Kristin and Justin were married at the 1st Presbyterian Church in a beautiful wedding ceremony in September and had a lovely reception at The Point. Here’s a sneak peek of the wedding photos:

Grey, grey, grey. I love grey…and, I love to spell it with an “e”, although I spelled it with an “a” for the title of this blog post. Why? So Google and other search engines can understand it. Sorry, getting a little technical for the general audience with that one. Anyway, check out the real point of this post below!

Wedding planning-gray is chic for wedding color schemes from Melissa Kelsey on Vimeo.

Anyone notice the nostril twitch at the beginning? Ha!

Note to self: get more sleep before recording a video blog post to prevent dark under eye circles and don’t wear hair like that again.

Photo by: Ingrid Sanchez of I Studio Photography

If you haven’t heard of the concept of Trash the Dress, you probably will begin to hear about it more and more now. Trash the Dress, which was begun by photographer, John Michael Cooper, has made it to the Today Show.

Trash the Dress isn’t about trashing the dress as much as it is about creating artistic, fashion-inspired images of a bride in her gown. I also like the term Rock the Dress, which can be a little more tame. These awesome photo sessions are ususally done after the wedding day, but even if you’re aren’t totally up for trashing your dress, you should definitely rock your dress. You can rock your dress during your bridal session before the wedding. Rocking the dress means having a fashion inspired concept, venturing into places where you might not normally feel comfortable taking your dress, but still keeping it pretty clean and completely undamaged. Besides, you can get the thing cleaned!

Rocking or trashing the dress can also include the groom. Sexy post-wedding shoots are perfect for this.

So, who’s game? Let’s do it!

It was kind of strange to find that a photo of mine from my blog, had made it onto two wedding planning blogs. Those of you that are familiar with wedding planning blogs like Wedding Chicks or Style Me Pretty are familiar with the idea boards they feature. Well, mine made it onto one of those idea boards. I wondered where all those photos came from! I thought they were submitted by photographers, but turns out, most of them are copied from photographer’s blogs. It kind of feels like someone took something from me without asking, but I’m also grateful and flattered to be on these blogs. As long as I’m given credit and a link for these instances, I guess I’m okay with it.

The blogs:

Bridal Buzz

Pearls Events

My photo is 2nd from the left on the top row.

Woohoo!  I made it on the Utah Bride and Groom blog.  Utah Bride and Groom is only the most awesome bridal magazine and wedding planning source in Utah. Mikey and Machel are such a great couple and I loved their engagement shoot.  Thanks for bringing that champagne along, Mikey!

Check out the full post at Utah Bride and Groom, HERE.

And…you’ll be seeing more of me on the Utah Bride and Groom blog soon, as well as in the magazine.  I’m so excited!
Check out wedding planning ideas, photos,  and information at www.utahbrideandgroom.com.