Inspiration: Vintage Royal Typewriter

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It's a yellow kind of day.

Inspiration: Paper Bouquets

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If you are on a budget, or if you want your bouquet to last longer than your wedding day, then consider paper flowers. This gorgeous one is from Style Me Pretty, and it is from an absolutely darling, whimsical DIY wedding. To see more of this bride's charming floral arrangements, see the post on the Style Me Pretty blog, here.

Weddings: Family Photographers

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This is an ingenious way of telling the guests at your wedding what you want them to get pictures of! You could set up a basket of disposable cameras by a guestbook with this sign, or you could have the message at each table. I would just makes sure to include a note about not getting in the actual photographers way! This little nugget came from WeddingBee as an idea for reception games. The original DIY is from WeddingBee's other DIY projects posted by HisPookie.

Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig!

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Or if you don't know any Gaelic, that's Happy St. Patrick's Day! Let your blood run green, dance a jig, and enjoy a pint! For those lovely brides out there planning their special day, here is a wonderful Irish-themed inspiration board from the wonderful Evie's blog. It features some gorgeous Irish cliffs in the countryside, clovers, and of course some lovely Kelly Green!

Today I'm missing my family across the pond, but here in NJ it's going to be sunny and warm! Today I'm working on a stylized photo shoot with a friend. Enjoy the day!

Inspiration: Blossoms

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Good morning my lovelies! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend very much, and I hope you remembered to turn your clocks forward! The chills in the air are warming up and Spring is nearly here!

Weddings: Umbrella Lighting

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Now here's an idea that's different from the usual lighting you see at a wedding! Maybe this trend will catch on in 2011? What's going to be this year's 'it' things?

Inspiration: Carnations Made Cool

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I am not a fan of carnations. I didn't think it was possible to make me like them, but this image has made me change my mind. This would make a gorgeous centerpiece at a wedding or dinner event. It could also work with other flowers too, I would love to see it done with baby's breathe or mini daisies. Another neat idea would be to do more than one shade instead of all pink or all white, mix it up. Even multi-sized hurricane vases would look great!

This looks would be easy to accomplish, simply collect your flowers, cut their stems so that they aren't touching the bottom of the hurricane vase, fill up the vase at least halfway with water, then begin arranging your flowers in there. I would start in the middle and work my way out to the edge. DesignSponge was genius to do this with carnations, since they are an affordable flower.

Inspiration: Paper Flowers

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Paper flowers are gorgeous, easy to make, and A LOT less expensive than the real deal. Another bonus? They don't die!

Inspiration: Blue Skies

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Spring is getting closer and closer! Happy March! I'm very excited for this month, I have my first official client meeting for an engagement session that I hope will turn into a wedding booking. I've also rented a lovely lens for my camera for the month to test it out. This weekend I'm going to go see family for a few days in gorgeous, gorgeous Pennsylvania. It's also my birthday at the end of the month!

Inspiration: Summer Shindigs

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I am a self-proclaimed sweet tooth. I love all food in general, but sugar is my true love. How do you usually serve ice cream at warm weather shindigs? If you have a bunch of mason jars laying around, get an ice bucket and try out this display! Great for summer weddings!

Inspiration: Spring Weddings

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Is it Spring yet? It's sunny out right now but there is a heck of a lot of rain in the forecast over the next week. Next weekend I'll be visiting family in PA. I hope the weather stays sunny because I plan on giving my cousin some new portraits of her boys for the baby's birthday. Not to mention, they are some adorable kids and I love shooting them!


This week I've been working on a mini-portfolio to present to my engagement clients next week so we can finalize the details of their shoot. We're going for a Saturday afternoon in mid-March on the Delaware riverbank.

Inspiration: Carpe Diem!

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Hello my lovelies! If you read yesterday's post then you've seen that I've hinted at the fact that I've got some exciting things going on right now in my life. I'm following the motto in this inspiring image and making things happen to get my photography business up and running!

What will you do today to make things happen?

Inspiration: Keeping Busy

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This is how this week has looked for me so far - BUSY! I apologize for promising that post about my mom's Africa trip and then leaving you guys hanging! I have some free time today, so I promise I will try to get it up here!


Is everyone getting ready for Valentine's Day? What are your plans? Are you doing something special with your someone special, like a dinner date or ice skating (Roy and I are going on Sunday!)? Or are you gearing up for a day with your girlfriends, some chocolate, and all of the greatest love stories every told via DVD Marathon? Tell me about it!

Inspiration: Neverland

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Take yourself to Neverland, let your imagination run wild.

Inspiration: Tea in the Kitchen

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Today's inspiration is this amazing kitchen. And tea, because I'm exhausted and tea fixes everything. I love the way the light looks in this kitchen, I imagine there are some lovely large windows that the sun shines in through. I also love the simplicity of the white brick tile on the walls with the repurposed wood table as an island.

Weddings: Traditions

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Good morning my lovelies, and happy Monday! I came across this image on Pinterest the other day and I absolutely love the idea of branding your love at your ceremony! Not to mention it's perfect for those of us that want a little bit of country in our weddings (uh, ME!) or those that want something a little different than other traditions.


What other non-traditional ideas do you like/did you go with? Leave a comment!

Inspiration: Snowed In

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Well, my darlings, Roy and I are snowed in at my house! We got two inches in the morning yesterday and last night it looked like a blizzard around midnight - I couldn't even see the street light at the end of the road! This morning everything was covered in at least a foot of snow. I shoveled for two hours and now my arms are like noodles, but Roy and I are going to go back out and see what magic shots we can find in the snow. There may also be a very large snowman involved.


Stay warm and save!

Inspiration: Reading

Source: via Mary on Pinterest

Good morning! Today is a nice day to snuggle up with a good book and some hot tea. We got hit with a snow storm this morning and all I want to do is curl up by the fire with a book.

Interiors: Wall Collage

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I've always been a fan of displaying my photographs, and wall collages have always drawn my eye. They create a statement for that room, and some are even ever-growing. I have a wall collage in my bedroom above my bed.

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They serve as a way to remember, but they're also a form of art in the way that you display them. I particularly love the warm, cosy feeling the collage in the kitchen above gives. Some are neatly aligned in a perfect rectangle, like this one below in a giant wall frame.

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They also don't need to be of several different images, but can create one image!

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Framed pictures in a collage are beautiful, they create such a work of art on your wall that your guests will be commenting on for years to come. Frame your favorite works of art and arrange them in a collage, or frame your own pictures.

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What I love the most about a collage is that it can go anywhere and take up any wall space, such as this collage done on a stairwell. Genius!

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Do you have a wall collage in your home? How do you like to arrange yours?

Inspiration: Curiosity

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Happy Wednesday lovelies! Later today I'll be posting a DIY roundup for Valentine's as well as a freebies roundup.