Wedding Blog

A while ago, I took the advice of the hive into consideration and bought myself a pair of vintage earrings from an Etsy seller. They came in the mail the other day and I had a little photo shoot with them!

First off, these bad boys are a lot bigger than I thought they would be. To refresh your memory, here’s the pic from Etsy over at Fincara along with “my look” board:

Now, here’s a pic of them at my house next to a quarter.

Holy vintage rhinestones, Batman! Those are enormous! So they’re a little on the big side…

Ha! And of course I love them! I’m going to be rocking the bling like it ain’t no thang.

Just like this:

Look at those dangles! Can’t get enough? Neither could I. I worked it for the camera some more.

Right… I think I thought this hair/arm thing would look model-ly. Instead it’s my ghost arm and fake smile/snarl that’s taking the cake here. But it gives you a good idea of what they look like from the front.

One last one of the earrings with a special appearance of my furry goatee culprit from the earlier pic:

I know you’re asking yourself, “What is that marvel of beautifully crafted fabric flowers, silk flowers and dreamy feathers?” Why that’s just be my lil’ ole bouquet! It’s not quite done yet, but more pics are forthcoming!

When I had my earrings out for their shoot, my ring got jealous and demanded that I pay her the attention she deserves. I guess she gets it from her mother. What I can I say, we’re both just camera lushes *shrug*.

Here she is posing with an item contributing to our favorite pastime - sewing.

Look at that gorgeous afternoon light pouring in the window. Look at the years of paint built up on the window frame. Look at how I don’t wind my thread properly and how the end bits are all willy nilly. Oh, and look at my cathedral setting. Good fiance! Good boy!

Here’s another ring pose with the same props to give you an idea of how I played around with each prop.

Alright, enough with the thread, you want more bouquet, you say??? Alrighty then. (Can you tell I’m in the middle of Season 4 of Sex & the City where Trey says, “Alrighty then,” every two seconds? Other random aside, does it creep you out that Trey is the murdering husband on Desperate Housewives?)

What amazing diamond and feathery goodness next to a very plastic and painted stamen. Hmmm . . . well, nobody will be looking through a macro lens at my bouquet on the wedding day. I’ll show less stamen in the next rounds of bouquet pics. I promise! In the meantime, how about next to a beady eyed bird?

I’m showing you this one because it’s kind of a fail. The light wasn’t that great and I forgot to raise the blinds, so it’s a little on the ugly side. During post processing though, it began to grow on me. Still, not the best one of the bunch. No, the best one I saved for last. It combines my two favorite things. Can you guess what those are?

If you answered gourmet and diamonds, close but no cigar. If you answered food and weddings, DING DING DING. There’s my beauty sitting atop one of the recent Bon Appetite issues - that gorgeously roasted chicken. Seriously, seeing that mag when I walk into the apartment makes my mouth water. Much like seeing a gorgeous wedding, I just can’t turn off the Pavlovian response.

Like many a bee to go before me, I consulted the Ann Ruthmann tutorial before snapping these shots. If you’ve given Ann’s tutorial a whirl, I’d love to see what you came up with in the Gallery! Happy shooting and happy chicken eating!