Gorgeous Bride Lauren

Lauren was a blast to work with.  She had a whole room full of friends and family on her wedding day and they all made me feel like one of the crowd.  I must have done 12 woman's makeup that day but I honestly just lost track.  What I do know is that it is any makeup artists dream to work with a bride a beautiful (inside and out) as Lauren.  We had a lot of fun getting ready and I can only imagine what kind of crazy fun they had at the wedding.  Enjoy the beautiful pics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Bride

I have a special fondness for birdcage veils and I have been waiting for a bride to finally use one, so I am sending huge thank yous to Amanda!!!!!  Amanda was married at Turf Valley Country Club on a beautiful September day.  I just loved her look.  She wore a very special and unique lace vintage inspired gown and her hair and makeup went right along with her look.  Amanda's sister-in-law, Melanie, is a fabulous hair stylist based in Chicago and she created a beautiful vintage look. Amanda decided to keep her signature short hairstyle instead of growing out her hair for the wedding and Melanie was able to do a soft finger wave style that was perfection.  Thank you Amanda for sharing your special day and your photos with me.  You are beautiful!

 

 

 

Feature Wedding: Sarah weds in DC

I am so thankful that Kelley and I were able to join Sarah on her wedding day.  Kelley rocked everyone's hair and Sarah was an absolutely stunning bride.  Sarah was married in DC on a gorgeous summer day. She was surrounded by her sweet family members from Ireland and from the looks of the photos, the event was spectacular.  Sara said they even had their very own Kareoke hour.  How fun!  The photos were taken by Rachel Naft of RMN photography.  Don't you just love all the photos by the fountain.

Her dress was vintage inspired and it was a beautiful blush color.  I actually found out about one of my new favortite kids specialty store from Sarah's sister who lives in Ireland.  The flower girls dresses are from Monsoon and I am considering purchasing my daughters flower girl dress for my sister-in-law's wedding from there since their dresses are soooo darn adorable.  Have fun looking at her photos, I sure did!

Brides Against Breast Cancer

This is a great organization doing a great thing and one of my former brides just emailed me about it so I wanted to share it with all of you.  Even if you are already married, they accept gowns that you can donate.  And if you are dress shopping, what a great way to get a designer gown at a discount and help out a great cause!  Let me know if anyone of you are planning on going.  If you want more information click here.

Who did her Hair?

I adore these photos from Kaja's wedding. I was not able to do the makeup for Kaja's wedding but Kelley was able to do the hair for Kaja and all of her bridal party. Since Kelley will not brag about how fabulous she is, I have taken it upon myself to do the job. Granted, Kaja and the bridal party were out of this world gorgeous, but you have to admit that the hair looks pretty darn fantastic. Stephen from Love Life Images (one of my favorite photo journalism groups) photographed the wedding and he did such a fabulous job that I could just look at these pictures all day.

The wedding took place at The Swedish Embassy in Washington DC and all of the details were very special and unique. Kaja even wore a surprise blue dress that was a stunning work of art.
Kaja, you are a beautiful bride and I wish for you a beautiful life with Dan!

I want one of these bridesmaid dresses!

What a gorgeous shot!

This picture cracks me up. She is so adorable.