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I'm so honored to see this sweet couple's wedding featured on The Wedding Chicks blog today. Thank you, beautiful ladies, for publishing Alan & Jessie's gorgeous day. And thank you to Alan & Jessie for letting me share this incredible afternoon with you. xoxo
It was bright and cheerful, yet it was timeless and classic. It was relaxed and carefree, yet it was intricately and perfectly stitched together. Jessie and Alan managed to create a wedding day that was exactly what I hope for for all of my brides & grooms - it was perfectly them. I think the nicest compliment a couple can get on their special day is to hear that their day was a true and accurate reflection of their love and relationship and union. And as I moved through the reception and spoke with guests at The Johnson Estate earlier this month, I couldn't count on two hands the times I heard guests speak of how much the wedding before them emulated Jessie & Alan's love for life and beauty and each other. Mr. & Mrs. Dale, thank you for asking me to capture your love. I've been looking forward to your wedding since your engagement session last February. Your style is so classic and your joy so contagious, but really it's your love that's truly captivating. Thank you for inviting me to your epic party and asking me to stay and dance a little. And thank you for being you - beautiful, kind, hilarious you. I think you're both pretty great.
Lots of love, M.
If I could sum up everything that is beautiful about a First Look, it would be this image.
Jessie, you are stunning...
A sweet ceremony beneath a few towering pines.
Alan and Jessie met in an art class. So they thought it only fitting to include a little touch of their roots in their wedding day. As favors for their guests they took the time to hand spin clay mugs for every single person!
It is possible that it's the way he'll look at her and always seem to smile just as she smiles. Or it could be the way she'll turn noticeably giddy in his presence. It's the way their love for the outdoors and mountainous landscape is rivaled only by their love for one another. Or the way he'll wait, with the patience of a saint, as Jessie makes sure her dress, and her hair, look just so. Whatever it is, Jessie and Alan have a sweet kind of love. The type of love that feels childlike and new, yet all the while seems to have been around forever. They're a joy to know and their relationship, ever full of laughter, is pure bliss to be around. Jessie and Alan, I think you're both quite wonderful. From the bottom of my heart I'm sending you the biggest congratulations on this exciting adventure of getting engaged and planning a wedding. Your pictures? Well, I hope they say it all. You are two beautiful, kind, sweet individuals who are so perfectly perfect together.
Lots of love, Michelle
Jessie & Alan's engagement session was at the Betsy Johnson estate in Camp Sherman - the same venue where they'll be married this summer. To say it was a dream to shoot at would be quite the understatement...
