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Mermaid Under the Sea Birthday Party at the Carlsbad Lagoon, San Diego

March 4th, 2015

On August 30th we celebrated my baby girl’s First Birthday at the Carlsbad Lagoon, with a Mermaid themed party. We went to the Lagoon earlier this year for another birthday party, and when we saw the location, and the large deck that you get to rent for parties, we knew that this would be the best spot for Zoey’s party. We had such a great time out there and how perfect is it to have a Mermaid party at a Lagoon. I really wanted to get a mermaid that would swim out of the water….but my husband vetoed that idea….I guess that would have been overboard

Party details:
• Mermaid & Starfish centerpieces
• Custom Cake designed by BC Cakes & Bakery
• Madeleine clam cookies
• Rice Krispies starfishes
• Goldfish bar
• Custom water bottle labels
• Custom onesie and tutu from Joy Shine Designs on Etsy.

We rented some kayaks and peddle boats for people to use during the party….you can see my son in the middle waving to us

I designed a 4 page accordian styled invitation where we were able to place multiple photos of Zoey that we had take throughout the year. The invitations are available for purchase at www.invitationparlour.com or our etsy store. We also have a 5×7 flat version of this invitation available on etsy as well.

Do you have a party you want us to help you design, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com

And here are pictures of the birthday girl herself!

All photos by www.mycreativevision.com.

Tags: Birthday, carlsbad lagoon, Celebrations, Children, Family Photoshoot, First Birthday, invitations, mermaid party, mermaids, party styling, Photography, printables, San Diego, sweets table, under the sea
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Sumala Family Photos – Orange County Irvine Railroad Park

November 15th, 2014

Last Sunday we met up with my best friend Kim and her family and did a holiday photo exchange. We both photograph her families all the time and have the cutest pictures of the kids with our husbands, but we are never in the picture. So we decided to dress up meet up at the Irvine Railroad Park and do a little mini photo shoot with both of our families.

Here were a couple of my favorites from our family……..thanks Kimmy for the great photos!

Tags: Family Photoshoot, Family Pictures, Holiday Photos, Irvine, Irvine Railroad Park, Lifestyle Photoshoot, Orange, Orange County
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Yo Gabba Gabba Birthday Party – Aidan Turns 3!

September 9th, 2014

Last year in August we had a summer Dancey Dance pool party for Aidan’s 3rd birthday. At the time he was still into watching Yo Gabba Gabba, and I decided that he had to have a Gabba themed birthday. With the cute character’s and fun colors, it was such a fun party to design for.

Party details:

• Yo Gabba Gabba character banner

• Brobee treat bag toppers

• Cupcake toppers

• Treat Signs

• Hershey nuggets wrapped with the character’s faces

• Gable boxes that looked like the boom box

• Muno cake custom made from Albertson’s

• Muno pretzel sticks dipped in red chocolate

• Plex jumbo marshmello’s dipped in yellow chocolate

• Jello cups with characters

We designed the invitations to look like the boombox on the front, open it up and you can personalize with your child’s photos, and invitation wording. Order these invitations at: etsy.com we also have a 5×7 flat card version of this invitations at: etsy.com

Do you have a party you want us to help you design, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com

Here’s my cute Birthday Boy! Who’s actually about to turn 4 in a couple of weeks! tuned So stay tuned to see his super hero party this year!

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Jenna + Scott Wedding – Wedgewood at Glen Ivy, Corona, CA

February 7th, 2014

Jenna and Scott were married on December 15th, 2013 at Wedgewood at Glen Ivy. It was an absolutely beautiful and sunny day in California, which made the outdoor wedding perfect, even in the middle of winter….got to love California weather!

For more photos, check out the slideshow at www.mycreativevision.com

Thank you Blair Nicole Photography for second shooting with me!

Getting Ready.

Scott is waiting for his bride.

The ceremony was emotional as Jenna came down the aisle with tears in her eyes and it was so cute as Scott helped her wipe her tears away.

The adorable flower girls.

Beautiful bride.

The Dapper Groom.

There were so many awesome locations to shoot at the Glen Ivy Golf Course, but we only had about 45 minutes to take all of the formal pictures, before the sun went down, so we had to be quick like a bunny.

Some of the details.

The toasts.

The slideshow

Tags: California Weddings, Coral and Teal Wedding, Corona Weddings, Glen Ivy, Glen Ivy Golf Course, Golf Course Weddings, Wedding, Wedding Photography, Wedgewood
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Jessica and Craig Engaged – {Heritage Park} Irvine, CA

December 7th, 2013

Last Sunday I met up with Jessica and Craig for a mini photoshoot. They will be getting married next year and theme will be vintage baseball….how fun is that! So to tie into the theme I designed some cute baseball ticket Save the dates, that I will reveal later on next year. But they needed a photo for it, so Jessica found a baseball field at Heritage Park in Irvine where we took a few pictures. In addition to the photo for the Save the Dates we also took a few family photos with Craig’s daughter Kayliana. It was a special family photo, since this would be their 1st official one. Check out the pictures below, and check out the slideshow, click here.

Tags: Baseball themed Save the Dates, Baseball themed wedding, Engagement, Family Photoshoot, Heritage Park, Irvine, Vintage Baseball
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Wedding at Noor {Pasadena, CA) – Anna & Kaleb

February 4th, 2013

Wedding I photographed with Youkeun Oh Photography at the Noor, in Pasadena, California.

Opening the groom’s gift from the bride.

