Kim and Zak had a DIY wedding in Dallas, Texas that was beautiful!  The best part about this wedding was that it had perfect details that fit who Kim and Zak were!  They are both creative spirits and they, including the wedding party had every little detail made by hand.  The bride even learned how to felt so she could make a custom cake topper.  I was sure that they could all start their own event planning business.  My eyes were in creative heaven to see the aqua and red designs unfold throughout the day!  A special thanks to Lauren for assisting me.  Congrats to Kim and Zak...

Getting ready at The Joule Hotel




The wonderful details the wedding party provided.  I love the old fashioned straws that were placed in blue jelly cars. The flowers were provided by Tami with The Blooming Bride.

A family friend and WONDERFUL baker, Terri Edrich provided the yummy cupcakes and the brides handmade cake topper was a hit!
 

I am happy to feature one of my amazing vendors this week.  If you are a bride who has received your wedding album you have likely worked with Katie at KruBooks.  She is my album designer who has been amazing this year in designing all of my wedding albums.  Katie has had a passion for album design for a long time and wanted to make that into a full time job...in 2007 she made that happen and started KruBooks.  Her work shows her passion for her job, plus, she is amazing to work with.  Here is a recent wedding she designed for Oscar and Jessica! I think it turned out wonderful and I know that they will love it!  Click on the slideshow link to view the full album! 

bao and tam are quite a pair.  between the two of them their passions are shopping and collecting toys!  i loved this engagement session and the fact that we got to play in bao's hobby.  he had had a long time desire  for collecting toys from the 80's and most of them are transformers.  i loved creating the series for them at the bottom.
 

this week i was able to attend a workshop to better my skills as a photographer.  i highly recommend pushing yourself to do things that make you a better photographer.  this workshop was amazing and it really spoke to me in how i will be spending my whole life learning about photography...and pushing myself further.  zack arias is a great teacher and really pushes you!  here are some images that i shot from the day shoot.  thanks to mark and tracy for being our beautiful models.