February 2012 Archive

Effective today {Saturday, February 11th}, our Open Hours for the Studio are as follows:

Tuesdays & Thursdays – Open 11AM – 5PM

Saturdays – Open 12PM – 3PM

Appointments and Walk-Ins Welcome!!!

Captured by Lotus Blossom Photography. Interested in having your pooch photographed? Lotus Blossom is offering 15% off all WAG sessions between now and the end of March!

Chef’s Market‘s Winter Open House was last Thursday, January 26th. My fiance, Drew, and I attended {as part of our wedding-planning!} and it was fantastic! The food is always scrumptious, the decor was fresh and pretty, and all of the many Chef’s Market movers and shakers were so helpful.  We loved the buffalo chicken spring rolls, the avocado salsa spoons, the white chocolate banana pudding {delicious!}, and Drew’s absolute favorite was the assortment of duck BBQ sliders on mini sweet potato biscuits.

Thanks to Chef’s Market for having us and all the other brides & grooms who attended!

If you’re interested in using Chef’s Market for your wedding or event’s needs, shoot us an email at leigh@studiowed.net or call 739.5477 and we’ll do the legwork for you! :)

~ Kelly

While I don’t hope “it’s all downhill from here,” I am striving to be the prettiest I’ve ever been on my wedding day. {See? Prettiest thus far. I can still be prettier later.} Call it vain, superficial, whatever… our wedding day will definitely be the most documented day of my life, so why not look lovely on it?

I’ve never had my hair or makeup legitimately professionally done. {Granted, I have had a couple of ex-makeup-counter-maven moms-of-friends do my prom makeup and gone to salons for horrible lacquered-curl updos from grades 8 to 12. I’m going to say for the sake of “professionalism,” those don’t count.} While I debated back-and-forth quite a bit about whether I wanted to go big or go home {after all, my matrons of honor are quite handy with a set of hot rollers and eyeshadow}, I finally figured that a couple hundred dollars to look STUNNING in all those $$$$ wedding pictures/videos was absolutely, totally worth it.

Who was I kidding, anyways? I’ve really been trying to be the most considerate bride ever to my bridesmaids {after the whole “hey guys, can you return those fugly dresses I made you buy last week, pretty please?!” episode}, and how considerate is it to deem your matrons of honor responsible for making you look flawless on camera and in real life? Not very. I want to be chill and cool and fun and very PRESENT on my wedding day, and that’s not so likely to happen if I’m bossing around my bests to “get to curlin’.” Not to mention, there were a couple occasions in high school when I’d make my sister take off the makeup she just meticulously applied on my face because “I want eyeliner on my top AND bottom lashes but not liquid liner, and it needs to be darker/lighter/more dramatic/less dramatic/more neutral/etc…” If I was anal retentive about high school homecoming, I should probably just hand over the reins to a professional who does this for a living and stop stressing.

I’ve never seen anyone who looks less than impeccably gorgeous coming from Amy Lynn Larwig.  Not to mention, after observing countless consultations she’s done here in the Studio, I know I’ll get to enjoy the musical stylings of Britney and Rihanna while she’s beautifying me! Amy Lynn is fun and EXTREMELY talented at what she does. I have full confidence that I will emerge from her beauty chair as the lovely blushing bride I dream of being!

Now, for a little hair and makeup inspiration…

{From top left, clockwise:  neutral hues, smoky eyes, red lips, curled and blond, curled and blonder, brown curls and green drops, bangs!, brown sideswept, pink & black, tawny, brown rolls, fascinator.}

Amy Lynn, I am so excited to work with you!!! I can’t wait for my consultation and I am so excited to have you work your magic on me for our wedding! :)

~ Kelly