• I am here for you. And I am listening. #blackoutday2020
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    I am here for you. And I am listening. #blackoutday2020
  • I have never thought of myself as a "racist" for the simple fact that I wasn't racist. I believed in equality, inclusion, and that treating others as I wanted to be treated counted me out of the "racist" category.⁠ ⁠ But just because I believe those things, doesn't just opt me out of being a "racist". Even though I truly believe that all humans deserve to be treated the same - it's within my quietness where I fall to error.⁠ ⁠ Just because I FEEL something doesn't change a damn thing. Just because I BELIEVE something doesn't change a damn thing. It is my words, my actions - YOU'RE words, YOU'RE actions that begin to make the changes. Changes which will undoubtedly take time and work, but changes that need to be made.⁠ ⁠ So I'm muting my @coffeewithheather account from today through the 7th to allow POC and BLM accounts to rise above the noise. I am taking this time to listen and learn. I will never know how it feels, I couldn't choose to be born white or black. But I will do everything in my physical ability to stand with and for the black community.⁠ ⁠ Because Black Lives Matter
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    I have never thought of myself as a "racist" for the simple fact that I wasn't racist. I believed in equality, inclusion, and that treating others as I wanted to be treated counted me out of the "racist" category.⁠ ⁠ But just because I believe those things, doesn't just opt me out of being a "racist". Even though I truly believe that all humans deserve to be treated the same - it's within my quietness where I fall to error.⁠ ⁠ Just because I FEEL something doesn't change a damn thing. Just because I BELIEVE something doesn't change a damn thing. It is my words, my actions - YOU'RE words, YOU'RE actions that begin to make the changes. Changes which will undoubtedly take time and work, but changes that need to be made.⁠ ⁠ So I'm muting my @coffeewithheather account from today through the 7th to allow POC and BLM accounts to rise above the noise. I am taking this time to listen and learn. I will never know how it feels, I couldn't choose to be born white or black. But I will do everything in my physical ability to stand with and for the black community.⁠ ⁠ Because Black Lives Matter
  • I'm going to be quite frank, today I'd originally planned a post about elopements + sweetheart tables; featuring some of my favorite designers, cake decorators + florists. But I simply could not post that today.⁠ ⁠ Five-years ago I went on a trip to Guatemala with my university on a service trip. Before we even left US soil, we were required to attend weekly "classes" as a group to learn about the cultures we would be immersed in for 14+ days.⁠ ⁠ On one of the last lectures, before we went on our trip, our speaker made a statement to us as a whole that I've carried with me since then. He said:⁠ ⁠ "There is no denying that being white instantly gives you more privilege, especially if you're a white male. Now, none of us can choose how, when, or where we're born. We can't choose to be born white or black, Latino or Asian. What we can choose, is if we are born with such "privileges" is how we choose to use those birth-given privileges. Because being born white doesn't mean you're entitled. It means you've go to make sure every other human is treated equally".⁠ ⁠ I was born into a German family. My Oma survived WW2 as her family hid Jews in her attic while losing her father amongst other family members + friends in unmarked graves all over Europe. From the time I was born, it was ingrained into me that defaulting someone's basic human rights simply because they believe something different or look different was not something that was going to be tolerated.⁠ ⁠ Right now we're facing an injustice, an inhuman injustice. Now is not the time to turn away, now is not the time to hide. Now is not the time to be neutral. Now is not the time to turn a blind eye. ⁠ ⁠ Now is the time to LISTEN to our friends + neighbors of color. Now is the time to rise them up and fight FOR THEM.⁠ ⁠ As a Christian it's easy to say, "you're in my thoughts and prayers" + trust me, George Floyd + this nation's people ARE in my thoughts and prayers daily. But we need to do more than just pass off injustice with prayer + thoughts. I will not turn a blind eye + I beg you to do the same.⁠ ⁠ #blacklivesmatter
