Sunday, January 4, 2009

"Why do you blog?"

My mother in law asked me this question tonight..."why do you blog" so of course I asked myself the same question. I want to start using our blog not just for slideshows, but as a planning tool. Anyone who meets me in a client meeting knows right away I love every part of a wedding. My passion is photography but I love everything about weddings. When a bride comes in exhausted from planning I wish I could plan for her because it was so fun for me. My poor husband knows we'd get married every year if it were up to me! I have so many plans and dreams for this business and wedding planning is one of them. Anyways, so back to the purpose of me blogging. I'm on theknot.com as much as engaged girls are. Not only do I ask the basic questions in a meeting but I get to know what girls are planning, their colors, their ideas, their themes. It was a no brainer that browns and greens were the big colors this fall! We did a lot of weddings with brown bridesmaid dresses and a lot with black bridesmaid dresses. I'm anxious to see what colors come out of 2009! So with us having one more wedding this weekend and then having a little break before our next wedding, we'll be catching up on editing, album design, and I'll be keep the blog up to date on more of the actual planning aspect of the wedding. My good friend is now a wedding planner in Columbus so I'll be getting updates from her and having her appear on the blog for planning tips. The nice thing is that she's engaged and getting married in August herself so everything she's doing for her own wedding is so fresh in her mind, it helps in planning other girls weddings!

Anyways, we'll try and keep the blog up to date more, now that we have the time... sorta. I think after I get caught up it'll be March, and I promised myself I'd finish my scrap book that has been waiting on me since June of 2007!! We have a couple trips to make to Bremen Indiana to visit Coty's family! It was on top of our new years resolutions to visit them as much as we could before the wedding rush! We were already talking about next Christmas, just so we can make it to the big family get together! Its so hard for anyone to understand how far in advance we have to plan things. We already have a couple weddings booked for 2010! I'm one of those girls who gets a little excited and I tend to over extend myself, I'm learning when to back off and let someone else figure it out. You'll quickly realize that in a marriage when you be quiet and let the spouse figure it out... even if you knew what to do all along! I love when the new year begins because it always feels like a fresh start. New goals, new ideas... speaking of new... we're getting a new website! Websites are like a pair of flip flops... when the summer is over they may still feel comfortable but you know you'll need a new pair next year! (I love fashion metaphors)

We'll be launching our new wedding website with lots of galleries and featured weddings. I'm never one to keep the same wedding up there for too long, so you'll always see new pictures every so often! We'll also be launching our portrait site in the spring, which I am SO excited about! We have lots of specials we're going to be running, and tons of portrait sessions booked so keep a look out for our portrait site! Anyways, sorry for the seriously long entry! Leave it to your mother in law to ask you one question and base the entire entry of that thought. Gotta love her!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous New years! We're so thankful for all who have contributed to our amazing year we had! We're looking forward to our 2009 couples. So far its been great... Adam and Paige you were both so great to photograph yesterday! We love you all!

Ashley

1 comment:

Paige said...

We had a great time with you both at our wedding. You really helped put us at ease. I know the pictures will be amazing!

Thanks!
-Paige & Adam Buffington