Bridalcentric Weekend Goodness

It's so much fun planning a wedding! Whenever I am bored (or Jon is playing video games and I want to sit with him but not watch grenades and snipers) I either read a bridal magazine or blog, or search the internet for wedding related vendors and ideas. What the heck do married women do all day once the wedding is over?

This weekend was very bridalcentric. On Saturday my mom and I went on our first bridal gown shopping excursion. Yay! It was so much fun and it made me feel like a REAL bride, eeek. Once they put the veil on for the first time, I definitely teared up a smidgen. I tried on pretty much every variety of dress there was from super conservative to a little too sexy. Although I did not by any means find "the dress" I definitely got a feel for what looks good on and what doesn't. My mom might have a different opinion though because (in very uncharacteristic fashion) she kept telling me everything was too revealing! I think she was having a motherly moment or two. All in all, it was a great trip but it just whetted my appetite for more dress shopping!

Continuing on with the weddingyness, today Jon and I met up with Paul and Leanne from Sargeant Photography. We really like their artsy style and we got along great with them. I think that's really important since the photographers are probable the people we will be spending the majority of our time with on our wedding day. They were very down to earth and easy to talk with and they seemed to be about our age. They showed us some of their albums of work and talked over our "vision" for our big day. It was fun. Plus we were in Santa Monica and it was gorgeous out so what more could you ask for! We are still looking around at other photographers but this was a very good starting off point for us to practice our wit and charm along with our amazing haggling skills.

I'm sure there will be more updates (than you can handle!) soon but that's all for now.

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Finding a Photographer

YAY PHOTOS!

The photography for our wedding is definitely our number three priority (after the ceremony and having a blast with our friends and fams of course!) so we have been hemming and hawing away about who to go with. Here are the final (I think) choices in no particular order...

Anika London
I love their photos because they are all so bright and happy looking. These people know how to capture light in such a gorgeous way. Do yourself a favor and check out this link to our friends Katie and Steve's wedding photos... they used Anika London in November and we fell in love with their photos! Watch out for the tall handsome devil in all of the groomsmen shots.

http://anikalondonmedia.com/blog/?p=1621

Sargeant Photography
I love that a lot of these wedding photographers are married couples who work together. These two have a gorgeous photo in Paris on their "about us" section and here are some more of their lovely pics:




Amanda Lynn Photography
I've read some of her blog and she has a very funny personality, which I can see being a major plus on someone's wedding day. Plus I love that her pics seem very personal and emotional.



PS: I am quit obsessed with wedding photographers and while these are the few, the proud that we have narrowed down for our own big day, there are a couple more listed in the "I'm Obsessed With" section as I am, well, obsessed. Check em out.