second shooting

here are some pictures i took for Jeremy & Tina's wedding. Jeremy is the brother of one of my best friends (Bethany, we met at walmart 6+ years ago).

bethany and her new sister-in-law




i LOVED her flowers. awesome colors.




these red walls were awesome! too bad it was only in the stairwell...

also, i bought these awesome shoes from marshall's last night...1/2 the price that i found them for online!! except they are pewter and black, not bronze and bright.

also purchased the perfect pair (i think) if peep-toe black shoes for Katie's wedding (SATURDAY!!!) plus some dresses for the many weddings, wedding rehearsals, and bridal showers i have in the next 3 months!!!

i've been staying at Rach & Bri's for the last week and a half. they get back from their Italy trip TONIGHT. i'm excited to get back to my own townhouse! :)

what i've been up to.

wow. i've been completely MIA (in the blogosphere) for about 3 weeks now. here's what's been going on:

June 19-21 weekend: Katie's Bachelorette Party (HER WEDDING IS THIS WEEKEND)
June 27: second shooting a wedding for the brother of one of my best friends
June 28-July 2: helping out with Extreme Makeover Home Edition
June 29-July 8: house/kitty sitting for my sis & bri while they are in Italy


so, that's about it. but it's been BUSY. i'm going to tackle pictures for the first event:

Katie's Bachelorette Weekend
we went to the Finger Lakes in NY. we had plans to go kayaking and picnicking on Saturday, but it rained...so we went to wineries all day!!

gramma update

if you have been following mine or my sister's blog for some time, you will remember posts we have written about our grandmother. she has been battling cancer for several years now and was told on Friday, June 5, that she only had days to live. the following (last) week was awful - funeral plans, digging through old pictures, and mostly, caring for our poor grandmother who was in lots of pain and became immobile.

Saturday, June 13, our beautiful grandmother Betty Jane went to be with Jesus. we are happy she is no longer in pain, though sad because we miss her greatly. she was an amazing woman of God, and through her prayer and petition, helped lead my whole family to Christ. we will forever love her, think of her, and miss her, until we can see her again.

viewings are tomorrow (Tuesday) 2-5 and 7-9 at Dusckas Martin Funeral Home, 4216 Sterrettania Road, in Erie, PA. service is 10am on Wednesday at Grace Church. you can read her obituary here.

we have a winner!

the winner of my very first giveaway is...


KRISTEN from and then i found $5 !!!

(no, this was not rigged! actually, my co-worker "clicked" the button on www.random.org which came up with the number designated for Kristen's entry, #25)


Kristen is debating between the salt & pepper set and the simplicity vase.


thanks everyone for entering! hopefully i'll be able to do another giveaway soon!!

baby shower

two weekends ago i did my first paid photography gig! it was a baby shower for the sister-in-law of a friend of mine from church. i knew the family pretty well (but not the mother-to-be), so they insisted i eat (which i did) and enter into the chinese auction (which i did NOT). they are expecting a boy and decorated our church Commons blue and brown. also, they had cupcakes from Linda Austen Cakes, and they were AWESOME.

i was so honored to be asked to help with the shower! thanks, meg!