A Colourful Mess

Kat

July 14, 2009

I'd just like to start by saying those were the Bride's words not mine but I like it so I stole it. They started off with wanting a 1920's theme but once they fell in love with their bright Bridesmaid dressed they knew that was out the window. The theme then morphed to 'Bonnie & Clyde' but ended up as 'whatever the hell was want!' I like that theme..screw being constrained by any kinda rules! A few more awesome tips and ideas from the couple... We made all our paper stuffs - the invitations, programs, placecards, table numbers and photocards. We did everything on a modest budget and still got stuff we wanted. I love my dress - I found it on sale, in perfect condition. Joe picked out his tux on his own and we found a matching fedora for the reception. We also picked very random songs to play during the reception. Hardly anyone knew what they were, but we loved them. It kept us dancing the whole night! And possibly my favourite fact about this wedding... Did I mention that although we were engaged for over a year, everything changed about 6 weeks out, so we did pretty much everything in a very short period of time? No, well, we did! We were really go-with-the-flow, whatever happens, happens and we didn't really care about a lot of the details.We didn't do centerpieces, we had chocolate suckers as favors, and we really didn't care what anyone wore. It was a very low-key crazy-colorfest! Methinks we can all learn a lot from this crazy couple..I totally heart them. Thanks Susan & Joe for not only sharing, but proving that stressing about having the 'perfect' wedding just doesn't matter! Credit: Katie Halton Photography

An Eye Deal Match

Kat

July 14, 2009

Avory & Corey had some pretty dramatic engagements to fit in with their pretty epic style. Photographer Tiffanie used a 'light painting' technique to achieve these stunning results. The couple are a crafty pair who make their own glass jewellery and so it's obvious that such a creative couple deserve a pretty creative shoot right? If you wanted to buy some pieces by Avory & Corey then check out their company Eye Deal Glass. Credit: Tiffanie Weaver Photography

Fresh ‘n Fruity

Kat

July 14, 2009

Neon Sweeties & Steaming Light

Kat

July 13, 2009

Teresa & Brian's beautiful outdoor wedding is one worth stopping for. Be sure to check out all these gorgeous images in full, especially the adorable one of Teresa through Brian's heart-shaped fingers. Aww. I am completely loving her dress, their ring shot is making me crave neon coloured sweeties and all the portraits with the streaming light make me wanna get up and dance a little bit, how about you? As always, thanks to Jessica for sharing the wedding love. Credit: Jessica Purvis

And The Winners Are…

Kat

July 13, 2009

I could literally fall over with excitement right about now, I am about to announce the winners of the Tinywater Photo shoot competition. We had so many votes (over 200 and yes I had to count them all, I have learnt my lesson and next time I will get a fancy widgety thing to keep track for me) So without further ado...your winners are.... Erica & Richie! I can not stress how close a call it was - they won by just 13 votes and the two runners up only had 2 votes between them - agonisingly close! I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone that entered and voted and of course a maaahusive high five to the awesome Tinywater Photography. Eeeek I can not wait to see the results!

Sunshine

Kat

July 13, 2009

A little bit of sunshine for a Monday morning? Yes please!

TMT

Kat

July 12, 2009

This is such a cool idea. Dunston Todd shot Thayne & Megan Turley though a cut out of their initials. Love it! ps you have approximately 4 hours to get your votes in for the Tinywater contest. I will be attempting the mammoth task of counting all the votes and announcing the winners tomorrow..eeeek! Credit: Dunston Todd

Wonderful Waves

Kat

July 12, 2009

You are going to totally adore these. Nancy's dress is just gorgeous and all those wonderful waves throughout the skirt make for some pretty dramatic shots. I am just loving all the portraits (especially the ones with the cute doggie, sorry Edward - i.e. Groom!) Make sure you go check out their wedding slideshow to see the rest of the day too, it's worth for all the detail shots alone. Thanks to the wonderful Amelia Lyon for letting me share these with you all.

Elegant Trashing

Kat

July 12, 2009

A little bit whimsical and a little bit lovely. The balloons, the water..it would appear that trash the dress can be elegant as well as down right dirty. Thanks to Tab for sharing the love

Hilarity

Kat

July 12, 2009

Johanna & Ryan had some pretty damn awesome portraits taken at their wedding...much love to the faaaabulous Tinywater Photography (as always, I heart them!) It looks like there was a lot of hilarity to be had... Be sure to click the thumbnails below to get the full effect of brilliance, the mini pictures really do not do these justice! Credit: Tinywater Photography

Mickey Mouse Love

Kat

July 11, 2009

Just a quick note to say that if you haven't already get voting for your favourite couple to win the Tinywater photo shoot because you only have until tomorrow night. I also reeeally wanted to share a few images from one of their latest weddings - the Mickey Mouse ears make me happiieee! Credit: Tinywater Photography

Wrecked Cars & Love

Kat

July 11, 2009

Remember this cute couple and their daring 'burnt out house' engagements? Well it turns out their wedding portraits were just as adorable...and kick ass all at the same time. Gotta love those wrecked cars! Thanks so photographer Jen for sharing these as well. Credit: Jen Arthur Photography

Candy Coloured Cuteness

Kat

July 11, 2009

Maria of Squaresville Studios has the kinda style I love - she adores candy coloured cuteness just like me. She ran a contest on her site entitled 'Bride with pink shoes rock' and Sally was the obvious winner as she wore pink Converse on her wedding day. Sally's gorgeous birdcage veil was made by Tara To The T, her make up was done by Holly Evans and Marlena Isbell was responsible for her faaaabulous 50's style hair do. I am also going a little bit nuts over those cotton candy walls! Thanks to Maria of from Squaresville Studios for sending me these sunny, neon , happy happy shots. Credit: Squaresville Studios

How Could I….

