Brandon & Jen ~ The Elm Street Center Wedding

I have been SO looking forward to Jen & Brandon’s wedding at The Elm Street Center in Greensboro, NC since our engagement session last year. They are simply a sweet couple – Jen & Brandon have a beautiful calm that surrounds them when they are together. I have loved getting to know them throughout the wedding planning process, and it was really special to witness the support & love from everyone in attendance. There was SUCH an abundance of hugs and happy tears throughout the day and night. I just love when couples incorporate meaningful items into their wedding day. When I looked inside Brandon’s ring the inscription read “Only A Moment” (from Hello Dolly). When I got home I researched the song and was touched by the lyrics I shared below (ridiculously sweet, right? swoon). If anyone wants to have a movie night, I really need to start watching some of these classics. Movies don’t have songs with lyrics like that anymore! Enough chatting for now, I’ll let the images speak of the elegance and heartfelt calm that surrounded their beautiful wedding day. As always, it was extremely difficult to narrow this one down – so many touching moments were shared. A very special thank you to Bethany who traveled to Greensboro, NC with me to second shoot! Thank you Jen & Brandon for allowing me to capture the sweet love you share! xox! Enjoy the little preview into their day!

It only takes a moment
For your eyes to meet and then
Your heart knows in a moment
You will never be alone again

I held her for an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long

And that is all that love’s about
And we’ll recall when time runs out
That it only took a moment
To be loved a whole life long

Wedding Venue: The Elm Street Center (Empire Room)
Caterer: Painted Plate
Florist: Corum
Baker: Maxie B’s
DJ: Friendly Neighborhood DJ

Leave Some Love

Ashley Goodwin - Oh my gosh all the cute kids peering in on the images makes me melt! The little boy looking at the bride and the little girl watching them eat cake with the cutest little expression! Amazing storytelling as usual Alicia!

Bridget & Justin ~ Charlotte Engagement (Sneak Peek!)

I posted a few of these on facebook but wanted to add them to a blog post just in case there are any non-facebook users out there (or for anyone who hasn’t had a chance to like the business page yet!) Justin & Bridget are as cute and in love as can be. I find myself smiling HUGE while editing their images because they are just too cute together! I think I said the words “awwww” and probably squealed throughout the entire session. They just melted into one another and I got to photograph the beautiful love they share. This session was perfect because they “just were” together. Just the way an engagement session should be – capturing what exists and is felt with the heart. More soon xox

Leave Some Love

Date Night Thursday

Where did this week go? I can’t believe it’s almost MAY! I have my first wedding of the season this weekend and I’ve been photographing lots and lots of engagements lately! As I mentioned last week, I hope you all have been getting outside a bit, it’s been SO beautiful out. Now that we are in the new house, we ACTUALLY have a back patio area. It’s not the beautiful spacious grassy green backyard we’ve always dreamed of, but it’s enough space for a mini-shed, some grass, a cement patio area (with our grill!), and a tall white picket fence which helps it feel private and OURS. Something we first noticed is that we get LOTS of sunlight back there! It seems like all the apartments we’ve lived in, we were ALWAYS facing the shade. Even my lone mint plant barely survived last year.  I jumped up and down realizing we can have a real life GARDEN with the new house! Since I’ve never gardened before (besides by pre-grown basil plant from the supermarket), I decided to start “small” and plant our vegetables and herbs in pots. I am hoping that in the future we can put boxes around our little backyard area, but for now, the pots work great. We started some as plants from the farmers market and I wanted to also try my hand at gardening from seeds! Especially once the seeds started to sprout, I feel like I would check on them numerous times a day, marveling at all the sprouts and wondering if they had grown any since the last time I checked. I think I’ll squeal out loud when I see the first tomato or yellow pepper start to form and grow. It has been SO enjoyable planning and planting our garden together as a family – I feel a sense of ownership to these plants (plant parents!) Our basil started to look sick and I have been googling and reading forums as to why – can you imagine how I will be when I actually have kids? So for this Date Night Thursday, plan and plant a garden together! It’s something you can do with the smallest of spaces! For real we only have 7 pots and a box, and it hardly takes up ANY room! If you are in a shaded deck area, research what herbs and plants do better in that climate. Not into veggies? Plant flowers! Our garden is something we did together and we are proud of it!! I think eating what has grown from our garden will taste THAT much better bc WE helped to bring it to life and thrive in an organic way! It’s a fun and cost effective date you and your honey can do together! Plus you can save money on groceries for all the herbs and vegetables you’ll get! It’s a win all around! Happy Planting!

Did you know that tomatoes (and most fruit!) start off as flower blooms? Something I learned as a new plant “parent”! (Plus it’s SO pretty!)

A very special thank you to Amanda at Woven Creative Studios for sending me this garden picture. Everything I know about patio gardening & herbs, I learned from her! xoxo

Leave Some Love