Charlie is turning 3! Let's Look Back on his Sledding Party from Last Year!

Charlie is turning 3!

So, our best design yet...our son Charlie... is turning 3! And to celebrate, we are packing our bags and heading to Disney. The thought of having to buy another plastic toy after the holidays was more than we could take, so we opted for the birthday trip. But we thought this was a fun time to look back to LAST year's birthday celebration. 

We live on a massive hill and dreamed about having a sledding party at our home in the winter months. We scheduled Charlie's party and kept our fingers crossed. Luckily, nature delivered. We were lucky enough to have more than a foot of snow on our hill on a Sunday in February
for all of our friends and family to enjoy. 

We knew most of the party would take place outside {and it was a warm-ish day} so we opted for a food truck to cater the party. The Oink and Moo BBQ truck parked in our driveway and fed the sleigh riders as they ascended the hill. The ribs, tacos, and cornbread were the perfect comfort foods for warming bellies on this winter day.

We kept decor super simple inside with a cake from Christie's Bakery in Clinton and some easy balloons and candles.

All of the beautiful photos were captured by Tin Sparrow Studios.

Now off to Disney for this year's celebration!

Doing it Differently 2013 Style...A Picture is Worth Everything by Karma Flowers

Sorry about the lag in the Doing it Differently 2013 blog series but we have had to back-to-back weddings, a speaking engagement in Boston and a holiday. We fall behind. It happens.

In any case, we wanted to share some of our favorite photographers with you to continue the series. How are photographers different? Well, some have this amazing ability to capture a moment so few would even consider be worthy of a picture. They have a knack of making you feel like you are somehow invading someone's most intimate, sacred moments - but in such a good way. The wedding portfolio on our website mentions each photographer's name on the opening banner of the couple's pictures and many brides-to-be have told us that they have chosen their photographers based off of this. So, we know you are listening {or reading} when it comes to sharing our colleagues' work. We have had the pleasure of working with some new photographers over the last year {some that have not made our portfolio just yet} and we wanted to share them with you. 

Claire Eliza

We had the pleasure of working with Claire last July at a wedding at the Brooklyn Winery. Her work takes my breath away. Literally.

Tin Sparrow Studios

Tin Sparrow Studios shot a wedding that we provided a rental table and decor items for last summer and we instantly fell in love. Like major love. So much so that we asked them to shoot our son's 2nd birthday party this winter and the pictures make my heart melt {more of those in a different post soon.}

{that's us and Charlie}

Cyrience Photography

When Jennifer of Cyrience Photography asked us to be a part of an early spring {OK it snowed so it did not feel like spring} photo-shoot we were beyond thrilled. That shoot will be published on a blog in a few weeks so there will be no sharing of those pictures at the moment but we adore her work and can't to continue to work with her.

Sara Wight Photography

Sara captured one of most favorite weddings of all time {they are all our favorite but this one was a labor of love} and then we asked her to be a part of a very special photo-shoot of ours. We heart her and her work. 

And then of course we will always remind you of the brilliant work of ...

Jessica Lavoie Photography

DHM Photography

These talented photographers shoot so much more than weddings so if you have any event that you need captured in the most spectacular way, reach out to them. Their photographs will be the memories your children and grandchildren will have of your wedding day. Choose to have a kick-ass legacy.