Kat

July 10, 2009

...Forget the gorgeous Bride from the gorgeous wedding's gorgeous bridals!? That sentance totally didn't make sense but these do - stunning! Credit: Amiee Howell Photography

Love From New York

Kat

July 10, 2009

There's some gorgeous 1920's style right here, but my favourite detail of this wedding? The canvas painting guest book. "What the..?" I hear you cry. Well Aaron proposed to Caitlin in NYC sguests were assigned a number which corresponded with a square on the 'big apple' painting. Everyone then painted their individual square and by the end of the night.... the canvas was complete. Cute huh?

Family, Friends and Fabulous Fashion!

Kat

July 10, 2009

I have been dying to get the wedding up all day, and I am so excited that it is all now ready to go. Photographer Monika Broz of Project Mad Love sent me these gorgeous images alongside a fantastic overview of their day by the couple, Cori & Rollie. So without further ado... We wanted to have a relaxed but stylish outdoor wedding with a casual feel in the Lambertville/New Hope area close to where are families are from but not too far from NYC where a lot of our friends are. I always pictured the sun shining with fluffy clouds and blue skies and kids running around and everyone just kicking back and enjoying the good food and good company. We chose the Mills for it's beautiful location on the Delaware River and the charm and history of the buildings.

Oh So Dreamy

Kat

July 9, 2009

Sigh...oh so dreamy...Stephanie & David's Save The Date really really really rocks. The music they chose is just so epic and fabulous and it fits the film and it's kick ass editing perfectly. Thanks to Sharrone for sharing the video love

1950’s Fare

Kat

July 9, 2009

Tara & Tom's rock 'n roll 1950's styleee engagements are just awesome! The records, the old plane, the balloons... Photographer Sarah expressed concern to me that I'd featured some similar images recently, so I immediately pointed her in the direction of this post. I have much love for these, thanks for sharing Sarah! Credit: Labour Of Love Photography

Spooky & Dark

Kat

July 9, 2009

Filipino photographer Jeffroger Kho sent me these stunning engagements which perfectly reflect his 'wild, crazy, and downright addictive' style. These are kinda spooky and dark but I seriously love them (yes even the creepy doll) Check it out... The client Mark and Johanna are photographers and very artistic individuals. You can check out their site here as well Happy Garaje Graphic Design and Illustration. Their style is really dark, desaturated, and textured. And I am happy that I was able to capture that and also reflect the clients style. The outfits are from the clients own wardrobe. They pretty much have everything already. They collect a lot of old stuff as well so it quite reflects much of their personality. I believe that this set is very Rock n Roll because it's different, downright crazy, non-conventional, and most importantly it reflects much of the personality of the client and not just a random theme just for the sake of having a theme. Thanks Jeffroger!

Been Done? Who Cares?

Kat

July 8, 2009

You know this about me already but I'm a huge activist for being yourself on your wedding day, however crazy, out there or even mundane (oh yes) that may be. As all the veteran readers will know, I ran a contest for free wedding photography a while back, and have now gotten to know our winners pretty well. I was chatting to the Bride to be, Vana, on the phone the other day for no joke, literally an hour about all things wedding (jeez that gal can talk he he!) and I'm sure she won't mind me telling you this, she was running a few of her newest wedding ideas by me to ask my opinion as to whether I thought they had 'been done' (for some reason she thinks I must be some kind of expert on such things…) I said this to her, and on her recommendation I am now going to say this to all of you...do not worry about tack, or about being over the top or if something you really want seems to be springing up everywhere in blog-land, and has therefore ‘been done’. Just remember this teeny tiny pearl of wisdom…Your guests won't have been scoring the Internet looking for wedding ideas for the last year so will have no idea if something has 'been done' or not! To me, our wedding was not completely nuts. We kept it quite simple with a black and white theme and a few personal touches, but we had so many people saying to us it was the most stylish and cool wedding they had ever been too...they hadn't spent the last year looking at other people's weddings and comparing themselves after all! So don't doubt yourself... Are you lusting after that cute Stephanie James Couturedress but are worried that in 10 years time the cute short dress look will look as dated as the poofy sleeved meringues of the 80’s? Pah, if I got married in the 80’s I would have wanted to remember the 80’s…2008 was the greatest year of my life and I want to remember that year through my wedding pictures. Have you have been dying to have cupcakes as your wedding cake ever since you started planning your wedding, but are worried because now everybodyseems to be doing it? Well a lot of people that are getting married may be yes, but everybody in the entire world?...erm no. Are you worried that your wedding isn’t cool enough because you spend all day looking at weddings that seen so much crazier/chicer than yours? (You are not alone by the way, I felt the exact same thing) You are more likely to regret planning a wedding in a style that wasn’t really ‘you’ than one that perfectly matches you and your fiancé’s tastes. So quit stressing about what other people will think and just do it already...and then send me the photographs afterwards! Now for a couple of trends I love and therefore don't care if they've 'been done'. Let me know if I've missed any of your favourites!