Decor & Rentals Blog
A Tea Party Style Shoot Fit For a Princess Bride
Carri Fras | January 3, 2017In a time when brides are taking to varying new trends and adding their own unique twists to weddings, Rachel Whitehurst of Adventure Photo Stories and her team had their sights set on creating something that wasn’t just unique but also timeless. That’s how she landed on the idea of a Fairytale Tea Party. “Ultimately, I wanted this shoot to be about the vendors,” Rachel says. “I wanted to give them a sort of prompt for them to be inspired by and let loose their creativity. I began with the idea of a whimsical, but timeless tea party and knew that the other creatives involved would run with the idea. I pictured love. Simple love…the love between the real couple (Shonah and Ike) modeling for us, and the love of each artistic vendor for their craft.”
2016 Style Shoot Highlights
Kaitlyn Smale | December 30, 2016We've seen some incredible talent this year! The wedding vendors in our community just continue to impress and surprise us. Check out 10 trends we loved from a few of our most memorable style shoots of 2016!
2016 Real Wedding Highlights
Kaitlyn Smale | December 30, 2016What a wonderful year this has been! We've featured a lot of beautiful weddings with loads and loads of gorgeous details. Check out 10 things we were obsessing over from a few of our most memorable real weddings of 2016!
The Real Wedding of Caitlin and Eric Horsford
Carri Fras | December 28, 2016Caitlin met Eric six years ago working for a local grocery store. Eric was her manager in the bakery and, although they had feelings for each other, it took three long years before this came to light. Lucky for Eric, he decided to get in touch with Caitlin. “We both had a huge crush on each other but were too professional to let one another know," Caitlyn says. “He transferred stores and I moved to Florida. Out of the blue one day three years later, he messaged me on Facebook after seeing I was coming home to Indiana to spend the holidays with my family. He asked if we could hang out and that was it!”
Anchors Aweigh Style Shoot at The Allure
Carri Fras | December 27, 2016Unique trends, breathtaking styles and new ideas bloom from the wedding industry almost daily and, thanks to industry insiders like Michelle Nikitaras of Unveiled Weddings & Events and Kate Murray of Katherine Murray Photography, we have yet another beautiful idea before us. For those of you who love oceans, are inspired by the sea or never dreamt you could re-create this vision for a wedding, especially if it were indoors, do read on!
A Vineyard Elopement-Inspired Style Shoot
Carri Fras | December 22, 2016If you have ever visited Michigan, you might realize that after just one trip, it's gorgeous settings often call you back for more. Inspired by this very beauty, Carrie of Carrie House Photography aimed at capturing a vineyard wedding to highlight the wonders of Northern Michigan. She believes this area is quickly becoming a trending locale as more and more couples turn to Michigan for their destination weddings.
A Chic & Fresh Style Shoot at Journeyman Distillery
Carri Fras | December 20, 2016It’s all in the details, as they say. And for this style shoot, the copper accents and chic details speak beautifully. Lauren of Lauren Elisabeth Events and Jodi Bodtke of Giving Tree Photography teamed up to create this “Chic and Fresh Copper Shoot”. Lauren explains, “We wanted a very earthy and chic feel for our styled shoot with a lot of blues and greenery. We wanted to incorporate copper touches and fell in love with the idea of spray painting real fruit for our centerpiece, place cards, table numbers, and to include in the bouquet and on the cake.”
The Wedding Story of Shannon and Brian Sharer
Carri Fras | December 18, 2016Brian had one special proposal in mind for Shannon, a woman that first caught his eye and later his heart after meeting her at 5th Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan. His 31st birthday was approaching but he shrugged it off as if he didn’t want anything special.
The Wedding Story of Lisa and Gerid Gee
Carri Fras | December 16, 2016Lisa and Gerid Gee were college sweethearts. They met as freshmen at the University of Ann Arbor, Michigan and, by sophmore year, they were officially dating. This was thanks, in part, to the DKE fraternity Gerid was part of.
The Wedding Story of Lindsey Berggren Patterson and Logan Patterson
Carri Fras | December 15, 2016What better way to meet and eventually fall in love than to some sweet lyrics of a favorite song? On one such fateful karaoke night at a local bar in town, Lindsey fondly remembers her first time meeting Logan.