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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Themes of Life

I adore themed events.  Maybe because I enjoy dressing up to become someone or something else for a brief moment... Any reason I can come up with to throw a themed event, I am all over it.  I have made this blog as a place where I can collect thoughts, ideas and inspirations I find along the way. 

I have always wanted to do photo shoots that are staged and themed.... as much as I love the natural and unknown shots that capture great moments, I also love the staging, fun and whimsy of themed photos.  Shannon Nicole Smith Photography has much of what I adore in her photo shoots.  Check some of them out and see more at her site http://www.shannonnicolesmith.com/.

Vintage Ice Cream and Picnic Themed Engagement Photo Session










From a Southern Vintage Themed Wedding....



1930s inspired photo shoot.... looks like they have stepped out of The Notebook.

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Loved those... also came across these other photos from http://www.weddingchicks.com/.  The story is listed below.  It is sooo sweet. 



Have you seen Disney Pixar’s movie UP? Every time I see this movie I cry no matter what. It is quite touching. So, when Wildlfowers Photography shared with us this adorable engagement shoot we were so excited to share it with you!
The idea of this photo shoot came from Lynnette and James.  Their favorite movie is UP so they wanted an engagement shoot based around the movie. Below is a sweet and touching letter that James wrote to Lynnette and so kindly shared with Wildlfowers Photography and we are going to share it with you… break out your hankies…
“Lynnette… I have a confession, I am in love with you.  It is not the ‘usual’ love, but the love that makes me remember the little things, the ‘boring’ things.  It is the boring things in life that I will remember the most.  The memories of jumping over sidewalk cracks to how the clouds talk to us.  You make me remember the moments.  It is that love that makes me believe.  Belief that I was there when you were a toothless kid.  Dancing through life, only stopping to hold my hand. Letting me know that anything is possible.  I am in love with you, ‘my greatest adventure’. – James”








Photography: Wildflowers Photography
The Wedding Chicks


The Wedding


Before we start, let’s back it up a bit … if you recall, we posted Wildflowers Photography, Pixar’s Up Inspired Engagement Shoot. Take a look by visiting here! Long story short, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (writer and producer of the movie UP!) sent Lynnette and James a customized hand drawing based on them and a little note about how much they loved their engagement photos. The photo is below! Pretty amazing…right?
From Joy of Wildflowers Photography on Pixar calling her!
Yay to Wedding Chicks for being so rad and helping guide these photos up to the big head honchos. Such a rad thing that they took interest in the couple and Pixar even called me to say how much they loved the photos.
Joy. To see more photos of the wedding please click here.

From Lynnette the bride on their wedding:
After 8 years of growing in love James and I decided to invite our closest friends and family to celebrate our marriage and everyone in our lives who brought us together. It was as much about our friends and family as it was about us. We were engaged in our favorite vintage photo booth at the Musee Mechanique in San Francisco, so we knew from the beginning that we had to have a photo booth at the wedding and everyone had a great time taking photos in it!
We wanted the wedding to be unique, personal, intimate and beautiful which it turned out to be all of those things! We wanted every aspect to represent “us” from the handmade save the dates and invitations to the picnic blankets and baskets we used in lieu of chairs at the ceremony. We had one of our best friends perform the ceremony which meant so much to us. It was so special saying our own self written vows and “crossing our hearts” to love each other rather than saying “I do”.






On their wedding inspiration:
Lynnette and Jame’s wedding was loosely based on our favorite Pixar movie “UP”! Some fun items that they included was  picnic baskets, grape soda, a painted mailbox and a few balloons!
They had help from family and friends along the way to make this incredible day come alive. They made their save the dates and invites with help from their moms. Lynnette and her Mom made the entire dessert bar based on the adorable custom cake topper from lollipopworkshop on Etsy. We love the use of vintage hankies to make an adorable bunting backdrop. Everything came together and looks quite amazing.
If you are not looking to have a DJ you might want to see if you can borrow sound equipment from friends who also helped set up a ipod DJ station!







Are you loving the wedding so far? So many great ideas that are truly steal worthy like the Photo Booth sign below. Which is actually one of our  FREE DIY DOWNLOADS.  You can customize your own photo booth sign and have it emailed instantly by clicking here.







Photos : Joy at wildflowers photography
Floral: Kate at flowerwild events
photo booth: Capital photo booth
catering: Eco Caters
rentals : Town and Country event rentals
cupcakes and desserts: Cupcakeryonline
bride: Melissa Sweet
groom: J Crew
bridesmaids: Anthropologie
grooms men: J Crew
location: Saddlerock ranch
cake topper: lollipopworkshop on Etsy
vintage picnic baskets, hankies and blankets!


That is what it's all about... capturing photos of fun memories and telling the story.  These themes mean something in their lives and just adds so much to the special moments.  Oh, how I am such a romantic and adore romantic things...  If only the dashing gent carrying a hankerchief would hurry up along his way to sweep me off of my feet....