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“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
~ Jandy Nelson // I’ll Give You The Sun

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My husband and I have talked about it before; the idea of moving into a more rural area. I am a city girl, through and through.  Even when I lived in a smaller town, I almost always lived in the heart of it.  But my husband is a country boy and every time we head […]

CHARLENE & TIM: PORTRAITS

May 5, 2017

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She used to sneak up next to my table without me even noticing at first. I’d be sitting at one of the bistro tables in Starbucks – earphones in – endlessly plucking away at my book and then I’d see the most adorable smiling face…checking in to see how it was all going!  I met […]

KELSEY & BRANDON: ENGAGEMENT

April 19, 2017

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I find the world hard to keep up with sometimes.  So many trends…so many styles…so many elements that are constantly changing.  There’s a colour of the year…a dress of the month…a song of the summer.  It often feels like this never ending race to keep up with current direction of the social appeal. But some […]

SARAH & ALEX: ENGAGEMENT

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June 15, 2015

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I wish that – in this life – we all followed love.  I wish that we all sought after it with reckless abandon and chased it down as though our life depended on it.  Because, if we’re being totally honest, it actually does. The thing about love is that it’s a risk.  It’s a free […]

MEAGHAN & MARC: ENGAGEMENT

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May 14, 2015

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For the record, if I ever send you an email that asks “how adventurous are you?”…then you should officially consider yourself warned!!! Barb and Jesse were looking for something specific for their engagement.  Something rustic…something deep in the woods…something uniquely them.  So, given how gorgeous our new neighborhood is…I thought I’d ask if “adventurous” was […]

BARB & JESSE: ENGAGEMENT

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May 13, 2015

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I love it when you meet people and you can just tell that they are a good match.  And it’s not by the public displays of affection or the grand gestures that the world can see.  It’s the subtleties.  The small things. It’s the way he holds her hand protectively or the way she looks […]

JENI & NICK: ENGAGEMENT

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May 11, 2015