Back2Back including a celebrity

Alright, week three of the internship had another set of back to back weddings and this time they were both full service. On Friday down in the Catamaran Resort, Lisa and Paul had a wedding that was WILD and as far as design goes, it was a fun play on textures.  Not to mention, the ceremony had the background of the beach and Guy Fieri was the officiant! Food network fans anyone? It was cool to see him and his family. What's fun about this internship is seeing the people I meet that are considered celebrities party and in their personal lives! Not many people get to experience that! But like i mentioned earlier, this wedding was WILD and far from classy as far as the people go hahaha but luckily they had the money to make it appear classy. Those extra pretty pictures are by Diana McGregor  !

Personalized cups for name cards!

The second wedding on Saturday was complete opposite. Classy to the T. They even had their guests show up in golds and sparkles and fancy clothes.  Although the venue was a bit strange at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, it had a cool sailboat in the venue which added to the wow factor and it fit since he is a sailor. Michael Buble played all night and the golds and glitter and pearls really decorated this place. I loved the glittery backdrop! And it was cool that the escort cards were compasses, so it was a party favor and place card all in one.

Wedding Design Internship with Amorology Weeks 1 & 2

I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to come to California, San Diego area. I'm working as an intern with Amorology, who is a compnay that is started and owned by Heather for 12 years.  She is capable of bringing in customized, personality inspired, brightly decorated and coordinated weddings. It is a high end company and is targeted toward couples willing to have $30,000+ budgets.
My first week I dove in to things and it was overwhelming to say the least. In the office for 7 hrs with no breaks and constant emails that my mind couldn't really wrap around, I was brutally welcomed in to the real work force haha but good news is that i'm slowly enjoying it more and more now that i have become familiar with vendors and the details of each wedding. It just is initially confusing when you don't start from the top and know all of the details because they all start to mesh together and overlap since we're coordinating around 15 weddings at a time.

My first weekend we had 2 weddings. The first was a week of coordination where the mother of the bride had everything figured out, they just hired us to put it up and take down and set up a timeline and make sure everything got done on schedule. It was a very sweet wedding, fully equipped with a cigar bar that wasn't contained which wasn't so sweet in my opinion.

The very next day I traveled to Palm Springs where we did a celebrity wedding for Katie, and actress from Switched at Birth.  Most of the cast was there and it was fun to meet them and spend the evening with them as well. This wedding was one of a kind and very unique. The details were exceptional along with delicious desserts! Setting up was KILLER. Only because it was 100+ degrees with a very high humidity. On top of that we're required to wear all black to each wedding for a professional, distinguishable look. After being drenched in sweat, i was used to it and was able to enjoy to wedding. Thank goodness for cold drinks, free delicious quality popsicles, and a guest house that was fortunately equipped with air conditioning to keep us alive.

Fun games with the escort cards that connected people to their seats at the table they were assigned.

These were the last of the Gideon photography photos i could snag:

On my second week, we didn't have any weddings however Heather did take on a last minute photo shoot for a family that was willing to spend anything to get shots of their 2 year old girls for their birthday. There was a lot of transporting things to and from on the beach and i ended up getting blisters on my feet from the sand! No shoes were better than the ones i was wearing since i originally wasn't expecting to be going to this shot. In the end, having a tea party set up on the beach and another set up of a bohemian tent, they were able to get some cute pictures.

Unfortunately these pictures are done by the hand of myself and more quality pictures from the photographers that we hire out are much more capable of showcasing the wow factor that Amorology is capable of. Sorry i can't share those with you. But these help visualize what i'm talking about and will help me remember details.

Year 3 of college: Check!

Weirrrrrd to say that I've done three whole years of college! it goes by so slow and fast all at the same time. This last spring I tried out new apartments, Northpoint. And it was fun being in the brand new things, but not so fun because they weren't full and social/party central. What made it worth it though was this:

Honestly, living with them was different but a good different! Very mature and live our own lives sorta thing but we sure had some good times with late night dance clubs in the living room, the Bachelorette, skinny dipping(wait..what?), waffle parties, summer sports, tanning in the park on sundays and just lots of love to go around.

Also, this happened:

REXBURG FLOODED! it was so crazy and i had no idea how bad it was until after it all happened. It never affected me even though i lived at the bottom of the hill of campus where it was rushing like a river. It completely flooded campus and inches of water, over flowed parking lots and streets and all disappeared in a matter of hours! I got off work right as it started to pour, i drove around in the flooded streets because it was fun:) then i watched through my 2nd floor window and watched CRAY videos on instagram. Once in a lifetime experience! last time that happened here and caused this much damage was when the Teton Dam broke.

I was fortunate to have a job the whole semester at the Jean Girl, which was a retail boutique and she mentioned that I'd have a job if i wanted it when I come back which is helpful since i'm becoming poor here in Cali.

Overall the semester was a good one! Very basic but i learned a lot in school and in dating (even the short term stuff haha) and life and loved having the roommates i did:)

Part time model?

Nahhhh just helping out a friend. I love it though! if only I stayed in shape and had an interest in modeling earlier in life and went with it I really think i would like doing it! but as for now i just help out a friend who is building up a photography career and I'm a Guinea pig. When he wants to try something new or just get more pictures for his portfolio i'm more than willing to help him.  He wanted to do a studio shoot aimed more toward fashion photography, but here's the thing: he doesn't have a studio and for this assignment in class he was supposed to use natural lighting. So thats what we did! we created a mini outdoor studio with white sheets and a reflector.  You'd never guess with how the pictures turned out! and obviously since we're outside there's 20 mph winds. Thats nothing new in Idaho;)  He had a friend who runs a beauty blog do my hair and makeup and all i had to do was stand there and look pretty. Its harder than you think, especially since I'm not built like a typical skinny model but it's still fun and he was happy with the results so i was happy to do it. Of course these are amateur and I can definitely find ways to improve but it's a fun memory. 

ok to be totally honest I love this last shot. It just fits my personality a tad better:)

PS Ingrid Michaelson's new album Lights Out is SUBLIME!

Here's one of my faves, Afterlife:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTPjJfXU9D4

Life as I know it

I've been a little distant with everyone lately. So don't take it personally. I don't have an explanation or excuse, I've just been distant.  This semester has been just fine! I LOVE my roommates. I'm ALWAYS so blessed in that aspect.  I have a job that I enjoy but i've come to a conclusion i'm never working and going to school again unless i'm DESPERATE. i just don't like the inconvenience of it...plus i work saturdays and i even worked Memorial Day. That sucked. But i'm over it. At least I got to see the new X-Men and went to BJ's Bayou in Roberts. Now THATS an experience. They have cajun food and a real alligator!! its a hidden gem. The building is supposedly the oldest around and rumor has it that its haunted, by 15 ghosts according to the owner who lives there. crayyyy. Totally worth the experience and the food wasn't half bad either! I also started playing softball and its so fun! One of my favorite things about Spring.
nothing else has really been exciting. Just the usual. And that ladies and gentlemen is my life as i know it.