Happy 11/11/11!! (And Happy Birthday Smithy!)
My mother told me a couple months ago that this is her favorite video out of all that I've posted to the blog so far. So in honor of my parents coming to New York to spend the weekend with us, I'm bringing back an oldie by goodie here today. This really is such a cute engagement session!
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! If you need to catch up on my recaps, visit my Wedding Recaps page here!
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Showing posts with label Engagement Pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Engagement Pictures. Show all posts
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Engagement Pictures (Round 2)
Even though we booked the limos we want last week, I'm stillll waiting for our limo company to fax us back a clearer, and legible contract before anything is officially signed. We have the cars we want, they are ours...I just can't post with a clear conscience until the contract is fully and completely signed and filed away for fear of jinxing it. So, though I have a post on the limos we chose completely ready to go, it will have to wait for tomorrow or next week.
In an effort to post at least twice a week, I now give you "Engagement Pictures Round 2." I know, I know...more pictures?? Please understand this is not in an effort to show off more pictures of...welll...us (only sort of, maybe..no...). There simply are a ton more pictures that I didn't like at first, but have been obsessively editing and playing around with on picnik.com, and I like them soooo much better now.
Firstly, picnik.com is awesome.
Image via CrunchBase
It's very simple to use, and you can do whatever you want to with the file: upload it to twitter, facebook, your picasa web albums, google buzz, or save directly to your computer. I highly recommend this website if you ever have to do any photo editing, or just want to make a picture black and white, sepia or other colors. You can pay to use all the features they offer, but I use what's available for free and it's definitely more than enough for what I need to do. Picnik has so many options to play around with for photo editing. Some of the options are really weird and goofy and I would never actually use. I found myself setting up most my pictures kind of the same way after awhile...a vintage 1960's look. I plan on including a lot of these edited photos into our guest book that I am making through blurb.com. A lot of these are duplicate pictures from my first engagement picture post if you want to click there to see how I edited them to look different.
That's it! I promise I won't make you look at 54,000 pictures of Chris and me again UNTIL AFTER the wedding!!
In an effort to post at least twice a week, I now give you "Engagement Pictures Round 2." I know, I know...more pictures?? Please understand this is not in an effort to show off more pictures of...welll...us (only sort of, maybe..no...). There simply are a ton more pictures that I didn't like at first, but have been obsessively editing and playing around with on picnik.com, and I like them soooo much better now.
Firstly, picnik.com is awesome.
Image via CrunchBaseIt's very simple to use, and you can do whatever you want to with the file: upload it to twitter, facebook, your picasa web albums, google buzz, or save directly to your computer. I highly recommend this website if you ever have to do any photo editing, or just want to make a picture black and white, sepia or other colors. You can pay to use all the features they offer, but I use what's available for free and it's definitely more than enough for what I need to do. Picnik has so many options to play around with for photo editing. Some of the options are really weird and goofy and I would never actually use. I found myself setting up most my pictures kind of the same way after awhile...a vintage 1960's look. I plan on including a lot of these edited photos into our guest book that I am making through blurb.com. A lot of these are duplicate pictures from my first engagement picture post if you want to click there to see how I edited them to look different.
That's it! I promise I won't make you look at 54,000 pictures of Chris and me again UNTIL AFTER the wedding!!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Engagement Photos!
Our engagement photos came in the mail on Tuesday night and I'm so overwhelmed by how many there are. I have to admit, it took me awhile to warm up to these. Maybe it's because we received about 400 photos so believe me, there are some photos that are not so great and won't be seen by anyone other than us! However, once I looked through them all, I discovered there were quite a few that I liked.
Chris and I got our engagement pictures done at Wagner College on Staten Island which was where we went to college and obviously, where we met. I was nervous about getting our pictures done because Chris and I had never posed for professional pictures before. I was also nervous about the heat and humidity; it was the hottest day of the week, and probably one of the hottest days of August! Luckily, it wasn't too bad while we were there from about 10 to 12, and most of our pictures were in the shade.
It was great to be back on Wagner's Campus, which served as the perfect backdrop for us. Wagner is gorgeous and it's no surprise that a lot of movies and commercials are filmed there. School of Rock was filmed there, many Law and Order episodes, this Brooks Brothers ad was filmed entirely at Wagner, as well as a ton of other stuff. I would recommend Wagner for anyone in that area who needs to get great pictures taken, whether they went there or not. Our photographer, Jose, was laid back but professional. It was awesome to get to know him and how he works, since he'll be our photographer on our wedding day. He made us feel very comfortable. At times, he asked us to just walk around and act natural, so Chris and I reminisced about certain things we remembered while at Wagner. Like, that night during Senior Week that we found Matt sulking near the gym because he was sad we were graduating! (Haha, he's going to killll me). We took pictures on the oval, near Main Hall, at the entrance for our senior year dorm, in the parking lot, in the Union Building, on the union steps, and near Trautman Square.
So without further ado, I give you our engagement picture highlights!
Hope you enjoyed them! From here, I need to pick a picture for our Save The Dates, and figure out what else to do with them. I'm thinking of creating our guest book with the pictures: any thoughts or suggestions on where to go to get that made?
Chris and I got our engagement pictures done at Wagner College on Staten Island which was where we went to college and obviously, where we met. I was nervous about getting our pictures done because Chris and I had never posed for professional pictures before. I was also nervous about the heat and humidity; it was the hottest day of the week, and probably one of the hottest days of August! Luckily, it wasn't too bad while we were there from about 10 to 12, and most of our pictures were in the shade.
