Great Capture

The title is a term that I have heard people say to photographers before on their shots.  I feel like it really is a fitting compliment.  I would never want to say to a photographer that their camera takes great pictures...that is totally WRONG.  It would be like telling an oven it made great pies ;) Well, I feel like Anthony & I made a "great capture" with out photographer, Melissa Hume!  I honestly can not say enough good things about her.  We met on Saturday afternoon at the Lenox Mall Starbucks (mom & Anthony came with).  Let's just say, could I possibly love her more?!  We had already been exchanging emails & pictures of weddings & our styles match up so well.  I just want to spill all of the little details to her because I know she'll understand & appreciate them!  So since things went so well, we are already in the process of filling out a contract...I don't want her to get booked up!

 We have chosen to go with the package that includes the digital negatives (edited CD) of both the engagement session & the wedding itself.  I'm so excited about this because I know I'll want to use the images for a ton of different things.  & I'll get to post a bunch on here for everyone to see! 

Since I'm obviously SO bad at finding ways to procrastinate on homework (no, of course I'm not supposed to be typing up something for me & Kera's group project tomorrow...) Nicole figured she'd help me out & got me totally addicted to Pinterest.  I'm especially obsessed with the wedding boards!  If you want to see some of the stuff I've been doing, click here.  I've been getting such great ideas, one of which is making a seating chart on old window panes.  One of the leaders at our church, John Powell, owns a siding company called DuraCraft.  I asked him this morning if he did windows & what he did with the old ones.  He told me that they just put them in a dumpster & offered me as many as I wanted :)  When I tried to see if he would let me pay him, he acted like I was crazy because they just throw them away anyway.  John is the definition of generous, so this doesn't surprise me at all.  I still want to figure out something to do for him & his wife Tina to show my appreciation.  I'm thinking one of those last name paintings that I've been working so often on lately.  I'm also thinking about how to use these as an altar for the ceremony but I'm not sure on that one yet.

 

Another way that I have found to bide my time (which I forgot to post earlier...oops) was making a photo book.  David's Bridal sent me a coupon for a free $30 book from Shutterfly, so I made the book below!  It was so fun & I can't wait to put it on our coffee table someday :)

 

A couple of less positive notes:

 I have been having terrible wedding-related dreams lately.  No, I'm not talking about worrying.  Thank you everyone for your advice on Facebook to not care so much about the wedding, but that's not the problem.  I'm fine during the day, but I'm dreaming that we're getting married in the dark (outside, in the early evening?)  or in the rain (possible, but I've never really thought or worried about it).  Worse yet, I'm stuck the day of with no one to do my hair or wake up late, even forgetting the day altogether.  One of the worst ones last night was that I was stuck making the extravagant & intricate crafts from Pinterest the day of the wedding.  Horrible.  I need to be able to get some good sleep at night or else my immune system is going to fail me!

Lastly, I've been getting more & more annoying comments on our new colors.  As nicely as I can possibly say, get over it!  Jeez.  As much as I don't want to be rude, I think it is really disrespectful to turn your nose up at anything I choose. I know I changed it from the original Apple Green to Candy Apple Red & people have to adjust, but the main color is still Aqua/Turquoise; it shouldn't be that big of a deal.  It even still has the word "apple" in it.  Just if you don't have something positive to say, please keep it to yourself.  Period.