memories of a sweet summer afternoon

Catching up on blogging some summer shoots… this first photo is one of my favorite family portraits, I love how each kids individual personality is represented in one shot!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meghan & Blake – a Homestead Wedding

Meghan and Blake had an amazing small and intimate at The Homestead Resort back in May. Love this couple and had so much fun capturing their special day!!

 

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oh heavenly day

After many years of being in this industry I finally had the opportunity to be on the other side of the camera this past weekend when I married the love of my life! We were beyond fortunate to be surrounded with so many friends and family on the most beautiful day we could have dreamed.  While we worked so hard to make this day special I could not have done it without the help of some of the most amazing, gracious, and talented vendors in the industry. Not only were these our incredible vendors but am lucky enough to call them my friends and a huge huge huge huge thank you to all of the following…

Venue: Fat Cat Farm

Florist and Decor Designer: Beehive Events, Shawn Cossette

Photography: Jen Fariello

Event Planning: Just a Little Ditty, Dickie Morris

Bridesmaids Jewelry: Erin McDermott

Cake: Maliha Creations, Anita Gupta

Catering: BBQ Exchange, Jaclyn Conlogue

Officient: Claire Goodman

Rentals: Stonegate Event Rentals, Ben Morris

Ring Designer: Tavia Metal

Invitations: Good Press, Katie Sale

Calligraphy: If So Inclined, Jen Maton

Hair and Make up: Jeanne Cusick

Ceremony Vocalist: Heather Hightower

Quartet: Plum Blossom String Quartet

Purse: Ditty Bag, Dickie Morris of Just a Little Ditty

Evening entertainment: Casino2U, Dave Cain

Dress Alterations: Rose Valentino

Save the Dates: Rock Paper Scissors

Sunday Morning Brunch: Boylan Heights

On Location Massage for Bridal Party: Eric Neff

Lunch Spread and Lemonade Stand Goodies: A Pimento Catering, Gay Berry

Rehearsal Dinner: Tempo

Every single one of these amazing people listed above truly went above and beyond to make our day beyond our wildest dreams. Thank you all, words can’t even begin to express our gratitude.

For those of you who know me well you know I am a sucker for a good DIY project and I took on quite a few for the wedding! At some points I really didn’t know how I was going to get through the mound of ideas I managed to dream up and the truth is I would have never been able to get it all done, make it all happen and pull it all together without the help of my parents! My mom who went over and above helping search for the perfect resource, fine tune ideas, help with quite a few sewing projects, hand knit the bridesmaids gifts, and even stay up till wee hours of the morning cross stitching some amazing fine details! My dad was a total  superhero…mom and I would come up with an idea and he would build it. Literally. He made benches for the ceremony, cornhole games, a lemonade stand, the cake stand, the list goes on…

Photo credit: Jen Fariello

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Happy wedding day to Lauren & Joe!!

So excited for you two and can’t wait to shoot all the beautiful love and details this day has in store! Yaaaay!!!!

 

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