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03/14/2019

Where my engaged couples at?!

We all know that the wedding planning process can be overwhelming - join me and some amazingly talented wedding professionals with for a day of education and inspiration on March 24th!

02/02/2019

A little and a little comin’ atcha.

One thing I love about this industry of ours is connecting and collaborating with crazy talented people.

So today, I’m throwin’ it back to the first day Vintage Meets Modern - Event Rentals, , and I got to create together and the magic that ensued.

Here’s to many more! xx @ Portland, Oregon

01/30/2019

A little real talk tonight.

I should be working. Better yet, I should be sleeping. But instead I’m diving headfirst into this tub of ice cream, because . This week has been filled with two busy toddlers, swim lessons, a trip to the ER (my husband seems to have partially torn his bicep tendon), family in town from overseas, and some big deliverables for a client. And it’s only Tuesday.

Social media makes it easy to seem like we always have our s**t together, but sometimes things can get overwhelming and I’m learning that it’s okay to show myself a little grace and bust out the biggest spoon I can find.

You feelin’ it, too? Come on over, I got a spoon for you, too.

01/22/2019

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only LIGHT can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only LOVE can do that.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/19/2019

Happy Friday, friends!

Wild night over here with my cup of honey lavender tea, winding down early for a change! This weekend will mostly be filled with some proper 2019 goal setting (in my amazing , which I live by - more to come on this), finishing my tax prep, soccer for the babes, a baby shower, and gearing up for the Venue Crawl next weekend!

What’ve you got going on? A little work? A little play?

01/15/2019

That afternoon slump is hitting me real hard, today! The kids are napping, and while normally I'd be working out, sending out emails, editing, or taking care of something around the house, I decided to just give into it and take a break today.
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Instead, I'm sitting on the porch with a cup of coffee, thinking about how blessed I am to get to choose to do this. When I turned this passion into a business in 2010, I had one goal in mind: to slowly build it over time, so that when we finally grew our family, I could be home with these little babes.

They were my "why" before they even existed, and while nothing else may have gone as planned, getting to this was all worth it.

01/13/2019

I almost didn’t post this - you know, the non-professional iPhone snap of an “imperfect” piece taken on my kitchen island. But today, I did something I am known to be the absolute worst at: I did something for ME.

I went to ‘s amazing intro to watercolor florals workshop and worked with a medium that is so unfamiliar to me, and I got so much more out of it than I intended.

Another attendee asked Kaitlyn how she got started painting with watercolors, and her answer hit so close to home for me: she talked about how in her life and with her work (calligraphy), everything is so precise and she is known to be a complete perfectionist. Painting with watercolors was a way to release, and to relinquish some of that “control.” You have to just go where the water takes you.

So, it looks like I’m going to have a weekly date - with myself - to practice with this new medium and to learn to embrace the seemingly imperfect.

01/11/2019

Friday is the best! And to make it even better, we are giving away a FREE pair of tickets to the first ever Venue Crawl on 1/26!
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Join us as we take you to the best venues the city has to offer, fully styled by teams of amazing vendors. This is your one stop shop for wedding planning and we can’t wait to see you!
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To enter to win:
1. Follow all of the amazing vendors tagged in this photo.
2. Find this post on account (she's the planner that'll be hanging with me!), and leave a comment telling us why you want to win.
3. Check back on post on Monday and see if you’ve won!
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Good luck! xx
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01/09/2019

Most nights, you can find me sitting at my desk plugging away after I get the kids to bed, already dreaming of the cup of coffee I’ll definitely be needing the next morning.

Anyone else both a night owl and a morning person like me? Finding that balance is always a struggle. All I know is, until my babies are in school, I’ll happily keep giving my family most of my attention all day, even if it means working late into the night.

01/07/2019

One of my very favorite things to capture: uninhibited love and laughter - which is one of the very reasons I look to capture . I want people to remember how they FELT, not just how they looked.
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01/06/2019

Florals really do elevate a tablescape. Still crushing on this gorgeous arrangement by . Rentals by .

01/05/2019

“Let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
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Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
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-Khalil Gibran

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