Have you seen it?

The current issue of Southern Weddings magazine featured my brother Kurt and my sister-in-law Jodi's wedding. You know them from Jodi Miller Photography! Anyway, this was the first wedding I ever worked on aside from my own, everything was handmade by myself and Jodi. We made close to a mile of garlands alone to hang in the tent, all paper doily poofs that turned out amazing! We made pie stands, napkins, table runners, signs, fabric flowers for each chair and pulled furniture from our homes. We spent close to a year compiling and planning. It takes a whole year to find the perfect mismatched china for 120 guests! Everything turned out perfectly, the rain held out(mostly) and at the very end of everything the bride and groom left under a double rainbow...God's promise times two! I love it! Pick up a copy before they are off the shelves, the whole magazine is piled full of gorgeous, Southern and handmade weddings! Oh and PS...my sweet little Keira made it into the issue, she's the little one grabbing the quilt:-)...and the amazing photography is by the very talented Stephanie and Isaac of Stephanie Williams Photography

published

So I am sort of disappointed, by the time I realized Bride's magazine was featuring a photo from our Valentine's shoot they had already started taking them off the stands:(. Does anyone have a copy of the June issue of Bride's, I'll buy it off you! The picture was taken by Jodi Miller Photography and its the one of the cupcakes and birds and x's and o's made by Christina Main of Sweet Lavender Bake Shoppe! Styling by me:-).

fancy flower

My brother and sister-in-law are the amazing photographers behind Jodi Miller Photography, I'm proud to say. Recently they did some major rebranding to give their packaging, as well as their website, a more hand drawn, handmade kind of feel. They love working with clients who express themselves this way. And! They asked me to create some custome handmade lace flowers to coordinate with the awesome folios my brother created. So here are my humble flowers above with their newly designed packaging! Oh, and the sweet logo and drawings were done by the talented Bill Main!

Katie + John

Recently I made some decorations for a wedding that took place in Yorktown, VA. Here are some photos from that day. I made the burlap "Just Married" banner, the chair deorations, provided the desk/alterpiece and the very hard to see runner on top of it:-). All photos are Jodi Miller Photography!

teasers

Hello all! I just wanted to share a couple of photos from the shoot we did on Tuesday. I made the dress, the hair piece and bouquet(not pictured). I look forward to getting more photos back from the amazing photographers Jodi Miller Photography and Josh Gooden Cinematography! And a big giant thanks to our gorgeous model Becca, she is stunning!

hard at work!

This is an image from a Valentine's shoot we did recently. We as in Me, Jodi Miller Photography, Josh Gooden Cinematography, Sweet Lavender Bake Shoppe, and Bill Main! That's a whole lot of vendors! We had a fantastically cold time...it was 23 degrees and windy! An enormous amount of credit goes to our wonderfully patient models and the stars of our show Elizabeth "Bee" Bowman and Patrick Lincoln. I can't wait to share more. It will be published on Valentine's Day on Green Wedding Shoes. This was the first time I got to work with my good friend Christina...I can't wait to work on more projects with her and her talented husband Bill. And it was also the first time I got to work with Josh Gooden! We have another project coming up that I cannot wait to share...keep your eyes peeled, it'll be good!

Tartan Christmas

Before Christmas Jodi(www.jodimillerphotography.com)and I put together a Christmas tablescape. It was featured on www.greenweddingshoes.com! I hope you enjoy the festive plaid, the sparkly golds and the crisp, clean florals by Janie of JM Flora.

This was my very first holiday inspired shoot. Stay tuned in February for a fun Valentines shoot!

french country

Here are some pictures from the other french tablescape we did a couple months ago! I know I am so behind with posting, but I hope you enjoy!

All flowers by Janie Medley of www.jmflora.com, all photos by Jodi Miller and Kurt Baier of www.jodimillerphotography.com, and styling by me(www.sunshowersandrainshine.com)!

french antique

Here is a little taste of the french countryside courtesy of myself, Jodi Miller of Jodi Miller Photography and Janie Medley of www.jmflora.com! The rest of the pics are on my website's gallery at www.sunshowersandrainshine.com. We had a long, hot and wonderful day in Richmond putting this together! Enjoy:-).

sneak peek

Here is a little hint at my new website in the works. I am hoping my hubby has it done this weekend. I took a snippet of visuals from my site and printed them on paper. I love little details that pop out later and tie everything together! I can't wait to be able to share my new website...

Jodi Miller of www.jodimillerphotography.com came over this evening to do a mini photo shoot with me. She normally comes once a week and we get together to sew and work on her wedding details and the boys drink fancy homemade beer and hang out in the living room(a library might be needed in the next house!). Anyway, after a discussion a week ago we decided that to keep ourselves extra sharp with the creativity we would try to fit in a little shoot every week on top of dinner and sewing!!! Yes, its a lot, but its soooo much fun!

Here is a little peek at what we did. These are my photos, Jodi's will be much better. I didn't want to give away too much, but here is a taste. I made the gray flower and curtain above(the navy one is a silk flower. And below is an "L" for me:-)...more to come!

teaser

I am anxiously awaiting Jodi to post the rest of her shoot with these two lovely people(Leah and Travis). I helped with the photostyling, the theme being a "rustic picnic." In the meantime I am stalking www.jodimillerphotographyblog.com! Can't wait:-).

photoshoot

So here is a little teaser from the photo shoot I helped with last Friday. I was going to post my own photos of my inspiration but Jodi's photos are just so much more appealing. They are definitely worth the wait.

Jodi (from Jodi Miller Photography) asked me to help style some shoots and this is sort of the inspiration for the whole theme. Bride Heather totally cooperated with us coming up with an idea and seeing it to completion. We had no idea what style she was going for or what kind of dress she had. It was just a lot of flexibility on her part and a whole lot of nervous excitement on our part. All in all it turned out better than I even thought. However, Jodi and Kurt have just the right touch and a great eye, and all their photos turn out magical! Enjoy for now. I'll post more when Jodi does! In the meantime, check out Jodi's work at www.jodimillerphotography.com!

wedding project

First things first, all of these gorgeous photos were taken by the amazing Jodi Miller and Kurt Baier of www.jodimillerphotography.com. Kurt is my brother and is holding my little Keira below, Jodi is his wonderful fiance. They are the ones I have been collecting china for their wedding. They came over last week to set up a mock table setting.

My kitchen table looked nice in my backyard, its good I mowed a few hours before!

Old books, handmade lace flowers, mason jars, silverware, china, brass candlesticks, burlap...

The lilacs were droopy but smelled fantastic. These flowers are not an accurate representation of what will be used for the wedding, they were free though, and cut from the garden!

I made the napkin rings out of twine and vintage earrings from my mother-in-law, she had great taste! I made the napkins out of a sweet cotton print I had laying around.

I can't wait to do another one of these with the appropriate flowers and on a larger table!

PS...This is also featured today on http://brideslittlewhitebook.blogspot.com!