Kaleb saying a prayer with his groomsmen

First Look

Ceremony in the courtyard

Noor was a really unique and beautiful location for a wedding. I loved the bar.

Tags: Celebrations, Los Angeles, Noor, Pasadena, Photography, Wedding
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Happy Holidays 2012

December 7th, 2012

As another year whizzes by, I am amazed how this is already Aidan’s 3rd Christmas. It truly is awesome to see how much he has grown. He went from being a helpless little infant, that first Christmas when he was only 3 months old, to a 2 year old toddler than is starting to have almost a whole conversation with you about Christmas lights. As much as I always wish I could just win the lottery and strike it rich, I know how lucky I am in life to have such a great son, a loving husband and wonderful family and friends. I’m lucky that everyone is healthy this year and we get to enjoy another Christmas and New Years together.

So I would like to pass some of my luck to you and wish everyone a wonderful Holiday with all of your loved ones too!

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Coleen & Matt – Wedding Photography {Lodi, California}

November 4th, 2012

On September 2nd, my friends Coleen and Matt made it official and got married in Lodi, California at Wine and Roses. I met Coleen through my friend Kim almost 13 years ago, and since then we have remained great friends. Coleen and I aren’t the friends that talk everyday, but when we do get together, we always have a great time. She was the friend that would ride the elephant with me in Thailand when no one else wanted to, or think it was a good idea to ride down the river on a raft…..and we would laugh the whole time doing it. When Coleen called me to let me know that her and Matt were tying the knot, I was so happy for her. They’ve known each other since high school and even after losing touch after school they reconnected after college and ultimately made a family together and are now husband and wife.

The wedding at Wine and Roses was perfect for them, it was beautiful and intimate, and we were so happy to be a part of their day. Congratulations Coleen & Matt…may your lives be forever full of love and happiness!

Check out the pictures from the day and to see more here is the slideshow.

And here are the photos from the main photographer Tippy, www.tippytphotography.com

Loved the details on the wedding dress.

So pretty!

The Groom

Their daughter Elise….isn’t she adorable!

Their son, Mateo was the ring bearer and Elise was the flower girl.

And here is Aidan, enjoying music.

Tags: Lodi, Photography, Photoshoot, Stockton, Wedding, Wine and Roses
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Bubble Birthday Party – Aidan turns 2!

October 11th, 2012

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe another year has flown right by. When they say it kids grow up fast, they weren’t kidding! My little baby boy….not so much a baby anymore has just turned 2 on September 26th and we had a fun Bubble Bash for him.

I was toying around with some different birthday themes. I wanted to do something that I knew Aidan would like and was age appropriate for him but yet fun for everyone at the party of all ages. So I came up with bubbles! Simple and fun. I decided incorporate all aspects of bubbles….the bubbles we play with, bubble baths, and the popping of bubbles. I picked a color scheme and the rest fell into place. Check out all the fun details from the party.

Here are the invites. Even though bubbles are clear I still wanted lots of color, so I designed the invite with colored bubbles. You can order these invitations at: www.invitationparlour.com for matching favor tags, signs, etc, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com

Back of Invitation

For the dessert table we had a variety of treats that was associated with the word POP. Such as our Popcorn bar, Cake Pops, Tootsie Pops, and Rice Krispies Treats, because they go “Snap, Krackle and Pop” Of course we also had cupcakes and birthday cake, which I got at It’s A Piece A Cake Bakery. They have the best Black Forest Chocolate Cake. I had the baker make the cake in a aqua blue frosting and I added the rubber duck and glass balls I found at Michaels to make it look like bubbles. For the background I cut out various size circles and made the birthday sign with my Silhouette. I also hung a bunch of clear balloons on the ceiling too look like bubbles.

For the favors, I had bubble bath, bubbles, and rubber ducks all packaged into a cute little popcorn box.

Some of the other fun food items that were associated with pop was our popcorn chicken and soda pop. I also made a blue punch that looked like a bath with rubber ducks floating in it. The recipe for the punch is at tidymom.net

So of course for the kid’s activity I had bubbles. We bought a bunch of different bubble wands, and I had a bubble refill station, bubble guns and even a football that creates bubble when thrown. I also had a bunch of inflatable balls in the yard for the kids to throw around.

Aidan loves to dance, so we had the kid pop music station on.

Here’s Aidan with his cousin Kyan.

TWO!

Party Stationary & Invitations: www.invitationparlour.com

Vendor Credit:

Party Stationary & Invitations: www.invitationparlour.com

Photography: www.mycreativevision.com

Cake: www.itsapieceacake.com

Popcorn: www.popcornopolis.com

Favors & Favor Containers: www.orientaltrading.com

Tags: Birthday, Bubbles, Bubbles Birthday Party, Bubbles Theme, Celebrations, Party
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Freeman Family Photos 2012 – Laguna Beach, CA

September 27th, 2012

You know almost a year has past if you see the Freeman’s family portraits posted onto my blog I have had the greatest pleasure in helping Lisa capture her family memories for the past 4 years. Not only is Lisa a client now, but she is truly one of my greatest friends.

The first photoshoot was Lisa and Nick’s engagement/first family pictures with Addison. I remember when Addison was just about Jackson’s age at the time. Now look at how big she is already! And Jackson was a just a newborn when we took his first pictures, and now he’s such a little man. We had a great time at the beach, and we have pictures to show for it. Check them out! Click here for more pictures in the slideshow.

Cute brother and sister moments.