Don't Forget to Save The Date! Invites & More

What a wild few weeks. It’s a really hard time right now for everyone and the event industry is no different. Brides and Grooms and those newly engaged that are just starting to plan their weddings are now facing obstacles we’ve never encountered. Wedding dates are being postponed, guest lists are being cut and businesses are closing. We are doing our very best to continue on and stay in contact with our family and friends while trying to remember that everyone is processing differently right now. In all of this chaos… we’ve finally chosen a date after a 4 year long engagement (ah heck, what’s another year!) I’m trying to keep a positive outlook and having something like a big ol’ family wedding is the little ray of sunshine that I need.

A super special thanks to Fern & Frond for providing florals and styling pieces for these flatlays!

Basic Invite was so easy to use! I ordered my sample save the date invites in under an hour and a half from start to finish. There are over 900 wedding invitation sets, so if you like things to match to a T, they’ve got you. I wasn’t overwhelmed with all the options and loved how easy it was to customize what I wanted. They have almost unlimited colour options so you know that whatever your colour scheme is for your dream wedding, you’ll find it. You have the option to create a wedding website FOR FREE and they even have a free address collection service that you can share via social media or email. (Which will save me so much time copying and pasting my standard “Hey, I lost your address for the 3rd year in a row, what is it again?”) OH AND did I mention the envelopes? They have 40 colours and they’re all peel and stick! 40 colours. OF ENVELOPES. I was in stationary heaven looking through all these designs.

Wow, are we surprised that the first invite I gravitated towards features both flowers and a sparkly envelope? NOPE. This design was originally a foil card but I really wanted to see what it would look like as magnetic save the dates !

The second design is printed on real cherry wood! Kyle and I have looked at these types of invites in the past so I of course ordered one of these as a sample too.

I really wanted to see what my photos looked like printed so I messaged one of my current brides for September to see if I could use some of their GORGEOUS engagement photos that I took for these save the date magnets! I’m so glad I did. They are stunning. And the print quality is top notch.

I ordered these for myself, just 25 to see if I love them or not. And I do!! So I will definitely be adding them to my next order. I wanted something a little bit different but also a design I know will stand the test of time no matter the year. Basic Invite does just that!

I loved the bold colour here so I didn’t change anything in the design other than our names on the vintage save the date postcards. I did try it with our signature grey palette but it didn’t have that same pop. In hindsight, I probably would change it to a portrait orientation to match the front of the card, but hey, that’s why you order samples first!

And lastly, these beauties that match my business cards! I love the clear style and I’m definitely leaning towards that one. Any of these I’d be happy with for our save the date cards and invitations. What is your favourite?! Help me choose!!

Additional Provided Photos by Basic Invite

Wouldn’t be a self portrait session without me falling. Honestly, wouldn’t be a day out without me falling. Kyle was really into the “kiss her, don’t let him kiss you” game!!

Thank you so much to Basic Invite for inviting me to share these products! Connect with them on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram & Twitter! And if you order some, send me a message, I would love to see them.

Bump to Baby (And Beyond!)

Happy First Birthday Aria! You are my very first client that I’ve captured from Bump to Baby & Beyond! So I thought I would take this time to have a little walk through memory lane. I am so lucky to have met your family! They’re the best and love you so much, so always remember that. I know they’re going to spoil you silly!! Have some cake for me!

Christmas Mini Session with Props & Decor by Creatively Cut

In Home Family Session when you weren’t even a couple weeks old!

Mama & Me Mini Session in Downtown Kamloops!

Family Session at my Christmas Mini Session’s with Creatively Cut! These are my favourite photos of you and your sister. That bond is so sweet.

And finally, your super sweet cake smash! Your mama pulled out all the stops and everything came together perfectly.

Balloons - Paper Unicorn

Cake - Cocoa Dot Cakes

Bow - Sweet Dreams Decor

Head Wrap - Dear London

Something to Do - Puffy Paint

Back at it with another something to do day! I originally wanted today to be a fun indoor beach day but I’m already 2 cups of coffee in and still exhausted. So I picked the easiest activity I could find.

All you need is shaving cream, a few drops of food colouring and a little bit of water! BOOM. Puffy paint! We did 5 colours and they all showed up really well! Everything washed off easily and no stains on skin or anywhere else.

Leo definitely ate some. I did see another recipe where you use flour and water but I thought they might like the foam more.

Ella really wanted to wash the windows after (bonus!), so I let her with a highly supervised spritz.

Something to Do - DIY Paint Splash Backdrop

Today’s “something to do” was inspired by Marie-Louise Photography’s blog post series! I can’t believe I had never thought of making my own backdrop before. While this one we made probably won’t be used very often it was something fun for the kids and I to do. I also was trying to think of ways to save these shirts that we got from Creatively Cut, the paint covered the food stains right up and now I can frame them up and keep them forever.

Products Used:

6x9 White Backdrop (I had just bought a bigger one so this was an old one I had just laying around the house). Any size will do! You could use a sheet if you wanted! I also put down an old vinyl backdrop as my drop cloth. Worked SO well!

Kids paint - This is what we had in our cupboards! I knew it was super washable off their skin (and my walls and floors if it came to that) and that’s all that mattered to me. It does say it’s currently sold out but thought I’d link it just in case.

And that was it! The kids used their fingers, toes and elbows and made their own rainbow splash backdrop. Looking at it now I think if I extended the paint a little bit and softened some of the splotches up I could TOTALLY create a session out of it. Check out Marie Louise’s blog for a much more versatile style of backdrop. That will be my next type!