Engagement Teasers Are Posted!

Yay, we have our very own Kate pictures! In case any of you don't follow our other blog, our engagement photos are posted! To see our teasers, click here. We LOVE the way they turned out and can't wait to see them all. Once we get the disk from Kate we can order prints, etc.

It was worth the wait!!

After rescheduling twice due to rain (snow?) and bare branches, we successfully did our engagement session last night in the most gorgeous weather with the most perfect cherry blossoms on the UW campus.

We love love love working with Kate. She is so laid back and easygoing. She's fun and easy to chat with. We were so happy that we had an engagement session if for nothing else other than to get to know Kate a little better and get used to her shooting us. We haven't seen any pics yet (she said it's a surprise!), but I feel completely confident that she will make us look beautiful (and handsome) on our wedding day. She will post a few "teasers" of our engagement shots on her blog within a week, MAYBE before the weekend. http://katemcelweeblog.com/

Here's one pic Rachel took on her camera phone, to give you a "teaser" before the "teasers."

Kate just found out she's moving to Boston in the Fall!! (They will move back in 3 years, in time for maternity and baby pictures she said.) I immediately had to recommend her to Amie, that would be so fun if Kate did her wedding, too!

Project Updates...

The National Board confirmed they recieved my box! Whoo hoo! One more day until Spring Break! It has really been a long haul with no mid-winter break and all this NB stuff. Now on to wedding planning and baking! Oh yeah, and studying for the test...

Elissa came over last night and helped make flowers! We finally finished a bouquet I started forever ago. Check this out! Mom sent this cool flower arranger.

I know the fake stems are kind weird, but once I wrapped it you can hardly see them, and they give the stems something to hold on to (just the wires were a little weird).

The little wires stuff right in to the foam! I think it looks pretty cute! I might still play around with the colors/types of flowers.

We are also going to meet Jennifer tomorrow after work and pick up our invitations! I can't wait to see them! And it's perfect timing because I can address them over break and we can try to get them out before the postage rate change in May.

Meo has been working on our stickers. Check our her idea! Rachel has the people at Packaging Specialties ordering one of every mini-cupcake box from their distributor and sending them to the store so we can play with them.

In other news, we are thinking about getting our cake at Central Market! We met the cake designer last week, and tried out some different ones. We can either order a sample box or go for a tasting, and then design our cake!

Our engagement session has been rescheduled AGAIN (Kate is the best!!). The good news is the UW cherry blossoms are finally making an appearance! We are scheduled for either Mon or Tues evening...whichever day has better weather!

Kate McElwee

We met with Kate today and loved her! She was excited about Seattle-y pictures before the ceremony, loves the Court, jumping pics, and loves the idea of setting up a photo booth at our reception. We think she will be perfect for us. She just did a wedding at CITS, and said to keep an eye on her blog for pics of it!

http://katemcelweeblog.com/

Kelsey and Charles loved her, so we know we will, too!

Photo Drama

So, Gabe and Boone are very, very talented. Apparently we aren't the only ones who think so. Jason finally called them this week, and they are way out of our price range. Even when they cut us a deal we still can't afford them. So on the plan B! On Thursday we are meeting with Kate McElwee, the photographer who did Kelsey and Charles' wedding. We LOVE her photos!! Check her out! She also has a package that is in our price range and has everything we want...particularly a CD with all our high res images after the wedding. It even includes an engagement session! Bonus!
http://katemcelweeblog.com/

http://katemcelweephotography.com/

Allison Anacker also reminded me that her sister is starting a wedding photography business! Here is her website.

http://www.trimoodphotography.com/

Which do you like?