a happy post for me! As a bride, I worked so hard at planning our wedding. Hours of sitting on the basement floor, sorting through moss and peacock balls and never ending phone calls with vendors left me exhausted. However, as I look back on my wedding day, all I remember was that it was perfect. I laughed and cried and squealed with my hands in the air… A LOT. They say that your wedding day is one of the best days of your life and I’m happy to say that that was so true for us. We LOVED our wedding and I wish I could have shared that day with the WORLD! The joy and happiness that filled that small country church was
indescribable and was so much more than I could have ever hoped for! So now that it’s been 9 months since the wedding, I have started to forget just a little bit of that excitement. Sure, I still pull out our wedding album for ANYONE that walks through our front door (obnoxious? Yes.) but I haven’t taken the time to sit back and really think about that day for a while. Well, that all changed yesterday when I came home to find my copies of the The Knot VA, MD, DC on my doorstep. I tore open the package and sat in my living room, flipping through the pages to find our wedding!! There it was, page 50-53. All of my details and hard work, displayed for future brides to gain idas and inspiration! Michael and I are THRILLED to be featured and we’re so thankful for everyone who made our day possible. One very important couple to thank would be Jasmine and JD. I’ve said it before but they added so much to our wedding day. Choosing a photographer is not about just finding someone who takes “pretty pictures”… it’s about finding a friend and a person who you TRUST completely. We found that in Jasmine and JD. We’re so thankful for our wedding images and I’m excited to share some of them with the wedding world! Also, a huge thanks to all the fabulous ladies at The Knot!!!
I know this is crazy….but I was so excited that they used one of our images for the Table of Contents!! It’s the little things in life, right?! Right!
Thanks for reading!
— Katelyn
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