Steve & Kimber’s Scrabble wedding design
I’m so excited to share this wedding from last year! One thing I absolutely love about this design is how it came to be. Steve and Kimber approached me about doing their Save the Date and Wedding Invitations, and Kimber send me over some design ideas and inspiration. I gave her a call and told her the ideas were nice, but didn’t really say very much about them as a couple or their wedding. So they thought about it a little while longer and then I got an email that went something to the tune of, “What about Scrabble?” Steve and Kimber are Scrabble fans. HUGE scrabble fans. So much so that their friends make fun of them for bringing a Scrabble travel set with them EVERYWHERE. They have “fights” about Scrabble. They even played Scrabble the night that Steve proposed. So the wheels were set in motion for some awesome Scrabble-themed wedding invitations and save the dates!
The first piece we designed was of course the Save the Date!
The photo we used for the front of the post card was actually taken by me on my dining room table! I brought out my vintage Scrabble game and set up this scene. These are really cool in person; the cards have a matte finish and spot UV over the tiles!
I LOVE the back just as much!
The “K S” was used as their monogram throughout the suite and on their wedding favors too.
Steve and Kimber were thrilled with the save the dates and just as excited as I was to incorporate the design into the invitations.
The invitation itself was designed to look like the game board with Steve and Kimber’s names written out in Scrabble tiles.
We designed a map to let guests know where to party and where to sleep!
Love this little detail on the RSVP.
To top it all off, we created a Scrabble wedding program!
Stay tuned to see the wedding photos and to see how Steve and Kimber incorporated Scrabble into their amazing wedding day!
Mike and Rachel’s Mt. Tam hiking engagement session
If you were not out here in Northern California you may have missed out on a stormy several days about a week ago. However, the weekend ended with one of the most beautiful days in a while. We headed to Stinson beach to meet Mike and Rachel for their engagement session. They had the idea to take some of the photos at the very spot where Mike proposed, at the end of a hike up Mt. Tam.
“We love to hold hands,” Mike and Rachel told us.
Coupla goofballs! But that’s why we like them. :)
Mike and Rachel did forewarn us there would be a bit of a hike…
Luckily they took it easy on us. They made sure we stuck to the trail. We saw many beautiful things and a 20 min hike to the top to get some photos became a few hours of exploring, laughing and capturing these two re-live the hike they took on the day Mike asked Rachel that very important question.
When we did finally get to the top, well, it was breathtaking…
Goofballs I tell ya!!
Fun fact: We ran into this turkey on the hike back who was showing off for the ladies….ooooo yeahh…
COMMENTS…show some love!
Kelli Nicole: Gorgeous!!! Those trees are phenomenal. You guys did an incredible job.
Cheryl St. Charles: Really good photo shoot! Love the setting
Aunt Cynthia: Cool Match.com couple. You can see all the love around you. Stay that way forever!
Renee: The black and white one... ahmazingggg!
elise: LOVE the one where they are walking off. how fun to do a hike engagement shoot!!
Matt and Jovana are married! (teaser)
During the drive over to Matt and Jovana’s wedding at Arden Hills, it poured down rain and it was cold and windy. We got there, the rain stopped right on cue, and the sun started to shine and it didn’t rain again until long after they were partying into the night. I love how days just work out like that. :)
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Tanya: Beautiful :) Congrats guys!!
Angel and Melissa’s Land Park Engagement Session
We had a great time getting know Angel and Melissa last week at their engagement session! These two are one fun-loving couple! They met in VEGAS, would you expect anything less? :) We took their engagement photos in William Land Park which is just a few blocks from where they live and a place they like to hang out on a blanket in the sun. Ooooh, that sounds kinda awesome right now.
Our next stop was to their home where Melissa requested a couple photos with their newly-bloomed Calla Lilies.
We even made a new friend!
To sum things up we headed to one of their favorite areas in midtown.
To end the night we stopped at Azul, a favorite go-to spot for drinks. Hello, Tequila! It’s no guess that we loved the bright colors in there. :)
Dave and Katrina’s pretty Presidio engagement session
Whoooo! You are in for a doozy of an engagement session! Dave and Katrina are getting married at the San Francisco city hall later this year (so excited!) so an engagement session in the City was a natural choice. There are soooo many pretty photos! Dave and Katrina are just about the most adorable couple you’ve ever seen and photographing them was a real treat. We shot most of the session in and around the Presidio of San Francisco. It was GORGEOUS!
Come on now, how cute are they?!
We headed out of the park and into the surrounding neighborhood. My goodness, the houses were amazing!
Dave only had one request for the session…
Off we went to the nearby beach for a romantic sunset!
Just beautiful!
Dave and Katrina, we had a blast with you in SF! We know the wedding will be no different!
COMMENTS…show some love!
Jackie - Sacramento wedding photographer: Gorgeous couple, gorgeous images!
aimee: Beautiful job, as usual. Of course, having such a good-lucking pair doesn't hurt. :)
