Preview // We Got Married

A glimpse of what is to come...

The sordid details: All photos shown here were taken by me with a Canon EOS t2i and edited in Adobe Camera Raw 6 + Adobe Photoshop CS5 extended.

On 5.11.12 Thomas and I got married! It was the most perfect and fun day of our lives. I could not have asked for a better wedding. Though it rained, the sun came out just as the ceremony began. Pictured here from top left to bottom: Me holding the ivory rose from Thom's boutonniere (my tattoo says "j'adore," which is French for "I adore."); The beautiful antique Victorian heart-shaped locked that was a wedding gift from my Mother. It was made the year our new home was built (1878); Some of the white/violet orchids from my wedding bouquet; Thom's boutonniere, made of an ivory rose, foliage, and crimson berries; My handmade reception headband, purchased from Etsy; My maid of honor's bouquet, which I put together 2 hours before the wedding (!) The feathery looking flowers are evidently some type of exotic/tropical South African protea, but I call them "flamingo flowers." 


More photos to come, as I have time. Tomorrow we leave for our honeymoon in San Antonio, Texas...exciting!

Bluebonnet Season

My sweet fiancee took me on a small outing near Dallas (Texas) to see the famous bluebonnet flowers that bloom all over the side of the highway in picturesque clumps of blue-violet petals. It was beautiful. Here are some of the photographic results.

This photo kinda breaks several of the "rules" of photography, but I really like it. I love the colors and the light coming through the plants. It was a really pretty day and I just sat down in the grass, sustained several bug bites, and pointed my camera (without looking) up toward the sky. I think the blues/greens/mustard colors would make an excellent spring or summer wedding palette...random thought.

There were also these adorable yellow flowers. I'm sorry to say I don't know what they're called. However, if you live in Texas you can get a custom license plate with the bluebonnet flower on it. Now, isn't that special?