Since yesterday was July 4th (hope you had a sparkly celebration! ;) ), we thought it would be fun to end the week with a bang and celebrate all of the exciting places we have run into Liz and Ryan photos recently! ;) We have FINALLY updated The Buzz section of our website and words really can’t describe how grateful we are for every opportunity we have had to share our photos! Seeing our brides and grooms (and our fun DIY projects) on other blogs and in print sets fireworks off in our hearts! ;) (haha… I am full of it today! ;) ) But the reality is… the more people that see our AMAZING couples the happier this world is going to be because their happiness radiates happiness! ;)

Thank you so much to all of the editors and creators of these AMAZING publications for sharing our work and most especially spreading happiness by sharing images of our AMAZING couples!!

When you have a few minutes, definitely check out The Buzz section of our website and click through to the links of these AMAZING publications! Leave them some love… guaranteed they will appreciate a friendly hello from you! ;)

Thank YOU so much to these AMAZING publications where our work has recently been featured:

Southern Weddings Magazine V5, The Huffington Post, Style Me Pretty, Heart Love Weddings, Bayside Bride, Wedding Chicks, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, The Baltimore Sun, The Knot, Weddings 411, My True Blu, Bridal Guide, Baltimore Bride, Charm City Wed, and The Happy Family Movement!

So grateful for you all and an extra special thanks to all of our couples too!! Thank you all for being so AMAZING!! We love you! ;)

It is not often that a TV commercial stops me in my tracks. In fact, now that we have Apple TV and it tells us how long the commercials are going to be, I find myself running to do other things while the commercials play. Most of the time, I don’t even pay attention to the commercials… but the Allstate Good Life commercial stopped me in my tracks.

I can’t even tell you what TV show we were watching, but I can say that I watched every single TV break hoping to see this commercial again. And it was on every single break. ;) It is so good, friends. The message is such a good reminder that amongst the bad things that can happen in life, we have the choice to make sure it doesn’t stop us from making our lives good! Ahhh! LOVE it!

So good, right?!?! We are just about half way through our Take Action Challenge with Still Motion (the video workshop we are doing) and we are learning so much about cinematography and the art of storytelling! It is such an art and we are appreciating it even more than ever before!

The story in this commercial is one that we can all relate to! There are stories of “bad” all around… but we can’t let that stop us from making our lives good.

Have an AMAZING day, my friends!

Over the past few weeks, with wedding season in full swing, we found ourselves in a bit of a cycle. We would wake up, blog, work, work, work, and work some more, until it was time for our fav tv show to come on (The Bachelorette, of course) and then we would move our work station to the couch and continue to work. Seriously, that was pretty much the story of our days! We were getting the work done, but we struggled to make time for balance.

Last week, we decided to switch it up! We took a little time off the blog and found time for us. Everyday we took a long walk just to enjoy the moment! It was pretty magical. Even though our days were still very productive and hardworking, by the end of the week I said to Ryan, “I feel like we are on vacation.”

However, it definitely took me till the end of the week to actually slow down and realize it is ok, in fact… it is actually a good thing to find balance. I am still working on that everyday! We have the hardest time taking breaks and taking time for ourselves knowing there is always something to be done for the business!

Last week, we had a little lesson in spontaneity. As we were about to walk out the door to head to the coffee shop for the day, Ryan proposed that we take some time to do something fun before we left. I pretty much freaked out. lol. Seriously, we had a plan to go to the coffee shop so my head was already running through everything that we had to get done while we were there. (I am finally realizing that this is a major difference between men and women! I hear there is a book called Men are Like Waffles – Women are Like Spaghetti by Pam Farrel where she talks about this very thing… I will be reading it soon! ;) ). Anyway… after I freaked out and then got upset because I felt like I was ruining all of the fun (am I crazy?!?! ;) )… we decided to take a walk.

We walked down to Inner Harbor and as we walked by the fountain, Ryan decided to test my spontaneity! ;) I said, “we should go run through the fountain” (as a joke, of course). And as soon as the words came out of my mouth, I knew I had to do it. With Ryan laughing at me and thinking I would never do it, I said I have to, “I want to be spontaneous!” It was my way of redeeming myself and reminding myself that I am actually fun when I take the time to be! ;)

So, amongst the 20 little kids running around in only their bathing suits, I found myself in the middle of the fountain, fully clothed, with the biggest smile on my face! If this is what it always feels like to be spontaneous, we should all do it more often!

I am going to continue to work on that.

Yep thats me. In the center in the green shirt. (Sorry for the iphone pic! ;) )