Engagement Photos - Finally!

With the wedding only five months away, I’ve been doing a lot of DIY-ing and planning over my holiday break. This is includes one of my most daunting tasks – creating the wedding invitations. I’m not sure what it is about the invites that gives me pause. I really want to do them by hand, but the strategies I’ve tried so far, including this awesome Fiskars Stamp Press, didn’t work. Although it was awesome for arranging its clingy rubber stamps for repeated stamping, I just couldn’t get enough info on the page and have it still look nice. At this point, I’m thinking about getting a custom rubber stamp made on Etsy and then embossing the invites by hand.

We worked with Kinsey of Kinsey Mhire Photography and the blog Sincerely Kinsey. I cannot say enough how awesome she is! She was friendly and supportive – and patient! We ended up doing several hours of shooting in multiple locations. The day started with us on a tandem – representing our love of cycling and the fact that we met on a UW Cycling trip.

We were so lucky that the shoot was the first week in October when the fall colors in Wisconsin were at their peak and the temperature was in the 70’s!

Pat and I created a “campsite” with thrift store finds and a tent made with a simple wood frame draped with fabric. I also baked a pie for the occasion!

The night ended with homemade marshmallows and graham crackers.

I am absolutely ecstatic about how well the photos turn out. Kinsey really captured us as a couple and the photos really tell our story! This is only half of them! I’ll post the second half tomorrow!