The very first time I met Gretchen & Mike… It was after the main floor flooded in our home and prior to the basement flooding. I had emailed Gretchen to tell her what had happened and give her a disclaimer for why it was going to be such a mess around here. I think I […]

To start from the beginning: Client Consults Series Pt 1: Pre-screening   I believe that communication is important. Like, really really important. I do most of my communication via email because it allows my brides and I to contact each other on our own time schedules. Brides are very busy people; they are juggling their […]

They met in the City High School marching band. In the years since those high school days, they’ve been carving out their life together, choosing each other and growing their little family by adding a miniature poodle to their family a few years ago. When deciding on a place for their engagement session, it only […]

When we had water in our basement, my best friend and her husband showed up with a a bottle of wine and a very appropriate card. I’m grateful for good people in our lives. I feel so blessed by this little community of people we can call our own. They say it takes a village […]

We are ending our sixth week of home ownership. As I was thinking about all that we’ve been through in this past month and a half (read it here and here), I am thankful that we couldn’t see the future when we signed the papers. First of all, life would be depressing and scary if […]

Consults can be scary. If we’re honest, it is like a first date…and those are downright nerve-wracking. Not that I’ve had one in, oh, 6 years (and even that wasn’t nerve-wracking because it was my best friend who ended up becoming my husband–it took us a long time to even figure out when our technical […]