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Hello fellow photogs! A bunch of ladies at the SheWanders studio have started using Instagram, an application on the iPhone that easily lets you share your photos with your friends. It has fun filters that let you change the look and feel of your photos, and you can upload them to Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. These awesome Instagrams were taken by Olivia. What a fun way to keep in touch! xoxo... Jessica from the Wanderers
Today's tune: Instant Karma by John Lennon
I am completely in love with this article on OffBeat Bride. Weddings are wonderful crazy swirly amazing celebrations full of joy and beauty. These are all inspiring reasons to take pictures! I should know many amazing couple have hired us to photograph their weddings over the years. One odd side effect of weddings is sometimes guests are falling over themselves to capture every second as it happens. What I love about this article is the idea of experiencing vs recording. Every wedding is different and I hope this gives you some food for thought. xoxo s
Here is the start of the article.... So there you are at the altar, gazing into the eyes of your beloved, saying your vows. You turn to sneak a glance at your wedding guests, all your favorite beloved friends and family... and are greeted by a sea of down-turned faces staring at their LCD screens. Read More at Offbeat Bride
Rehana and Mike tied the knot this past Spring at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla. According to Suzanne, Rehana radiated beauty inside and out, with her openness and willingness to laugh!Their wedding consisted of readings acted out during the ceremony, a BaliWood inspired first dance and speeches that were tender and funny that touched everyone in the room. Suzanne especially loved the blend of cultures and the use of color throughout their wedding. Among the brides and grooms' bridal parties, there were men and women in both parties- those close to their lives regardless of gender. The twitter jokes were hilarious! Brides-to-Be, Here is the beautiful Rehana lending her words of wisdom!
Dos Besos, Katie from the Wanderers
1) How did you mentally prepare for the big day?
Planning an out of town wedding can be super stressful since you don't necessarily know what to expect. So I decided to just think of it as a vacation with my loved ones there.
2) Did you have any events surrounding the wedding. I.E baseball game, rehearsal dinner, brunch, bachelorette party? Tell us about it.
We had a rehearsal dinner/mehndi the night before the wedding, on a Friday. We held it in the hotel restaurant to make it easy for folks coming in at all hours to join us, and had a fixed menu. A mehndi (henna) artist came to put designs on those who wished it. I had already had my mehndi done, as well as my close female relatives, the night before, so we could model for them :). My husband had a wedding morning surfing/kayak adventure with his groomsmen and a few other folks who traveled for the wedding. And then also on Sunday we did a brunch at hosted by a very close family friend of Mike's. It was a wedding weekend extravaganza!
3) What is something that makes for a great wedding day?
A friend of ours told us that as long as you end up married at the end of the day, it's a super day.
4) Did you see your spouse for the first time before the ceremony or during the ceremony? How did you feel?
Right before the ceremony we saw one another. I have to admit, I was super nervous because we were being documented.
5) What is one of your favorite memories?
It was really all a blur - but I do very clearly remember one of my old college friend's catching the bouquet. I wish I'd taken some bets beforehand :) Oh, and also all the late night bow-tying and a last minute fix of Mike's magnetic board he wanted to put the name tags on. I just remember wanting to ditch the thing, and then looking over and seeing Mike's sad face when it wasn't working, and then we all rallied to MAKE IT WORK. It was really lovely to walk into the space and see it up and working -- both of our families really came through, with our moms gaff-taping the razor sharp edges and his uncle buying tissue paper to cover it up. I felt like it really showed our families coming together.
6) What song do you most remember on the dance floor?
Our first dance song - because we practiced it so much!
7) What is a piece of advice you wish you had known before the big day?
I actually got a ton of advice before the big day! Everyone I know is married. Someone did tell me to get all the addresses in one document, but I wish someone told me, SERIOUSLY, GET ALL THE ADDRESSES FOR WEDDING INVITES in one master document.
8 ) Weddings are wonderful, but share some marriage tips please!
I think we learned in planning the wedding, that each individual has different priorities and that marriage is mostly about managing those priorities. Clearly, everything can't be done right away. But if it's important, it'll get dealt with. And if it's not, let it go. Don't dwell on the things that didn't get done, because it's impossible to do it all. We've kind of adapted that attitude in our marriage too. Also, always put yourselves in the center of everything. Don't forget in all the chaos - it's about two people.
Brides-to-Be, Exquisite Weddings Magazine should be on your radar. They are a magazine with abundant talents that can help make your wedding an exquisite experience! Alyssa is the creative director of Exquisite Weddings and has been with the magazine since it's inception. Suzanne really admires Alyssa for her dedication and believes that Alyssa has created a beautiful local magazine-- a great resource for San Diego brides. In the eyes of Suzanne, Alyssa can do it all! While managing the magazine, Alyssa has maintained a balanced life, while also getting married and having a baby within the past few years! Meet Alyssa and see what she is up to!Dos Besos, Katie from the Wanderers
1) What should brides/grooms/curious seekers know about you?
-I love weddings and do not get tired of them, I look at blogs and other magazines to keep an eye on the trends. I love to see people use new ideas and see trends change.
2) Why do you love what you are doing?
-I love photo shoots, I love designing, I love looking for ideas! I also love working with all the great wedding vendors and photographers in San Diego and being completely inspired by what creativity and ideas they have. I could not imagine doing anything else.
3) What makes your business wonderful and stand out from the rest?
-I think our magazine stands out because it is elegant, clean and simple. Since I came from the magazine business I research all sorts of other publications before I started creating ours. I used what I thought was the best from each and it continues to evolve and change. I still love the first one I did but I think each one gets better and better.
4) Where do you find your inspiration?
-I find my inspiration from everywhere...other magazine’s, blogs, art, signs, fashion, people, websites and most of all my daughter and my husband!
5) What does the world need right now?
-Time-off to spend with friends and family. I think it would make for happier people.
6) What advice do you have for brides to be?
-Hire a planner even if it is just for the day of the wedding, they can make your day a lot more relaxing so you can focus on what you are there to do..look amazing and marry the love of your life.
7) If you could go to one of the 7 wonders of the world, where would you go and why?
-The Colosseum in Rome—I just always have wanted to travel to Rome. Or Machu Picchu, it seems so spiritual and remote.
