Honeymoon: Caribbean Cruise - Part 3

Day 3: Falmouth, Jamaica

That morning we arrived in Falmouth, Jamaica and went on our first excursion, a kayak trip to Dunn's River Falls. The day started with an hour long bus ride down the coast to the ocean. Our tour guide taught us a few Rasta phrases to help pass the time. Some of them were "Iree" which means "Happy", "Nutten" which means "Nothing", and when asked a question instead of saying "Yes" you had to say "Ya Mon". "No problem" is also a very popular phrase because they Rastafarian's are so care free.

When we arrived to our destination we were escorted through a resort to the shore where our kayaks awaited. We climbed into our kayaks and paddled our way through the sea to our destination. We passed over an old coral reef, some beautiful homes, and a dolphin cove (I never saw a dolphin so this may have been a lie). Our tour guide took us to a small waterfall and pushed each of our kayaks through it for a nice refreshing soak. He sang the whole time, which was really happy.

Honeymoon: Caribbean Cruise - Part 2

Day 2: Labadee, Haiti

People are always shocked when I tell them this was my favorite port to visit. Haiti doesn't have the best wrap, but when you are dropped off on a sandy beach with clear blue water you really can't complain.

Honeymoon: Caribbean Cruise - Part 1

We hopped on a plane the day after our wedding and flew to Florida to start our first adventure as husband and wife! One of my dear old friends and her husband were also on the flight. They encouraged the flight attendant to move us to first class. Unfortunately it was full, but she did offer us complimentary cocktails. Better than nothing right?

Once we arrived in Florida we crashed at a hotel, ate some mediocre pizza, and watched some TV on an old tube TV. Talk about classy! That following afternoon, we boarded our Royal Caribbean ship, The Freedom of the Seas.

Good-Bye Florida!

Vintage Woodland Wedding: Invitation

Invites give your guests the first glimpse at your wedding style. These romantic, vintage, and woodsy invites were perfect for our small wedding at Krippendorf Lodge in Rowe Woods.  The combination of paper and fabric made quite an impact on our guests.

The overall theme for the wedding was a combination of vintage and woodland styles. The color palette was loosely based on robin's egg blue, blush pink, ivory, and brown. The kraft paper invites were screen printed with white ink. Then wrapped with either a blue or pink floral fabric to match the color palette.

Each reply card had a web address printed on it for guests to get more information on the wedding and RSVP.  It was tied around each invite with a coordinating ribbon.

Designer | Rachael Ward | Cincinnati, OH

Calligrapher | Rachel Scheller | Fort Mitchell, KY

Printer | Four Ambition | Dayton, OH

Envelopes & Paper | French Paper 

Fabric | Jo-Ann Fabric 

Vintage Woodland Wedding: Flowers

To help give our wedding a romantic and woodsy feel we incorporated lots of fresh flowers into our decor. Hydrangeas, peonies, bells of Ireland, snapdragons, and various wildflowers filled a variety of vases on each table.

Upton Wedding

Better late than never.

Last September I had the opportunity to photograph Rachel and Russel's wedding with Melissa Cales.
We had a pretty bad storm the night before the wedding. Tree limbs and debris were all over the road and some people even lost power! The rain continued through out the morning in random showers here and there, but Rachael and Russel didn't seem to mind. They weren't going to let a little rain stand in their way! It was their wedding day after all.

Luckily, the rain cleared up just in time for the ceremony to start. After that it was a non-stop party!

Vintage Woodland Wedding

I'm so excited to announce that B and I were married May 11, 2012!