Maya Turns 3!

As I stood in Old Navy picking out pink shirts, the rain beat down on the pavement outside. Ruined. The party was ruined. I spent weeks planning the details. Maybe because I'm artsy, maybe because Maya's just so darned cute, or because you only turn 3 once. Whatever it was, I was pulling out all the stops so that this was a party to be remembered. I based the theme on the book Pinkalicious where the girl in the story eats a ton of pink cupcakes and turns pink.

Everything was pink. I got Georgie Lou's Retro Candy shop to cater a candy buffet. I bought pink flowers from George's Flowers. I rented a Cotton Candy machine from Krueger's Rental. And I bought everyone pink clothes to wear for the day.

But then it started pouring rain, and just wouldn't stop. Until 30 mins before the party was to start. The clouds parted and the day was PERFECT.I served all pink food.I read the book to the kids :)I had them decorate their own cupcakes.We sang...

Maya opened presents.Then we painted faces. Charity and I are available for hire by the way ;)Big thank you to Charity. She took most of the photos for me so that I wasn't consumed by that task. She also helped me arange the flowers and paint faces! Thanks DAWG! Haha.

Maya is STILL talking about her pink party. It was a huge success. I think I have to start two more careers. Children's party planning and face painting!

Bert's 80th Birthday

The other day I photographed Bert's 80th Birthday celebration. I was asked to take a photo of the entire group- which posed a difficult situation. The was no where I could go easily that I could fit everyone into the shot. So I photographed the group in two separate photos, then later I meshed the two together. It was actually somewhat difficult to do but I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out!

The right side:

The left side: All together now:

Happy Birthday Bert!

Here is a shoot that I did last fall that I never posted. I photographed the most adorable little girls, who's parents own Fallen Tree Farms Bed and Breakfast. The girls were so full of life. We had a lot of fun.

Favorite!

The Coyne/Corbet Wedding

Here is a wedding I never got a chance to post from the end of last year. It was an amazing day filled with TONS of family and guest. I started taking photos of Maura at her parents' home where I met her sisters. It felt like we had known one another for years. Maura was stunning. Handsome young guest.We took formals at the Star Barn. I thought it would make a great backdrop for photos, and I think I may have been right...Joe was awesome and a bit of a jokester, but he was able to keep a straight face for a few more serious and romantic photos.
Minus all the goose poop, it was pretty awesome to shoot there.

After a fancy shmancy coctail hour where several guest changed into evening attire, the reception started. And this was no ordinary reception. The party was insane. I was asked to stay a little longer and did not mind one bit!

I've never seen so many crazy dancers!
The dance floor was packed all night long.Joe, or "Corbs" as they call him, was the life of the party! I believe this was a Billy Joel number.A family tradition- everyone sings together arm in arm at the end of the reception. It was pretty awesome to have everyone so involved through the entire day. Maura and Joe, thank you so much for sharing a part of yourselves and the best day of your lives (so far) with me. It was such an honor!