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We’ve been anticipating Liz & Ryan’s wedding day for quite awhile now and can hardly believe that it has now come and gone. They started their beautiful day at the Westin in Annapolis getting ready for their wedding at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club just over the bridge.

Liz was absolutely stunning as she walked down the aisle to her Ryan. They had a small bridal party filled with friends and family that mean the world to them. After some special moments, laughs and advice from Aunts and Uncles, the couple said I do, sealed it with a kiss and got ready to party.

The reception was filled, and I mean Filled with all kinds of delicious food. A buffet dinner followed by cake, a candy bar, cookie bar, ice cream sundae bar AND late night snacks including mini milkshakes!! There was plenty to keep all those dancers sustained for a night of epic dancing ;)

Liz chose these awesome Badgley Mischka shoes for her something blue.

Loved all of her details!

Her gorgeous Casablanca Dress.

All of the girls got Toms for dancing shoes :)

Liz getting beautified.

The groom looking pretty handsome in his suit.

The guys.

Cheers!

Last min prep.

Isn’t she stunning?!

Bridesmaid details.

Jr Bridesmaid details.

Crazy socks ;)

The view.

The outdoor ceremony site at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club is beautiful.

Looking for his bride.

Escorted by her dad.

During the ceremony her uncles took some time to give the couple marital advice, and there were a lot of laughs!

A little excited to be saying I do!

Her groom is too….apparently I’m a poet….

Exchanging rings.

A moment to celebrate the new couple! The gorgeous bouquet by Crimson & Clover Floral Design.

Liz + Ryan.

They are as amazing as they look :)

Details.

A little champagne.

There’s those fun shoes again.

Couple moments.

A beautiful sunshiny day.

And then I went into the Chesapeake for this group shot :)

Sassy bunch ;)

The cocktail hour was super fun with these beer and app pairings.

A clever guest book.

The reception.

A little sparkle to welcome in the new couple.

Love it!

Their first dance to I Cross My Heart.

Some tears during the Maid of Honors speech.

These angels were made by Liz’s aunt for the place cards.

Their bling.

Then we stole them away for some shots at sunset.

And what an incredible sunset it was!

Daddy Daughter dance with that beautiful sunset in the background.

TOMS :)

Cutting the delicious cake by Sugar Bakers.

The dance party was epic thanks to DJ Mike Blaufeld.

Here are those late night snacks, how awesome are the mini burgers and milkshakes?!

Last dance of the night.

Relaxing by the fire at the end of the night.

L.O.V.E.

Congrats Liz & Ryan! We have loved getting to know you and your families and wish you many, many years of happiness together!

Before we talk about Lauren and Matt’s couple shower I’d like to say welcome to my ‘pictures-edited-for-blog’ debut! I have finally ventured out into the land of photoshop (which is normally Matt’s area of expertise), so here you go my first go at editing an event for the blog all by myself :D

A couple weekends ago Matt and I got to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Lauren & Matt at their couple’s wedding shower. Matt’s (my Matt) sister Becca is one of Lauren’s best friends and over the past few years we’ve really gotten to know both Lauren & Matt. Last year they decided that the only reason they weren’t married yet was because of the money needed to have a wedding, so they decided to elope. They had a beautiful little ceremony at the beach and then the real planning began. They will have their big wedding in May, which will be the first wedding Matt & I will be attending as guests (sans cameras) since we started our photography business!!

Since Lauren & Matt are already husband and wife, they already have everything they need for their household, which brings us to the theme of their couple shower, travel :) They are planning a fall honeymoon in Thailand, so the food and most of the gifts they received were centered around this fabulous county. I have to say I was ridiculously excited to make their gift since Thailand holds some of my best travel memories. Of course I forgot to get a pic of what we made for them…..but back to the shower. Becca, Lauren’s sister and her grandmother did an amazing job styling, cooking and hosting their shower that was held on a perfect spring day.

I adore the styling of the buffet table. The food was delicious, especially the Thai chicken salad.

Pictures of Lauren and Matt’s elopement were placed throughout the decor.

The wine punch was delicious and notice all the elephants in the decorations :)

And for the guys, beer and poker!

A globe for their guest book.

A little trivia to see how well you know the bride and groom.

Gifts :)

Cake time.

Fun with their nephews.

Cam Man requested a few photos with the fabulous Lauren.

Lauren + Matt + Buckeye, a happy little family.

Cousins.

That is one good looking family!

Happily in love.

So excited to join in the celebration next month guys!