Category Archives: weddings

{lesley + josh} st. augustine florida

filed under: White Room, weddings
Mar.04
2010

Really, i’m not a writer. It’s why i’m a photographer ;) So when I started to write this post, I was just sitting here for an hour trying to figure out what to say about this AMAZING joining of souls. For this post, I am starting something different. Instead of trying to verbalize what I feel, I decided to let the images speak for themselves. I hope you feel the same way I do after looking at them. ;)

But seriously, there aren’t many words to describe how awesome Lesley + Josh’s wedding was. Lots of laughter, joyful tears, gorgeous sunshine and drinks for the house. :)

Lesley + Josh, you have been a blast to work with from the word “go”. We enjoyed every second that we got to spend with you and we cannot wait to be a part of the many chapters of your life together.

Thank you for giving us this opportunity to document your life and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your selfless service to our country. :)

{Our heartfelt thanks go out to:}

Ceremony: The Oldest House Garden, St. Augustine Florida

Reception: Shannon and the amazing team at The White Room, St. Augustine Florida

Makeup: Paulina Perez

Cake: Sweet Weddings

Florals: 57 Treasury

DJ: Bobby Spencer of ABC DJ’s

Photographers: Lauren + Michael Kinsey, Lauren Kinsey Photography

Accomodations: The Casa Monica Hotel, St. Augustine Florida

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{gonna soak up the sun}

filed under: Amelia Island Plantation, weddings
Jan.29
2010

That was definitely the mantra for Megan + Wade’s sweet Sunday wedding at Amelia Island Plantation. :D

Saturday, Michael + I were PRAYING for weather as gorgeous of this day… it had been storming all day and the weather man called for more rain on Sunday… 80% chance, in fact. I tweeted about it, Facebooked hourly updates, and when we left our house on Sunday morning, it wasn’t looking too promising. We were prepared to bring out our galoshes, but when we arrived at Amelia Island, the sun was shining bright and we had some beautiful blue skies. Thank you God!

I have to admit- I was a little nervous when we arrived. Usually, we get to meet with a bride at least once before her wedding, but we had never had a chance to meet Megan before today because we were never able to coordinate our schedules! From the time I first talked to Megan, I knew we would begreat friends, but it’s always a little nerve wracking meeting someone for the first time.

When we walked in, Megan immediately gave us both a hug and her family was so warm and welcoming, we really did feel like we were a part of the family. :D

Megan + Wade, we had so much fun capturing the pure joy and love surrounding your wedding day, and thank you so much for inviting us into your lives! We had fun and we will see each other again soon! ;)

See what I mean by GORGEOUS day?

Megan was one of the calmest brides I have ever met.

Megan was so excited and joyful all day!

Alright, little side story here. Michael was out in the garage with the bridesmaids (that sounds funny, huh? ;) ) and we noticed that these pool were sitting here together… they weren’t turned exactly all the right way, but the wedding date was 1-17-10. Coincidence? ;)

LOVED Megan’s choice of colors… so beautiful! All the girls looked great!

Holy hotness Batman. Megan, have I mentioned that you are STUNNING?!?!

YAY for this!! I knew when I took it that it was going to be one of my favorites of the day! :D There was just a slight breeze… ok it was winnnnnnnnndddddddyyyyyyyy!

Drumroll please! I give you, Wade!

Wade’s one and only request was to get “spatted” up. Sounds dirty, right? :) Since Megan + Wade are HUGE Auburn fans, all the guys had to get spatted up before the big day. I even got spatted. It was pretty fantastic. I rock the spat pretty well. :D

Hey, you gotta have priorities.

Sam AKA Stevie Wonder. :)

And most importantly, make sure we zip the fly.

I think i’ve said this before, but I truly loved every detail of this wedding, the sweet simplicity of it really  was so lovely.

The church was awesome, I loved the little white chapel feel.

SHOWTIME!

Ok, I love everything about this image. Megan’s dad was very emotional and I just happened to catch this one right after he gave his daughter’s hand to Wade. I love the way he is looking at his daughter, it makes me very emotional and reminiscent of our wedding.

Megan + Wade held communion for all their guests, it was so powerful to see everyone worshiping and praising God at their union!

MARRIED!

It got dark QUICK. And I mean in-a-hurry. We did not anticipate it getting dark so quickly, but of course we had to squuueeeezzzzeee in some lovey dovey time. Hopefully we’ll be doing some more portraits of these two soon, but for now, this will just have to wet your appetite. :D

Love love love.

Walker’s Landing at Amelia Island is so beautiful and rustic and Megan decided to have very natural details, which I loved.

