My Wedding Dress Hanger

After looking at the Sacramento Engaged Blog (http://www.engagedsacramento.com/blog) I found these awesome personal hangers and I knew I just had to have one. I ordered it thinking I wasn't going to get it till later this year since I said I didn't need it until October. I got it in the mail a week or so ago and I shot photos outside and in the Studio in a Box James got me.

Here is the website where you can get your own hanger for anything.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/lilafrances?section_id=5626386
All hangers are hand-made and orders take a while. They say about 8-10 weeks depending on when the order is made and needed.

All these shots also have my ring. Above and below the ring is on the D.

Ring on the top of the hanger.

Ring on the S in Snyder.

Ring on the Y.

Engaged Bridal Event

James and I, along with Heather and Joe went to the Engaged Wedding Library event: The Engagement party in Granite Bay last Sunday.

Here is the Engaged Sacramento Blog on the event
http://www.engagedsacramento.com/blog/2010/05/05/dancing-diving-and-diamonds-at-the-engagement-party
I can be seen in two of the photos from the cake dive. Heather and Joe can be seen in the Waltz photo. Part of James, Heather and Joe can be seen in one of the cake dive photo too.


My camera died so I had to take these shots are taken with my iPhone.

Here are the many cupcakes we crushed. There were 300 cupcakes and three cakes with 16 little stones worth prizes such as $2,000 in diamonds, photobooth, DJ and much more.

The three cakes were added in. These were the three cakes that three couples decorated with a chance to win a wedding dress worth $1,500

I thought I found something (on the left), but it was just a flower =( oh well. Heather also on the top in the pink.

Heather and I didn't find anything. It was still fun taring up all the cupcakes and Heather dug into the cake next to her.

The aftermath from the cake dive. It got all over the ground and on my shoes. It was a big brown mess.

One of the table set-ups from a designer at the event.

The three cakes from the decorating contest.

Studio in a Box: Wedding tidbits

I was playing around with the "Studio in a Box" James got me for Christmas last year. I finally got it out to take better shots of the centerpiece for the weddings. I also took shot of this blue mug and "just married" luggage tags I got from the Engaged bridal even I went to last Sunday with James, Heather and Joe. Lastly I took some shots with my ring.

Here's what I plan to do for my centerpiece. I'm trying to figure out how to add some sort of flower to it. Maybe where the ribbon connects on the outside of the jar.

And a view from the top.

Here's the blue mug and tags.

Being playful with my ring.

A little close up on the ring.

Folsom Bridal show

I went to another bridal show in Folsom with my mother and Page (Jonathan, my brother's wife-to-be).

I won two things on the spot and got two free offers via email.

1. A $275 value for a DVD montage (25 photos, two songs and one DVD). I win this on a spin game after I got 25 vendor stamps on my card I got when I entered the show.
2. A vase with some flowers. This one booth was giving away three of its bouquets to three brides-to-be at 3:45 p.m. I got there about 3:35 and she just handed it to me.

Email offers:
1. I can get a free boudoir session ($175) and "little black book" ($100) for free, but only if I books with her for my wedding. Since I have already booked with Christopher Kight I won't be booking with her.
2. A free engagement session and 8 by 10 print from another photographer. This offer I might take on even thought I have an engagement session included in my package with Kight.

Here are some of my shots from the day.

These were just some of the flowers this one vendor had on site. They sprayed the flowers with water making them look prettier with little water beads. I guess you can really only see the water beads on the top petal.

I love love love this setup. I like the dark purple and I really like the calla lillies and adding the rhinestones make it even better. I'm planning on having rhinestones on the flutes, knife, my shoes, added to my dress, hair and the cake, so it's only fitting to have them in the flowers too.

I thought this shot was cute. It was taken by the same photographer who I got the No. 1 e-mail offer from.

Here's her blog: http://shoopsshutter.bigfoloblog.com

This shot was from a spa vendor. The table had the name of the spa in these little diamond looking crystals with red rose petals.

A table setting arrangement.

This cake was so large with so many different styles throughout the layers.

I thought this one was cute and fun. Mom said not for a wedding though -- It's more for a bridal shower or birthday.

This one needed a touch of color, but I loved it. Wish I'd gotten a better shot. But really cute idea.