Letterpress

I'm a journal junkie. I love old books, leather bound notebooks, old time journals wrapped in twine...and paper. I'll stick my nose in a journal before I buy it to see what it smells like. It has to smell aged, enticing, and beckon you to tell your secrets and your deepest fears and hopes.

When we first started our business, I had these grand ideas of what I wanted for our business cards, our note cards, things like that. But like most things in my life, my crazy ideas of grandeur are usually brought back down to reality when I look at cost as an option.

Well lookie! I finally can check off business cards and note cards from my list. We just got these in from Thomas Printers and I couldnt be more satisfied with them! Keep an eye on your mailboxes - you'll never know when one of these little pieces of awesomeness might show up!

Dwell in Possibility...
Cassie

Kalyn and DJ: The Engagement

Have you ever met a client in gym clothes? I dont like to make a habit of it, but it's happened twice this year! Kalyn and her fiance DJ have crazy, crazy schedules; they couldnt be more polar opposites when it comes to days off or hours worked. Listening to Kalyn run through what a typical day was like for her I remember thinking "good grief girl! grab a red bull or something!" When our schedules finally meshed together so we could meet for the first time, I showed up in gym clothes and her in beach wear. Yeah, her day was much better than mine. She went to the beach after our meeting and I went and killed the treadmill for about an hour.

Due to the crazy schedules both Kalyn and DJ hold, we werent able to have dinner with them together after their shoot like we normally do. Instead, we took a rain check for later this month when their schedules were less hectic. But from the short time that I got to observe Kalyn and DJ's interaction, I was so in love with the two of them. Have you ever had the occasion to meet a couple and not be able to tell where the one person ends and the other begins? Everything about the two of them centered around each other's movements. It was so captivating to watch...without knowing it, they moved together as one person. Something Kalyn said recently really sums them up..."I now know why I eat chocolate when I miss DJ. It fills that smooth and sweet void that he normally occupies."

Dwell in Possibility...
Cassie

Lauren and Shay: The Wedding

Theres a section in my bridal questionnaire where I ask about a story. It's a story of love, of fate, of two people coming together and the world stopping for a moment. The stories are always different - I have yet to read one story like another. These stories are what breathe life into my business. It's what helps me understand just how I'm going to capture two people in love with my camera. And it's one of my favorite things about being a wedding photographer.

Lauren and I first met at our very first Bridal Faire. It was a crazy overwhelming experience being in a room full of amazing wedding vendors and trying to stand out and grab your bride's attention. In all honesty, I left that experience vowing I would never attend a show as a vendor again and that I doubt one bride was going to remember me out of the slew. Little did I know that I was wrong. I went into the show experience asking that God allow us two brides...that was all I wanted. I thought if I at least could meet and develop a relationship with two, it would have made the show worth it. The funny ways that God works, we were given more than two great relationships. But Lauren was my first!

When Lauren contacted me after the show, I waited in eager anticipation for her story. And her story? Well, it brought me to tears. I remember after I read it, I ran to Andrew and gave him the biggest hug I could muster.

Lauren and Shay could not be more opposite. Shay enjoys the woods, hunting, getting dirty and wearing camo and boots. Lauren prefers the hunt of shopping and a good pair of heels and her heart swoons for a beautiful set of pearls. While opposites they may be, they fell head over heels {and boots} for one another. As the two grew closer and their love began to bloom, Shay discovered that he had a brain tumor. After intensive surgery and recovery, Shay proposed to Lauren as he realizing that life is short and precious and that he wanted to spend every moment of it with her.

So, on the white sands of the beautiful beaches in Destin, Lauren and Shay sealed their love for one another in front of their friends and family. Lauren, Shay, thank you two so much for the opportunity to share in your story. And thank you for the lesson that life is short and precious and to be thankful for every moment. Enjoy the moments!

Dwell in Possibility...
Cassie