Happy Weekend!

Creative Engagement Sessions Part II

Living in Southern California there are few who haven't tried (and fallen for) "SUP" or Stand Up Paddling. For their engagement session, Sarah + Luke took to their boards dressed to the nines and made this shoot look effortless. Photos courtesy of Fondly Forever.

Creative Engagement Sessions Part I

I have an unnatural fear of Turbines but I absolutely love this engagement session in Palm Springs. These pictures are HOT HOT HOT! Images Courtesy of Fondly Forever

Happy Valentine's Day!

Still Obsessing Over Chevron

Cake via Sweet Grace Dress via Etsy Bouquet via Jen's Blossoms Bowtie Dog Collar via Etsy

Holiday Cards Already (Oh My!)

The kids are back to school and life is beginning to get over-scheduled again...but I am going to get a head start to the Holiday Season...Starting now!

Shutterfly.com has the most adorable Greeting Cards (they will even mail them for you).  If you move quickly you can even score 10FREECARDS (expires today).

Here's a sneak preview of mine ;)

5x7 Folded Card

View the entire collection of cards.

DIY Bourbon Tasting Bar

A guest post by Calder Clark.

If you think Southern weddings are all about peonies, parasols, and pink bows, you just wait... 

Case in point: one of our clients let us have a little fun at their fall wedding down on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, recently. When tasked with conjuring up a cocktail activity that was Southern and sure to be a crowd pleaser, we jumped at the challenge. And that's exactly how our small batch bourbon bar (pictured below) was born.

My groom dutifully “researched” the barrel-aged sauce while we spent the summer haunting antique malls for a collection of old cut crystal decanters and vintage cocktail glassware. After selecting two beautiful charred oak barrels as a table base, we had our production team build and patinate a thick piece of copper for the bar top. A few leather-handled ice buckets and pewter ice scoops later, and voilà—the cocktail hour pièce de résistance was finally assembled.

Guests literally drank us out of house and home, which is the ultimate goal of course. I think I saw some elbow-throwing as folks bellied up to the bar to sample the various batches.

With or without a production team, all you really need for a party version of this idea is great bourbon and great friends. We provided the list of bourbon!

Here are some of our go-tos: 
Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select
Labrot & Graham
Versailles, Kentucky
Aged, Unknown
Proof 90.4

Ridgemont Reserve 1792
Barton Brands Distilling
Bardstown, Kentucky
Aged, Eight Years
Proof 93.7

Basil Hayden’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Jim Beam Distillery
Clermont, Kentucky
Aged, Eight Years
Proof 80

Jefferson’s Reserve
McClain & Kyne Distillery
Bardstown, Kentucky
Aged, Twelve to Fourteen Years
Proof 90.2

Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve
Old Rip Van Winkle’s Distillery
Louisville, Kentucky
Aged, Fifteen Years
Proof 107

Four Roses Small Batch
Four Roses Distillery
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Aged, Unknown
Proof 90

**One more takeaway tip: we had crushed ice, fresh mint, lemons, and limes available on the off chance that garnishes were needed . . . but almost all enjoyed it neat. 

Photo credits: A Bryan Photo