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Lisa and Frank Detroit Michigan Wedding

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:20:18 +0000

I have been out of commission for awhile now, sick as a dog and so far behind on my blog posts. So here is Lisa and Frank and their gorgeous Detroit wedding. We love Lisa and Frank and were so excited to see them again for their big day. You guys rock!!

LOVED Lisa’s dress, so classy.

The ring pillow was one of my favorite details from the day.

Downtown Detroit

Lisa found some red doors that she wanted to stop at before heading to Belle Isle.

Fave!

Lisa and Frank were married outside at Belle Isle Conservatory. Very pretty.

The cupcakes were awesome!

Second fave!

Two little guys entered the dance floor and stole the show…

Daddy daughter dances always get me crying.

My second favorite little detail of the day was the awesome cake topper!!

Aimee and Clark Married!

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:39:28 +0000

Our last wedding for the season and we were once again over on Belle Isle for the send off. Aimee and Clark were great and I could tell they had an awesome time on their wedding day, even with the heat broken.

We started off at Curl Up and Dye in Detroit and headed to the gorgeous church. Then ended up on Belle Isle at the Casino, which is still gorgeous, but a little cold since the heat broke the night before. But that didn’t hurt the party, everyone was out busting a move on the dance floor and we have a ton of pics to prove it.

Congrats again Aimee and Clark! Here is a preview of your special day.

I love Aimee’s getting ready shots. Curl Up and Dye was the perfect location, lots of light and lovely background. I could post more, but I will try to keep it short. Oh and I LOVED Aimee’s flowers, they were a work of art!

One of my favorite of Mikes from the day. A beautiful pearl in downtown Detroit!

Isn’t the church lovely?

It was a VERY cold day, but we stuck it out for a few shots.

Mike’s specialty, beautiful nighttime shots. And this one was awesome because a car turned their headlights on right when he took it so you get that casino sign all lit up! Love it!

Caroline and Josh

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:54:26 +0000

So we are officially posting our last full wedding blog till probably January. I am planning on doing some recap of the old blog, so I can do away with it, but for now Caroline and Josh’s fabulous wedding will be the last. I am SO glad we decided to take Caroline and Josh’s wedding last minute. It was a beautiful day, from the moment I woke up for some reason everything seamed to go smoothly. Getting my husband out of the house on time, picking up our dear friend Stacey for some fun second shooting, getting to the hotel early and having a nice clean car (most people know I am a bit of a neat freak, things being tidy makes my day much happier). So anyways, back to the wedding. Caroline was getting ready in the beautiful Omni Hotel and of course it was dejavu for me since Daynor from earlier this year was in the exact same room! We then headed to Belle Isle to take pics of the bride and groom before the wedding, which of course was awesome since we love it when bride and grooms give themselves enough time for pics of the two of them. The wedding was at the Belle Isle Botanical Gardens. I have always said that I LOVE outdoor weddings, usually better lighting, easier rules (sometimes we can’t move around at all in a church) and just beautiful. But now I have to say that I think I love weddings in Botanical gardens even better. Other than the fact that it is a little hot, the lighting is awesome and of course there are flowers everywhere. The reception was on the island as well at the Belle Isle Casino. Also another cool venue. Alright, enough talk, here are some favorite images from the day!

As I mentioned, our good friend Stacey came along to Caroline and Josh’s wedding and here is one of my favorites of hers from the day! She will be helping with my sisters wedding next May. Yeah!

Waiting to see Caroline for the first time!

Another from the beautiful Stacey!

The Wedding

When the groom told me the cake was a pile of Crispy Cream donuts I thought he was kidding, he was into cracking jokes. But he was seriously and I totally loved their cake!

Alright and here is a disclaimer for those of you who might get sick of the food pics that I am going to share. I was pregnant and really enjoyed taking pics of the food and also the caterers were kick butt! I don’t think I could say enough about this vendor, Two Unique rocks! The set up was awesome, and the food was probably the best I have ever tasted from a catering company!

We stole the bride and groom away one last time before dinner. The upstairs at the casino was so cool.

Ok, and the band was also amazing. The best I have heard at a wedding, as far as live bands go. Laith Al-Saadi Trio you rock!

A snack for on the way out!