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Brandy and TH - Wedding Day

You can also check out more details about this wedding over at Ashley's Bride Guide.

Ceremony Site:  First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Reception Venue: B. McNeal's
Florist: Brocade Design Arts
Catering: B. McNeal's

You might remember Brandy and TH's engagement session from back in April -- well they are offically married!  Check out some of the pictures from the day.  Thankfully the storms waited until after the reception.  Brandy, you easily pulled off that classic amazing bride look effortlessly.

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Kelly and Jim

Kelly and Jim were great to work with.   Kelly came up with an awesome theme for the engagement shoot - post WWII vintagey photos.  Not only did their creative choices of wardrobe help to make the shoot, but Jim and Kelly radiate a very classic look.

I can wait for your wedding in November!

 

Kayce and JR

We met at Pinkerton Park last Wednesday in Franklin.  Our last appointment was rained out so we opted for this time instead boy are we glad we did!  The weather was absolutely amazing.  JR and Kayce were a blast to work with.  Not only were they fun loving and smiled alot, they were a joy to photograph.  We hiked through the park then ended up on the swing set. Here are a couple of pictures from the day.

Brandy and TH

This was an amazing engagement session with a bunch of firsts.  For instance, this is the first engagement session I've seen the ground pulsing -- groundhog burrowing, a bunny run across the bride-to-be's foot, and finding a large black snake in some tall grass.  Even with all the run ins with mother nature's creatures, the pictures truly reflect Brandy and  TH's love for each other.  I can't wait for the May 16th wedding!

Our little Easter dinner

My mother has really been going all out lately-- especially in terms of her kicking it up a notch with her culinary skill.  This past Sunday she put together an amazing meal, not to mention enough food for an army!  Some of the honorable mentions were the chicken -- extremely moist and spectacular flavors, the corn casserole -- always a favorite, and lastly the home made strawberry shortcakes with a dollop of freshly whipped cream -- sorry no pictures of that one.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter with their friends and family.  Until next year...

Brocade's Open House

This weekend was Brocade Design Art's open house at her new location at 28 Arcade in downtown Nashville.  Everyone came out to wish her luck and sample some wonderful food and cocktails.  Here are a couple of pictures from the amazing event.

People not only couldnt stop commenting on these flowers but couldn't believe they were real-- Icelandic poppies.

These truffles were provided by Schakolad Chocolate Factory. Amazing!

These glittery truffles were provided by Chef's Market.  More amazing chocolate!

Mark and Noelle from McCoy Studio showed up to say hi.

Jay and Will from Maple's Wedding Cakes dropped off not only amazing looking cakes but also amazing tasting cakes.

Shara from Cakes by Shara brought some little cupcakes for everyone to enjoy.

And lastly, Kristin from Simply Stunning Events, Hillary--Brocade Design Arts, and Ashley from Ashley's Bride Guide were all having a great time.

Sid and G

Last weekend, I was graciously asked by Brian Kaplan of Brian Kaplan Photography to ride along to Memphis to shoot an engagement session for Sid and G.  Sid is from India and G (Gokben) is from Turkey.  She introduced herself but I just couldnt get the pronuciation down so she told me to just call her G.  There were a ton of fun places to shoot in downtown Memphis.  Everyone had a blast.

After the shoot, we went back to Sid and G's place where low and behold her mom was making authentic Turkish cuisine.  This included stuffed grape leaves--etli yaprak dolmasi, a yogurt drink--ayran, and lastly lahmacun-- a Turkish-style pizza.  Now I'll have to try that Turkish resturant on White Bridge Road.

 

 

Amber and Ryan - Engagement Session

This was another one of those freezing engagement sessions.  The weather this year has been all over the place.  Literally 3 days before we met up, it was in the 60's but then plummeted into the 30's.  But we persevered and their love was very evident.  They even decided to bring along their 2 cute little pups!  Check out the full gallery .

Perfect Wedding Guide Bridal Show at The Frist

This past Sunday was the Perfect Wedding Guide Bridal Show at The Frist.  I had a booth with Hillary Robson of Brocade Design Arts.  She did all the flower arrangements in and around my booth.  For this show, I setup a backdrop and Hillary made some arrangements that gave the setting a very spring-foresty look and feel.

I want to thank all of the brides who stopped by and said hi and allowed me to take their picture.  I cant wait to hear from you!  The pictures are complete and in a gallery for your viewing pleasure-- link.  Please take a look and enjoy!

Judd

This little piece of heaven belongs to Kim and Eddie.  At the time the pictures were taken, little Judd was only 3 weeks old.  He was an amazing subject to work with-- he slept most of the time.  Its so hard to take a bad picture of such an amazing person.  Enjoy!