Congratulations Megan + Wade!! We love ya’ll!

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{i know the suspense is killing you.}

filed under: weddings
Jan.26
2010

So I’ll leave you with a small cliffhanger from Megan + Wade’s AMAZING Amelia Island wedding. I cannot wait to share these images. It was a great start to the New Year! :D

Isn’t Megan GORGEOUS? Wait till you see what i’ve got in store ;)
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{2 awesome and 9}

filed under: personal, weddings
Dec.19
2009

In a word, it’s the only way I can describe this year. It shaped up to be a phenomenol year.

At the beginning of 2009, to be honest, I was worried. I wondered if I was going to be able to produce the kind of work that so many people trusted me to create, I worried about how I was going to keep business going, I worried about whether or not I was going to be able to do it all, while working full time and still manage to make our house a home.

I have been reflecting on 2009 for the past few weeks, and I feel such a strange and wonderful mix of happiness, blessed, humbled, surprised, excited, flattered, and many other emotions of the positive variety. My clients this year were, in a word, wonderful. Just absolutely wonderful. I don’t know many things, but what I do know is that the people I have been so privileged to work with are the ones that put my worries at ease. It’s because they are the ones that remind me why I do what I do.

It was a wonderful year. As I watched this slideshow I am again reminded of how beautiful 2010 will be, and how much we are looking forward to meeting new people and making new lifelong friends. :)

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{drum roll please}

filed under: free wedding giveaway, personal, weddings
Dec.15
2009

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! :D ) but we since we have to pick 1…

the winner is…

oh i’m so excited…

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Christine + Matt! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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“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!!! :D

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! :) ”

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{flights of fancy}

filed under: Betsy White, bragging rights, engagements, inspiration, personal, weddings
Dec.14
2009

Hello out there!
Is anyone still out there?…
I have been a horrible blogger lately. *slaps hand*
I promise I will blog more often. I promise I will blog more often.I promise I will blog more often. I promise I will blog more often.I promise I will blog more often. I promise I will blog more often.I promise I will blog more often. I promise I will blog more often.I promise I will blog more often. I promise I will blog more often.

Ok, enough of that! :)

Onward!

This week we were featured on the completely lovely blog for all things inspired, the Flights of Fancy blog! Ms. Gia Graham is the brainchild behind this awesome blog, and we are so proud to have Heather + Tyler’s beach wedding featured!

Thank you so much to Gia and to Heather + Tyler! We love all of you!

Please click the pic below to get to Gia’s amazing site and see our feature! Love love love you Gia!
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{hold on to your underoos!}

filed under: engagements, weddings
Nov.13
2009

FREEWEDDING

No, you’re not senile. Ya’ll heard it right.

After all the fun blog love we have had this week, Michael + I are just full of love right now and we have decided to offer A FREE WEDDING PACKAGE to one very lucky couple! :D

We have been so blessed over the past few years and we just want to take the opportunity to give something back and do something really nice for others. Your wedding day is your chance to shine, and we want to be a part of that with you. ;)

{in order to qualify, there are a few details!}
- Tell us your story! [my favorite!]
- Include a photo of yourself + your fiance in your submission.
- The wedding must be taking place in 2010 or 2011
- The wedding may be anywhere in the whole wide world but you must be willing to cover our travel (after all, we still need a way to get there + a warm bed to sleep in after your kick booty wedding!)
- You must submit a wedding inspiration board with images of ideas that you are going to be incorporating into your wedding. It can be as elaborate as you like, and list out the colors of your wedding.

Pretty simple, huh? Yep. :D

Entries will be judged by both Michael + I, and we will be reading each and every one personally. We will be judging the contest based on your story, creativity of wedding concept and inspiration board submitted, and our availability on your wedding date (ex: 2010 is booking quickly, so if your date is already booked, we will notify you via email.)

We will be accepting submissions beginning today and until 12-15-09, announcing the big winner the week before Christmas (How’s THAT for a great Christmas present?! :D )

Ok so here’s the {fine print}:
- The wedding package will include 6 continuous hours of coverage, + a high res disc of images (YAY!) + a fun engagement session!
- Travel expenses will be determined based on the location of the wedding and will include flight and/or rental car, hotel, and meals.
- The contest only applies to submissions received beginning at noon today thru December 15, 2009. If you have already booked a wedding or inquired prior to 11-12-09, entries can not be considered in fairness.
- Entry will not be considered if all the above requirements for submissions are not sent in.

We cannot WAIT to start getting your submissions! BRING IT!

Email us through our website or call us today!

