For 7 plus years I have been shooting weddings. Basically the same story….bride gets ready, bride & groom meet, bride and groom kiss, their wedding party comes along, then the ceremony and then we rock out at the reception. For the first time in 7 years…I had no idea what was going to happen next. At Joe & Sharon’s Sikh wedding ceremony, I was a follower. It was a colorful adventure…full of some pretty different and cool stuff.

Cool Stuff at the Sikh Ceremony:

• Amazingly beautiful and relaxing music (sikh prayers set to sweet drums and some other crazy instrument that sounds like a cross between an accordion and a bag pipe).
• incredible colors: Sari’s in every yummy color you could imagine (pink, blue, sea foam, magenta, turquoise and of course, Sharon’s bright red.)
• New Rituals: The groom leading the bride around the holy book 4 times, being helped by his friends and the guests dropping lots of money in the bride & grooms laps!

Thank you Sharon & Joe for letting us be a part of both of your special days!:)

So I have known Curtis, the groom since I was about 14 yrs. old. He rocked the drums in the youth group band….I was a back-up singer. He would indulge my love for the cow bell once and a while…and knows that I like alot of kick drum on 1-2-3&4. He has always been a super nice guy…and has found a super nice girl to dance through the rest of his life with. They reconnected on facebook….another one of those online things that blossoms! It was so wonderful to see both of them so in love! She started dancing for exercise (and if you’ve ever watched Dancing with the Stars, you know its a total workout!), then  danced competitively…and he took up dancing to spend more time with her…now they will be getting married at the amazing Premier Ballroom ! They are even going to teach the guests a dance lesson at the reception!!  I can’t wait!

I can’t even tell you how much I was looking forward to Jamie & David’s Wedding. At my meeting with Jamie, we just clicked….and when she told me that she was so glad I was blonde….I knew I she was my kind of bride! Their engagement Session was amazing and was the perfect set up for this wonderful wedding on the beach! I have always loved Camano Island and shot one of my first weddings there (on film!!!) over 6 years ago.

Here are a few…just to wet your whistle…more on the way!

I just loved the colors of the bridesmaids dresses and flowers together! The yellow, blue and pink just looks so summery and fun! Just like Jamie! :)

I have so many weddings that I need to blog!! Yikes!  I guess its good to be busy!

When I received my first email from Amy…she told me a little about her wedding…that it was going to be on a homestead near a river, there was raspberry rows, huge amazing trees and a tire swing….I started drooling and was jumping up and down inside!!! Then when I met with them and saw what a fun and loving couple they were…it just made me that much more excited to shoot their wedding. Then….we shot their engagement session at an amazing place they called the Kissing Tree…on the beach in Bellingham…and once I saw how comfortable they were in front of the camera (read: they were so into each other…they acted I wasn’t there!)…I knew their wedding would be amazing! And it was.

After I met Amy and her incredible group of gals that were her bridesmaids, and saw their all different bridesmaids dresses (turquoise and greens with pops of red!) and their all matching red satin shoes I just about flipped my lid! Why? Because! It was like Amy just crawled into my head and planned a wedding that would be so visually striking…just for me!:) It was a photographers dream!

She had so many cool DIY touches and details….I can’t wait to post more images from this amazing wedding!

I loved this wedding at Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, Washington! It is the closest thing to a destination wedding location Washington has to offer in my opinion! My hubby & I ended up staying the night…swam in the pool and had an amazing breakfast the next day. If you are looking for a chance for your guests to just get way and enjoy themselves…this would be a great way to do it!

These guys had such amazing people surrounding them that day. After learning that Meagan had insisted that there be no Tulle allowed in the wedding decorations, the family decided to cover their bridal suite with pink tulle!:) Only a fun family would do that!

I just died over these amazing…..AMAZING hot pink Kate Spade Wedding shoes! The great thing about these is that you can wear them for ever…on a hot date with your new hubs and always remember your wonderful wedding day! So amazing!  If you are thinking about what kind of wedding shoes to buy….go for color! Go for personality! Go for shoes you can wear again! I love colorful wedding shoes….

This Pnina Torinai wedding gown from Kleinfeld Bridal just about knocked me back off my feet when I walked into the room to see it for the first time. I knew that Meagan had a blast on her trip to New York ( Her amazing and spunky grandmother decided that they had to go to Kleinfeld because Say Yes to the Dress is her favorite TV show!)…but I didn’t even imagine how amazing this dress would really be! It totally blew me away!  And when she put on the dress….the turned into a grecian sculpture, right before our eyes! So beautiful! And if that wasn’t enough…the sparkly broach in the flower was Ryan’s Grandmothers….it was the perfect touch…and it was personal. That makes me so happy!

I love that they both wrote their own custom vows for each other!

Wedding venue: Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine, Washington

Wedding Dress: Kleinfeld, New York City

Hot Pink Wedding Shoes: Kate Spade

Wedding Photography: Kaylee Eylander Photography