You Make My Dreams Come True: Bride & Groom Portraits

I'm really happy with the portraits we got of David and me prior to the ceremony! I'm a bit disappointed that these are pretty much the only ones we have of us (there are no traditional pictures of just the two of us at the front of the church) but I do think they're beautiful. I love how natural most of them look because I don't really remember Brandi telling us what to do - We just loved on each other and she snapped away!

 I've mentioned this before, but I love that she caught this picture of our 'special' way of holding hands. Our hands just fit together this way. 

Tired of pictures of us yet? I promise there are only a few more!

Once we were done with pictures of us it was finally time to head to the church! 

Tip #7 - Tell your photographer if you want certain shots even if they seem like 'obvious' ones. I didn't mention anything about a traditional front of the church picture or a shot of our rings and forgot at the time, so we didn't get either of them. 

*All pictures in this post were taken by Brandi Coldwell of Lola Jo Photo Design*

 

Need to catch up? 

We started on Thursday.

We decorated Friday morning.

We rehearsed.

We got pretty!

I put on my dress. 

We had our first look!

The guys had their turn. 

The girls stole the show. 

We got some fun bridal party pictures.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway for a gift certificate to CSN Stores! It ends Saturday!

OMGMom Giveaway Winner!

Welcome to all of my visitors from OMG I'm a Mom! I'm pleased to be able to announce the winner of the giveaway on her blog for a $25 gift certificate to my etsy shop! The winner is...

Janie!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered! For those of you who didn't win, there's still good news: You can all receive 10% off any purchase from my shop! Just mention the OMGMom giveaway in your message.

I'm in the middle of recapping my own wedding right now, so if you like what you see feel free to become a follower! I'm actually doing a giveaway right now for reaching 200 followers, so maybe I'll have to set up another one if I reach 250! :)

Thanks again for entering, and thanks for the opportunity, Mandy!

{Giveaway!}

I said there would be a giveaway if I reached 200 followers, and you guys did it! I'm now at 201 followers, so in honor of that, I have an opportunity for you to win a $40 gift certificate to CSN Stores! 

I know there are several of you out there lusting after le creuset cookware - And CSN Stores have it! They even have several limited time offers on different pieces right now:

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Only $35.95 for both!

The gift certificate can be used on anything in the over 200 CSN Stores, but does not cover any shipping costs. 

To enter: 

1. Leave a comment telling me what your favorite le creuset piece is or what you'd use the gift certificate on

2. Become a follower of my blog

3. Tweet the following: "Check out this #giveaway from @les852 and CSN Stores! http://bit.ly/9hneFP"

That's it! Make sure to leave a seperate comment for each entry. You have until Saturday, August 28th at midnight to enter and the winner will be announced on Monday, August 30th!

Good luck!

You Make My Dreams Come True: Bridal Party

I have to say I absolutely LOVE the pictures of our bridal party. We didn't take any of your standard standing at the front of the church in staggered lines pictures. Instead we took pictures that have personality, regardless of if they're 'dated' in a few years. I already have some of them prirnted and framed in our house!

These next few crack me up - Normally the 'dip' picture is dramatic and romantic, but David was sweating and it was dripping off his face onto me, so in the second one I'm trying to avoid it, ha!

Jumping pictures crack me up. I don't care if they're overdone or just a trend. I smile everytime I look at these! Please click to enlarge these - They're that good. (David's showing off his bling in the first one! Yes, he wore it for pictures.)

The linked arm walking pictures are another of my favorites, but ours didn't quite work out...

Why? Oh, because my veil was attacking people:

Then we switched it up a little for the next few pictures:

And I just love these last few candid chaos pictures right before we left for the church - It's fun to see what someone walking by would've seen!

Next up are lots of pictures of David and me (I know, sorry! Almost done!) and then we were finally headed to the church!

Did you get fun pictures of your bridal party or did you stick with the traditional poses?

*All pictures in this post were taken by Brandi Coldwell of Lola Jo Photo Design*

 

Need to catch up? 

We started on Thursday.

We decorated Friday morning.

We rehearsed.

We got pretty!

I put on my dress. 

We had our first look!

The guys had their turn. 

The girls stole the show.

PS - Now only 2 followers away from 200! Let's do it! 

PPS - If you haven't checked out the giveaway from my etsy shop going on at OMGmom, you must check it out (and enter)!

You Make My Dreams Come True: The Girls

I apologize for the lack of a post yesterday - I had several of my girlfriends over Monday night and then spent all day yesterday nannying for a couple kids, so a blog post just wasn't happening. I have to give my ladies some time in the spotlight, though! Everyone thought the guys looked good - Just wait till you see these pictures! :)

I suppose we'll start with some pictures of me, though, since that's how I started the guys' post. I didn't want to take much time for pictures of just me (what do you do with them after the wedding?) but Brandi captured several in the few minute photo shoot!

Totally not an attractive face, but definitely one of my 'typical' looks!

Ok, enough of me. Brandi warned me when I suggested our photo location that it would be mid-day sun with very little shade. I knew she was right, but we had very few other options that were both pretty and not totally out of the way from the hotel to the church. So there are some squinty eyes in our pictures, but oh well. My lovely ladies were still just as beautiful.

I love this series of pictures and how it progressively zooms out - And focuses on our cute pink shoes!

Again, I wanted individual pictures with each of my ladies, and I love every single one of them!

My wonderful bestie, MOH A

My big sis, MOH A

My older sister, BM R

My high school friend, BM M

My college roomie and friend, BM S

David's younger sister, Jr. BM K

Both of my maids of honor

Did you get some cute pictures with your lovely ladies?

*All pictures in this post were taken by Brandi Coldwell of Lola Jo Photo Design*

Need to catch up?

We started on Thursday.

We decorated Friday morning.

We rehearsed.

We got pretty!

I put on my dress. 

We had our first look!

The guys had their turn.

PS - I have a giveaway in the works for when I reach 200 followers, and I'm only 4 away! If you're reading and haven't become a follower, you totally should! :)