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{heather + tyler = hitched!}

filed under: Shelby Peaden Events, Two Fishes Artistry, weddings
Oct.29
2009

On October 17, we had a cold snap. Actually, one could say that we a had a cold AND wind snap. It was a very chilly 50 degrees (what can I say? I’m a Florida girl! That’s COLD!!!) when Michael + I left the house to shoot Heather + Tyler’s AWESOME wedding in Destin, and we kept assuring each other that “it will warm up once we are on the beach”.

Not so much. :D As a matter of fact, it got colder… and windy-er.

The cold was not going to put a damper on our mood or on how ridiculously cool Heather + Tyler are (no pun intended) . :D I cannot say enough about this wedding and how much we enjoyed being a part of it. From day one, both Heather + Tyler have made us feel like a part of their families and we felt completely comfortable and welcomed by all.

Heather + Tyler are meant for each other. It just radiates out of every part of them. We are so thrilled and honored to be a part of your lives and thank you for being our friends. WE LOVE YOU!!!

Sit back and enjoy, this is a big’un. :D

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Renee of Two Fishes Artistry did an amazing job on Heather’s makeup, she is absolutely WONDERFUL and I adore her. ;)
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This is easily one of my favorites of the day. Aren’t they sweet? :D
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Heather, you are STUNNING!
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Meanwhile, Michael was hanging out with the guys… :D
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One from Michael! LOVE this and the way the sun was peeking through the clouds. Lovely.
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I love everything about this.
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One of {our} all time favorites!
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WARNING: Delicious details ahead. Proceed with haste! :D Shelby of Shelby Peaden Events pulled the decor together flawlessly!
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Get down, get down, get down, get down, get down to-NIGHT ba-bay!
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Our heartfelt thanks go out to:
Venue: Palazzo del Sol, Destin FL.
Coordinator: Shelby Peaden Events
Dress: Watters
Bridesmaid’s Dresses: J Crew
Hair/Makeup: Renee Armour, Two Fishes Artistry
Florals: Fiore
Cake: Heather’s amazing cousin Kelli Cotton!
Catering: Morrison’s Catering Division
DJ: Shawn Rowe of A DJ Connection

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{you’re such a tease.}

filed under: weddings
Oct.19
2009

One from Heather + Tyler’s fabulous beach wedding in Destin this past Saturday. :D

To the new H+T duo: Have fun in Playa del Carmen! See you when you get back!

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{handmade and lovely}

filed under: engagements, inspiration, weddings
Sep.10
2009

Oh Etsy. I don’t even know how to describe how much I love you. :D

The most appropriate way to describe my relationship with Etsy’s website is such: have you ever seen the movie “10 Things I Hate About You”? Well, in one part of the movie a girl is describing her love for Shakespeare, and she aptly puts it as “We’re INVOLVED”.

Yep, that’s pretty much how I feel about Etsy**. ;)

When I have a spare moment to myself, when i’m not shooting, editing, or blogging about shooting or editing (:)), i’m surfing Etsy.

Take a look at these great finds. I love these for fall weddings! AND, if you’re interested, i’m linking the picture to the seller’s Etsy store so you can click and go right to it!

Happy shopping, and I hope to see some of these at your upcoming weddings! :D

il_430xN.87795989These green quartz earrings are stunning, and at $48.00, are you kidding me?

il_430xN.88516374HOW CUTE is this?! I love it when a groom is stylish too, and this seller has TONS of awesome bow ties and ties for guys. Ready for this? $10.00!!!!!!

il_430xN.88295824I love letterpress. And this vintage letterpress invitation proves that you can have custom invitations made without the high cost associated with custom letterpress. $2.75 a piece! It kind of reminds me of one of my favorite books, “The Giving Tree”. :)

il_430xN.58932411LOVE these. Custom ring bearer bowls, or you could have them made for any other reason under the sun. $44.00

il_430xN.89645789Place cards printed on recycled paper. And at $1.65 a piece, you could definitely afford to have a cute one printed for each guest at the wedding. A nice favor. :)

il_430xN.89766358Ok so I am HUGELY in love with headpieces right now, I love hairbands and fun little things like this that I wear all the time, and I have a lot of brides asking about where to get them. ETSY! This one is $40.00 and is ADORABLE! You can find more great ones too, just type in “headpiece” or something like that. :D

il_430xN.89739321You know you want one. $65.00 :) Click there now!

I encourage you to scour Etsy, along with antique stores, yardsales, craft shops. You would be surprised at how inexpensive and absolutely lovely some of the finds you will discover!

I love DIY projects, and DIY weddings. Please, do not hesitate to contact me! I would love to help!

*all images from Etsy and each seller’s Etsy store!

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