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    I'm going to be quite frank, today I'd originally planned a post about elopements + sweetheart tables; featuring some of my favorite designers, cake decorators + florists. But I simply could not post that today.⁠ ⁠ Five-years ago I went on a trip to Guatemala with my university on a service trip. Before we even left US soil, we were required to attend weekly "classes" as a group to learn about the cultures we would be immersed in for 14+ days.⁠ ⁠ On one of the last lectures, before we went on our trip, our speaker made a statement to us as a whole that I've carried with me since then. He said:⁠ ⁠ "There is no denying that being white instantly gives you more privilege, especially if you're a white male. Now, none of us can choose how, when, or where we're born. We can't choose to be born white or black, Latino or Asian. What we can choose, is if we are born with such "privileges" is how we choose to use those birth-given privileges. Because being born white doesn't mean you're entitled. It means you've go to make sure every other human is treated equally".⁠ ⁠ I was born into a German family. My Oma survived WW2 as her family hid Jews in her attic while losing her father amongst other family members + friends in unmarked graves all over Europe. From the time I was born, it was ingrained into me that defaulting someone's basic human rights simply because they believe something different or look different was not something that was going to be tolerated.⁠ ⁠ Right now we're facing an injustice, an inhuman injustice. Now is not the time to turn away, now is not the time to hide. Now is not the time to be neutral. Now is not the time to turn a blind eye. ⁠ ⁠ Now is the time to LISTEN to our friends + neighbors of color. Now is the time to rise them up and fight FOR THEM.⁠ ⁠ As a Christian it's easy to say, "you're in my thoughts and prayers" + trust me, George Floyd + this nation's people ARE in my thoughts and prayers daily. But we need to do more than just pass off injustice with prayer + thoughts. I will not turn a blind eye + I beg you to do the same.⁠ ⁠ #blacklivesmatter
  • Wanna know why both my husband + I wish we'd eloped? Granted, this was almost 7-years ago + eloping still was viewed as "just getting married at the courthouse". But when my now husband proposed, we'd planned on having an autumn wedding (my love for the season is a little overboard.) However, shortly after he proposed, he got orders to deploy at the end of the summer, so it was either move up the wedding date or wait till he returned. Looking back, this is where I wish we'd had stopped to look at other options besides planning a full wedding in 4-months (because holy moly!) But I didn't want to wait for him to come back...so I bulldozed on planning a 150-count wedding in 4-months. Yup, I was tired + it was a lot of work. But this isn't why we wished we would have eloped. 1) My husband and I were hosts, not guests. Even though we rented out everything from venue, to a caterer to a day of coordinator...at the end of the day...our wedding was a party for our guests. Making us the hosts. We spent so much time entertaining others and "making the rounds" the only "us" time we got was the 15-minutes our photographer pulled us away for bridals. 2) With how much money we spent, we could have taken at least two crazy cool trips. Yeah, my husband + I LOVE to travel - this is no secret! Even though our wedding was on the lower scale of budgets, we still could have gone on a few trips instead of having frozen pulled pork + wedding cake take up our entire freezer for 18-months. Experience over Stuff is something we learned here. 3) The anxiety + stress of pleasing everyone almost did me in. I'm a people pleaser by fault. So when not only my mama, but MIL + distant relatives from my husbands side started knocking on our door (or at least bombarding us with texts + emails) + it was clear I wasn't going to be able to please everyone, the anxiety + stress really took over my body. Let me tell you, 1 celebration of getting married is not a place where that high of stress should reside! If your engaged + have questions about which direction you should go, DM me and I can send you countless resources to help you decide if you should elope or plan a traditional wedding 🙌🏼🧡
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    Wanna know why both my husband + I wish we'd eloped? Granted, this was almost 7-years ago + eloping still was viewed as "just getting married at the courthouse". But when my now husband proposed, we'd planned on having an autumn wedding (my love for the season is a little overboard.) However, shortly after he proposed, he got orders to deploy at the end of the summer, so it was either move up the wedding date or wait till he returned. Looking back, this is where I wish we'd had stopped to look at other options besides planning a full wedding in 4-months (because holy moly!) But I didn't want to wait for him to come back...so I bulldozed on planning a 150-count wedding in 4-months. Yup, I was tired + it was a lot of work. But this isn't why we wished we would have eloped. 1) My husband and I were hosts, not guests. Even though we rented out everything from venue, to a caterer to a day of coordinator...at the end of the day...our wedding was a party for our guests. Making us the hosts. We spent so much time entertaining others and "making the rounds" the only "us" time we got was the 15-minutes our photographer pulled us away for bridals. 