I had first heard of pinterest through one of my friends and florist extraordinar, Anastasia Ehlers (If you don’t have a florist for your wedding, CALL HER NOW!) when she was creating a Styled Shoot and invited me to photograph it.
She shared her inspiration boards with me, and that peaked my curiosity about Pinterest. I fumbled my way through it and sort of put it to the side until a few months later when I discovered all the RECIPES on there! You see, I know there are some crazy amazing cooks out there just cooking for their families and then posting those fantastic recipes on their blogs, but I don’t have time to peruse food blogs or to have just a few favorites and keep updated on those. Most of the time, I only cook a few things from one blog, so I would get bored quickly anyway (ADD? Maybe
). But Pinterest has thousands (maybe millions, but I hate to sound over dramatic
) of recipes that keep me interested. I simply find the recipes I like by following people who also have the same taste as I do (My Sister in law, Jessica of course) and I do searches for foods that I am looking for, such as “vegetarian”, “No meat please”, “Soup”, “Bread”, “Lots of fat and sugar”. And now I have several boards for recipes, AND I even found a snazzier way of using it! I keep my monthly meal recipes on a board. I am a very visual person and if I just bookmark it, I won’t remember it when I go back to look for it later. So seeing a picture of the food keeps me more organized with what I am making that month.
But I don’t just use this simple amazing website for food. I also use it for decorating our girl’s room, crafts, household tips, and WEDDINGS!
I do my best to help our brides out in planning their wedding as far as vendors, DIY and decorating goes. I know it can be incredibly overwhelming just looking through blog after blog, and if you aren’t naturally crafty (me), these DIY’s can look deceptively easy. Then once you get in to it, you realize it truly was deceptive.
So I have created several boards for our brides to get ideas for their wedding. I have a cake, bridesmaid dresses, table scapes, bouquets (one of my favorites), Details, DIY, and bride hair styles. Because we have shot dozens and dozens of weddings, and have seen our share of decor, dresses, etc. I thought I could make it easier for you and show you what looks beautiful in photographs AND on the wedding day. You can follow me here and view these boards if you like, and if you are one of our brides, leave your url so I can follow you and see what you have planned for your beautiful day! I would love to see your ideas!
These are just a few of my boards. There are many, many more.





































by Anne
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