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The Most Special Part of Your Wedding Day

The First Look

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Photography

I love First Looks. I love them because, as a bride, I remember spending the morning getting my hair and makeup done, then getting into my gown and feeling so excited; it was my dream gown. I remember sliding into my high heels and buckling the clasps. I remember fastening my veil and touching up […]

The Best Personalized Guest Book

The Engagement Signing Album

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Tips

Wedding albums are something I believe really strongly about. If you doubt me at all, take a look at this entire blog post I dedicated to wedding albums. I think they are absolutely worth the investment to have your wedding day told in a professionally laid out storyboard of images–your images. It is one of the greatest […]

Your First Family Heirloom

The Legacy Wedding Album

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Weddings

Everyone tells you to enjoy your wedding day. Soak it in. Breathe. Relax. Enjoy. And you should! But then the wedding day is over. You wake up the next morning married to your best friend. Maybe you’re jetting off for your vacation honeymoon right away or maybe you’re putting it off until winter. You’re lying there with thousands of […]

The 3 Best Reference Guides for Essential Oils

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Personal

It’s so important to be informed and safe when it comes to using essential oils. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with all of the information available, but using common sense and starting gradually will help ease any sort of intimidation you might feel as you begin using essential oils in your everyday life, on yourself, and […]

Emily & Derek

A Kent Park Iowa Winter Engagement Shoot

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He was DJing; she requested a song. “I got pretty busy and hadn’t gotten to her song yet (something by Bloodhound Gang). I had a pretty packed dance floor and didn’t want to kill the mood that her career-ending request,” he said. She continued, “After what I thought was more than enough time to hear […]

Mompreneurship, part 9: Childcare

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Business

Previously on mompreneurship: PART 1: OUTSOURCING PART 2: POST-PRODUCTION PART 3: EMAIL FOLDER ORGANIZATION PART 4: MONTHLY TASK LIST PART 5: CLIENT GIFTS PART 6: OFFICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PART 7: WEDDING TIMELINE MANAGEMENT PART 8: MATERNITY LEAVE As far as the mompreneurship series goes, this is the last scheduled post. It’s been so fun thinking […]

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