2) With how much money we spent, we could have taken at least two crazy cool trips. Yeah, my husband + I LOVE to travel - this is no secret! Even though our wedding was on the lower scale of budgets, we still could have gone on a few trips instead of having frozen pulled pork + wedding cake take up our entire freezer for 18-months. Experience over Stuff is something we learned here. 3) The anxiety + stress of pleasing everyone almost did me in. I'm a people pleaser by fault. So when not only my mama, but MIL + distant relatives from my husbands side started knocking on our door (or at least bombarding us with texts + emails) + it was clear I wasn't going to be able to please everyone, the anxiety + stress really took over my body. Let me tell you, 1 celebration of getting married is not a place where that high of stress should reside! If your engaged + have questions about which direction you should go, DM me and I can send you countless resources to help you decide if you should elope or plan a traditional wedding 🙌🏼🧡
  • Idaho's Canyonlands has a very special place in my heart; just like these two + this day does.⁠ ⁠ There's something undeniably magical about this underrated high desert. With its endless sagebrush + various rock formations created by thousands of years of prehistoric rivers, glaciers + volcanic eruptions.⁠ Idaho's Canyonlands feels like you've landed on a whole other planet.⁠ ⁠ As the sun hung high for the majority of our day out here last summer, the breeze + pockets of shade in between all the different rock formations became a small refuge as Alex + Alex explored this small corner of the Canyonlands with me.⁠ ⁠ This tender, small moment came at the end of our day when I'd found these yellow flowers that we all loved. I simply asked them to sit together as one. The desert breeze fluttered around them while the sun began to hang low + casted these deep long shadows. It was such a quiet + tender moment, something that can't be fully orchestrated or controlled.⁠ ⁠ It's these small, fleeting, unchoreographed moments that stand out. They're filled with an undeniable emotion and it's these moments that will forever fuel what I do + strive with each couple...to let them be them...and just allow these gentle moments to occur. To let go of control and instead let it naturally happen.
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    Idaho's Canyonlands has a very special place in my heart; just like these two + this day does.⁠ ⁠ There's something undeniably magical about this underrated high desert. With its endless sagebrush + various rock formations created by thousands of years of prehistoric rivers, glaciers + volcanic eruptions.⁠ Idaho's Canyonlands feels like you've landed on a whole other planet.⁠ ⁠ As the sun hung high for the majority of our day out here last summer, the breeze + pockets of shade in between all the different rock formations became a small refuge as Alex + Alex explored this small corner of the Canyonlands with me.⁠ ⁠ This tender, small moment came at the end of our day when I'd found these yellow flowers that we all loved. I simply asked them to sit together as one. The desert breeze fluttered around them while the sun began to hang low + casted these deep long shadows. It was such a quiet + tender moment, something that can't be fully orchestrated or controlled.⁠ ⁠ It's these small, fleeting, unchoreographed moments that stand out. They're filled with an undeniable emotion and it's these moments that will forever fuel what I do + strive with each couple...to let them be them...and just allow these gentle moments to occur. To let go of control and instead let it naturally happen.
  • Do you want a FREE pdf elopement planning guide?⁠ ⁠ Just in case you missed it, last week I launched my brand new website + to celebrate I'm giving away a free pdf elopement + intimate wedding planning guide during the first week of my website being live.💃🤘🏻⁠ ⁠ So far the feedback has been AMAZING as other brides dig into this guide + Wednesday will be the last day that you can snag it!⁠ ⁠ So if you want to have in-depth tips + tricks, ideas, and inspiration all for FREE! I've got it linked in my bio! So don't doddle + don't wait! Go and grab it before it's gone!
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    Do you want a FREE pdf elopement planning guide?⁠ ⁠ Just in case you missed it, last week I launched my brand new website + to celebrate I'm giving away a free pdf elopement + intimate wedding planning guide during the first week of my website being live.💃🤘🏻⁠ ⁠ So far the feedback has been AMAZING as other brides dig into this guide + Wednesday will be the last day that you can snag it!⁠ ⁠ So if you want to have in-depth tips + tricks, ideas, and inspiration all for FREE! I've got it linked in my bio! So don't doddle + don't wait! Go and grab it before it's gone!
