There are so many reasons to twirl around and dance today: it's Friday, there's a beautiful weekend ahead, and THIS beautiful bride and her groom are featured on the blog!! 💃🏼After weeks of being locked out of my website (long story- don't get me started) I was FINALLY able to blog again today and it's one you don't want to miss!! Seriously the tears start all over again every time I think about how perfectly precious this day was! Link in bio!! 😍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ P.S. These pictures of @mirandadarnall twirling in her dress are my favorite EVER!! She just exudes joy after saying I do to her man 💕
The snow is melting and it’s warming up outside! ☀️ Call me crazy but I’m happy to see the return of fall today- I just wasn’t ready for this cold front yet! Time to find a new winter coat and some gloves for the next round, I’ll be prepared when winter arrives for real this time!! ⛄️
You may have seen my story last night about how my husband *briefly* forgot yesterday was my birthday. I was upset. I left my house and went to work feeling really really low, but also knowing deep down that I was being a tiny bit selfish. • Last week, he gave me the most beautiful single pearl necklace. He said he'd had his eye on it for months and had known since then that he wanted to get it for me for my birthday. (We're really bad at waiting to give each other gifts until the right time!) A constant reminder of his love, although I already have plenty of them surrounding me. • And then when he realized he'd forgotten to tell me, Happy Birthday, he came to the rescue and brought me a delicious Gigi's cupacke at school. What do I do to deserve this man and his affection? • It's never supposed to be about gifts or big celebrations, though they are nice. Our marriage is FAR from perfect, and so are we. But we know that we're also far better together than we ever could be, apart. And I'll take our life together over anything more extravagant, any day of the week. I did get to have my cupcake and eat it, too, yesterday, and I quickly got over the commercialism of needing birthday wishes. I think my 30's will probably be about disproving everything I thought I knew when I entered my 20's 😂 . . . Venue: Long Hollow Gardens Floral Design: Gradient & Hue Event Design: RSVP Events Calligraphy: Wood & Grace Film Lab: The FIND Lab Mentor & Lead Photographer: Julie Paisley
I've been contemplating all day what my birthday post should be, and at the end of it all, this about sums up how I feel. I'm thankful to be #30andthriving and grateful I get to do it all with a circle full of incredible people. Here's to the next thirty years, may they be filled with as much magic and laughter as the first! 😘 . . . #honeysuckleandwine #tennesseeweddingphotographer #jacksontn #hybridphotographer #creativeentrepreneur #creativehappylife #theeverygirl #girlboss #bossbabe #liveauthentic #communityovercompetition #risingtidesociety #dreamchaserswithcameras #dearphotographer #filmphotographer #blessed #birthday
I remember getting so excited when I saw this butterfly. It was almost like it landed and waited for me to take a picture of its beautiful wings before it flew away. I had literally just gotten out my Pentax for the first time and wanted to shoot anything and everything, and I stumbled upon this little garden next to a small church in Gatlinburg. I knew it was a long shot, because you can't guarantee that butterflies will be still- and you can't guarantee that film will turn out. And let's face it, I really had NO idea what I was doing and I wasn't reading a light meter or anything, but I hoped and prayed this shot would turn out. I mostly wanted a reminder of that moment, that feeling of stumbling into an amazing place off the beaten path at just the right time. 🦋I know it's blurry, and imperfect, but this little butterfly represents so many beautiful things about my life that are just that- blurry and imperfect. It made me slow down and marvel at my surroundings and I love that it's slightly out of focus. And don't worry, out of the three rolls I shot, plenty of images are sharp Scanned by @thefindlab . . . #honeysuckleandwine #film #filmphotographer #tennessee #hybridphotographer #creativeentrepreneur #creativehappylife #theeverygirl #girlboss #bossbabe #liveauthentic #communityovercompetition #risingtidesociety #dreamchaserswithcameras #dearphotographer #travel #travelphotographer #storyteller #destinationphotographer #optoutside #nature_good #tennesseephotographer #fuji400h #filmisnotdead #filmgrain
