How to Coordinate Outfits for Your Engagement Session Not sure how to coordinate outfits for your engagement session?  We’re here to help ! You should bring two to three outfits to your session so we can get a variety of different looks for you. We suggest the following:   Bring a ‘Dressy’ Outfit It’s not […]

Save the Date! Sending out Save the Dates are important for a few different reasons.  Save the dates are  especially important to send out many of your guests will be from out of town.   Save the dates are typically sent at least six months before the wedding date.  This gives guest plenty of time to […]

Contentment Challenge: Week 1 Scrolling Instagram over Christmas break I stumbled across Nancy Ray’s page.  I was immediately intrigued by her book club and the contentment challenge she was about to begin.  In her prep guide for the contentment challenge Nancy suggests taking a couple weeks to prepare your heart, home and wardrobe for the […]

Magical Winter Wedding This past weekend I had the most unexpected magical winter wedding!  In late November,  Sara and Peter were planning a fall wedding, but Mother Nature had other plans!  The day started off with overcast gray skies and mild temperatures.  I prayed the expected precipitation would be snow and not rain.  I never […]

Riverside Engagement Session I’m so in love with this riverside engagement session!  The bride-to-be is my niece, so I may be just a little biased. 🙂  When Heather asked me to be the wedding photographer for her and Zac a few happy tears slipped out.  Of course I said YES, I’d love too!   IT […]

Headwaters Park Engagement Session Matt and Megan are the best!   They drove an hour and a half from Peru for their Headwaters Park Engagement Session!   The are so sweet together and it doesn’t take long to see that they adore each other! Mutual Friends Matt and Megan met through Facebook.  They had mutual friends and […]

The Blue Teal You have got to pick up a copy of the latest Wedding Day Magazine that came out Friday!   Over the summer I was blessed to take part in a styled shoot to promote The Blue Teal a Wakarusa wedding venue.  It is a stunning venue with a unique combination or rustic and […]

Taylor University Anniversary Session I had the most fun with Kaycee and Jeremy at the Taylor University anniversary session!  Last winter I held an anniversary session giveaway for my past couples and Kaycee and Jeremy were the winners!  They won an hour-long anniversary session with prints and a gift card for dinner on me!  They […]

Lighthouses, Waterfalls and Sandhill Cranes Our last day of vacation, we definitely made it count!  For me this was the best day of vacation!  We got to lighthouses, waterfalls and sandhill cranes!  Yes, sandhill cranes!  I was so excited and this alone would have made this the best day of vacation for me. Lighthouses Looking […]

Kayaking, hiking and Wicked Tuna Kayaking, hiking and Wicked Tuna pretty much sums up our Saturday.  The forecast for today was cold but sunny.  We had big plans to get in lots of outdoor activity and then Gabe woke up not feeling well.  🙁  We had a little Saturday morning TV on and quickly got […]