Rue Magazine

Note to Readers:
Tuesday I had the opportunity to be in a photo shoot for Rue Magazine. If you haven't heard of Rue yet, allow me to introduce you, please click here for a fabulous find.

The lovely ladies at Rue are doing a feature on The Girls With Glasses. Have you met the Girls With Glasses yet? Allow me to introduce you. You remember Brooke White from American Idol, the other girl with glasses is Summer Bellessa, editor of Eliza Magazine.

Anyway, I obviously can not post anything from the shoot until Rue does, but I will keep you all posted. In the meantime, I just wanted to let you all know what was going on.

Note to Rue Magazine:
Thank you for a hosting such a fun party, and by party I mean photo shoot that was so fun it felt like a party! I can't wait to see what other fun ideas you lovely ladies have up your sleeves.

Note to the Girls With Glasses:
Thank you for including me in the shoot. Summer, you know I adore you and Brooke I feel really bonded somewhere in between hair back-combing and photo-booth chinese firedrills. Hope to see you beauties again soon.

My Mind... Blown

Sundance from Ryan Southwell on Vimeo.

Note to Readers:

This may be a bit off topic, but I just received part of Ben and my wedding video and (maybe I am biased) but it is oh so good! I want to post it on this blog, as opposed to my personal blog because I want to spread the word about the amazing Ryan Southwell. My girl, Nicci, told me about him and I am so glad I was able to hire him for Ben and my wedding vid.

If you have ANYTHING you need a videographer for, run to Ryan, don't walk. (Or send him an email, that's probably easier)

Note to Ryan:

Thank you so, so much for capturing our wedding day so beautifully. You were also really fun to have around on our wedding day (which is good, considering how much time we spent with you!) There was no Kelly Clarkson, or me twirling, but I think it turned out ok. (kidding, obviously)

Engagement Photos

Note to Readers:

A couple months ago, my fiance Ben and I took our engagement photos. Since the invitations are out now, a lot of friends have asked me about the clothing we wore in the pics.

Selecting the clothing for these photos turned out to be kind of a challenge for me for a few reasons:

1. I select clothing for photo shoots for a living, so I felt a little bit of pressure to make sure Ben and I were looking good.

2. It was beyond cold when we took these photos, but I didn't want us to be all bundled up in the pictures, so I had to choose style over comfort (and body heat).

3. I wanted us to look fashionable, but not trendy. We will have these photos forever, and I didn't want to look back on them embarrassed about our style in 2010!

So, I played with a few trends, high waisted skirts, skinny tie, skinny jeans, mixing prints, etc., but I tried not to take them too far. I also was on a budget, so I used items from different stores and price points and mixed them in with what we already had.

Would you like to know the details about our looks? I'll tell you anyway!

Look One (above photo):

On me- cardigan from H&M a few years ago, embroidered blouse Anthropologie, belt from Anthropologie sale section ($9.99!), skirt Anthropologie currently in the sale section if anyone is interested, shoes (not pictured) Steve Madden black sequined flats.

On Ben- shirt, tie and pants from H&M a year or two ago, and belt from Hurley from a few more years ago. (We used all things Ben already owned. I wanted to keep his clothing a little bit more on the basic side because mine had a lot of color and prints going on.)

Look Two:

On me- cardigan from Old Navy, blouse from Anthropologie, jeans by Paige Denim from Nordstrom around Christmas, flats from Urban Outfitters a few years ago.

On Ben- shirt and sweater from H&M (Ben gets a lot of his dress shirts and ties from there, because he likes the European Slim Fit shirts. He is kind of picky about the fit of his clothes, sound familiar?) jeans from his own closet I think they are from the DKNY outlet in Vegas, and his shoes are Steve Madden.

So, when selecting photos for engagement photos, family photos, or anything else where you will keep them around for a while, my suggestion is to look current, but not too trendy. Also, although it is nice to wear all new clothes, if you are on a budget, buy a few fun pieces and supplement your basics from what you already have.

All photos by the amazingly talented Jonathan Canlas. I really can't say enough good things about him. He had Ben, who does not like having his photos taken, laughing and smiling the entire time.

Note to Ben-

I can't wait to get married to you in 12 days! I am thinking you are going to like my wedding dress, and I am excited for you to see my biggest fashion moment yet!!!