Heather & Jordan – MARRIED!

So yesterday was the last wedding of 2009 for me – and what a great one to end on!  Heather & Jordan’s wedding was absolutely PERFECT!  Such a happy couple, (so in love!) such perfect weather, and such amazing venue!  Eliza & I had SO much fun taking pictures – the day just flew by!!

While the photos are being processed I made this fun time-lapse slideshow of the day.  We set up a camera on a tripod to take a photo every two minutes for 6 hours and this is what the camera saw:  (the video is 1.5 minutes & has music – so if you are at work, be ware!)

Hope you love it!!

P.S – Jordan & Heather were featured in the New York Times this morning!! So cool!    See HERE

Apologies!

Oh dear – I’m not sure WHAT happened.  But yesterday a post from 10.29.09 was sent out again!  WEIRD!  Some funny gliche that has happened before.

Sorry to say – there isn’t another Get Hitched Give Hope party tonight (or last night) – but we will have to wait until next year & I will email the lovely folks at WordPress.com to find out what happened and to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Thank you for your patience!!

Barbie

Chiara’s Baby Album!

Baby portraits are so sweet and the best part is afterward – designing that album they will look at over and over again!!  (That was a favorite thing to do growing up looking through old albums with my sisters.)

This album is for a brand new family, Leah, Ian & Chiara who was born just a few weeks ago – for her newborn gift from her amazing great Aunt Catherine got her a portrait session & her first album!

This one is the cover (the right is the front)

Weekend in Portland

For the Thanksgiving weekend Ryan and I headed down to Portland to visit friends (Hi Beth, Matt, Adam & Danielle!) the first day was soooo nice we spent a few hours walking around – to the steel bridge, the rose garden, and a few neighborhoods before heading to dinner, drinks & 80’s night at the Crystal Ballroom. (so fun!)

Corey & Nik ~ MARRIED!

You might remember this sweet couple from their engagement photos (seen here) well in early September this couple along with the love & support of all of their family & friends tied the knot!  They chose the gorgeous Sorrento Hotel & Penthouse as their venue and as the sun went down the candle lit room glowed as they exchanged their vows & partied the night away.  I continue to be amazed with the style and design – Corey & Nik, you did an AMAZING job with all of the little details!  Thank you for letting me & Lily be a part of your big day!

Here are a few of my favorite images from the day:

This sweet couple picked a ROCKSTAR crew to help with their wedding:

DJ – Austin Beaver, Nitelite Entertainment

Flowers – Julie Borrud, Bella Rugosa

Video – Jeremy Almeda, Endless Love Productions

Photo – Barbie Hull & The fabulous Lily West

Venue – Kristin Shea, The Sorrento Hotel

 

BACK to blogging!

Hello fellow blog readers!  As you may have noticed I have been absent from the crazy world of blogging – with posts few & far between… but that is only because I have been MONSTROUSLY busy doing… well the things you are about to read!

So stay tuned and be PREPARED to be blown away with an insane amount of posts.  Okay not really (I don’t want to lose any subscribers) so maybe like one or two a day.  =)

Hope you have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!  I am thankful you are reading my blog!!

Barbie

 

Planning Your Wedding – BOOK RELEASE!!

One of the highlights of my day is checking the mail (yes, I’m a nerd) – going to my favorite Post Office in Ballard is an adventure. -It is always great to see Bill who sells Real Change out front, I seem to always run into friends, clients or entertaining people while I’m there AND occasionally I get something fun in the PO Box (like stickers, brownies, love letters I gotta say snail mail is the COOLEST and that’s a fact).

TODAY was a huge highlight!!  In the p.o box was a key to one of the bigger boxes #28…  A PACKAGE!!  (yesssss!)  Then when I saw that sweet pink & green swirly logo and knew it was going to be something fun!   I rushed home and HERE IT IS!!! THE BOOK WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!   “Planning your wedding” by Blair deLaubenfels, Christy Weber, & Kim Bamberg (the fabulous ladies of Junebug Weddings) it is on sale at Amazon.com & Barnesandnoble.com and will be available soon at bookstores near you!

 

In this book you will find tips, tricks, resources, information, etiquette  & LOTS of photos…. (a few of them by YOURS TRULY!) I reccommend it HIGHLY to all brides & grooms to be as well as us industry folks.  (its cool to have a great book on hand to show clients!)

 

Part of the 4-eyed club!

I have been waiting for over a month for my fabulous new glasses to get here from Holland and I think it was well worth the wait!  Eyes on Fremont is the COOLEST place to get your four eyed fix.  =)  Plus the Optometrist’s name is Dr. Fast – fun right?

AND since I don’t do anything without taking photos – here is the new me only a little nerdier!  (and nerdier I mean SO much smarter dontcha think?!)

The Simple Plan – Love it!!

This weekend has been fabulous!!  Michelle Loretta & Kelly Simants have put together an AMAZING workshop called the Simple Plan.   They teamed up with Hotel Andra, Junebug Weddings & Aspire to Plan to put on a two day workshop on the bones of business behind our lovely wedding industry careers.

It has been eye opening & incredibly inspiring learning that yes we love what we do and in order to not burn out and to keep growing we need to go back and re-visit our business plan all the time.

 

So now we are at the end – I have to say, Hotel Andra is AMAZING (gorgeous and perfect!), Blair & Christy at Junebug know SO much about marketing (love them!) and Wendy with Aspire to plan is THE smartest financial wizard (thank you for sharing!) and it has been a great weekend getting to know all of the ladies and gent of the 1st Simple Plan Workshop.  We have learned SO much! (and the food was DELICIOUS!)

 

Shannon, Dave & Olive

I have been so lucky to get to know and spend time with Shannon Lassen (Sublime Events) this year – she is an amazing gal with great style and an amazing talent for designing events!   Not to mention her stunning family!  Shannon & Dave just moved into their new home this fall with their PERFECT little girl Olive.  I just ADORE her and when you meet her – you will too!  She loves to give hugs.  Who doesn’t love hugs from a cute little girl??

A few weeks ago we went for a walk in their neighborhood and it was a lot of fun – just ask Olive!   =)