Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Just perfect timing, the sun setting on the horizon and Brandy and Mark’s first kiss as husband and wife! It isn’t easy to get the weather and ceremony timing to cooperate, but things just fell into place for their wedding at Carter Plantation in Springfield, Louisiana. Now home to a golf resort and a residential community, the former plantation is a fun place for a wedding. The old plantation home is a great location for photos, in addition to the beautiful greens and lush scenery.
Brandy and Mark incorporated lots of South Louisiana details into their wedding. The groom’s cakes represented the 3 football teams most important to Mark, Springfield High School, LSU, and the Saints. The favors were Hubig Pies, a local favorite, with ‘Brandy & Mark, Just Married” specially printed on them. There were also roman candy pieces, another local favorite, adorned with purple ribbon and little rings. Finally, Brandy and Mark took the beer coozie, a popular wedding favor in Louisiana, to a whole new level by having a graphic designer friend turn the popular New Orleans waterworks logo into their own wedding logo!
I always love photographing people dancing at the reception, but rarely have I see this level of commitment on the part of groomsmen and the groom. After a rousing version of Shout!, Mark serenaded Brandy with the 80s classic, “It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right”. Indeed! And the sparkler gauntlet followed by a quick escape via gold cart concluded the evening perfectly.
Ceremony and Reception: Carter Plantation, Springfield, Louisiana
Florist – Ann Madry
Videographer – Chris Huk
Cakes – Cocoa Bean Bakery
Band – Good Feelin Band
Ceremony Music – Peter Simon
Favors – Hubig Pies and Roman Candy
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Annalise and Scott tied the knot back in March in New Orleans. I just love working with couples living in New York and getting married in New Orleans, best of both worlds. We did their engagement session around the Brooklyn Bridge a while back. New Orleans is such a great destination wedding location and this wedding brought the best of the city together. The ceremony was held at the beautiful St. Charles Presbyterian Church uptown. (I have a special place in my heart because my parents were married there and after 35 years, they are still in love!) We then made a quick visit to Audubon Park for some portraits. And the reception was at the Windsor Court, my favorite place for afternoon tea. I must say, it was also a great place for a party too and the views of the city at night are amazing. The food was excellent and the cake, a strawberry shortcake like filling and chocolate from Melissa’s Fine Pastries was one of the best I’ve ever sampled. Just a lovely wedding and I’m so happy for Annalise and Scott!
Ceremony: St. Charles Presbyterian Church
Getting Ready and Reception: Windsor Court
Flowers: Nola Flora
Cake: Melissa Cake
Band: Deacon John
Dress: Provinas
Hair and Make-up: Salon Diversions
Photography: Kristy May Photography
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
I’m so excited to offer the beautiful Iris Book to my clients! It is a flush mount style book with an optional matching presentation box. All clients ordering an Iris Book will receive a matching disc folio.
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
The Modern Book is the leather flush mount style album that I offer. Each page is designed as a whole, printed on photographic paper and then mounted on sturdy board and bound. Pages are also sprayed with a clear coating to resist fingerprints and moisture. The album comes in a variety of premium leather colors, sizes and page numbers. We work together on the design, and I don’t print until you are happy with the layout!
This is the album from Desirée and Mike’s Vermont wedding.
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
I’m very excited to have gotten a package in the mail from Cypress Albums this week. My new portfolio box has arrived! It holds 20 matted 11×14 fine art prints. But the boxes can also hold albums too and I hope to get a sample of their Iris book really soon. They have quite a few lovely offerings, see their website here. And the different fabric and ribbon options are so pretty. I hope to be getting lots of mail from Cypress in 2011!
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