South Asian Bride Magazine {Engagement Session}!

We're thrilled that the engagement photos for Christine's fabulous couple, Bhavika and Ashish, are featured in South Asian Bride. The photos by Jason Keefer are so gorgeous! Take a peek!

A quote for Me

"We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops."
-anonymous 

New Find {Photography by Susie}

Every once in a while we come across wedding vendors who are new to us and so fabulous we just have to share. I felt this way when I met Susie and Becky from Photography by Susie.  These two fun women married brothers and decided to team up and build a photography business. It's clear as soon as you meet them that they have a great yin-yang balance and also have lots of fun together.

Not only are they talented photographers, they are so easy-going that you can't help but relax around them. I love how they describe themselves on their website:

• Susie ran a business in her former career.  Becky was a math teacher.
• Becky loves cooking. Susie burns water.
• Susie has a bottomless mug of coffee.  Becky drinks hot chocolate.
• Becky has watched every episode, commentary, and deleted scene from The Office.  Susie likes watching Castle.
• Susie’s photography courses took her, among other places, to Europe.  Becky learned on her kids.
• Becky’s a runner. Susie likes word games.
• Becky loves to garden.  Susie can’t keep a houseplant alive.
• Susie has a great poker face.  Becky wears her heart on her sleeve.

How can you not love them? But don't take my word for it. Check out their work!

And be sure to visit their blog, which not only covers the weddings and portraits they shoot but also has fun things like recipes for cake pops and thoughts on life.  This talented team may be new(ish) to DC but brides had better snap them up before the secret gets out and they get BIG!

Veggie Tales!

Amy Atlas Veggie Bar courtesy of Pink Blossom List

As a vegetarian, I'm always looking for creative and delicious ways to present fruits and vegis so that guests will actually want to eat them. I love this idea for a veggie bar.  Kudos to Serena Grace via Amy Atlas for this amazing display!

 Serena Grace

 I also love the idea of mini fruit smoothies (or fruit shots) being passed during cocktail hour. They could also be alcoholic for an extra kick!  I think I may go whip up a smoothie. Happy Friday!

weddingbycolor

Accessory Trunk Show {Carine's Bridal Atelier}

A Wise Man Once Said...

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.
James C. Dobson

Bridal Boot Camp!

Calling all brides who want to get in shape fast for their wedding day!  Our friends down at Extend Yoga are offering a fabulous 5-week program that will get you eating right and looking lean in time for your Spring (or Summer) wedding. This includes unlimited yoga (heated and non-heated) plus two bootcamp sessions per week and sessions with nutrition experts. Amazing!! Sign up by April 13th and get a special low price of only $300 for the entire program.  Have fun!!

The Green Team!

This year I kicked off wedding season with Tracy and Blake an awesome couple who knew St. Patrick's Day was the wedding date for them from day 1.

Searching for the right venue wasn't too difficult.  After deciding to get married at her parent's church, Tracy and Blake booked the the soaring ceilings at the National Museum of the Marine Corps given Blake's affiliation and his love for work on air vehicles.

The weather, as some will remember, was perfect, perhaps even a bit too warm for the likes of some gentlemen standing outside after the ceremony.

The large open space of the Leatherneck Gallery filled up quickly and the space felt more intimate than we expected.

The bride and groom even took a minute to get in on the interactive exhibits guests experienced during the cocktail hour.

I absolutely loved the bride's wardrobe change.  Check out the green croc pumps!

Thank you Tracy and Blake for starting off my season on the right foot!

Also thanks to the great team of vendors who contributed to this event:
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Daniel McGarrity Photography
Petal's Edge
Fancy Cakes by Leslie
Jared Rosen and Bialek's Music
Party Rental LTD.
Sprites INK!
Pattie Martin Make up

Sara

Spring Inspiration!

Credits: tablescape (Martha Stewart), bridesmaids and flower girl (J. Crew), egg place card (A Southern Life), linens (Martha Stewart weddings), cake (Martha Stewart Weddings), egg nest menu display (pottery barn), bride (Jessica Clare Photography), tie (The Perfect Palette), candy (the Wedding Vine), Easter Lilies (Martha Stewart), tulip basket (Martha Stewart)


A little inspiration for the coming season. Enjoy!

Quotes and Jokes

It's wedding season and thus time to start back up with my wedding/marriage related quotes of the week.  To start off, I'm going to give you a cute wedding joke recently told to me by my husband's grandfather.  While doing a wedding in Sarasota, I got to spend some time with them. 

"An older woman attended a wedding for a friend's granddaughter.  She walked up to a gentleman slightly older than herself and stared, and walked around him and stared some more.  Finally, the gentleman asked, what are you looking at?  The woman replied, you look like my 4th husband.  The gentleman said, how many husbands have you had?  Three the woman replied."

Just to give you a visual, I leave you with Blanch from the Golden Girls.  I imagine this is something she would have said.

Happy Tuesday!
Sara