the sweetest couple ever & a picnic…..

here’s what you need to create your own lovely picnic…
1st….fall in love 
2nd…create the most adorable baby ever 
3rd….go to france
4th…have EDEN set up a lovely picnic for you
and voila…there you have it….. 

all joking aside…erin & jack & their beautiful son isaac spent the week in france with A LOVELY WORKSHOP….erin is an amazingly talented HAIR & MAKEUP artist…check out her work HERE…..

and lucky for us…this beautiful family is migrating to california….soooo…..

ladies, if you are on the west coast & in need a HAIR & MAKEUP goddess…..

ERIN SKIPLEY is simply amazing & lovely in every way….

hope you are all enjoying the last precious days of summer….

break out your bike, pack a basket & have a pincic….

with the one you love….

xoxo

this beautiful engagement shoot has been featured on STYLE ME PRETTY & BE INSPIRED…but i wanted to show some more of these lovely images & share some of the behind the scenes details that inspired this beautiful photo shoot, leila & tony are an adorable couple….full of love & tenderness…

when leila & began discussing plans for their engagement shoot, i encouraged her to think of some ideas that were close to her heart…that we could create a stylized photo shoot that honored their relationship….well, leila teamed up with her friend & very talented designed, CARISSA to create the sweetest flower stand ever….to see more of carissa’s beautiful work check out her site JL DESIGNS….

as a surprise for leila & tony, i asked my good friend liane of SANTA BARBARA WEDDING & MONTECITO CONFECTIONS to create this sweet green cake…i have become a little obssessed with having cakes at portrait shoots…maybe its my sweet tooth….i also found this sweet INSPIRE sign that i thought was a a perfect sign for leila & tony….leila’s site BE INSPIRED is full of inspiring ideas…..

i also travel with many prop…you never know when a hat or a crown will come
in handy…i love how old fashioned & sweet my hat is with their outfits….

leila & carissa literally built the flower stand from scratch…and yes its truly lovely & original…but what moved my the most about the flower stand idea, was that it was very close to leila’s heart….it was a tribute to leila’s mother, who suffers from a rare illness….leila’s beautiful thoughts about her mother touched my heart…

that’s the most amazing part of this shoot…its so lovely because
it’s so authentic & is a creation out of & in honor of love….

everything, from the beautiful flowers carissa chose to the sweet floral jumper leila wore was perfect….

the entire shoot was at the stunning DOS PUEBLOS RANCH….many thanks to TRICIA FOUNTAINE who was a wonderful help & is managing the RANCH which not only was the location for the amazing fairy shoot last year (that is featured in the current issue of SANTA BARBARA MAGAZINE)….DOS PUEBLOS RANCH is available both for photo shoots & weddings & other celebrations….

we spent a wonderful afternoon, exploring the property & making photographs

leila & tony were made for each other…they are such a sweet couple….

peace . blessings . love . marraige

and flowers…lots of flowers….

and kisses…lots & lots of kisses….

congratulations leila & tony….xoxo

xoxo

this lovely INSPIRING engagement shoot will be featured on STYLE ME PRETTY very soon, so keep an eye out….JL DESIGNS created the amazing flower stand…seriously adorable & INSPIRED….the entire engagement shoot was in santa barbara at the picturesque DOS PUEBLOS RANCH….

may you day be full of love & flowers….xoxo

BE INSPIRED

sometimes you just know…xoxo

“in thy face i see honor, truth & loyalty”

“now join your hands & with your hands your hearts”

“love goes towards love”

“my bounty is as deep as the sea,
my love as deep; the more I give to thee,
the more I have, for both are infinite.”

“my heart is ever at your service”

“it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves”

“a woman would run through fire & water for such a kind heart”

“love sought is good, but given unsought, is better”

“when i saw you i fell in love, & you smiled because you knew”

“no sooner met but they looked;
no sooner looked but they loved;
no sooner loved but they sighed;
no sooner signed but they
asked one another the reason;
no sooner knew the reason
but they sought the remedy;
& in these degrees have they made
a pair of stairs to marriage…”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

“If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I’d find a match.

Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.

If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I’ll make it better.

Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am. ”

INGRID MICHAELSON

kiss & tell….

“there is no “how we first met” story….i’ve know him my whole life.  he was literally the boy next door.  i don’t have a memory of seeing him for the first time…kissing him for the first time…holding his hand for the first time.  i am so excited to experience all of this on our wedding day……all of our first moments as husband and wife.  our first kiss…first dance…the first bottle of champagne we crack open…the first “i love you”…  all the “firsts” that are to commence on our wedding day…i want them engraved in my memory forever….a freeze frame of each precious point in time.  a collection of “firsts” to compose the story of our lives…”

-jillian

xoxo

our lives are joined in love

Turn Your Lights Down Low

“Loving you is a like a song I replay
Every 3 minutes and 30 seconds of every day
And every chorus was written for us to recite
Every beautiful melody of devotion every night
It’s potion like this ocean that might carry me
In a wave of emotion to ask you to marry me
And every word, every second, and every third
Expresses the happiness more clearly than ever heard
And when I play them, every chord is a poem
Telling the Lord how grateful I am cause I know him
The harmonies possess a sensation similar to your caress
If you asking then I’m telling you it’s yes
Stand in love, take my hand in love,
God bless”

Bob Marley & Lauryn Hill