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We could not be more thrilled to be a part of the bay area’s first edition of CRAVE Tampa Bay, the ultimate guide to finding unique women-owned businesses in the Tampa Bay area. It was such a beautiful experience, getting to know more about our community and meeting such talented women! I look forward to sharing each shoot and featuring the amazing women I photographed in the next few blog posts. For now, be sure to visit their web pages and get to know more about each one. Sheri’ Taber of Peak Performance Group, Sara Stonecipher of MISRED Outfitters, Michelle Jennings-Wiebe of Studio M, Jennifer Aguiar of Aguiar Plastic Surgery, Soozie Lazenby of Urban Coast and Heidi Bundy of Heidi Bundy Designs.
The CRAVE book launch party was so much fun and a perfect way for everyone involved to meet and get to know one another. Christy Schutz and Nancy Vaughn did a fantastic job and there were so many fabulous businesses that were part of the book that helped contribute to an evening full of delicious food, raffle prizes, and much more! We had a chance to meet with Melody Biringer, a true business start-up junkie (we are talking 20+ businesses!) the master-mind behind this awesome project that inspires the community to connect and build each other up. Melody’s cheerful personality is contagious, so much so, that within 5 seconds of meeting her, I was standing around with 4 other women I didn’t know (yet) and she was snapping a phone pic of our bright-manicured toes!
We look forward to seeing the CRAVE wave throughout the bay area and supporting the talented women in this community!
Sponsors who made the CRAVE book launch such a success:- Cafe Dufrain
- Carrie Wildes Photography. Art. Design.
- Jam Entertainment
- The Grand Beauty Spa
- Posh
- Intensity Academy
- Marketplace Interiors
- Pupcakes
- Sassy Cucina
- Schakolad
- Urbancoast
- The Web Decorators
- White Book Agency
- Working Women of Tampa Bay
- Zyr Vodka
MMD Events may not know this fun fact, but in 2009 while I was planning my own wedding, I came across their website. It was before we had our photography business and I was not familiar with the wedding industry at all. But I do recall that I would open up their website every morning just to let their website song play over and over again throughout the day. I fell in love with the remix and lyrics of “Where do I begin” and unbeknownst to them, they became part of my wedding planning memories! MMD is a wedding and event planning business, specializing in distinctive decor design and creating events with edge. We absolutely love their creative imagination and dedication to making each event unique! You may have caught a glimpse of the stylish lounges MMD created for the NACE event that we featured on our blog yesterday, but we had to follow the post with part II and share their beautiful vintage collection. Be sure to keep up with the latest MMD creative work on their blog or facebook page and contact them for your event needs!
P.S. We heard it through the grapevine that they will be launching their redesigned website on June 1st and we can’t wait to see!
We are thrilled to be part of NACE, a professional society that provides resources to better serve our clients, networking opportunities to meet with the best wedding professionals in the Tampa Bay area and ways to expand our knowledge. Last week’s event was held at the gorgeous Vinoy Renaissance in St.Pete. It was our second time attending a NACE event and it was great meeting new faces and catching up with some of our favorite wedding pros! The night was filled with delicious food, great conversations, a stunning display from MMD‘s vintage collection (which we will be featuring in a part II of this post tomorrow) and much more. The topic of the evening was the elements of floral design. We learned about scale, the art of floral design, and how an experienced floral designer can help you make your floral dreams a reality. The best part of the night was putting into practice the information that the floral expert shared. Every table was given certain elements to create a client’s dream floral arrangement, while implementing the design principles we just learned. From the images, I’m sure you will see how much fun and what creative pros we have in the bay area! The evening ended with judges choosing the winning table and some fun raffles.
We photographed the event for NACE and here are some of our favorite images from the evening. Enjoy!
