First, please let me say that we had some amazing entries for the free wedding contest.
Michael + I had a tough time trying to pick between all the wonderful entries, and we came to a decision on one couple whose story really stood out to us.
We loved reading everyone’s stories and seeing all your awesome ideas for your wedding, and we would love love love to have everyone as a winner (which you already ARE! 
) but we since we have to pick 1…
the winner is…
oh i’m so excited…
Christine + Matt!
“I get to marry my wonderful love this Summer of 2010.
How Matt and I met: We both moved to Pensacola, Florida for Bible school. I came from the San Francisco Bay Area and he came from Massachusets. We were friends forever. We have a cappuchino bar at church, and he would volunteer at it. Every time I would walk in the door of church, he would sing sooooooo abnoxiously loud, “Dun Dun Dun, everybody loves Loretz!” It didn’t take long for everybody to start singing that song anytime I walked anywhere at church or school. But we were just friends and Matt was just silly. To this day, people still sing that song… and it’s been 10 years. Anyway, to make a long story short, one day out of the blue we sat next to each other at church and then walked by each other later after church, and something just clicked out of the blue. Seriously. One moment we saw each other as purely goofy,fun-loving friends… and then the next moment… out of the blue, we saw something more. And from there, love grew. And boy did it grow!!!
I volunteer and teach art to children as a hobby at church. It’s something I love. Many of the children are bussed in from projects and it’s their only opportunity to express themselves artistically. I’m one of those people, that if I don’t get to express my creativity, I get fidgety. I love to share my love for arts and crafts and color with others. I’m confident that anything can be achieved with paper, glue, and paint! 
Yesterday I made a 9 foot Christmas tree with bamboo garden stakes and a blanket of green tissue paper “flowers” for leaves. I like to think that my class is a little bit like “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.” The children were amazed at the big things they can create with their little hands!
I am planning on getting married in a botanical garden. I would like my wedding to be 10% vintagey, 10% shabby chic, 10% country picnic, 10% old time country fair, 10% fiesta, 10% Jane Austen, 10% whimscial and…. the rest can just be pure color and fun. Of course I’ll have a beautiful white gown and all that, but around all this wedding magic, I will build with color and creativity.
Sooo, WE’RE GETTING MARRIED IN 2010! Thank you for hearing my story. I had fun telling it. ”
YAY FOR CHRISTINE + MATT!!! Michael + I are excited for your wedding!! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
From Christine: “Hi Lauren!! WOW!!! I am so unfathomably excited, you just can’t know!!!! That is soo cool!! Thank you so much for giving us this gift and right before Christmas! SO EXCITED!! Thank you again…I AM THRILLED and I might BURST! ”
for their wedding, and you KNOW we added some cajun flair.
Moving right along to Ginny+Jack’s Seagrove beach wedding. You might remember them from their loveshoot? Oh yes. 
The next day we shot Christine + Matt’s adorable loveshoot, and this one will be coming to you in TWO PARTS! Christine + Matt were our free wedding winners for the year and after Christine + I have been conspiring on all the details of the wedding, it’s sure to be a dilly! 
And then Part II, I’m am SO RIDICULOUSLY excited about this shoot, well…. you’ll just have to see for yourself.
And last but certainly not least, Katie + Brian’s wedding in Palm Coast. This couple was so amazingly sweet and fun to hang out with! Here’s a little taste:
Wow. I’m exhausted. 