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I love thoughtful people!

I received a small box today from my delivery guy. It felt like early Christmas or my birthday (next week!)   I definitely got a chuckle when I saw what was inside!  The gift giver saw these napkins and couldn’t help but think of me and my love of twitter.

This fabulous set of cocktail napkins was a gift from the super sweet Lori!

She runs two websites,

Bridalinsider.com (for all you San Diego brides to be – this is the forum you must bookmark!)

and

Giftaria.com (The ultimate website for gifts and party supplies!)

Check them out, Lori rocks!  Thank you!!

xoxo, M

On a side note: This photo was taken with my brand new point and shoot camera I got today!  I got the Canon SD960is 🙂

I have been nominated for Channel 10 News A-List – the best of the best in San Diego!

I would absolutely love your support!  There are only 3 days left to vote!

You do have to register on the site for our vote to count.  You do not have to leave a comment on the site if you don’t want to, when you vote you can choose to submit without a comment.  I am so grateful for the 30 comments you all have left so far!  xoxo

Click HERE  to be redirected to the voting site!

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I planned on putting this post up yesterday, but needed to get Jen and Nick’s teasers up first 🙂

One year ago, on August 17th I met somebody very important in my life!  We met at a wedding that day, although our email relationship started a few days prior.  I knew we were two peas in a pod when we were both up writing emails to each other at 2am.

Meet one of my best friends and studio mate, Brenda Swann.  I say meet, but if you have ever stumbled across my blog (or been on any local wedding forum) you know this lovely lady! I knew we had something special when I realized we share two strong passions, weddings and travel!   As you can see, her personality is like none other and it shines through her 100%.

She is a wedding consultant extraordinaire!  

Photo below by Michele Terry; Brenda giving an impromptu speech at my wedding in January! 

And in the photobooth…we are no strangers to photobooths! 

This past April, we traveled to Australia together

and did her trash the dress session in Sydney! 

And now, one year later, we have a studio space together (us with Cathy from Love at First Invite) Photo by Aaron Thompson

And our beautiful space when we first opened…its got a little more on the walls and desks now!!

and one last shot of us from Australia 🙂

Some may think its silly to celebrate a one year anniversary with a friend, but it made me smile when I woke up to a Happy Anniversary text from Brenda yesterday. 🙂

It really does feel like longer than a year!  Here’s to many more, Love ya B!

xoxo, M

My good friend and talented studio mate is holding an amazing contest on her blog! She is giving away 100 FREE invitations including the envelope and reply card! Wow!

Hop on over to her blog to see the details and the collection you get to choose from!
And all you have to do is leave a comment on her blog to enter! Easy Peasy!

Some examples from the Ready to Love Collection:

The full collection:

And to show off some of her talent, here are some custom samples of work that she has done for brides of mine!

And she even created my table names at my wedding!

What are you waiting for?  Go comment to get your free invitations!

xoxo, M

 Finally, some photos of the studio and its transition!  

Here are a few “before” photos taken Saturday morning before we started painting.  Brenda and Cathy had stayed up late taping up everything!

This angle is standing from where the doors are, so basically your first look at the space!

And taken from the back corner, the doors are on the right side wall

And AFTER! 

This was taken Sunday evening.  A mere 30 hours later – its pretty much completed!  We still need to hang a few canvas’ on the walls and bring in the TV

And a view of our building

The ladies of Cerimone taken by Aaron Thompson of AS Photography!

Me, Cathy and Brenda!

Aaron also took a few new headshots of each of us!   I got a haircut today by the fabulous Mei-Li!

And having a little fun on the South lawn of NTC

Write me today to schedule your consultation in the new studio!  Or even if you just want to check it out, let me know!

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who made this possible!  Allison, our room designer and her husband Jared for going above and beyond and keeping us on track!

Mo (Brenda’s mom), Katie, Shera and Noah for getting your hands dirty putting everything together!

My wonderful suite mates, without you two, none of this could have happened in the first place!  Remember when we were just dreaming about this??

And of course everyone who encouraged and supported us through this entire process!

xoxo, M