I Heart Nathan Russell!

Simply put, I heart my photographer big time. I know I've shown y'all some of his amazing work with our engagement shoot and my boudoir shoot, but I swear, he just keeps getting better and better. Mrs. Penguin asked me to wait to post this until after I got my wedding pictures back. I've got them (which means recaps are a comin') and they are fabulous!

Nathan, with his adorable wife/assistant Amy

Let me start at the beginning though. Let's start with how I found the fabulous Nathan Russell. One day I was perusing Weddingbee and I was searching the local Austin board when I came across a thread about an awesome deal on a photographer. I just happened to be in the market for a photographer so I clicked on the link.

It lead to Nathan Russell's website. Basically he is in the process of growing his wedding portfolio, so he was offering five lucky brides one hell of a deal! The deal included an engagement shoot, a bridal session (or in my case, a boudoir) and an entire day of wedding photography. (Oh yeah, and he threw in a second shooter plus his wife/assistant on our actual wedding day!) All for the small price of five hundred buckaroos! And to top it all off, after the wedding he gave us a $500 gift certificate to use on his site to order an album or prints.

Now, if you don't think he's totally awesome yet, let me share a little more. A bridal session was included in his original package. I, however, wasn't interested in lots of photos of me in my dress taken on a separate day from my wedding day, so I asked Nathan is there was any way we could do a boudoir session instead. He enthusiastically agreed! My boudoir session was his first and because it was so successful, he has decided to offer the option to all his future clients! How awesome is that?!

Oh, and a few months before the wedding he informed me that he'd like to throw in a photo booth set-up, complete with background and props, for no additional charge. I think he must have been psychic because two days before I received his email I had decided to scrap the whole photo booth plan because I just couldn't figure out how to do it and decided it wasn't that important. Instead I got to have an awesome photo booth and I did't even have to worry about it!

Here's a preview of my kick-ass photo booth!

Do you have a crush on your photographer? Where did you find yours?

*I'm not getting paid to say any of these nice things about Nathan. He's just awesome and everyone should know it!
**Please excuse my excessive use of the work "awesome". There is clearly no better word to describe Nathan's work.

I'm Such a Follower

I chopped my hair all off. I followed bees and hive members of the past by participating the Post Wedding Chop.

If you recall, I did consider cutting my hair off before I even got to my wedding day. But wedding day 'do indecisiveness changed my mind at the time. However, as soon as we returned from our honeymoon, I was off to the salon to get a new 'do.

I absolutely love it. You see, I'm a serial hair cutter. Every year I grow my hair long (usually to about the middle of the my back) and then cut it up to my chin. I've been doing this ever since middle school. Problem is, usually I hate my hair cut (and miss my long hair) for the first week or so afterward. That was not the case this time. I sprung for a slightly more expensive salon and voila! Cute hair!


Have y'all been itching to ditch your locks? Were you able to wait until after the wedding or did you do it beforehand as I originally had planned?

I Graduated with an M.R.S. Degree!

Hey Ladies! I'm baaaaaaccckkk! Look what greeted us when we pulled up to our house on Sunday afternoon returning from our honeymoon:

Taken by moi.

How cute are our friends? Love them!

I missed y'all over the last couple weeks. I'm so happy to be back. I don't have my photos back yet, but should in a couple weeks. I can't wait to see them! But I will show you an awesome photo my friend Katie took with her iPhone during the ceremony.

Taken by my fabulous friend Katie!

Love it! The day went absolutely perfectly. I felt gorgeous, all my little details were in place and everyone seemed to be having lots of fun! I can't wait to share all of it with you soon!