Wedding Blog

… was, hands-down, the worst part of our wedding. Photography was, is, and continues to be such a huge aspect of that day, that it really kills me to do this.

I’m not going to review him.

So, suffice it to say that he was the most unprofessional photographer that I, my family, or guests had ever met, and I still get emails about his antics to…

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Joanna from A Cup of Jo found this first, and I’d thought I’d pass it along. For those of you on a budget, or even for those of you who like to give flowers as a gift, Real Simple has a guide to making rather lovely bouquets from supermarket flowers!

{Continued from PART I: A Journey of Three Thousand Miles }

So, where were we? Ah yes, crammed into the back of the family van, sandwiched between suitcases and suits and boxes and dresses and giant mountain dogs. Good times. We drove across the Prairies and experienced all the wonder of the plains (Hay! Horizon! More hay! Ooh, corn, that’s different…), and when those fifteen minutes had…

By now I think everyone is very familiar with the wicked cinematography skills of the men at Still Motion (see our same-day-edit and trash-the-dress) but there is also one powerhouse of a female photographer behind it all, too. Amina gave up her camera on our wedding day to shoot video in Super8, and we had so many guests tell us just how undaunted she was…

Wow. If I could do our cake topper over again…

{ all sculptures and images by TanjaN1 }

The French girl:

*and by “teaser” I mean one of the four semi-decent wedding photos we have.

(Post processing done by me, full review of our “photographer” to come later)

My mother was always (and still is) afraid of candles. Whether that fear was because of the possibility of a fire, or because of an unfounded belief that the ceilings might get mussy, I still don’t know. She has passed on that fear to only one of us, the middle Sister Shortcake. Youngest Sister Shortcake has always been one match short of being a pyromaniac,…

Alright ladies, this one has been a long time in the making.

Despite the fact that these talented folks have proven themselves beyond capable of putting together a same day edit in less than 60 minutes, Patrick from still-motion spent many a night over the past few months searching for the perfect song to go with some truly amazing photographs, vintage super8, and his highly…

Mr. Shortcake and I got married on October 4th because it was one of the only two dates available for our reception. The other date was October 31st, and I struggled to decide between the two. Loving Halloween as much as I do, I was pumped at the thought of having such a unique un-wedding-y wedding. In the end, we chose the 4th because our…

I L-O-V-E photography. It’s not even funny. If I didn’t have such an understanding husband, I’m sure I would be receiving my share of funny looks when I stroke my camera, caressing its body, whispering sweet nothings into the lens hood. Now that The Party has passed, I finally feel free to concentrate on the little flickers (flickrs?) of hobbies that have burst into flame…

One bad thing about being on vacation for 2+ weeks (What? There’s a CON?!), is that you have to be away from loved ones for 2+ weeks. I don’t know about you, but I am SUCH a family person that everything I see, or do, or eat on vacation makes me think, “oh, so-and-so would LOVE this!” This has happened more times than we can…

{PHOTO TAKEN ON WAIKIKI BEACH}

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Pssst, I love Mr. Shortcake! Pass it on!

Wow. I never, ever expected such an outpouring of love and support. 100+ comments? Thank you.

I really shouldn’t be writing anymore (Mr. Shortcake is all suited up, board in hand, waiting to go down to Waikiki beach), but after so many expressions of concern, I thought it might be cruel not to fill you all in on the second part of The Shortcake Saga.

Yes, the…

(Photo of our church earlier that week. Photo by my father)

I wish that I could say that our wedding was perfect. Not many weddings are. I just wish our wedding had been a little bit closer to what I had been expecting. I’ll post in depth recaps later, but right now, I just have to get this off of my chest.