Today’s engagement session is styled all around the gorgeous Pantone color of the year for 2013: Emerald Green! Love all the different ways they incorporated pops of this fun color in these photos by Priscila Valentina Photography. And be sure to read their sweet engagement story at the end of the post! :)
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I just love their sweet story on how they got engaged as told by Jessica! :)
Michael and I met our first day of class at Azusa Pacific University in January of 2006. We developed a very close friendship in college and after five years of being just friends, we started dating the summer of 2011 and have never looked back.
Michael moved to Orange in 2011, so we had spent our entire ‘dating relationship’ going out in Downtown Orange. The area holds special meaning to us, and so many memories. I was getting back from a work trip, when Michael surprised me with dinner at Gabby’s – our favorite Mexican restaurant in the Circle. He brought a special bottle of wine we had been saving from a trip to Seattle earlier that year (which Jessica didn’t realize until later – I thought he was just being smart and saving some money, haha) and we enjoyed a romantic dinner.
It was a beautiful night, so Michael suggested we “get some fresh air” (who says that! I thought ‘that was weird’ haha) before we left. So we walked around, talking about different memories we had as we passed certain places, and laughing at our stories. We ended up sitting on a bench in the middle of the Circle watching the water fountain and lights. He handed me a card (and I love love cards!). He wrote about how much he loved me, how I was his best friend, and he couldn’t wait for our future together. I thanked him for the sweet note, gave him a kiss, and said what a perfect date night it had been. (I really thought he was just being extra romantic since we hadn’t gone out in awhile). We stood up to leave when he grabbed my hand, and pulled me under an Orange tree. He was holding me, and gave me a kiss (and I’m thinking- ‘what’s going on?’..) He then got down on one knee, and I quickly put it all together! I was so shocked and excited, I barely heard what he was saying. I quickly said yes, and we had a wonderful moment celebrating in the middle of Downtown Orange under that Orange tree. We took quite a long road to get here, but we couldn’t be more excited to truly be marrying our best friend.
The photos are beautiful!
I thought the great big green balloons were going to be my favorite, but I was wrong! I LOVE the colorful confetti! HOW FUN! I’ve worked with confetti before though, and man oh man is it a mess to clean up! I do not pitty you!!! LOL Great session!
Since green is my favorite color, I really enjoyed these pics. Thought the LOVE candles were nice.
This is such a lovely session! I´m in love with this green couch! And a very beautiful couple come with that! Her lace dress is gorg!!
~ Saluti.
This is so fun and beautiful! I love the color, so appropriate for this season! Thanks for sharing.
They are so sweet! And I WANT her strappy nude heels.
I LOVED this story! Although I live in San Diego, I’ve visited downtown Orange a few times and Gabby’s is my absolute FAVORITE restaurant! Adorable. Congrats! xo
Super cute!!! I love these!!
Love this engagement shoot, especially the fun confetti shots!
Such gorgeous photos! So jealous of these…wish I had Priscila Valentina for my E session!
Umm… WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT COUCH!??????
I’d love to know where these photos were taken!
Lovely
Beautiful love story! Congratulations to Jessica and Michael. The engagement photos are beautiful. Great photography.