We met in Sydney, Australia. At The Workshop to be precise. She immediately struck me with her kind disposition and her ability to connect with so many people at once. Jenny was quietly outgoing and embraced everyone who surrounded her, encouraging friends and peers alike. At the end of The Workshop, she told me she […]

A few months ago, I was contacted by a complete stranger. Getting such emails is a normal occurrence, but when she proposed organizing a workshop in her home country of New Zealand, I paused. I have no idea what made me respond…what piqued my interest…what made me so interested in this particular proposal. Perhaps it […]

I saw her from a distance and I knew it was her before my mind registered her flashy smile. The Starbucks, the heels, the purse. It was Anna and seeing her made me laugh. For no other reason than Anna’s personality is comical, yet completely understated. Her jokes are dryly proffered and she keeps a […]

We met a few couple years ago. And I mean ‘met’ in the loosest of terms. She was a blog reader, and I was…well…me. Alicia contacted me to shoot her wedding, but she informed me she’d been following my blog for a while, so she was ready to book. That was it. No questions asked, […]

She folded her clothes neatly and laid them in a closet, placing them the same way she might have had the pile been a baby. Delicately, slowly. Valerie turned and laughed, betraying nervousness and slight excitement. It was her one-year wedding anniversary and she planned to surprise her husband with boudoir photos. There in the […]

I’m sure our paths were intended to cross a few times before–afterall, the wedding industry is quite small–but they hadn’t. We must have been at the same industry parties and worked at the same events, but we simply didn’t have the chance to connect. It wasn’t until the ever fab Michelle Weita of Details, Details […]

Let’s face it…there are plenty of nice people in the world. And this makes me happy. But the true mark of an even better person is someone who has a good heart. A heart that bleeds genuine care, love, and peace to those around them. A heart that makes the world a better place and […]

She’s magnetic. As in, Kristin draws people into her sphere, and she’s cute enough to placed–in miniature form–on your refrigerator. I met Kristin less than two years ago, but she’s become one of the people I love working with in the wedding industry. Her blooming business, The Treasured Petal, splashed onto the scene and she’s […]

She’s from Malaysia. He’s from Malaysia, but currently lives in Hong Kong. They live three and half hours apart, but they found themselves together on the other side of the world. In Laguna Beach, California to be exact. The sky was a dark shade of grey, but hues of purple begged to been seen. They […]

The first time I saw Brooke let her hair down–both literally and metaphorically–was an evening last summer. She was celebrating her birthday at Medieval Times and wanted everyone–friends, knights, and royalty–to know she was loving life. To the fullest, without regard to sideways glances, but, instead, with raised glasses toasting her life. After the food […]