Dreams Running Wild

Last night I had a crazy crazy dream.  In my dream I was doing a photo shoot that involved pink flamingos (both the real ones and the on-a-stick-in-your-lawn variety) and horrible, awful, ugly gold lounge furniture...

Weird right?  Only a little, because I know where this came from. Yesterday my best friend Erika and my good friend and Inspired Events partner in crime Melissa and I went to the Wedding Party Bridal Show.  Among the many great things we saw, we noticed on exhibor had incorporated some of Lounge Appeal's new collection into their display.  Among them was this set...



Honestly, I am not a fan of gold.  I just don't like it.  But I do love this set of furniture together! 

Anyway, after the show, we headed over to Ocean Beach, had some lunch and browsed around the antique shops. I saw so many pink flamingos and I really really wanted one.  I don't know where I'd put it or what I'd do with it, but I've never had tacky lawn furniture.  I mean, I don't even have a lawn since I live in an apartment downtown. I truly have absolutely NO USE for a plastic flamingo.  But i still would love to have one. So that's where the dream came from!

Now that i've told you this horrible anticlamatic story, let me tell you something else... I realized, about an hour ago actually, that my tacky photo shoot in my dream could be real and could potentially be awesome.  Thanks to doing a quick search on google images, I found a bunch of lovely images that incorporated great use of flamingo pink and gold in a beautiful, completely classy way... 











Pretty, right? So here is the lesson I re-learned today.  Your thoughts and dreams, although seemingly a little crazy at times, might be your creative bug trying to get out!  Just because you come up with a completly nutty idea does not mean it's impossible!  Maybe the idea needs to be refined, and maybe you need the help of a true professional (I'll let you intepret that as you please!) to do that, but your crazy dream ideas can be great!  And I have to say, sometimes the ideas that are a tad off the wall end up being the unique and personable little things that I love to photograph at your wedding :)

Cheers and happy dreams!

...and one more flamingo for the road.



(ok seriously... where can I get a hat like that??)

Get Rid of that Awful Guest Book!

Guest books are somewhat of a staple at wedding receptions.  Whether it is a blank mat featuring a photo from your engagement session {{cute}} or a surfboard {{fun}} or the dreaded lace covered book {{not so cute or fun}}, couples tend to have something for their guests to sign as a little memento to look back on.

Now stop and think... if you're spending so much time planning a wedding that is you and a representation of your relationship,
why would you just go out and pick up a boring guestbook?  The same guestbook that hundreds, possibly thousands of other couples used at their own weddings?  And why would you ever want to look at that borring book ever again?  Face the facts:  A standard fabric and/or lace, frilly album looking guest book will probably end up shoved atop one of you highest closet shelves, gathering dust, only to see the light of day when you move and when an earthquake rattles it loose from whatever it was buried under.

But not necessarily!  Think about working with your photographer to create a customized guestbook using the photos from your engagement session!  Not only will your guests love flipping through your beautiful engagement photos, they will also have the ability (minus the harsh restrictions of signature lines) to write you messages, offer words of marital advice, doodle little pictures, and all sorts of other things right alongside your favorite engagement photos!  This is a book worth keeping.  This is a book you'll want to look at after the wedding, and this is definitely a book you'll want to show off to your family and friends!  This style of guest book is fully customizable, and something that no one else will ever have because it will feature YOU!

And now it's time for a little special!  If you didn't already hear, engagement sessions are now included with all of my wedding packages!  Yippee!  If you book a wedding package by May 30, you'll receive a complimentary guestbook featuring your engagement photos! Get excited and schedule your session now!