Most recently, Alisa Lewis transformed these little beans into delicious vanilla sugar, which tastes truly magnificent in my morning cup of tea.

Check out today’s post on Apple Brides for Alisa’s tutorial I photographed, on how to turn this:

Into these:

Simple, sweet, cute, and easy!

In fact, all of the photos from Paul and Becky’s engagement session make me grin a little, because, as you can tell, this couple is nothing but fun (and beauty)!  They are also quite creative.  Becky has THE most amazing plans for crafting thoughtful, intimate moments throughout their wedding day, and I think Paul will appreciate me mentioning that he arranged many of the scenes below.

Congratulations, you two love birds!  July 20th can’t come fast enough for me, and I’m sure you feel the same!

In honor of our first year in the area, we have some exciting things to share with you in the upcoming months.  We’re doing some rearranging and adding an extra level of pretty, and we are looking forward to showcasing those changes here!

On a personal note, in the past year I have:

earned a Masters degree
worked an average of 70 hours per week
accepted a marriage proposal from the love of my life
planned a secret, international elopement
planned an intimate, local wedding reception
helped sell one house
helped remodel the other
moved
helped my husband move (twice)

It’s been a crazy, busy, beautiful, wonderful, unforgettable year!  I’m looking forward to slowing down a bit, getting more sleep, and continuing to capture sweet images of the people who make my heart smile – you all.

xoxo,

Sarah