Sunday, May 30, 2010

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.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

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.



Sunday, May 2, 2010

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.
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.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Grand Island Mansion -- Our wedding location

James and I have picked our date and our location.

We are getting married on October 14, 2011 at the Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove.

These are the "Save the Dates." Since we both met while on the Delta College newspaper dealing with photographer I loved the idea of using a Polaroid template. I just found a Polaroid online and put out photo in the picture area. Some rhinestones will be added to the bottom and black card stock and a magnet will be added to the back.

Here are the shots I took from the first time James, his mother, my mother and I went to the Grand Island Mansion. We feel in love the moment we stepped out of the mansion.

Here is where we will exchange our vows (unless weather gets in the way -- there is a space inside the wedding will be moved to if foul weather comes rolling in on our day).

Facing the other way from the gazebo.

The view from the mansion standing near the gazebo.

Inside where our guests will eat.
We will be placed back in between the pillars in the back near the glass doors. I think I have a better picture later on.
We are going to do a buffet style for dinner and here is the room where the food will be.
Here is the second room we might have to use. The other room will fit about 106 people, but we are inviting about 130ish plus children since all our friends have babies already.

This is where the dance part of the reception will take place and the alternate location for the wedding ceremony if weather is bad.

The bar (which will be a no-host bar) and pool table in the back. This is also the room where the photobooth will sit in.

The other view of the dance floor.


This is the brides dressing room.

There is a min-theater where either a children's movie will be played for the kids or a looped CD of photos of James and I.

We are planning on staying the night with some of the wedding party and family. This is the room with a fire place where a good portion of the bride and groom's stay in to keep warn at night.

Here's the fireplace.

The alternate view of the dinner room where we will be placed in the middle pillars with a sweetheart table and the wedding party of each side of us.

This is the other bedroom where bride and groom's pick due to the spa tub in the back doors. I still don't know which room I want, but maybe leaning towards this room. Although I'm pretty sure the bed in the other room look bigger.

This is the lounging around room where there will be a no-host bar and pizza after the wedding to the ones who stay the night with us.

The upper hanging our room, but we may not need this area if we only have seven room needed.