The Station House Hotel Kilmessan |DIY Wedding|Erica&Joseph

Have a look at this DIY wedding at the Station house Hotel in Kilmessan, Co Meath. Maybe you will find some great ideas for your Big Day!

The Couple:

Erica and Joseph.

Photographer:

Renata Dapsyte (renatadapsyte.com)
Florist:

Mother and mother in-law

Cake:

My sister
Invitations and Calligraphy:

Homemade with lots of help from family and friends
Venue:

The station house hotel in Kilmessan, Co Meath, Ireland (https://www.stationhousehotel.ie/)
Jewelry:

My engagement ring and wedding ring made by Eily O’Connell (http://www.eilyoconnell.com/cms/), Joe’s wedding ring – family heirloom
Hair Styling:

Lorraine Browne (http://lorrainebrownehair.com/)
MUA:

did own make up!
Wedding Dress:

Timeless Bridalwear (http://www.timelessbridalwear.ie/)
Groom’s Apparel:

Massimo menswear Dublin (https://www.facebook.com/MassimoDublin/)
Bridesmaid’s Apparel:

They all chose and bought their own within a specified colour range
Groomsmen’s Apparel:

They all chose and bought their own within a specified colour range, ties and bow ties were from The tie room (https://www.tieroom.co.uk/)

Your wedding day soundtrack – which songs did you use? Feel free to add others if not prompted below.
Ceremony processionals/recessionals: Pachelbel canon in D for the processional, The Sound of Silence (piano/violin version) for the lighting of the candles, Hallelujah (piano/violin version) for signing of the register, A Thousand years (piano/violin version) for the recessional
First Dance: Dance me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen
Tell about your love story! How did you meet? What makes your mate a perfect match? How was the question popped?

We met at a 21st birthday party and were together for 8 years before Joe proposed in front of both our families at a barbeque at my parents house.

Describe your wedding planning process. How long were you engaged? Who helped plan? Did you hire a planner? What planning tools did you use? What turned out to be your best decision surrounding the big day?

We were engaged for just over a year, both of our families and the bridal party helped with the planning and preparation, contributing to all the home made bits especially like the cake, the invitations, place settings, favours etc

Recap your big day for me. What made you laugh? What made you cry? What were the most memorable moments? What unexpected things happened that weren’t planned for?

The speeches were not too long and very entertaining, also Joe jumping ahead to the kiss during the ceremony before he was supposed to – I couldn’t stop laughing for 10 minutes! There were so many memorable moments that I couldn’t even begin to chose one. It was wonderful from the very begining to the very end, from getting ready and having brunch with the girls in the morning, to dancing to the fantastic band at the reception.

What about the details? What was your vision/theme? How did you bring it to life?
My vision was of a largely home-crafted, relaxed and comfortable day, without worrying too much about the little things and if everything didn’t go exactly as planned. It worked out brilliantly! The guests really seemed to enjoy the laid-back atmosphere and it made life much easier for me.

What’s the best advice you can give a bride and groom planning their wedding?

Don’t let it stress you out or you won’t enjoy your day, which is the most important thing.

What do you look forward to most as Mr. & Mrs.?

Settling down and starting a family

What has surprised you most during the first few months of marriage?

Nothing, life is exactly as it was before except that I keep having to remind myself to use my married name!

Fine Art Wedding Album

Do you remember when you printed your photos last time? I’m sure 90% of you will answer ”Oh please, do not step on a wound”.

The printed image is becoming a rarity and your hard drive with your images is dusting in a drawer. What will happen if your hard drive (CD, phone etc) becomes unreadable? Will you feel guilty of not printing your images? One day your children and grandchildren will want to see photographs to look at you, to look what you wore and what hairstyle you had. And you will have nothing to show…

I know I’m guilty too. It is already 7 months since my oldest daughter had her First Holy Communion and I never got a time to print images. But I will do it  because I know how important it will be for my child and her future family!

Today I would like to show you one of my wedding albums.

Wedding album is exactly like a story book. You can re-live it again, again and again.

All my fine art wedding albums are printed on museum-quality, fine art paper. I was truly blown away by the quality of these albums the first time I held. It was 6 years ago! And I never was disappointed. Each of my albums are personally designed by me. The process is pretty simple: once you’ve decided on your preferred cover and number of spreads, I’ll work with you to select the images that best tell your story. After I send you the initial spreads, you can review and alter each layout adding or subtracting images and making comments along the way.

There are few cover options to choose from: eco-leather, fabric or paper. You have a choise  of text, font and embossing.

Here is an example of white eco-leather with a photo on a cover photo album and USB memory stick, both packed in a beautiful album matching box.

 

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Crazy bride and quiet groom. But they were matching so well together! Maria and Tom. Their wedding was really big big fun to photograph!

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Sounds interesting? Have a look!

The Station House Hotel | Destination wedding | Aoife and Brian

Aoife and Brian flew over UK to  tie the knot at the beautiful hidden garden at the Station House Hotel in Ireland on the 26th August 2017. A literary themed wedding as both families share a love of books. There were several DIY details, such as book page flowers, a ring-box made from a hardback book, and a Harry Potter themed seating map. Colours were light blue and rose gold, and there day was very romantic with some whimsical elements!

Lifestyle Newborn Session Ireland | Baby Justin

To get a call from the family, who are my clients for the past … 5 years it is always a big pleasure for me. But to get a call, saying ”We’ve got a baby” it is even bigger pleasure! And that feeling… When you come to clients home for the lifestyle newborn photo session, and first thing which you hear from 4 years old boy is ”You know, I’ve got a small baby”  – your face smiles like you’ve got baby yourself and your eyes sparkle like stars in the night sky.

After long chat with ”big brother” finally I am allowed to see his ”little baby”. I can’t describe the joy in Oscar’s eyes. Please meet them:

And of course please meet mummy and daddy! So from now on – a beautiful family of 4! (if we won’t count fishes in a fish tank).

In between the brakes, when baby was fed, they had a time together – daddy and his big boy:

Some of you, who follows my work noticed, that I’m moving to lifestyle newborn photography. Yes, I am. But I do not say, I don’t do posing shoots. I still do. A bit less and a bit more natural, without crazy amount of props, which in my opinion are hiding the beauty of a baby:

 

 

 

 

 

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What a great fun I had photographing Gracia and Brian, who got married at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin on the 3rd June 2017. Irish bride and Scottish Groom! White and green foliage. Niece singing and playing piano in ceremony. Men are in kilts as they are Scottish.

Sounds excited isn’t it?!

The staircase at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire was a perfect backdrop for the couple portraits.