While in Vegas for the WPPI conference, I participated in Portrait House’s PHotoshoot which was coordinated by Laura Marchbanks and Justin and Mary Marantz ! The Portrait House is actually a charitable outlet for photographers to give back to organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. What better way to start off WPPI than to shoot right?! I also met some amazing photographers who I also happened to bump into later on at the Airhorns and Lasers Party that same night 
Here are just a few of my favorite images!
yay, you might remember Amanda and Mike
Whew! I’m on a roll with the festivities and blog posting! I hosted Jalyn’s Bridal Shower at an elegant tea salon in old towne Orange called, Paris In A Cup. The place was so fitting for a bridal shower and the atmosphere was simply divine! I was extremely excited about hosting a “traditional” bridal shower with an all female crowd because in my culture, huge co-ed wedding showers are more common– allowing both families to meet and mingle before the wedding. ! Despite the smaller, and more intimate group of females however, it still felt like a big happy family to me. Jalyn, you are loved!
Floral arrangements were done by Kim Martinez of Lavender Hut. who also happened to be my wedding florist. She does beautiful work, is extremely creative and is very reasonable with her pricing!
The scrumptious traditional tea fare.
The details of the tea salon are exquisite! The owner, Cheryl, spent countless hours watching old movies filmed in Paris from the 40’s and 50’s. After carefully selecting designs, decors, and furnishings, Paris In A Cup was brought to life!
Jalyn’s “Pearls of Wisdom” (scrap)book. I finally got to use my Fuji Instax for these!
Just some Bridal shower games… Celebrity couples and Jalyn the Desperate Housewife!
RATED G for “Miss G”
These past two weeks have been filled with wedding festivities for one of my dear friends, Jalyn (also known as “Miss G” to her students). Her other maid of honor, Ann, took on the the responsibility of planning her bachelorette party while I planned for her bridal shower. Ann did such a phenomenal job, making sure that Jalyn celebrated her single-hood to its fullest!!! I wanted to share a few “G rated pictures of the goodies” minus all the male parts that come with bachelorette festivites. Enjoy!
I’ve been so behind on posting! And I have lots of photos to share from the last two weeks! As a start, meet Faith Lynn. Faith Lynn and I share something in common… we both represent for the Class of 2010 (holllaaa! lol!) This June, she will be graduating from high school and -more than likely– head off to college in Washington, that is of course if she doesn’t hear back from Yale 
Anyways, Miss Faith was such a natural poser in front of the camera. I didn’t position her one bit! This is all her and her fantabulous personality!
Can you guess what she wants to be when she grows up??
Congrats Faith! We’re all so proud of you!
This was handed out to us by the assistant dean the other week, and I barely peeked into it this morning. And yessss, I took a picture of it because I needed a reminder that I’m actually a candidate for a master’s degree! Something that I would never have dreamed of being capable of. ever. Me? I’m just an average girl trying every single day to push that boundary. But… I’ve been so busy… drowning in school work because deadlines were moved up and extra responsibilities were dropped on me. If you know me, you’d know that I plan on planning my day and that I think about thinking too much. Like Apolo Ohno said in one of his interviews however, there’s really nothing to it, but to do it! And with that, I just gotta keep moving forward and stay true to my commitments. If I survive the next month, maybe I’ll actually be able to turn this in by the April 2 deadline! Grad school was a lot of sacrifice, but definitely an experience that I would never regret. And according to one of our professors yesterdays, we are 82% complete with our journey. And that… only makes the light at the end of that tunnel that much sweeter.
