Friday, July 29, 2016

KISSES AND DISSES : SUMMER TIME HEAT + POKEMON GO

This past weekend was mine and Omar's 6 month anniversary (yes, we are those people) and he surprised me by coming out for a weekend visit.  Even though his presence was a gift in itself, he also brought along a bottle of wine - my kind of man - and gifted me a real rose that has been preserved in real gold.  I felt bad I had nothing to give him in return (his card was sitting in the mailbox back at home) but he assured me it was fine and and told me as long as we were together, that's all he'd need.

Being the couple we are, we spent the following day walking around town catching Pokemon - we had downloaded it earlier that morning after breakfast just to try it out and now we are totally  addicted!  It brought back childhood memories of trading Pokemon cards on the playground and relishing in your new found stash.  I never thought I'd be the person to go out and play this game on my own, but I am surprised at how much it has gotten me out of the house...I have to beat Omar before he comes back tonight ;)

This leads me to another instalment of Kisses + Disses...


This week's disses go to:
*This heat.  Y'all, I'm all for summer sunshine, but I think I've grown too accustomed to living on the west coast where the summers are much more mild.  It's like living in a desert!
*Chipped nail polish.  Need I say more?
*1 ply toilet paper...it's 2016 people!

This weeks kisses go to:
*Omar.  Even though, really, he deserves this everyday of the year.
*My new iPhone.  I've recently upgraded my phone from the dinosaur iPhone 4s.  AND even better, it's rose gold!
*Pokemon Go.  I know there is a very two-sided debate over this game, but any 90's kid should know the excitement of finally being able to catch your own Sandshrew...like, seriously.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

CUCKOOS RESTAURANT WEDDING : CAITLIN + GREG

Back in April I had the privilege of second shooting with a friend and wonderful photographer, Adina from Wren and Rook Photography.  It's always such a fun opportunity to be able to learn something new and to do it with such a great friend as Adina.  This was both my first time visiting Coombs (Crazy, I know, seeing as I lived on Vancouver Island for five years) and shooting a wedding in such an original place like a restaurant.  Can I shoot more weddings like this, please?  This was my first wedding of the 2016 season and the day was long and full, but between working with Adina, and such a joyful bride and groom, I was happy for the opportunity.

Below are some of my images from Caitlin and Greg's wedding day at Cuckoos Restaurant in Coombs.


Tuesday, July 12, 2016

A NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME

Now that the craziness of moving is settling to an end, I've finally had a chance to take a breath and embrace this fresh and new adventure of mine.  In the short time since I moved back to the Shuswap/Okanagan so much has happened.  I finally got to meet two of my closest friends' babies (which I had yet to meet face to face), our styled shoot got featured on an online wedding blog, I've unpacked - which is just about as bad as my cat waking me up this morning by going all kung-fu on my big toe - I've been lucky enough to see my favourite person every weekend so far as opposed to every second (and sometimes third!) weekend, I gave my Mom's walls a fresh coat of paint, and I'm helping my friend re-vamp her Etsy store and am getting ready to take all new photos of her products.


I am so excited for all that's coming up and to meet some new upcoming brides in someplace that's fresh and new!

Happy Tuesday!

FEATURED : WEDDINGBELLS + BESPOKE BRIDE



I have some SUPER EXCITING news to share with you all...I have had the honour of being featured on a couple of the loveliest wedding blogs around!  As some of you may already know, our styled shoot was featured on Bespoke Bride a couple weeks ago!  It was originally supposed to go live later on this month, but due to a cancellation, it got published almost a month early!



During the weekend I had received and email from Adam and Marieke, the two master-bakers from Coastal Cake Company, that the cake from our styled shoot had been featured on Weddingbells as Canada's Prettiest Wedding Cakes For 2016!  Not only that, my image was one of 5 selected for the cover image!  When I ran up to tell Omar, he jumped in joy with me as we clapped hands and cheered.


I'm am so incredibly happy and honoured to have my images featured on such sites as Bespoke Bride and Weddingbells!  Not only that, this checks of no. 26 on my 101 list: get an image of mine published online!

Happy Thursday everyone!