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Mohawks and Ice Cream

August 15, 2013 By katrina 1 Comment

Chantel’s pregnancy session was awesome. I love when clients think outside the box, and she is definitely an outside of the box kinda gal. It also helped that we had her older sister (and pinterest aficionado) along to help with the look of the shoot. Since this baby is getting a rock n’ roll name and Chantel’s dog, Ned, had just dyed his mohawk blue, a more edgy pregnancy session was definitely in order…but on the more playful side.

Colorado Springs maternity session

Old Colorado City is adorable, we found all kinds of cool places to shoot, and everything is great when ice cream is involved!

Colorado Springs maternity session

Chantel, it was such a blast working with you and Ned! Can’t wait to see the little one! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Hung and Tam

July 28, 2013 By katrina Leave a Comment

Hung and Tam were married today!

Hung and Tam first had their Vietnamese ceremony in both of their homes, full of traditional words and delicious food! We covered the entire day of festivities along with United Video, and truly enjoyed every minute of it.

At both homes eight gifts are passed from one family to the other.

Tam loves the color blue, and decided that the wedding would revolve around water. Choosing the Carlson Towers as her venue was perfectly on theme. The ceremony site had them surrounded by water, and the rotunda’s focal point is a bubbling fountain. Rain also played a part in the day, from torrential downpour during the tea ceremony to light mist during pictures…which cleared up just in time for the afternoon ceremony.

La Petite Fleur created a beautiful sweet bouquet with plenty of blue. And just wait until you see what they did with the reception decor!

The sky lightened, guests milled around outside, and Loring String Quartet played classical music as we waited for the bride and groom. Just as people were starting to look around for the bride and groom, the Blue Danube Waltz started to play and the couple arrived…by canoe!

Hung surprised Tam with a lei of her favorite flowers, plumeria.

Tam changed into a gorgeous evening gown for the cocktail hour.

Time to let loose!

Inside, the rotunda looked lovely. The space was draped in white and twinkle lights, with blue uplighting on the columns. A variety of centerpieces bedecked in crystals added height and interest to the room. There was a lot of glowy candlelight and sparkle, and of course, lots of blue.

Then there was the CAKE. A showstopper to be sure. Gateaux did it again and wowed the socks off of everyone! Edible seashells, detailed plumeria, and pearls combined to make a towering work of art.

The reception included bilingual speeches, lots of glass clinking and kissing, and a visit to each table by the couple.

We used one of La Petite Fleur’s seashell accents for the ring shot…love how crisp and clean it is!

To top off the night, Tam and Hung showed off their ballroom skills for their first dance. They were awesome!

What a beautiful night!

Hung and Tam, thank you so much for having us be a part of your day! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Ocean Blue

July 24, 2013 By katrina Leave a Comment

Hung and Tam are getting married on Saturday (can’t wait!) and instead of an engagement session, we did a wedding party session. Since Tam is wearing four different gowns on her wedding…yep, that is right, FOUR (I’m in heaven!)…we did pictures tonight with her traditional Vietnamese gown so on Saturday we can focus on her white wedding gown. As the sun turned golden, we had a nice relaxed session and were able to find some amazing light!

Tam has themed the wedding after the ocean and she loves blue! Her dress had such a pretty pattern on it, and sparkled just like the water.

After getting some urban backdrops, we headed into nature.

I really love this picture.

Hung and Tam, we can’t wait for your wedding on Satuday! Enjoy your first sneak peek!

Mike and Kelly

July 20, 2013 By katrina 1 Comment

Mike and Kelly were married today!

Guests traveled from all over the United States and even from overseas to witness these two tie the knot…which fit in perfectly with the vintage travel theme of the day. Kelly did not see Mike until she walked down the aisle at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, so everyone was very excited for the ceremony to start. The ceremony was beautifully traditional, with the most lovely music. And there were lots of stolen glances between the couple.

After the wedding, we hopped into Renee’s Royal Valet‘s vintage trolley to take pictures. Luckily, I had just purchased a steamer trunk a month before, so I grabbed a few of my vintage items and included them in some pictures!

I LOVE this picture, it is when one of the bridesmaids figured out that you can make snapdragons talk…they gave their snapdragons names and voices. This was such a fun group!

We titled this one “Minnesota Gothic”

We also had to stop for a quick view of the St Paul skyline and a few more pictures! Since many of the wedding party were from the east coast, it was fun to show off the twin cities.

The ring bearer loved the loud speaker on the trolley!

We were all eager to get to Christos Union Depot for the reception. The Vintage Type decked out the entire place with travel themed vignettes including maps, vintage travel posters, suitcases and books. Train tickets served as escort cards, with vintage postcards for the couples’ favorite destinations named each table.

On top of loving travel, Mike and Kelly also love food. LOVE IT. They are true foodies and their reception definitely reflected that. A custom cookbook served as the favor for guests to take home and the amount and variety of the food offered left no one wanting. Their dinner was truly a trip around the world, from Austria, to Asia, the east coast to good ole Minnesota, their favorite regions were represented in delicious nosh! Christos truly went above and beyond with this food, everything tasted amazing!

The guests at this wedding were a hoot…this mom had written up a checklist for the kids at the table to do…including getting reprimanded by security (notice that one was already checked!)

The Instant Request DJ had his hands full with this bunch, I loved the songs they chose and they were there to DANCE!

The couple let us pull them off the dance floor for some blue light shots and the evening was just gorgeous! I’m so happy the guests were able to enjoy a beautiful Minnesotan summer night!

Mike and Kelly, it has been a joy getting to know you! We were so happy to be a part of your day and thanks for being adventurous with pictures! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Weston and Kelly

July 6, 2012 By katrina 19 Comments

Weston and Kelly were married today!

If you’re going to have your wedding on the 4th of July weekend, why not go all out, right? Weston and Kelly had a patriotic red, white and blue wedding and the hot weather went right with their theme “Sparks Will Fly”. Kelly was so prepared for her big day that we were ahead of schedule pretty much the entire time, which let us have some fun with pictures, especially with Mickey’s Diner right across the street.

The ladies wore navy blue and all carried darling parasols. I loved their ruffled shoes and Kelly’s ruffled dress…she is good at tying in those style themes!

Because of the severe heat, we went back and forth from outside to inside the gloriously air conditioned church. Weston and Kelly were fabulous with staying relaxed and going with the flow.

Church of the Assumption in St Paul is simply beautiful…add a beautiful bride, and you get this…

After the ceremony, the guests were led by the bridal party on a short walk to the Landmark Center. It was a patriotic parade!

Waiting inside The Landmark Center was air conditioning, cold drinks, and more of the 4th of July. Vibrant blue up lighting enhanced the columns of the atrium, and jars of homemade jam served as escort cards. More fun typography by the bride’s sister tied everything together. La Petite Fleur (as usual) created stunning, fun, and unique arrangements for the space, using a variety of heights and blooms. The bouquets were lovely, vibrant and fun, and got a ton of compliments! We are always excited when we get to work with Carra and Jessica!

The wedding party braved the heat one last time for a few more images during the cocktail hour…John and I were shooting lightning fast to try and keep them from melting!

The flowers provided the perfect pop of color and were so creative and fun!

And I just LOVED Kelly’s red parasol!

After cocktail hour, the wedding party had their grand march which was immediately followed by Weston and Kelly’s first dance. A wonderful dinner with BBQ inspired items from True Tastes Event Catering was followed by darling and delicious cupcakes from A Cupcake Social.

Weston and Kelly, thank you so much for having us tell the story of your day! You were fantastic and so fun to work with! Enjoy your sneak peek!