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took Lauren's bridal portraits just a week before her wedding.
Truly not due to planning but due to delays with her dress.
Lauren was our 4th bride this year to have dress issues though
hers were the most challenging. Things like the wrong dress,
wrong size and even the dress being sent to the wrong state
were among the delays that Lauren seemed to take in stride.
Lauren was well prepared for her bridal portrait and had even
watched a few episodes of "Americas Next Top Model".
It definitely showed in her posing and expressions as we took
stunning images of her at Zilker Botanical Gardens. Lauren &
TJ's wedding day was out at Vintage Villas on a hot Austin Texas
summer Day. The bridesmaids were in a beautiful and unusual
combination of moss colored dresses with aubergine (a shade
of purple) sashes. Lauren's dress was one of the most unusual
dresses we have seen and she told us during the bridals that
she had originally tried it on as kind of a joke but then loved
it. A strapless ivory gown with a lace up back and raised ivory
flowers among an ivory floral pattern on the sheer organza overlay.
When I say raised flowers I mean about an inch high. Just beautiful.
Her hair was done in a retro style with a smooth side-parted
classic front and then large curls at the base of her neck.
A couple of gardenias were pinned on one side by the curls.
The men were all in rich chocolate brown tuxes. The lakeside
ceremony was lovely and serene. And then the party started.
Both are from large families so the toasts were emotional and
heartfelt. The dancing was fun/great/youthful. Everyone that
danced was having a great time. There was even a special "girls"
dance where the bride, bridesmaids and family got on stage in
front of the crowd to dance as a group. One of TJ's brothers
jumped and caught the garter. As the night wound down... or
the morning arrived, everyone lined the walkway out of the event
center and tossed rose petals at Lauren & TJ as they headed
to the bridal suite. Their honeymoon plans were a fun filled
trip to Costa Rica.... |
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TJ
and Lauren are happily married!
