Well, I’m so excited to write this post, it’s our last post on this blog. I’ve been working so hard on a new blog, and updated website and a few other surprises for 2009. So…Dont’ be left behind…follow us!
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They waited 10 months to become husband and wife. They waited a bit longer to find each other, but, when they did, that’s all there was to be said!
Creations Photography had the pleasure of assisting in capturing the memories of the wedding of Josey and Tami!
Raquel and I spent the day enjoying the company of some beautiful people: family and friends!
I’ve known Josey all his life and to watch him marry the love of his life was nothing but joy for me! Such a beautiful couple, inside and out! Good people, from good families.
It was a beautiful day for a wedding, and the fact that we got hit with a snow storm slowed no one down and Tami and Josey even braved very cold and snowy conditions to take some outside shots!
Simply beautiful from beginning to end. Thank you for letting us be a part of your stunning day!
Slideshow fun: HERE!
This is such a self centered call for attention post I’ve ever made, but SO SO worth it.
If you know me, there are three things about me you will know.
1. I love licorice (redvines and canadian are the best)
2. I love chocolate (but not just ANY chocolate)
3. I love rocks, special rocks, rocks that have personality
So you’ll see, I really have worked on what I love and I KNOW what I’m talking about.
So what brings us to this posts?
CHOCOLATE!!!
Every year, about this time, my daughter and partner in crime head up to Beachwood Mall, to a special Kiosk that is there for a few days out of the year, and YES we sure do take the free candy hand out, and we walk around and ooo and awww at every bit of chocolate candy they have.
Is one better then the next? NOPE! It’s all so stupid good!
I love this chocolate so much it is SO worth this post on my blog!
The chocolate is:
See’s Chocolates
It’s seriously the best chocolate around and trust me, I KNOW! Don’t ever buy a Hershey or Mars bar again, forget about Godiva, once you’ve had See’s you’ll NEVER look back.
So…if you love me…okay even if you like me just a little bit..
This is what I expect to see in my mail box or front door soon! Or just hand it to me…
Creations Photography had the pleasure to capture the emotion and love between Brooke and Craig on Saturday Nov. 29th.
For a late Nov. wedding it was not as cold as it had been and the sun was out in full force. The church was decorated for Christmas and it really set the tone for a lovely ceremony with family and friends watching Craig and Brooke exchange vows.
Brooke did not care if Craig saw her before the wedding, this opened the door for the more traditional shots to be done before the wedding. Grandma whispered in my ear “It’s just not right for the groom to see the bride before the wedding”. We asked Craig to wait in the church while we went to get Brooke and allow them that “first time” seeing each other and to spend a few moments alone.
Both families were awesome to work with. We took more traditional shots that day in less time. Much thanks to a family member who helped get everyone in line before it was their turn.
When I say both families were awesome to work with I mean it, There was joking and laughing and everyone co-operated and flowed and it was a blast to work with them. A great group of people and I should say it more like….”Brooke and Craig, you’re blessed with great families that are a lot of fun and a blast to work with”. ”I’m very sure they will support you and assist you on your journey of married life together”.
Brooke had the most beautiful dress which I referred to as a Cinderella dress and Allyson (flower girl) reminded me that Cinderella’s dress was blue, but, you get the picture. :-) But what made Brooke’s dress stand out were these awesome RED shoes. Yes, ladies you heard me right, blinging red shoes. They really made a statement and added a beautiful accent to an already gorgeous gown.
Craig was not alone in his attire, he added his own special bling with a pair of Ohio State University cuff links! Go BUCKEYES!
Brooke and Craig, you guys enjoy your lives together! Oh and enjoy that awesome honeymoon in January when we are all freezing back here in Ohio We had a blast. You guys were great!
very year at the church that I had belonged to, we were always reminded to Give Thanks, that being an American, living in America, that even your weakest, lowest or poorest situation was not as bad as that of a person in a third world nation. America still has it good, but we sure are looking right in the face of some hard times. We’ve gotten fat, America, like the turkey we are going to eat on Thursday, we’ve forgotten some deep down, deep founded tales of old that our grandparents and great grandparents have told us. We’ve forgotten how to be American, and if anything this R or D we are in brings us to is the fact that, we can’t spend more then we have and we better save for a rainy day, cuz it will rain!
