Wedding Blogs

Wedding blogs are an awesome place to find cool and unique wedding ideas. I visit several blogs to stay up to date on current wedding trends and also to get inspiration from other photographers. Here's a list of some of my favorite blogs. If you have others you love feel free to post them in the comments section!

Wedding Bee
This is the ULTIMATE wedding blog. I'm sure most of you already know about this one, but had to state the obvious.

The Bridal Bar
Love the Bridal Bar! Harmony knows everything there is to know about weddings.

The Brides Cafe
Love this one because they talk about photography a lot :)

Style Me Pretty
Lots of great ideas!

Polka Dot Bride
Ms. Polkadot is in Australia and when I read her blog I read it in an Australian accent and it makes me happy.

Ten Thousand Only
This girl is planning her dream wedding for $10,000!

Preston Bailey
Just because he's simply fabulous!

Hope this gives you all something to read while you're bored at work :)

It's the little things...

I live right behind Downtown Brea, which is a really cute little promenade with movie theaters, restaurants, ans shops. A few months ago Chuck's favorite Chinese place, The Dragon Bowl, closed down unexpectedly. The cutest little Chinese man worked there 7 days a week and even on Christmas so we were sad to see him go. But, today, Chuck and I were walking Hauggy and we saw that they are opening a Robeks where The Dragon Bowl used to be. Woohoo! Robeks is a smoothie place and it's SO much better than Jamba and Juice It Up! I used to get it all the time when I worked at MTV, but there's only 3 locations in Orange County and the closest location is 20 minutes away. I'm SO excited that there will be one within walking distance. Sometimes it's just the little things that make me so happy!

Mark Your Calendars!

My new favorite florist, Jenny B, is hosting A Wedding Affair on Sunday May 20th from 11 am to 2 pm at her studio in Fullerton. If you're in the area you should definitely stop by and check it out. Admission is just $3 and all proceeds will benefit Laura's House. All the details are below along with a new promo card that I designed for her. Have a great weekend everyone! I have a rare weeekend off, which I am very excited about! Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there!

When: Sunday May 20, 2007 from 11 - 2
Where: 612 E. Chapman Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92831
RSVP to aweddingaffair@bgdesignstudio.com or 949-489-1149

Drew & Chuck Are Found

The amazing Nate and Jaclyn from The Image is Found just posted the pictures from our fun shoot on Monday. I absolutely love them! They made us look HOT! I stole a couple of my favorites off of their blog. Be sure to check out their blog for more of our pictures and all their other amazing work! It's truly inspiring!

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That's how many miles we drove on Monday. I dragged my wonderful husband all around Southern California for some fun adventures.

First, we drove down to Oceanside for a fun photo shoot with Nate and Jaclyn from The Image is Found. I've been a big fan of their work for awhile and when I saw that they were looking for models for a seminar I volunteered Chuck and I. At first Chuck wasn't too excited, but after I showed him their work he was super excited. They have such fun and unique poses so it was a great learning experience for me. And being in front of the camera is always a good reminder how my clients feel. It's a huge help in making my clients feel more comfortable. I haven't seen any pictures yet, but I will post some as soon as they are up!

Next, we took a Krispy Kreme break in Mission Viejo on our way up to LA for The Bride & Bloom first anniversary party.


Look! They arranged our doughnuts into a smiley face!



The Bride & Bloom party was to celebrate the one year anniversary of the magazine, but also to honor the great Preston Bailey. His work is absolutely amazing! Like, unreal.




The wonderful Paper-Girl, aka Vivian Ip, and her husband Lester, aka Leonard, were there. I wish I had known about Paper-Girl when I got married. Viv's work is BEAUTIFUL! Totally creative and unique. And on top of that she's an awesome and generous person.


I met Harmony Walton from The Bridal Bar. The Bridal Bar is an awesome resource for brides. Be sure to check out their blog for great tips!


My good friend Jasmine Star was there.



Here is a pic of the husbands. From left to right there is Lester Ip, JD Star :), and my hubby Chuck. I don't think any of them really wanted to be there, but they had fun hanging out with each other. I know Chuck loved the free food and drinks!

Speaking of food, they must have known that I was coming. I usually hate the food at these functions. Normal people I'm sure love it, but I am very picky. But they had grilled cheese sandwiches and milk and cookies! How awesome is that!



It must be because the event was planned by the awesome Jeannie Savage from Details Details. Every event that Jeannie plans is unique and beautiful. She has some great things happening to her business in the near future and I'm so excited for all of her growth. She is THE event planner for Southern California! Check her out!

Have Some Cake!

Looking for the perfect bridesmaid gift or cool shirts to wear for your bachelorette party? Check out Cake shirts by Ink Box Design. Not only are these shirts super cute, they are also really soft and comfortable! Check them out!

Say Cheese!

I LOVE photo booths! Some day when I'm rich I'll have a photo booth in my house. A photo booth and one of those basketball games from the arcade (I'm really good at it!).

I shot Christy and Ethan's wedding at Los Willows on Saturday (pictures and a slideshow will be up soon!) and they had a photo booth! They rented it from Red Cheese and the cool thing is you get a copy of your pictures there, but then they also go online. So cool! Here are a couple of my awesome second shooter Jeff and I in the booth.




And I guess I should post a couple of the bride and groom ;)

Support Cindy!

Please take a moment to visit supportcindy.org. Cindy is one of my May brides (see her engagement pictures below). In early February Cindy was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer, less than 3 months before her wedding. Cindy is one of the most friendly, kind, vivacious, loving people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I know if anyone can beat this, it's Cindy. I encourage all my blog readers (and I know who you are!) to add your name to the list of 1000 Cranes and to purchase a shopping card for $10, which will save you money! I want to see ALL of your names on that list! I will be donating all the proceeds from the print sales of their wedding and engagement pictures. All the money will go directly to Cindy and Jared. And if you have a blog or website, please add the link to your list of favorites. It's not only important to raise awareness of Cindy's situation, but also to join the fight against cancer in general!

Please keep Cindy and Jared in your thoughts and prayers. They are two of the most incredible people I have ever met.

Guest Books

I'm really excited about these photo guest books I started offering. They are 8 x 8 flush mount style albums that your guests sign right on top of. Much better than boring, plain guest books! I have both 10 and 20 page books and they come in a variety of different leathers. Here's one that I designed from Brigid and Dave's engagement session last Sunday.