Dear Friend,

How was your weekend?  Did you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends?

As we finish up our turkey leftovers and begin the Christmas decorating, I remind myself that this season is not about food, and it is not about stuff.  Christmas is about sharing the beauty found in our hearts.

Everyone knows I love, love, love pretty things (perhaps that's why I'm a floral designer and event planner), but I believe true beauty comes from a place so much deeper.  It is the reality of this world and eternity in our hearts that eventually produces the pretty things.  Sometimes beauty is hard work, sometimes it is born through pain, and sometimes it appears like a sunset, completely undeserved and unearned.

I wish you great beauty this Christmas season.

xoxo,

Emily

Worth It

Every day I deal with a lot of emotional people...and these emotions are not always positive.  Honestly, my family is prone to tears and outbursts.  My clients are primarily brides who, even at their best, are still going through very emotional times in their lives.  While I feel my job as wife, mom and wedding planner is to weather others' storms, I still look for those special moments when it all feels "worth it".  Here are a few of my favorite "worth it" moments caught on film.

white pear tea at Sensibilities while waiting for a massage

bagpipes (and goose bumps) for a Scottish ceremony at Castle Ladyhawke, photo by Nette Lotz

a bride enjoying her wedding day to the fullest, photo by Visio Photography

my lead designer and I deciding whether or not it was safe to continue with a client's wedding during a hurricane (amazed by God's picture on a canvas of ocean)

my girls

Brady Boy