Shot by Associate Luke Hebert

Back to the wedding. I don’t think we could have asked for more perfect early April weather. It made me so happy for the couple because their wedding was originally booked for June, but after attending a Summer wedding as a guest last year, Whitney called me and said… I Just.Can’t.Do.It—we are moving it up! So, she got her perfect Spring weather day with big blue skies!

The bride’s grandmother brought in her gift from Curtis–a gorgeous bracelet.Anyone who knows Whitney knows what a goofball she is and I LOVE this picture. Who doesn’t want to remember when they danced around in their silly socks and wedding dress?Whitney definitely rocked the perfect wedding hair! Everyone loves an inside joke!Whitney couldn’t bring Curtis’ gift because she had a few pieces of artwork framed for him. These were old paintings from his Grandfather’s shop that he always loved as a kid, so she tracked them down from under a bed somewhere and gave them new life! Whit texted Curtis some pictures of his gift!

What handsome men!See, big pretty Spring skies!Those this shot from Nikki while we were doing “formals” They just couldn’t stop smooching!Another one of my favorites from the Reception: nothing beats your Daddy and your Lover in the same picture. Check out some more in their slideshow!

Their Team of Pros:
Venue: Paradise Cove at Lake Grapevine in Southlake
Officiant: Rev. Jack Soper
Hair and Make-up: Angie Williams
Floral Designs: Devin Designs (Darla Denton)
Cake Artist: Tastefully Yours (Ruth Robbins)
Reception Entertainment: Perfect Sound (John Rossi)
Bride’s Gown and Shoes: Vera Wang and Lucchese Boots
Invitation/Save the Date: Paper Planet

Let’s start with baby toes. Nothing but baby heads beats baby toes.

For our more “formal” (<—ha!) session we went down to the little coy pond in their neighborhood. It was pretty humid out and  even a few sprinkles, but it was nice soft light.Despite Christine and Frank’s best efforts, Karsten is 2 going on 3 and was right on par with being “done” with photos pretty fast. That’s ok! We played hide and seek in the bushes! These turned out to be some of my favorites of him!I was there on Christine and Frank’s 9th anniverrsary. Isn’t that cool?! At this point I was really wishing I had been their wedding photographer so I could post a dorky picture of them way back when. They are still pretty hot. My guess is hotter than they were then!Everyone is pretty attached to nanny extraordinaire “Ms. Cella” so we couldn’t leave her out!Bennett is kind of a drool bucket right now and I LOVED that about him!Showing off his burgeoning sitting skills!The only thing that makes it acceptable for someone to ring the doorbell during naptime is when you discover that it’s roses from your sweet husband for your anniversary. Good job Frank!!enough said. Look at him!!!Some sibling love melts my heart!This series is entitled: Karsten. Almost 3. Get over it world!

One of my good friends, Jenna (who also happens to be a photographer!) came and she was kind enough to take a few photos. I’m so glad she did because by the time I finished the party stuff and got 3 hours sleep (I stayed up til 1am with my first attempt at cake pops and then Micah kindly woke me up at 4am) I just wasn’t in the mood to even pick up my camera!

You’ll note the majority of my decor was done with neon duct tape and surveyor’s “tape”. The gardlands were made with felt and pipe cleaners for the hearts. All pretty cheap and easy.I used hot glue gun to write the theme “totally in love” as well as three hearts, and xoxox on some glass then spray painted them with neon spray paint! Excuse my iPhone photo, but thought I’d put some of the elements together. I made a cake pop box with mini garland (thanks for the help Jeni!). I never did get a clear picture of the table cloth (not pictured) but it was white with neon tape stripes. You can kind of see it peeking in the picture below.I used heart shaped post-its to write a special “I love you because” note to all my guests and their children then encouraged them to do the same for their friends. Everyone left with a little stack of notes. Our signature drink was the Blowpop Martini! Cake mix cookies rolled into lip sprinkes! My new fav way to make quick cute cookies. Along, with some heart shaped bread for the pimento cheese sandwhiches.Here are just a FEW of the radtastic photobooth. More on that later. The favor was teaching the Mom’s how to Freezer Paper stencil so we made these cute 80′s love robots in neons. I found the template here.You can find most of my inspiration on my Pinterest board as well as links for some of the sources over there!

Every wedding there’s a part where I cry. This wasn’t the part where I cried (surprisingly), but it is the part where Sara cried. She and Joey didn’t want to see each other prior to the wedding, but did decide to touch one another around the corner of this big column and talk to each other for just a minute. It was such an intimate moment and there was a point where I stepped back even further (I was already shooting from a ways a way) and just let them have a moment.This would be the part where I cried. See their minister, was talking about how marriage is the ultimate grand pas de deux-(ballet dance for two). She spoke in terms that Sara immediately connected with on a deep level. It was just this moment of definition and clarity–of every point of their lives coming to this one. The breeze picked up and time seemed to stand still.I loved this shot by Megan… apparently both Sara’s Mom and Dad were taken with this moment, too.This was a fun one from the VERY last private dance. Could the night end any more perfectly? See some more on their slideshow here (need flash for this so get on your old big real computer and if you attended the wedding, sign up to be notified when all the juicy images are released by the couple!

Their creative team:
Planner-Foster Blue
Entertainment and Photobooth- Randy Ro Entertainment
Hair and Make-up-Ingenue Hair Artistry
Cake Artist-The Cake Guys
Floral-Market Street Floral Shoppe

I knew from the get-go when I met Sara that that I wanted to shoot her and Joey’s wedding. Right when she said “kinda of a carnival-elephant type theme—with colors of pink, turquoise, and red…” I knew she was a girl with a vision! I admitted to her I really secretly wanted to do bridals in the style of Resse Witherspoon for Vogue (A Day at the Circus) and blabbed on and on about it at her consultation. Later, I wondered if she would think I were a bit cooky for it.

Anyway, she must’ve not thought I was too crazy and decided we would be a good fit. Then… it got better… I was privy to the information that Sara would have a two piece dress. The longer skirt would cover up the shorter dress and she’d wear that until after the first dance, when she planned to take off the skirt and surprise her groom with a sassy (and oh so gorgeous!) party dress. So many fun details! Her Mom even made her headpiece! Can I also just mention Sara’s amazing shoes and her amazing ballet trained legs. Sigh.

Some of my signature “dress in movement.” I love that it shows the hint of her shorter skirt underneath!