Bridal Portraits

This is quite a moment! I LOVE sharing bridal portraits from sweet brides and grooms. Today I am sharing MY OWN!!! We had the most fabulous day and our photographers, Benfield Photography, made it even more wonderful. We were beyond blessed to have them as a part of our special day. I'm sharing my favorite portrait, so head on over to their blog to see the rest of them!

Romantic E-Session: Globe Lights

Hi! I'm back. I'm sorry I have totally neglected y'all. I'm getting married. It's a poor excuse for not blogging about weddings, but there it is. I'm here now....that counts for something, right?

I've totally been obsessing about the globe lights from Pottery Barn and here they are used in an engagement session! A string of these from PB is only $15. A styled engagement shoot adds loads of charm and character. This would be a really cheap way to add to a sweet and romantic setting!

Globe String Lights $15.00

[Romantic Light Engagement Session]

Photo Credit: Landon Jacob via Southern Weddings

Happy Planning!

Engagement Web Site

I think I have the greatest photographers for our wedding, but they also have a super awesome staff that helps them. Lauren is one of those people. She's a fab photog and also put together our engagement site. We're doing our best to stay in touch with our guests (as many of them are traveling from NY and all over the US) and this little site is helping. Mr. NY and I had fun writing the content and Lauren put it all together using our save the date as her inspiration (our save the date will make an appearance shortly --I'm giving our friends and family a chance to see it before I post it on here).

It's just another great perk to using Benfield Photography!

Happy Planning!

Favorite Picture + MPIX

Mr. NY and I love ALL of our engagement pictures taken by Dale and Meredith of Benfield Photography (need wedding pics -call them!!! yes, shameless plug for my talented photographers and friends). I'm going to share a few of our favorites with you today. Read more about our engagement session here.

We went to this awesome little bookstore called Steve's Sundry in Tulsa for our last e-session location. Here are three of my favorite shots from there. Don't you just love their Coke machine and soda fountain?

I couldn't have asked for a more perfect sign for my planned book picture. Yes, I had this whole shot planned out weeks in advance. It turned out better than I had imagined!

Now here is my favorite shot! My mother handed me her polka dotted umbrella as I left the house because rain just kept looming (boy did it rain and tornado!). I grabbed my animal print galoshes just in case. I am so pleased with this shot. Here it is first in color.

And then here it is in black & white. I'm going to order the black and white version on a large canvas for our living room from MPIX. Check out their site for ordering & prices. They're quite reasonable and the quality is outstanding.

All photos courtesy of Benfield Photography

Happy Planning!

Real Wedding: July 4th

This sweet backyard-style wedding took place on July 4th. If you're planning a summer wedding and leaning toward a patriotic theme, this wedding would be a great jumping-off point. It's not strictly red, white and blue and that's just what I love about it. The bride and her mother are quite creative at keeping the look fresh and new. Check out more of the details and read what this bride has to say about planning her wedding over at Snippet & Ink.

Beaux Arts Photographie

Happy Planning!

Tornado E-Session

This e-session happens to be near and dear to my heart. It happens to be my own, and in true Oklahoma style it came outfitted with a tornado. It's just not very Oklahoma without one.

I have really fantastic photographers, Benfield Photography, who drove on over to Tulsa from Fayetteville to take our pictures. Any normal couple would have rescheduled with a tornado in sight, but Mr. NY and I were moving all of my 27 years worth of belongings to NY the very next day. Rescheduling was not an option.

We started shooting before the rain came, but also had fun under umbrellas and in the midst of some crazy WIND. The rest of the pictures are coming soon, but first check out this teaser from a recent Benfield Photography blog post.

It stopped raining for a moment and Dale captured the amazing sky that Oklahoma produces during a tornado. I just love how it turned out.

I will follow up with more pictures, the breakdown of our locations and what I wore very soon.

Happy Planning!

Ranch Wedding

It's a gorgeous Sunday topping out in the mid-80's in Oklahoma. I can imagine this sweet wedding having taken place this weekend. If you're not enjoying warm weather yet, I hope this sunny wedding helps you make it to your warm weekends and sunshine!

Photo Credits: Jose Villa

Happy Planning!

Sweater Love

Sweaters are turning into a staple for brides and bridesmaids. It's such a great way to give your look personality whether you add it for the reception or wear it all day long. Here are my favorite sweater looks for brides and 'maids.

Source: Ruffled Blog

Source: Ruffled Blog

Photo Credit: Cameron Ingalls, Inc.

Source: Once Wed

Photo Credit: Marlin Munoz

Source: The Bride's Cafe

Source: Green Wedding Shoes

Happy Planning!

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Blizzards & Sunshine

Record snowfall is in the forecast, so I'm working from home today. Before I start to conquer the world through my VPN, I thought I would share a wedding that brings with it a lot sunshine. First, take a look at our little Oklahoma forecast.

From KJRH

Now back to this sunny Utah wedding.

Photo Credit: Jonathan Canlas Photography

I love this color palette. Navy and yellow really may be in my top 3 favorite palettes. I love the bridesmaids' sweaters and belts. It gives them mad personality. They totally have an outfit they can walk away from this wedding and wear. When you can do that for your 'maids, it makes the investment much more reasonable.

Check back this afternoon for my post on sweaters at weddings.

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