Still a handful of 2nd shooting gems from last year to share! Today, I wanted to share some of my favorites from Jessica and Mike’s fantastic wedding at Fulton’s on the River that I shot with the fabulous Nikki! I have to say….being introduced into your reception via water taxi is probably the coolest thing! Such a fun moment for everyone when the couple rolls up to cocktail hour on a boat!
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If you are a fashion lover, you probably know that the annual Costume Institute Gala, also known as the Met Ball, is where high fashion comes to play! All the celebrities come out to don their finest gowns to show off on the red carpet. This is the height of glam, no cocktail dresses or casual gowns here!
It’s all about the glamour and the drama. This year especially, since the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring exhibition is ‘PUNK: Chaos to Couture’! So drama with a punk rock flair was a consistent theme. Unfortunately, it didn’t really work for some…don’t even get me started on Miley Cyrus and Nicole Richie’s looks for the evenings, eeek! (Google it, if you must.) Otherwise, I found myself gravitating to what I always tend to gravitate towards…black, lace, and sparkle. Are you surprised?
So, my top 3 favorite Met Gala looks are…
Jennifer Morrison in her black lace gown with gorgeous draping and let’s not forget that slit! Ginnifer Goodwin in Tory Burch gold sparkle from head to toe, fading out near the bottom of her gown. Love it so! (I could do without the crazy eyeliner, but otherwise flawless!) And, finally, Jessica Alba in a leather embellished Tory Burch gown with the absolute perfect cut outs! So amazing!
Honorable Mentions: Carey Mulligan, Nina Dobrev, Claire Danes
So, who were your Met Ball fashion favorites? Do you agree or disagree with my favorites? I want to know! Comment away!
The perfect weekend for me is all about balance. It’s not all play! It involves doing what I love to do (shooting weddings!) and getting quality time with my loved ones. Both! The best of both worlds! And this weekend lived up to just that! Before the weekend, I had some patio margs with one of my favorite peoples, Christy, out in the beautiful weather. (And you can never go wrong with margaritas on an outdoor patio, never!) Then Saturday, I second shot the most incredible wedding (seriously to die for!!!) with another one of my favorites Emilia! And Sunday, I spent the day cuddling my little recovering boy and hanging out with family as the sun set. Life doesn’t get better than that! A weekend of delicious drinks, amazing weddings, my adorable baby, and my wonderful spouse. The perfect weekend, indeed!
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I’m so glad you got to rest yesterday!! It was a pleasure working with you Saturday 
Yay!!! Sounds perfect if I do say so myself! 
And so happy Gray is on the mend! (Also- that sunset!!! Wow!)
Sounds AMAZING!
Okay, not really! But after a week tending to our sick little boy (and, now, a sick spouse too!), I am terrified this sickness is headed for me next! I mean, when adults get sick they know to cover their mouths when they cough and to use tissues to blow their noses…babies, on the other hand, not so much! So, that means our unbelievably adorable little baby boy has spent the last week coughing directly in my face and sneezing all over me. Yes, it is as awesome as it sounds.
And now, the spouse has gotten sick as well! Thankfully, I can just pump her full of NyQuil and consider her handled for the night! Whereas all I can do for Baby Gray is hold him and feel bad that there isn’t more I can do to make him feel better. In all honesty, it’s breaking my heart. He can’t sleep well at all and doesn’t eat much. He coughs so hard it looks like his whole body hurts and earlier this week he sounded like a broken squeaker toy! It’s definitely not fun to be a helpless mommy when your little one is so sick.
So, as much as I’d like to quarantine them both so I don’t come down with the plague too, I will continue to cuddle and snuggle with him as much as I possibly can, in hopes that my smothering love can offer some sort of healing powers! Even if it means, I might get sick too. Because he is just too cute not to! Gah!
I’m crossing my fingers you don’t get sick too!! :-/
We have an abundance of mugs and bowls to choose from in our house, yet we always seem to reach for the ugly mugs. The ugly mugs are our clear favorites of all the mugs and bowls. These two humongous mugs are not just any ugly hand painted mugs. They are mementos. Mementos from the very beginning of our story as a couple. From our very first date, in fact! Our first date was spent walking around a street festival, listening to live music, going to dinner, and hitting up one of those places where you paint your own pottery. It may seem kind of hokey, but it was such a great way to spend time together, talking, laughing, and making fun of each other’s handiwork. I loved every minute of it. I loved that K planned the whole day for me. I loved that it was something silly and different. I loved that it was about talking and getting to know each other…not just sitting next to each other in a movie theater, not talking. (Haven’t we all had a first date at the movies, where you don’t talk to each other much at all? Kind of a silly way to get to know someone.) We learned so much about each other in that one day, that first date. It all started there.
When we returned to pick up our pieces from the pottery place a couple weeks later, Katrina secretly swapped our mugs. So, I went home with hers and she went home with mine. For the 2 years we dated before we lived together, we each had each other’s respective mug. (And totally used them daily!) I know, we are a little corny, but they were a part of our story and I loved it so. When we finally moved in together, after almost 2 years of Katrina driving an hour + every single weekend to come into the city and see me, the mugs were reunited. And when we bought a house, they moved with us into our home. A part of our daily lives, together, from day one. From the very beginning through the honeymoon phase of dating into both the struggles and triumphs of marriage.
Until one day, one of the mugs broke! And it broke my heart! As ugly as that mug was and as much as K promised me we would go back one day and make new ones, I just didn’t have the heart to throw it away. It was a part of our story. It was there from the very beginning, I couldn’t just toss it! So, I glued it back together! That was almost 2 years ago and we still use it all the time! They both have a few dings and scratches, not to mention cracks where the one was glued back together, but they are still here. And I love the constant reminder of where it all started. I love reaching for them in the cabinet and thinking of our story. I see us in them. I see our story. Scratches, dings, and all! I see how far we have come from these mugs, in almost 5 years. And for a couple of pretty ugly looking mugs, it’s such a beautiful reminder.
And if we have learned anything from these mugs, it’s that we should both keep our day jobs! Because clearly, pottery painting is not our forte!
I love love love this! Especially because those mugs, being broken & glued back together, and still wonderful & usable is really a metaphor for relationships and marriage in general! LOVE.
Such a good story! I love the mugs too, now
So sweet!!
Water taxi on their wedding day?? TOO FUN!!
gorgeous wedding venue,so sweet! I LOVE the centerpieces!