It starts so often like this ” Hi, I am Bride XYZ, and I am getting married in (anything less than 3 months) and are you available on this day? And here I am running to my planner (which is usually not too far away) to see if I can squeeze Ms. Last Minute in […]

Audrey was the first of two old friends I had the pleasure of working with this year. What a special honor to be a part of a friend’s wedding day!  She and her husband have a beautiful love story and I was so excited to help make her vision for her wedding come to life. She […]

Being a wedding makeup artist has so many perks…The excitement, the dresses, the bridesmaids,  the joy of making a woman feel her best on her big day. All the feels and happiness from loved ones….it is such a special feeling that I enjoy more than I can probably express adequately through words… But the greatest perk […]

Ariel and I were connected through her best friend, Erin. Erin and I go way back..we were Nordy Cosmetics girls together (that is Nordstrom to the rest of the world).. and ironically enough, she went to prom with my brother…The world is small! Keep connections…they always pay off somewhere in life! I immediately could feel Ariel’s […]

Kelsey and Luke’s Monroe, NC wedding had all the feels of a southern hometown wedding. The bride and groom have the most loving friends and family who helped them have a wonderful wedding day. I enjoyed getting to know Kelsey’s best friends and sister while we glammed this fun wedding party. I partnered with Lauren […]

It all started with a girl in the mirror playing dress up… And now…I am still a girl in the mirror playing dress up….BUT… I get to be creative with other people playing dress up too! I personally think that is pretty awesome 🙂  I was so excited when Lizzy Barrett, (my partner in crime) […]

If there is one thing I have learned more than ever lately… It is…Have a SAY YES ATTITUDE…and enjoy what you do every day..Ok..that is actually two things, but you get the idea! So last year when I had my first opportunity to work with Melissa Lynn Hunt,  I said..YES!! Little did I know that working […]

In January, I was contacted by the talented, and super sweet, Hailey Kemper, of Wildflower Photography. And what do you know…it was another senior photo session. I seriously think these are becoming a “thing” for me and I am totally OK with that! SO we get to planning and have everything squared away for this creative […]

So this blog post has been on my mind for some time now… and I felt like today was the day I was going to put it out there to the world. I have had some recent discussions with fellow industry professionals about trial runs and I think many of us are on the same […]

I am always happy to receive wedding requests from people I know. So when Jordan emailed almost a year before her wedding (talk about on top of things!) about hiring me to do her makeup, I was excited to connect and help her with her planning. What I really loved about having Jordan as my […]