I remember when I was a little girl, my grandfather had gotten sick and my Uncle (a bank president) had to work really hard to persuade my grandmother to take the money from her coal floor basement, hidden in a coffee can and put it in the bank. I remember her fear. Trust a bank? Maybe it’s time to bury a coffee can again?
Thanksgiving is a time to be glad, to rejoice and to look around us and to be thankful for what we have. If you have a roof over your head, food to eat, family to love. BE THANKFUL! True treasure lies in the family and true friends you have, that even in circumstances that are not perfect, they still love you, call you and care for you. Those are friends and they are rare, If you have any of those…BE THANKFUL.
Do me a favor, on Thursday morning…Don’t read the paper, Don’t listen or watch the news! Get up, stretch and look around you, and be Thankful. Give thanks…with a grateful heart!
And if you can, Give back. We had that chance to give back to Patrick Henry Academy. It’s the greatest feeling in the world to give of yourself. Here are two pictures I did not share with you from Patrick Henry.
This man came to get the food that COTR was giving out. When he received his box, I was standing there and he took it and promptly placed it on top of his shopping cart. A young boy leaned towards me and said “is he a bum” I responded “looks that way” We wondered what he would do with that turkey inside the box and in a small way, I hope he got to enjoy it or possibly share it. He was grateful we were there that day, and as he wheeled his cart down the road I took his picture again, it’s hard for me to imagine a life like that. But I do know, only by the grace of G-d go I! I’m very Thankful, and I hope you are too.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS OLD AND NEW AND ALL THE CLIENTS OF CREATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY.
LEAVE ME A COMMENT OF SOMETHING YOU’RE THANKFUL FOR…ENCOURAGE OTHERS!
One of the top things that Creations Photography feels strongly about is: Giving Back. We do this in a various amount of ways. Another is offering our services to our church and local organizations.
Today was no different. Since making the decision to move to Missouri we searched for a new Church Home and believe we have found it at Church on the Rock. We’ve gone through the process and have become full fledged volunteers! THAT for us is a big deal. I contacted Amy in charge or Graphic Arts and her words to me were “an answer to prayer”, which in turn for me was “an answer to prayer” 
So today, I ventured out of bed extra early with my husband and youngest son and joined a bus load of people to,Henry Elementary, in St. Louis. My job: Photographer!
If you know me, then you know I’m more comfortable behind the camera then anywhere else and being able to photograph this new church family, made me comfortable and I also got to meet each of the 200+ people there, and say Hi to them all. I worked along side Preston, who is an amazing person and it was fun to walk and talk with him about, life and church and photography.
What a rewarding day. This school is amazing, has an amazing principal and she herself was blessed and a blessing Saturday. The neighborhood was blessed and so were the people that helped. What an amazing example of Love that was shown to the children, parents and neighbors of Patrick Henry Academy.
A common phrase I heard was:”we’re just going to love on em” I liked this phrase and I have feeling I’ll be saying it as much as they do soon
Jim and Luke worked outside with a group of men picking up garbage. They had a lot of fun and enjoyed the BBQ served after for everyone.
We met a lot of people and one thing I have to say in common of themall. They all loved what they were doing and they were all very kind and nice.
I look forward to the next Outreach
I’ll share a few pictures with you, I’m out of town and have no access to my puter with all cool stuff (UGH I’m on a PC right now)
Surrounded by family and friends, Kyle and Lauren said their vows at St. Roberts Catholic Church on Nov. 8th, 2008.
Two lives brought together by college and in stating “surrounded” by friends is very mild compared to the fraternity and sorority friends that showed their love and support to Kyle and Lauren. Family with sincere tears in their eyes, Sorority sisters surrounding Lauren singing a song to her, Fraternity brothers calling out to one another!
