I have slacked. BIG TIME. I haven’t written a blog in months and my social media posts have been next to nothing. There has definitely been a slow down in everything. Who hasn’t felt the frustration of the world? The irony of all of the slowness was that the beautiful bride below found me through […]

Valentines is ALMOST here. That can only mean ONE thing. Proposals. A LOT of them. Needing some ideas that don’t include the standard, dinner at a restaurant? Let’s goooooo! A picnic. With a picnic, you know what your partner already likes. You can customize the meal exactly to what they love and control the time […]

Regular engagement sessions are for the birds. Don’t you know the new hype is at home sessions around a counter top while your toddler tosses flour and giggles with you? Well…now you do. I met Kellyn when she was a very pregnant bridesmaid in Emmy and Alinah’s wedding. She told me that she and her […]

I was recently in Laguna Beach and saw a beautiful couple eloping. The scenery was perfect. The temperature was also perfect. They looked incredible. But they broke one cardinal rule. They chose to elope at 3 pm. Now, you’re probably like “Emily. What’s the problem?” 3 pm is great. And if you were indoors…you would […]

So…you’re a non traditional couple interested in a non traditional wedding? You don’t want to go the golf course route. Perfect. Not to yuck over anyone else’s yum…believe me. I had MY own wedding reception at a country club that was joined with a golf course. I know, I know. I sound like a hypocrite. […]

Let’s be honest….the idea of a first look before the wedding when I got married was *cue scary music* NOT what you do. It would have been bad luck. Bad luck for the wedding….which meant bad luck for your marriage…which meant complete and total doom. That’s what I thought, anyway. Well….now things are a little […]

You’ve decided that the civil ceremony is the way to go! Let me just say, when my husband and I got married almost 16 years ago…this is the route he would have preferred. We headed to Santa Ana to get our marriage license and much to my surprise, arrived at a quite historical/really cool looking […]

High school sweethearts Andriana and Aaron, are wed in civil ceremony in Alhambra, Ca.

You never know who you will meet. You never know how one thing can effect so many other things. Two years ago, I was in a Hershey’s Kisses commercial and met some lovely people while on set. But of all of the individuals there, I had really connected with the wardrobe person. She was just […]

Kansas natives, Corey and Bonnie travel to Southern California for a beautiful, sunrise elopement.