  • I'm not quite sure what I'd do without this man right here. I don't share too many photos of him, cause let's be real, he's not one for the camera. But holy heck, he's a cornerstone in my life.⁠ ⁠ Over the last few months, he's not only tolerated but encouraged and supported me through the crazy season of COVID19, website building, rebranding, and at home teaching our kids.⁠ ⁠ To top it off, he's been finishing my studio. Completely transforming this once-upon-a-time add on the previous owners had tacked onto the house, into a posh and artsy studio.⁠ ⁠ And during a day we take to honor those who have fallen in service, I'm so proud to be an army wife to this man who is such an example of sacrifice every day. He gives continuously for his family, God, and his country. So, to wrap up where I could go on and on, my sweet Josh, I love you. Thank you for all you do.⁠ ⁠ 📸: @marizieglerphoto
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    I'm not quite sure what I'd do without this man right here. I don't share too many photos of him, cause let's be real, he's not one for the camera. But holy heck, he's a cornerstone in my life.⁠ ⁠ Over the last few months, he's not only tolerated but encouraged and supported me through the crazy season of COVID19, website building, rebranding, and at home teaching our kids.⁠ ⁠ To top it off, he's been finishing my studio. Completely transforming this once-upon-a-time add on the previous owners had tacked onto the house, into a posh and artsy studio.⁠ ⁠ And during a day we take to honor those who have fallen in service, I'm so proud to be an army wife to this man who is such an example of sacrifice every day. He gives continuously for his family, God, and his country. So, to wrap up where I could go on and on, my sweet Josh, I love you. Thank you for all you do.⁠ ⁠ 📸: @marizieglerphoto
  • WELCOME TO HEATHER WOOLERY PHOTOGRAPHY!!!⁠ ⁠ Meet you're down and personal, cheerleading, let's go + adventure elopement / intimate wedding photographer!⁠ ⁠ After a long A$$ time of planning, collaborating + soooo many cups of coffee, I am so stoked to announce that the new website + brand for #heatherwooleryphotography launches TODAY! I am seriously so excited + feeling allll the feels.⁠ ⁠ There are so many people I want to thank + so many things I want to share but let's cut to the chase:⁠ ⁠ Hit the link in my bio to go check out the new website that the incredible @alisabethdesigns team created for me. THERE you'll be able to:⁠ ⁠ 👉🏼Snag my FREE in-depth elopement/intimate wedding planning guide (which will only be available this week!)⁠ ⁠ 👉🏼Check out the blog that's been completely overhauled + chalked full of guides + helpful tips for brides + photographers⁠ ⁠ 👉🏼ANNNND because I'm so damn excited I'm launching a killer giveaway full of my favorite things including coffee, a snuggly sweatshirt + more! To put your name into the giveaway: LIKE + COMMENT on this post telling me your favorite part of the new website. Then TAG 3 friends + SIGN UP for the NEWSLETTER!!! (I'll be checking) You can share this post in your IG stories for 5-extra entries. But make sure to tag me so I see it!!!⁠ ⁠ It has always been my goal to be your biggest resource + help make your intimate wedding dreams come true! I seriously cannot wait to uplevel that client experience with this website and all the resources I filled it with!!!⁠ ⁠ So, thank you to my incredible design team, my family + all of you for following along on this wild + crazy journey of mine. Now, go check out that website, sign up for the giveaway + go snag that free elopement planning guide - I'm going to pop some champagne and be dancing the rest of the day away!🍾🎉💃
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    WELCOME TO HEATHER WOOLERY PHOTOGRAPHY!!!⁠ ⁠ Meet you're down and personal, cheerleading, let's go + adventure elopement / intimate wedding photographer!⁠ ⁠ After a long A$$ time of planning, collaborating + soooo many cups of coffee, I am so stoked to announce that the new website + brand for #heatherwooleryphotography launches TODAY! I am seriously so excited + feeling allll the feels.⁠ ⁠ There are so many people I want to thank + so many things I want to share but let's cut to the chase:⁠ ⁠ Hit the link in my bio to go check out the new website that the incredible @alisabethdesigns team created for me. THERE you'll be able to:⁠ ⁠ 👉🏼Snag my FREE in-depth elopement/intimate wedding planning guide (which will only be available this week!)⁠ ⁠ 👉🏼Check out the blog that's been completely overhauled + chalked full of guides + helpful tips for brides + photographers⁠ ⁠ 👉🏼ANNNND because I'm so damn excited I'm launching a killer giveaway full of my favorite things including coffee, a snuggly sweatshirt + more! To put your name into the giveaway: LIKE + COMMENT on this post telling me your favorite part of the new website. Then TAG 3 friends + SIGN UP for the NEWSLETTER!!! (I'll be checking) You can share this post in your IG stories for 5-extra entries. But make sure to tag me so I see it!!!⁠ ⁠ It has always been my goal to be your biggest resource + help make your intimate wedding dreams come true! I seriously cannot wait to uplevel that client experience with this website and all the resources I filled it with!!!⁠ ⁠ So, thank you to my incredible design team, my family + all of you for following along on this wild + crazy journey of mine. Now, go check out that website, sign up for the giveaway + go snag that free elopement planning guide - I'm going to pop some champagne and be dancing the rest of the day away!🍾🎉💃