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Get the Look: Stripes & Brights

Friday, May, 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Inspired by the patterns and bright colors from this fun Found my Checkmate shoot we shared earlier this week, we came up with a modern Get the Look for this week with Stripes & Brights! I love the mix of classic black and white stripes with pops of bright colors. And lots of places to add the pops of color for your wedding with the groomsmen’s ties, a fun statement necklace, pretty flowers and bright nails!

Get this Look at The GWS Shop! Click the image above or click here to find all the products.

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Engagement Photos in a Treehouse: Ellie + Spenser

Friday, May, 17, 2013 at 10:50 am

Today’s engagement session takes place in a super rad treehouse! The treehouse is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and yes, you can actually rent it for the night to stay there! So fun!! :)

Ellie is a photographer and Spenser works at Apple. They love spending time in coffee shops and eating macaroons – which I love that they incorporated both coffee + macaroons into their engagement session! They’ll be having their wedding up in the Sierra’s, near Pineflat Lake, and will be staying here for one night after their wedding as the start of their road trip adventure up the coast to Portland for their honeymoon, so it was the perfect spot to capture their engagement photos. Thanks so much to iDropPHOTO for the lovely photos!

And their love story as told by the two of them …

Seeing each other on campus in high school they had no idea the future that awaited them. Ellie’s beautiful eyes met Spenser’s ridiculous hair but it was another 6 years before the connection was realized. Through friends, destiny and the miracle of online social media Ellie was invited to a basketball game by Spenser under the false pretense of a friendly hang out. He had a feeling she was something special and used any trick he could for just a chance to sit next to her. Through their interactions, his artwork and her photography had become a topic of mutual respect. A deal was hatched, Spenser agreed to draw a picture of Ellie in return for a photo lesson. Merely another opportunity to spend time with the girl he was becoming more infatuated with everyday. The drawing was done and delivered and doing so marked the start of their adventure.

Since that day they have spent nearly every moment challenging, admiring and inspiring each other. From SF to Portland, coffee to cooking, and miles of bike rides together the duo developed a relationship founded in God, grounded in humility, and a love abundant in both. One year to the day of that first hatched encounter, Spenser presented a book of their adventures so far, recounting the 365 days leading to that moment. With a shaky voice and a bent knee Spenser asked for Ellie’s hand in the future story he promised to make just as memorable.

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Santa Margarita Ranch Wedding: Sydney + Adam

Friday, May, 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

We love a pretty barn wedding and Santa Margarita Ranch has one of the prettiest barns arounds! Sydney + Adam wanted to celebrate their love with their family and friends and choose Yuna Leonard Photography to capture the day. I really love what Sydney shared about their wedding day…

At first I didn’t believe that a wedding day could be the best day of your life. I thought that it was too hyped up and I didn’t want to be unrealistic in my expectations. I can easily say now that our wedding was hands down one of the best days of our lives. To be surrounded by so much love and support and happiness by our friends and families, our favorite people in the world, was a feeling that can’t be rivaled.

Our Save The Dates were really labor intensive. I made my own stamp using a rubber print block. Then onto kraft paper card stock that we cut to size and hole punched the border, we embossed them. We loved the final product and we loved that it was completely hand-crafted and designed!

During our ceremony we had Adam’s uncle officiate with a ceremony we wrote ourselves highlighting what was most important to us. Then we had family members read two Pablo Neruda sonnets in English and Spanish. (Sonnet XVII & Sonnet LXIX). I can’t believe so many people were crying at our wedding and everyone tells us they have never been to a wedding when two people seemed so happy to be getting married and so in love.

We scavenged and antique-hunted for months for enough windows to make something taller and wider than us for our ceremony altar. We built the entire thing together and it was actually a really great pre-wedding project. We had fun building, sanding, and painting. And it was so rewarding that we did it just the two of us as a team.

Our favorite part of the day was how well our families got along, everyone loved each other and we felt like we created a whole new family together. If I could go back and change anything, I wouldn't. If I could go back and re-live it, I would every day for a million years.

photography: Yuna Leonard Photography // venue: Santa Margarita Ranch Santa Margarita, California // dress, veil + shoes: BHLDN // hair + makeup: Bluebird Salon // florals + event planning: Allure Event Designs // catering: Guest House Catering // cake: The Cakery // dj: SLO DJ // photo booth: SnapCubby