{better photography through relationships}
Occasionally, a wedding vendor ‘wows’ us to the point where we feel we need to hop on our blog and recommend this person to brides- Margit Holakoui is one of those people. Margit was the florist for our wedding five years ago, and I have seen her work in two weddings since. Each time, she...
Have you ever bitten into a fresh cranberry? Yesterday morning we presented the cranberries in the image above to everybody in attendance at our church, Mountainside Communion. On the count of three, we all began chewing on the cranberries in unison… and slowly, a boisterous response of laughter and puckered mouths spread throughout the congregation....
Reid may have thought that he was merely joking about the differences between Ariel and his literary preferences, but unbeknownst to him, Reid had just summarized the inner workings of my relationship with Daniel: “Ariel only likes books that include a map of a place that doesn’t exist,” Reid said, “And I won’t pick up...
This past Sunday marked the commencement of Advent, the beginning of the church’s liturgical year and a special season of anticipation. Each year during the Advent season, people in our little church write prayers and meditations for our Sunday gatherings. These creative outpourings are unique: they are written from and for our tiny community, and...
In my family, we have an age-old tradition (Ok, we actually have quite a few of these) – There’s the Easter lamb cake tradition (with a special cast iron lamb cake mold my Grandmother bought from William Sonoma half a century ago), There’s the tradition of stuffing old nylon hosiery with gifts at Christmas as...