Vendor Credits:
Venue: Vinoy Renaissance
Linens: Connie Duglin
Flowers and Speaker – Ian Prosser /Botanica
Lounge vintage pieces: MMD Events
Drapery, lounge areas, chairs: Showorks
One of the fun perks of being a wedding photographer is working in an industry with some amazingly talented creatives! There is nothing better than to see a bride’s dream wedding materialize while capturing the beauty of it all with our cameras and vision! I love to share inspiration, the newest trends, and creative ideas with our brides so that they may learn more about their own unique wedding style. Besides keeping up with the best wedding magazines and blogs, I aim to experience and learn from the wedding experts in our ever-changing industry! That is one of the reasons I called a fellow photog friend, Johnna Brynn of Johnna Brynn Photography and we headed down to Miami, Fl for the weekend (truth be told, I will find any reason in the world to head down to one of my favorite spots!)
Invitation designer and innovator, Ceci Johnson of Ceci New York is pure inspiration to me and I had been following her gorgeous work for a while. When she announced the Town and Country Magazine‘s Ask the Experts event, a personal, one-on-one and Q&A showcase, I was beyond excited for a chance to meet her and hear some great advice from Ceci and the other experts! Joined by gown guru, Mark Ingram of Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier; cake designer extraordinaire, Ron Ben-Israel of Ron Ben-Israel Cakes; event planner, Eyal Tessler of In Any Event; Shai Tertner of Shiraz Events, event designer and organizer of the Miami event; and fabulous designer of linens, Pablo Oliveria of Nuage Designs. These experts discussed how important a couple’s own wedding theme and style are to the success of their day, answered questions and gave advice on where brides should start first in their planning. Surprisingly, it was not the wedding gown! ; ) It was almost unanimous that a bride start with her invitation designer. The invitations and Save the Dates set the mood and style of a wedding event, it is the first impression guests will see for the event, and takes time to create, keeping in mind that they must be mailed within an appropriate time frame. These experts gave priceless information and I am so thankful for their time! I look forward to working with them in the future and I know our brides will have an amazing experience with each and every one of them!
Now I can’t end this blog post without sharing some of the gorgeous details of this event! I was even able to snap a few photos to share with our readers and brides! Warning: Be ready for inspiration overload!
The event was held at Villa 221, a beautiful venue that is pure eye candy for photographers! A stunning piece, using orchids and acrylic greeted the guests as they arrived. Models wore stunning gowns from Rome based designer, Peter Langner, Jenny Packham, and Monique Lhuillier and carried a cascading orchid bouquet to accentuate their bridal style. I absolutely adored Kathryn Parrish of Parrish Designs‘s organic table setting, which included grapewood branches, birch accents, succulents, airplants and natural ferns. A lovely white wedding table showcasing a “glam” look had an arrangement of flowers that included orchids, tulips, sweet peas and anemones. My favorite table featured a whimsical, avante garde look using phalaenopsis, vanda orchids and hyacinths with a plethora of floating candles and glass accents. The striking and vivid hues of purple were mesmerizing! The music by DJ LEEOR had a irresistible vibe and superb quality! And I can’t forget to mention the yummiest cupcakes ever by Robert J. Onuska, owner of Stella’s Sweet Shoppe in Miami. Be sure to check out Atlas Party Rental and Ring Finger Studio, they were also at the event and had lovely displays! Hopefully I didn’t miss anyone! It was such a fun-filled and inspiring Saturday! A huge thanks to everyone who was a part of this great event!
A few weeks into our second year of business, immersed in goals and visions (and tax paperwork), I realize our first year flew by. It feels like it was just yesterday that I was daydreaming about opening Kismis Ink’s doors and sharing with the world our vision and creativity. I had planned to have a blog post wrapping up 2010 in full detail, but I have several (creative) ideas on how to do that, and have not decided on which one yet. Yes, I am aware that we are entering the month of February! But, I truly want our first year wrap up to help other photographers that may be starting their business this year. I would love for the post to be resourceful and full of information that I would have wanted to read when I first started. So hang in there, I will hopefully have it up in a few months, ahem, in a few days.
Last year, we had the honor to have our work featured in some of our favorite wedding and vendor blogs! We want to thank each and every one. The constant support motivated us to follow our visions. The encouragement helped us continue to grow and we are so grateful.
Thank you for believing in our work and being part of our first year. We look forward to seeing 2011 unfold and hope for much success and happiness for each of you.
Gwyneth Paige {Couture Letterpress}
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