So Casie and I started planning on Pinterest. You can check out my board here and Casie's board here.
This past year, I have found a LOVE LOVE LOVE for the movie 'Tangled' by Disney. There is something about the story that captures me. Not only that, but the music is beautiful! *sidenote: I am considering having "I See the Light" as our wedding dance song. If you haven't seen it, please do!
Dave and I knew we wanted our pics to come before Christmas so that we could send out Christmas letters that say "We're Engaged! *Finally*"
Casie, who I have known for about a year now, was amazing! She took all of our suggestions and created these beautiful pictures. She even drove out to our apartment to capture about 5 shots in our kitchen! Dave is a chef so this was important to me.
Here are a few of our shots. You can view more at Casie's Blog. We are totally in LOVE with all of them! Remember now: Dave proposed at Jellyrolls! The frying pan shot was a must!
There are tons more so please check out Casie's blog post! We love her to death!
Recently I went on vacation. I went to a lovely little place called Sea Isle City, New Jersey. It's a place my family has visited every year of my life. It's special to me. The reason why I love this little shore town so much is because it's quite. Sure it tends to get a bit busy, but it's nothing like Wildwood or Ocean City, the major beach town destinations. So on a Monday morning, while sitting on the beach reading this amazing book about how Starbucks built their company, my mind began to wander.
I asked myself: "Lauren what do you love?" My silly little self replied as follows...
I Love:
David. He is my heartbeat and constant encourager. He is my inspiration and best friend.
I Love:
Jesus. No picture needed. Jesus is awesome and my reason for being. He has big plans for me in this world and I have no clue what they are yet. I just know I am going to change the world one day, whether it be in a big or small way.
I Love:
Taking pictures and making movies. I mean I have a degree in Broadcast Production, I just don't have the monetary funds to buy my own camera, a new computer, and a new editing system to start my own business and hone my skills. Here is a video I made in the beginning of my college days. It's just a bunch of pictures set to music, but it means a lot to me because the people in it mean a lot to me. We were a bunch of theatre kids and we loved every second of it.
I Love:
The wedding and event industry. I don't know why I am so drawn to it. Perhaps it's because I love fairytales. Perhaps it's because I love how creative people can get. I'm not really sure, but I would love to work in this industry somehow.
I Love:
Food. Let me clarify. I live with a chef. He's amazing at what he does. I eat a lot of GREAT food! So I love food. I love learning about food. I love how food and coffee brings people together around a table. I love stories behind foods. Most of all, I love baking! This past year I have had the opportunity to bake some amazing irish breads and pastries for Dave's work. They were so impressed that I was asked to come in and make some for their VPs for St. Patrick's Day. I got to work in a REAL kitchen and I relished every second of it. I love making treats that make people just sink to bliss. That classic "mmmmmm" feeling.
I Love:
Life. My current life is crazy beautiful. Yes, I have a job that I love but doesn't satisfy me. I crave more. I crave excitement and adventure. I crave the great unknown. I crave a different kind of interaction with people. I am a HUGE people person. So I love interacting with them in different ways. I crave the outdoors and I love exploring the indoors. I have a hunger for life and I need to live it to the extreme. That is why I am proud to be part of the movement my friend Casie started for her beautiful sister Kellie. The Live Out Loud movement encourages us to live life to it's fullest and not just sit and accept life for less than it has to offer.
I found out what I love, now I just have to make something of it. If anyone needs to hire anyone, let me know. I may be looking for a better job. Shhhh, don't tell the Mouse though. I am craving change. Change is good.
A few days ago I had a spark of inspiration. Dave and I are taking some serious steps in our relationship. We have been talking about possibly getting married some day and having a family, etc. So I have decided that when the time comes, I want to do two things for our engagement shoot.
The first thing I want to do is have a kitchen themed engagement shoot. Dave is a chef for a living and I LOVE LOVE LOVE to bake in my free time (which is not very much). I think it would be adorable to have us getting messy in the kitchen. I could slap him with an icing covered spatula and he could show me how to probably flip veggies. Can you just imagine the possibilities? It would be so much fun!
The second idea I have stems from a movie that has become close to our hearts. That movie would be Disney's Tangled. Dave tells me that I have Rapunzel's child-like spirit and seems to think he is as slick as Mr. Flynn Rider. He has tried countless times to give me the smolder and it fails. I do get a good chuckle out of it though.
Anyways here are some pictures that inspired me for our shoot, whenever it comes.
Rapunzel, Flynn, and I in EPCOT
One of my favorite shots:
I love these lanterns:
So close:
Gotta be tough:
If only we could find a white horse.... lol
Can't you just see the two of us doing something silly like these? haha I haven't told him of my plans yet...hopefully he says yes. Then again, I guess I'm the one who has to say yes first. :p What do you guys think? What inspired you?
The frying pan shot was a must!
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