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I love June weddings! the weather is beautiful… there is a slight summer breeze… and love is always in the air!!!  LOL!!! Todd and Raquel celebrated their wedding day on an absolutely perfect day in June.  The absolute perfect June wedding!!!   Todd and Raquel celebrated their special day at the Wedgewood Banquet hall at Indian Hills Golf Course in Riverside (boy, that was a mouth-full… haha!). 

The sun was shining, the breeze was going… and Raquel was one of the most relaxed and laid-back brides I have EVER encountered in 5 years!!! LOL!!! I love you Raquel – so calm, so laid back, so care-free.  She truly decided to not stress out at all that day…. whatever she needed to stress about was already planned out – and nothing was going to ruin her magical day. I LOVE that about her!  I’m not kidding… weddings can be very stressful… and although I do meet brides that don’t stress too much – those are few and far between. It is sooooo much more common for a bride to suddenly break a sweat because of her flowers, or her hair, or the bridal party (or her family… lol!) – that’s common to me… I know how to handle that.  I’ve been told that I need to open up a wedding counceling hot line! LOL!! I’ve been called the ‘Bride Whisperer’ … Not kidding!!!  – but that’s an entirely new post all together (yes… I’m working on a post about stress-free weddings).  Anywho.  Raquel was so laid back that I felt a little strange not having to reassure her about anything at all that day.

I can see how Todd and Raquel make such an absolutely perfect couple. Todd is such a sweet and shy person… and Raquel is so energetic – love them together soooooo much!!!!  They totally balance each other out so perfectly. 

Raquel and Todd- you guys are so perfect … I loved sharing and capturing these moments for you!!! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your totally peaceful and magical day!

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I love meeting the most amazing, loving, and fabulous couples … EVER.  What makes them so fabulous?  Well… they love to laugh, they love to have fun, they love AND adore each other, and they truly love their families!  Erica and Kyle are so sweet and so kind (and so in love!)… and they have super cool (and incredibly adorable) baby boy!  Ok… I’m gonna say it – I loved their little guy!!!!! I saw him and just wanted to pick him up and just hug him (forget pictures… right?! LOL!)  He reminds me so much of my little boy.. shy, sweet, and ever so innocent!  I had to physically try my hardest not to take a million pictures of him! haha!

so… besides an adorable little boy… they also have an amazing family and group of friends! Everyone had soooo much fun… the drinks were flowing, the music was pumping, and everyone was just dancing the night away! I love my job!! LOL!!!

They had their oh So Fab Wedding at the Crestmore Manor in Riverside. 

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I know I always say how much I love the couples that I work with… and I truly do! Each one of them holds a special place in my heart, and I feel so blessed to be able to share glimpses of their amazing lives!!! 

Last week I spent a couple of hours with Melissa and her beautiful family.  I absolutely love Melissa… from the moment we met I knew she was a very sweet and inspiring person.  She is so amazing! Always cheering me on… she is one of my favorite clients/cheerleaders! Seriously.  She is so supportive of me and I love her for it! :-)

Melissa’s family is absolutely beautiful… I loved how incredibly shy and well-behaved their two children are – I hadn’t seen children so sweet and polite in such a long time!  Just complete CUTENESS.  

Thank you guys for sharing these moments with me! I can’t wait for your wedding in a few months!!!

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting one of the most fun weddings I’ve ever been to… the music was bumpin’ and the guest were dancing up a storm!!! …  I’ll get to that in a sec. 

First… let me tell you a little bit about one of the sweetest couples I’ve ever met!!!  When I met the gorgeous Bride one of the first things she told me was that although He (the Groom) loves pictures, she didn’t like taking pictures. AT ALL.  She is so uncomfortable with pictures that she didn’t want to do an engement session at all… and He loves her so much that he wanted her to be happy (is that the cutest thing ever?!?!).

  The Groom is such a sweet person… he was so excited to be marrying the love of his life – you could see this peaceful love and happiness in his eyes!!! 

 And the Bride… well, she was absolutely breathtaking!!! Seriosly.  Beutiful.  She was definitely shy … but it was so endearing to watch her be so shy and sweet! 

Both of them were just so at peace with each other… they had this amazingly calming love about them. 

Now… their reception… a total blast!  I love being at weddings where absolutely every guest is truly enjoying themselves.  Everyone was laughing… dancing… drinkin’… just having fun!!!  That kind of happiness is just contagious! It took all of my energy to not jump in the dance floor and make a fool of myself!!! LOL!!!

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So in love!!!

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LOVED their bridal party... so energetic and fun!

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Yippeee… I’m about to make my first woop-woop Oh So Fab post… yay!!!! (doing a happy dance for myself now!! hey… If I don’t cheer myself on, who will?!?! :-) )

For the past few months I have been revamping my entire studio presentation … basically to make everything ‘puuuurrrrty’ for my clients J.  My presentation for the past 5 years has been elegant black boxes, black tissue, and black CD sleeves… which I still think is a very elegant look – but a little too basic for my taste I think (and definitely NOT a reflection of my personality AT ALL!!! LOL!!!)

I really want my clients to know how important they are to me, and I always believe that cute little special touches are really what it’s always about. I mean… don’t you always love receiving a little gift in a cute little box!?! Opening up the box is half the experience… right?!?!

So now that I revamped my site with some new, more elegant and rich color combos, (the browns, mochas, lattes, and pinks) – I thought I would try to find some nice CD sleeves.  I needed something creative and artsy… so I knew Etsy was the place to go (gotta LOVE LOVE LOVE etsy!!!). 

I was so excited to have found Meg from Megasmiles!!! She rocks!!!!   

Check out my super elegant and chocolaty-rich CD sleeves that she made for me!!! I almost did a cartwheel when I opened up her package this week!!! (of course, then I remembered I’m totally uncoordinated and would definitely break something… my back at the very least… if I actually did a cartwheel!! LOL!!! So I just jumped up and down instead!! Haha!)

Love ya’ Megasmiles!!!

New CD Sleeves

New CD Sleeves for my awesome clients!!!