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For the Love of Books – A Library Styled Shoot!
So, if you read my diary entry about my last styled shoot that took place in the Fall, you know that I made damn sure this time around I wasn’t going to make the same mistake and get the date wrong! LOL! This romantic shoot took place in January at the ZJ Loussac Library in Midtown. Orainda (Orainda’s Bridal Boutique), Sharon (Elegante Light Photography), and I started talking about collaborating back in October. We were trying to find the right spot to showcase a new venue that also allowed us to capture that vibe of romance and simplicity. No loud or bright colors, or anything boho or rustic. We wanted…
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Let me introduce myself…
Sure you know I’m a wedding planner and I own i do Events, but what else do you know about me? Probably not a whole lot, so I thought that I would take this opportunity to do an #introductionfriday on a Monday! Whatever, I walk to the beat of my own drum! So here goes 10 things that you don’t know about me that are not wedding related… ONE I was born in Subic Bay, Philippines, which was a U.S. Navy base back in the day. I am not Filipino, I’m half Vietnamese and half White. I don’t speak Vietnamese, nor do I understand it. TWO I can’t like to…
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Click, Click, Click…A Fall Styled Shoot
Oh, styled shoots, you’ve got to love them, but I kinda hate them too! LOL! The competition is so fierce these days with everyone doing styled shoots that I get stressed. I guess there’s so much pressure to make something look “pretty,” they can also be quite pricey, and if you are all not on the same page with the vision, it can be a bust! But when I got an email from Chelsa with Chelsea J. Photography about possibly collaborating on a styled shoot, I jumped at the chance! Because one, I love her work, and two, I haven’t had the chance to work with her. And there was…
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This is the “ugly!”
Okay, I guess you are due for an “ugly” story! When people find out I’m a wedding planner, their first response is usually “Wow, that’s so cool!” (Thank you JLo!) And then their next response is, “I bet you have some good stories to tell!” Yeah, I’ve got stories, I’ve got good ones, I’ve got bad ones, and I’ve got ugly ones. Thankfully, I don’t have too many ugly ones! So, let’s talk about a wedding that I had back in 2013 that seriously haunts me till this day! This couple booked me for a Wedding Day Direction package, which is wedding day management. The planning of it was left…
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Things a Wedding Planner will do that you will never know about!
So what does a wedding planner do? I’m sure you’ve probably seen the movie, “The Wedding Planner” so you have some sort of distorted idea(lol) and if you were looking for one or have had one, you’ve probably seen a list of our services. But, I don’t think people know ALL the things that we do or deal with, behind the scenes! A couple of years ago I sat down and wrote a list of 79 things that I have done for my weddings that were not listed in my services. Why? I have no idea but I did! I thought it would be fun to take a walk down…
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Strike a pose!
So, I did a little thing the other day, I finally got professional photos taken for my i do Events website. I figured it was time to switch out that old selfie for a proper photo! Part of the reason why it took me so long, as I was waiting for the right moment, you know the moment when you’ve lost all that weight and you are feeling sexy and you know it? Yeah well, I determined after 8 years, that moment was not coming anytime soon! So I just needed to “just do it!” Thanks, Nike for the motivational quote! I think the hardest decision for me was who…
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One of the best Thank You’s ever!
I remember that exact moment in 2016 when she “popped the question!” We were at Kaladi Brothers having our usual wedding pre-planning meeting…”As a thank you, would you like to go on a helicopter ride with Turner and me?” Um, yeah, do birds fly??? And that’s how it happened. But life also happens, and years went by, and then out of the blue, I got a call. “Hey Lorell, it’s Audry!” It hit me by surprise because for the first 20 seconds or so, I had no idea who I was talking to! She explained that she was now 8 months pregnant, and wanted to do a maternity shoot on…
