Some good friends of ours, Kristen and Dave, are getting married this coming October and we're super excited to be shooting their wedding. We know it will be a blast! Last weekend we met up with them to shoot a few photos to use on the Save the Date magnets that we're creating for them.
This weekend we shot a beautiful wedding at the Port Charlotte Yacht Club in southern Florida. Amy and Will tied the knot in unusually cold weather for Florida - which was nothing more than a dream come true for their "Winter Wedding"
Not only a beautiful cake, but totally delicious!
For those getting into their first place, here's a little room re-do inspiration. I recently finished my guest room and I'm thrilled with the results. Most of the guests who would be staying with us would be coming from the North, and most likely during the winter months, so I wanted it to be a bright and sunny "Florida" room to get away from the snow. Here is the before
And here is the lovely after. Does this even look like the same room!? A little paint, a little love - goes a long way!
I had a really hard time finding night stands that I liked - so of course I set out to make my own! I wasn't looking to pay $50+ for each night stand, so by making my own I used some old salvaged wood, and a few dollars spent at Lowe's, I have two custom made night stands for $12 each.
Here are the before and after photos of my lamps. I picked these up super cheap ($9.99 each!) because I knew they would match great with the small pineapples on the ends of the bed posts, but the color wasn't right. I spray painted the bottom white, which was an easy fix, but the lamp shade is welded onto the bottom portion. So my options were to cut the metal off and find new lamp shades, or try to work with it. Of course I went with the DIY route, so I took off the outer beige fabric and left the white lining. I bought 4 placemats from ikea that are a tangle of rattan like twigs (only $1.99 each)and I used two for each lamp shade. A little hot glue, some scissors, and they came out great! A custom lamp for under $14 each - you sure can't beat that.
For those of you familiar with Disney World, we went over to the Fort Wilderness Lodge Camp Grounds to check out some of the amazing displays these vacationers set up. This one camper blew our entire subdivision out of the water with their beautiful display -
They had a whole walk through with every possible Christmas decoration ever made. We just wonder how they got it all here!
Super gorgeous couple!!
