It's Personal....

So first of all, I want to give a HUGE congratulations to my future brother in law and his brand new fiance, on their recent engagement! I am so excited to have them in my life, and wish them all the luck and happiness in the world!!! Congrats Drew and Dia! Congrats to all the other recently engaged couples too, I know at least 3 couples that got engaged last week, so love is in the air!!!

Anyways, I wanted so discuss personalizing your wedding. Its very difficult to make your wedding stand out, and to also make sure it represents you, your relationship and the your family. For our wedding, Mr. CP and I wanted to add some fun details.
The first, and possibly most exciting thing we did was rent a photobooth. We paid a bit extra for the guestbook, and attendants too, so the booth will print doubles and one copy will go to the guests. We used an affordable local vendor, Posh Booth. We worked with Neil, who was very helpful in explaining the options and a pleasure to work with. We can't wait to see all the fun people have with this extra! Best of all, the price for the photobooth is reasonable and totally worth it!

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We also wanted to incorporate Mr. CP's love for baseball, which is almost equal to his love for me...seriously. Were thinking about having the bartenders wear SF Giants baseball hats to represent Eric's love, but at the same time, I am not totally sold on it. One baseball-theme we are definitely doing is our cake topper. I found a website that makes personalized bobblehead cake toppers! How fun is that! You actually send pictures in!

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What ideas do you have for personalizing your wedding? Everyone needs ideas, so please share!

National Harbor Engagement Pics

FI and I recently took our engagement pics, and we love them! FI's dad is an awesome photographer, and since the family was visiting with us for Thanksgiving, he did our photo shoot at the National Harbor. These are a couple of the pictures.

We are in love with our pics, and have posted them on our wedding website already. The National Harbor is a wonderfully scenic place, and great to take pics. They've got the fountain, and stream (drained now for the winter), the water, docks, and well-landscaped grounds. As we were on the dock, the former presidential yacht sailed up, and make a great backdrop to some of our pics. You may need to call ahead and make arrangements if you want to take pictures near the beautiful holiday displays inside the Gaylord Resort.

HOLIDAY & WEDDING GIFTS

CREATE YOUR OWN GIFTS USING MYPUBLISHER PHOTO ALBUM

I recently created a holiday gift for Mr. Military. It’s a collection of our “Best Shots” throughout our years together. The software was easy to use, quick, and relatively inexpensive. I may create a similar gift for the Bridesmaids and Groomsmen.

Include photographs of:

· Key players

· Major events of the day

Here is a sample outline of a wedding album:

· Cover Page

o couple together

· The Dress

o wedding dress on a hanger

o bride getting ready

· The Bride

· The Groom

o staged

o nervous candid shots

· Groomsmen

· Bridesmaids

o flowers

· Flowergirls

o Bride with flower girl

o Groom with flower girl

· Ring Bearer

o With ring pillow

o With couple

· The Mothers

o bride with her mother

o groom with his mother

· The Fathers

o bride with her father

o groom with his father

· Our Guests

o guests signing the guestbook

· Our Wedding Vows

o Program

· Husband and Wife

o bride and groom candid just after the ceremony

· First Dance

· The Reception

o Decorations

o Reception room

· Cutting the Cake

· Tossing the Bouquet

· Tossing the Garter

· Decorating the Car

· The Getaway

· The Beginning

o bride and groom kissing

Here are the 5 steps to creating a PhotoBook:

1- GET PHOTOS

Select the photos you want to put in your book with our easy
to use drag-and-drop software.

2-ORGANIZE

Organize your photos in the order you wish to place them in your book.

3-CREAT

Create your PhotoBook by selecting the number of photos and arrangement of photos on each page. Or, use the one-click Autobuild and let BookMaker™ do the work for you! MyPublisher offers 8 book styles and over 200 page layouts to choose from.

4-PREVIEW 5- PURCHASE

See what your PhotoBook will look like before you place your order!		Click "Purchase" and place your order. Your beautiful, custom PhotoBook usually ships in 4 days or less!

This style of album makes a wonderful gift, but is also a beautiful way to display your own wedding photos in an elegant album fit for display.