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We’ve been seeing quite a few fantastic holiday cards come across our desks — some of them just make us laugh out loud, like this one!! Ah, the unfettered joy of the holiday season! (Thanks to the Clancy’s for sharing!)
Nicole and Sinan were married at the Warwick, in Philadelphia, PA in mid-October. Nicole found me through Weddingbee, and I was more than happy to make the trip down to Philly for her wedding ceremony. Nicole is American and Jewish, and Sinan is Turkish and Muslim, so I worked with them to create a multi-cultural ceremony with a few elements that reflected each of their backgrounds – combined with their incredible Love Story and lots of laughter.
A few days before the wedding, Nicole emailed me and said that there was a Turkish tradition they wanted to include – the bestowing of jewelry on the bride! Just after being declared husband and wife, the groom’s family were invited up to the chuppah, where they SHOWERED Nicole in beautiful jewelry (gold is traditional). Necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings were presented from her new in-laws. It was a wonderful way to show their happiness and excitement to welcome Nicole into their family!
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{Image by Li Ward of Fat Orange Cat Studio}
I thought I would peek my head in at least once this week. Hi! I seem to be on a once a week posting schedule as of late. It has been a few weeks of a lot of work with little to show. It happens. But the next couple of weeks are going to be full of new invitation designs for some winter weddings, save the date designs for spring weddings, including my own save the date!
So much love and joy makes me feel like my job is so easy that I feel like I’m cheating. Namrata and Pavan’s day was so magical and beautiful, and so appropriately on Halloween, that the pictures pretty much took themselves. And how cool is it that they shut down a block of 12th Street in downtown Philly so the Barat processional could make it’s way down Market Street! So cool! Namrata and Pavan are beautiful and gorgeous. Sometimes I think, when my clients approach me and declare that they are not photogenic, it’s just that they’ve never really really been photographed. People who experience joy and love are always beautiful. It’s not cliche, it’s true!
We’ve been doing many seating charts lately and I have mentioned all of the sports-themed charts, but here is a different take with a college themed chart - “A Dartmouth Love Story.” My guess would be that a large majority of the wedding guests were a part of this Darmouth love story and probably loved the tie-in to the wedding!
Photography by Jerry and Ingrid
Page and Kevin’s wedding at the Foreign Cinema in San Francisco was a wedding that we’d love to shoot twice. It’s one of those weddings that was not overly produced, but had all the right touches that spoke volumes of their style. I think it was the first time that we saw a wedding guest teleconference into the reception, because she just had a baby hours before. I guess that’s a good enough excuse to miss your friend’s wedding. We had a hard time editing down this set, because there were so many awesome images. This venue and all the guests made us into happy photographers for the day.
With Thanksgiving being today, I thought it would be fun to leave with you with a little Thanksgiving inspiration. I will be taking Thursday and Friday off to be with my family. Wishing you and yours a fabulous Thanksgiving! In the spirit of Thanksgiving I just want to let you all know I am so grateful to all of you that continue to read my daily musings! I am also grateful to be spending this Thanksgiving with my family. What are you grateful for?
From the top a fabulous thanksgiving dessert from my favorite Sunday Suppers. A honeyed fig and lavender crostata…yum!! An inspired feather place setting via Martha Stewart. A vintage biscuit label…LOVE! A thanksgiving greeting card via Wiley Valentine. The most divine table scape via 100 Layer Cake. A letterpress gratitude journal via Wiley Valentine. And of course this would not be complete without a little Amy Atlas thanksgiving dessert bar, photos by Allan Zepeda for Mel Barlow Photography. Be back Monday!
As a cake designer, I definitely tend to enjoy making high-end, fashion forward wedding cakes more than party cakes, but recently I have started being more selective with the party cake orders I have been taking and only choosing ones that I really feel I can put my own spin on them. I don’t want to copy any party cakes or pump out a million kids cakes a weekend (like a lot of bakeries do)… I went into this business to be a custom cake shop where my clients would have one-of-a-kind cakes that reflected their styles and types of events. This past year I have tried to start using a lot more new techniques at the shop and really utilize everyone’s talents on my team. I tend to want to do everything myself since I ran my business like that for almost 2 years, but these past few months I have been inspired and honored to work with people on my team. I try to push them harder and help them refine their talents and skills and I find they are doing the same for me. So before I show these fabulous photos I have to give a shout out to Susie, Louisa, Heather, Sara, Tim, Rosie, and Geoff!!! I have been so blessed with such a wonderful team and of course I could never do it without my sweet Mommy & Daddy… you’re the best parents a girl could ask for!
This first cake was actually for a a old school friend of mine. She contacted me a couple weeks ago as she was planning her mother’s 50th surprise birthday party and wanted a fashion forward cake. This cake was definitely a little challenging, but in the end I was quite happy with it.
Today we get to find out if we’re having a little he or a little she. I can’t wait!
Until then, check out the latest little bridal order I made for LeeAnn. She’s one of my rare local brides here in Nebraska and I can’t wait to see how her blue/green/jewel-toned wedding comes together this weekend. I wish her and her fiance all the best!
Here are some of the latest things that are leaving the studio…
This was a fun invite we did with the fabulous Black Ink in Pacific Palisades. The client chose the Ashley invitation from our Luxe album but chose a different flower for a more custom feel.
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