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Last Sunday, Jason and I attended the North Country Bridal Expo at the Rainbow Banquet Hall in Altona. We’ve been doing bridal expos since we started back in 2000 and, although we are already experiencing a pleasantly packed calender for 2010, we couldn’t imagine not going. For one, we are always looking to book odd dates and there are always a few brides planning for the following year (which I love!) but also because it’s a super fun way to chat with brides that are already booked with us, keep in touch with other bridal vendors and stay current in the wedding industry in our area.

This time we were also very pleased to be debuting our two newest albums! A more in depth post about these albums will be coming soon, but for now, the sneak peek of their covers and of the swatch set for the first album. Pretty sexy stuff! My heart pounds just looking at them…

I also had a little extra fun at this show and decided to plan my own wedding! Yes, I am already married, but a girl can dream, right? So, here it is, if I did it all over again these are a just few of the things I would choose!

Mineral makeup from the gals over at Ultimate Skin Solutions (518-566-SKIN). I love natural beauty products and toiletries and use them on myself and my family as much as I can, so these products were right up my alley…

Ahhh… my dress! I guess I should correct myself here and say *ahem* my “imaginary” dress! I chose this simple and elegant number from Laura’s Bridal – this is the Reese gown by Maggie Sottero. Gorgeous, simple and with just the right amount of bling. And since this is my imaginary wedding day, I think I want to look like the model too   Beautiful…     We had feathers in the center pieces at our real wedding, so this bouquet really caught my eye. Blingy, but not over the top! This design comes from Nelson’s Flower Shop.

Cake would a hard one to choose because there are so many great cake makers in this area. This design from Heavenly Cakes would be perfect for me because I love simple cake designs! Buuuttt… the Rainbow Hall makes a strawberry shortcake wedding cake that is to die for! Amazing cake people around here, I tell ya!And finally, to wash down all of that yummy cake, I’d have the folks from Parasols (518-483-1733) come set up so that my guests could help themselves to a hot cup o’ joe, but in all of the fanciest flavors of course! Nothin’s too good for my imaginary guests! Ha ha!And since it is our tradition to always snap a few photos of ourselves at the show, we did that too. For some reason, the girls at Laura’s Bridal thought my poses were halarious. Just proves what side of the camera I am more comfortable being on! Ha ha! Here is one not-so-dorky one of myself…

A nice one of Jason…And one set up by those funny girls that were laughing at us! Thank you Victoria and Danielle  for keeping us entertained! So funny…On the way home we snatched a couple of the Rainbow’s chocolate cupcakes with fluffy whipped frosting for our sweeties! Yum!   Milo wore his “blue wedding veil” to eat his “wedding cake”! One day he will hate me for posting these… so shhhhh… it’ll be our lil’ secret! I could just smoosh that little face…Ughhh… another little face I just want to smoosh! Lola! I guess true love can be defined as actually ENJOYING watching another person make a complete mess of your dining room for the sole purpose of seeing how cute and happy they can be! Ha ha!

Have a great week all! And congrats to all you lucky girls that are actually planning the real deal!

Wow! I didn’t realize the full impact of our year til I started to choose my very favorites from 2009 and now I am blown away! Not just by the sheer quantity of photos in this post, but by the faces in them. Each and every one of the people in these photos shaped our year in one way or another. Some were so very kind and caring. Many were laid back. Some were nervous. A few were showy (we have loads of fun with the showy ones). And all were our guinea pigs in one way or another, letting us experiment with creativity and angles and lighting, and being so trusting about it. So many times we heard the words “we trust you”, “just do what you think will look good”, and “that’s why we hired you”. Fun words to hear when we were craving creativity, style and freshness. We kind of spent our summer running around like kids in a candy shop, trying it all out, summing it all up, and breathing it all in. For that and so much more I’d like to thank all of our wonderful clients for making 2009 such a fantastic year! Thank you all!

So, here we go… 80 of our favorite photos of 2009, one to represent each shoot (commercial shoots not included, lol)…