cool invites

I just loved these invites from Emily and Rob's wedding (see last post). They were made in close collaboration with Jen and Glennwood of Oslo Press. The engraved wood is just gorgeous and it has such a nice feel to them. I love the matching RSVP card and the prints on their envelopes. It went perfectly with their outdoor naturey-themed wedding! Its a nice way to tie in your invites with the feel of your wedding and set the mood! I told Emily and Rob I would return the invites after I photographed them, and I am a bit sad to let them go!

Emily & Rob

You might remember Emily and Rob from an e:session I did from a while back. It was great fun to reconnect with them on their wedding day. Talk about a sweet couple. And thanks to the toasts I learned how they got together. It's such a cute story that I will force you to read on. Both of them were were working in a Theatre production in college. Rob was working as part of the crew when he saw Emily walk on stage. The rest of the world just melted away from him. I think he forgot he was wearing a headset connecting him to the whole crew when he just blatently blurted out" Who is that GORGEOUS blonde!!" He might have said "hot", but it was definitely along those lines. Fortunately a friend of his who caught the comment (along with the rest of the theatre) knew the hot blonde and was kind enough to introduce them.
See internet, sometimes its good to be spontaneous and say what's on your mind when everyone can listen in. Especially when you are commenting on the hotness of your future wife!
Ok - back to the wedding. Rob and Emily wanted to focus on the naturey feel of the location and their connection with it. Which means a lot of fun nature-inspired details. Loved it!
Congratulations again Rob and Emily!

Make sure to check out the link love at the bottom of the post. I will be doing a separate post on their invites a bit later (because they are just that cool!)




I loved Rob's laugh!



There's the laugh again (see last pic of ceremony post).








Link Love:
location: Calistoga Ranch, Calistoga,CA
location coordinator: Jen Beranek
wedding planner: Lisa of Bellisima Vita
guest shooter: Adi Nevo
florist: Paul of Tesoro
table details: Emily (bride)
cake: Calistoga Ranch
cake topper: Rainsend (from Etsy)
skirt: Carmen Marc Valvo
blouse: Chloe Dao from Project Runway
necklace: J. Crew (a nod to Michelle Obama actually - Emily LOVES her! :)
fascinator: Tasha (dont have a link - sorry!)

Dakota & David e:session

So this shoot was a fun combo of e:session and trash-the-dress. Although we obviously could not "trash" the dress since Dakota and David are getting married at the end of the month, we still had fun in the woods and fields..carefully! But what I loved was that this dress was unaltered at this point and just flooowed for miles.
David and Dakota were so much fun to work with, completely laid back and relaxed. Plus they have such a cute "how did you meet" story. I promised that my lips are sealed when they told me, but all I will say - gentlemen - phone manners matter!! Trust me.
Ok - on to the goodies, because that's much more entertaining than whatever I scribble on my blog...




I love smiley couples!