To say this was a fun group is an understatement. The bridal party was a blast and to watch the bridesmaid care for their friend was refreshing! They were concerned when she was getting dressed and they concentrated to help her not cry when Kyle sent over some heartfelt gifts and card, Lauren was cared for by the people closest to her and surrounded in love! We know by the love that flowed that the 18 surrounding them in their wedding party was just a small part of the support they have had over the past years.
Normally we don’t mention often what the bride wore, but Lauren wore a tiara and veil that her great grandmother wore on her wedding day, and that great grandmother was there to see her great granddaughter get married.
We learned a lot about sororities and family that day. It was so much fun to record the emotion and memory of your wedding day and to meet you and all your wonderful family and friends.
Keep in touch with us! We wish you the best and look forward to what the future has for you.
I had the opportunity to watch the unveiling of a new statue and park for Veterans in Downtown Warren, Ohio.
I’ve never really gone to anything like this and to be honest I was not sure what to expect.
What I did not expect was the crowd, there were a lot of people there. It was nice to see, people honoring the Vet’s.
They asked the WWII vets to unveil the statue and there was some emotion once it was revealed, but the real emotion came when they played Taps, and I looked at the faces of the vets who had served in various wars. The emotion and expressions on their face, that in that short moment of “Taps” they were remembering their place in history, old friends and fallen friends.
It was an honor to be there, to photograph that moment in time. The flying of the flag, people looking for their loved ones engraved stones and old friends meeting up again, shaking hands and laughing about times gone by.
I heard this comment as I passed by two men talking, a man in his 50’s says to a man in his 80’s as he shakes his hand, “Thank you, it’s because of you and others like you that we are not all speaking German”. I have to say, I have nothing against, Germany or any other nation, but America was founded in God we Trust and speaking English and had it not been for the Veterans who gave of their lives, and time and energies, who knows what we would be a nation of if they had not!
Thank you for giving of yourself for me and my family.
If you see a Vet today, give them a hugg! they deserve it! If you see a military person, Thank Them!
Gary has been a friend of ours for many years, we’ve seen good times and bad and with any friendship you go through things as together as you can! Gary has been a real trooper through life!
Laura has her own stories to tell and a strong woman who is amazing in her own right!
When Gary and Laura are together, you know how happy they make each other and you know how, finally, they’ve found a missing puzzle piece in their lives.
We are so glad that they found each other and even more glad to be able to preserve their memories for them.
On Nov. 1st a small intimate wedding and reception where close friends and family witnessed the wedding vows of Laura and Gary.
Laura was so happy and excited to get things going, Gary has never smiled so much. And when they said they “do”, they did, and their lives are now forever sealed together!
We wish you two the best and happiest days ahead! Thanks for allowing Creations Photography to preserve the emotion of your day!
We don’t change too often but when we do, we like to give a heads up to all the brides that have been calling us!
First, we still have dates open in 2009, don’t panic! We’ve had a lot of phone calls for 2009 and sent out a lot of information!
So, here’s the deal…On Nov. 15th our packages and prices will be changing. We feel for the better! We’ve talked to a few companies and then went to view their products at the Photo Plus show in NYC and once we had a hands on, we decided what we wanted to do.
We’ve added a few new products to our packaging and we love the style, class and elegance our packaging has taken on and we are so pleased to be able to offer them to you!
Just a reminder, you can easily hold your date without picking a package until a later time by just sending a non-refundable retainer. That holds the date for you. As always, I’d love to be able to do more then one bride on any given day, but because we give our all to our clients on their special day, because when you hire us, you get us not a subcontracted photographer, the first retainer to reach us, that is who the date is booked for.
We at Creations Photography are so excited looking into the 2009 Wedding Season and we wish all our brides and grooms the easiest and happiest planning.
Any questions, as always, just give us a call or shoot us an email!
