Make Others Sparkle!
Gratitude //
We were in a room full of people. Everyone listening intently as Mary pulled a few What’s Next statements from the chalkboard to discuss. We went through a few… and as soon as Mary was about move onto the next section, a few words caught her eye in the upper right corner of the chalkboard. They read, Make Others *SPARKLE*! As her face lit up, Mary looked out into the crowd and said, “Whoa… wait. Who said “Make Others Sparkle”?
In the front row, one of our most favorite people ever raised her hand, Natalie Franke. Natalie went on to describe that she wants to lift people up. This year she wants to focus on spreading her bright personality while making a difference in the lives of others! And in that moment… our smiles got as big as they can get and our hearts were literally beaming (well, actually my smile may not have been that big because I was actually doing everything I could to hold back the happy tears… haha! As you can imagine, the tears flowed anyway!) In that moment, as Natalie thanked us for bringing out her Sparkle and pledged to pass it on… Natalie touched our hearts in a special way and that moment we will never forget!
Natalie is one of those people who is always thinking of others! Always!! ;) That is just one of the many reasons she sparkles! And we are so excited that this year she sees herself spreading that sparkle all over (even more than normal)!!! How exciting to think of what this world will look like full of Natalie Sparkles?!?! ;) So MAGICAL!!! :)
I am super excited to say that Natalie is well on her way to spreading that sparkle this year! She, along with the 3 other fabulous ladies behind Bayside Bride and Charm City Wed have created the Chesapeake Bridal Awards in hopes to spread the shine and recognize wedding professionals in the area! AMAZING, right? They had thousands of nominations… that means hundreds of people took the time to nominate thousands of their favorite businesses! They created the opportunity for thousands of happy thoughts and sparkle to shine!
We are beyond honored to be one of the nominations and even more honored to have been selected as a finalist and named one of the top 10 wedding photographers in the Chesapeake Bay area. Wow!! Seriously, wow! We are so humbled and so inspired to be among so many incredible wedding professionals in the area! Thank you Natalie, Krista, Serena and Rochelle for spreading your magical sparkles!!!
We would love love love for you to jump on over to the Bayside Bride site and the Charm City Wed site to vote (1 vote on each Facebook Page per person). Of course we would be honored if you vote for Liz and Ryan under Photographer, but what we are even more excited about is for you to vote for your favorite vendors in every category!!! Spread the love! If your favorite wedding professionals aren’t on the lists… please take a moment and send them a note to let them know how much you love them! Everyone loves a sweet love note here and there! ;)
Click here to vote:
http://www.facebook.com/BaysideBride/app_126231547426086
http://www.facebook.com/CharmCityWed/app_126231547426086