It was great to be back on Wagner's Campus, which served as the perfect backdrop for us. Wagner is gorgeous and it's no surprise that a lot of movies and commercials are filmed there. School of Rock was filmed there, many Law and Order episodes, this Brooks Brothers ad was filmed entirely at Wagner, as well as a ton of other stuff. I would recommend Wagner for anyone in that area who needs to get great pictures taken, whether they went there or not. Our photographer, Jose, was laid back but professional. It was awesome to get to know him and how he works, since he'll be our photographer on our wedding day. He made us feel very comfortable. At times, he asked us to just walk around and act natural, so Chris and I reminisced about certain things we remembered while at Wagner. Like, that night during Senior Week that we found Matt sulking near the gym because he was sad we were graduating! (Haha, he's going to killll me). We took pictures on the oval, near Main Hall, at the entrance for our senior year dorm, in the parking lot, in the Union Building, on the union steps, and near Trautman Square.
So without further ado, I give you our engagement picture highlights!
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| Cause you know...this is what we do...run around on the oval holding hands.... |
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| This is easily one of my favorite pictures |
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| WHY am I covering my ring here?!?! |
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| Hello random man in background...photoshop time! |
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Dining Detour Guest Post!
Firstly, Happy Birthday to my fiancé!! Yesterday Chris turned 25, which I keep reminding him is the age he'll be when he gets married. Last night Chris's mom and I prepared some of his favorites for dinner: French Onion Soup, Meatloaf (my mom's recipe), and pierogies. Followed by an ice cream cake his dad brought home and chocolate chip cookies that I made from Mandy's top-secret recipe! I also got him (us) tickets to see Joel McHale at Carnegie Hall on November 5th! We're big The Soup fans, and have wanted to see him live for awhile, so hearing that he was going to be at Carnegie Hall, I jumped on getting him tickets for his birthday. I can't wait!
We got our engagement pictures yesterday!! There are a ton on the cd and I did a good job of weeding through them last night, but until I spend a little more time on the post, you probably won't see them until tonight or tomorrow! PROMISE! In the meantime, I am excited to announce that I guest blogged for the food blog Dining Detour this week! Be sure to add this blog to your list of regular blogs to follow. You can check out my post and recipe for my new favorite healthy cookies "Maple Nut Oaties" here:
Enjoy! Make some oaties, and stay tuned for our pictures really soon!
We got our engagement pictures yesterday!! There are a ton on the cd and I did a good job of weeding through them last night, but until I spend a little more time on the post, you probably won't see them until tonight or tomorrow! PROMISE! In the meantime, I am excited to announce that I guest blogged for the food blog Dining Detour this week! Be sure to add this blog to your list of regular blogs to follow. You can check out my post and recipe for my new favorite healthy cookies "Maple Nut Oaties" here:
Enjoy! Make some oaties, and stay tuned for our pictures really soon!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Christina's Bachelorette Party
After a very intense week of splitting my time between my old job and my new job, plus a one-day stint at Jury Duty, I have to say I am MORE than ready to throw back my hair, have a few drinks and celebrate Christina's last "harrah" before her wedding! (You like how I did that there? "harrah"?) Yep, I'm off to A.C. (again!) for Christina's Bachelorette Party! Christina knows all the details of this weekend, so I can write about our plans without ruining any surprises this time around!
Saturday afternoon, her bridesmaids, plus other girlfriends (me!), will be meeting up in Philly for a good old fashioned pole-dancing lesson! This will probably be mortifying and embarassing and I can't wait! I gotta work on my upper body strength! I'm hoping to perfect this move before the day is through:
Just kidding....sort of....I mean, I wouldn't want to show everyone else up or anything. Anyway....moving on...
After the 2 hour class, we are loading into cars and driving over to A.C. where we will be spending the night at Bally's. Christina got us an awesome deal on the hotel rates because she worked in A.C. for the past 2 years.
Once we settle into our rooms, we'll hang out, give Christina her gifts, get ourselves glammed up for the night out on the town, and probably do a little pre-gaming and toasting. We have an 8:30 dinner reservations at Carmines and after that, your guess is as good as mine! I know there was talk of possibly going over to the vodka ice bar at the Tropicana Hotel. It's 30 degrees below zero and they have a 60 foot bar made out of ice. I've always wanted to go to one of these bars, so I think it would be very cool to try and go to that! Whatever we do, it will be a good time and I'm so excited to get away and celebrate with some really fun girls, and most importantly, to make sure Christina has an awesome time.
I should also mention that Ashley's bachelorette party happens to be this weekend, too. :( Unfortunately, I will not be there to celebrate with her as well. I know the plans, (though she doesn't) and she's going to have a pretty fantastic weekend. Have a great time Ashley, and I can't wait to hear all about it on Monday!!
I was really, really, REALLY hoping that I would have our engagement pictures back by today to show you, but I'm still waiting, ever so patiently, to get the files. I HOPE I have them to show you guys by early next week. Fingers crossed!
Saturday afternoon, her bridesmaids, plus other girlfriends (me!), will be meeting up in Philly for a good old fashioned pole-dancing lesson! This will probably be mortifying and embarassing and I can't wait! I gotta work on my upper body strength! I'm hoping to perfect this move before the day is through:
After the 2 hour class, we are loading into cars and driving over to A.C. where we will be spending the night at Bally's. Christina got us an awesome deal on the hotel rates because she worked in A.C. for the past 2 years.
I should also mention that Ashley's bachelorette party happens to be this weekend, too. :( Unfortunately, I will not be there to celebrate with her as well. I know the plans, (though she doesn't) and she's going to have a pretty fantastic weekend. Have a great time Ashley, and I can't wait to hear all about it on Monday!!
I was really, really, REALLY hoping that I would have our engagement pictures back by today to show you, but I'm still waiting, ever so patiently, to get the files. I HOPE I have them to show you guys by early next week. Fingers crossed!
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