Um, no biggie! I actually did a step by step tutorial for all you visual learners like me!

Step #1: Start with an old beat up suitcase that was given to you from a sweet friend for props or something like that =) {thanks Suz!}

Step #2: Go to your local hardware store and purchase some table legs, screws, and um, some silver things that go into the suitcase.

Step #3: Get your stain on!

Step #4: Be a little bit random and stain the suitcase too!

Step #5: If your table legs did not come with screws already in them, stick em in!

Step #6: Screw in the silver things

Step #7: Admire your pretty stained table legs and then screw them into the silver things on the suitcase!

Step #8: And…….VOILA!

The most adorable table in the world.

: Tuesday, March 22, 2011

How does Monday creep up ever SO quickly?! Hope you all had a lovely week and wonderful weekend! I spent the weekend with my boy celebrating his birthday. I’m pretty dang happy that he was born a quarter of a century ago =) We had a pretty lazy weekend due to the insane stormy weather. Luckily today was absolutely gorgeous and we were able to spend a little time in San Luis Obispo and then walked a bit around Pismo this afternoon! I got him this fun Holga film camera from Urban that he’s been eying. Since I’m a spoiled digital kid I’ve never used a film camera and have absolutely no clue how to work it. Lucky for me, Darren learned on film so he busted out his Minolta for me to use today and we loaded up the film cameras and strolled about shooting each other and things in Pismo! It was so much fun, except the part where you can’t see the photo right after =) Impatient much?

Which brings me to my first thing on this week’s Mad Love…

#1. This fun film camera!

{via Urban Outfitters}!

#2. Ruffled blog did a post about Lulu’s! A great shop with aaaaaaadorable stuff! How stinkin cute would this outfit be? It would be perfect for a Bridal Shower or even a wedding!

{via Ruffled!}

#3. This pillow makes me happy. As does this light, airy bedroom….oh & that map.

{via Design Sponge}

#4. Two Brunettes Shop is closing! Luckily the studio is staying open for custom designs but if you’re looking for some adorable stationary or anything of the paper sort go check out what’s left of this awesome sale!!

{via Two Brunettes}

#5. THIS to do list needs to be in my hand asap! How cute and organized is this! If you know me, you know how much I (a.) like to do lists…and (b.) like organization! holler!

{via Bleubird Bog}

xoxo ♥

ps. please bare with me…I prooooomise there will be posts of actual people soon =)