Collecting photos is one of the hottest topics these days in the wacky world of wedding planning. The obvious discussion is around the “how to” – since many couples are leveraging photo sharing technologies to collect memories from their celebration. Some of these couples are using crowdsourcing as the primary method for collecting photos, while others are using it as a fun addition to their professional photographer’s services.
On the other end of the spectrum, there is a separate trend to ask guests put those phones away, away, away for a completely unplugged-wedding.
What’s your preference for your own celebration? Have you given it any thought?
Meet Elizabeth and Scott. They’re getting married in the beautiful state of Colorado (my new home!), so I am pretty thrilled about that. And Elizabeth spends lots of time looking through a lens at the wedding world, so I just know that there will be lots of lovely details included in their celebration.
The Glö-Couple:
Elizabeth, a wedding and portrait photographer &
Scott, a commercial loan underwriter
Celebration Date & Location:
January 2011
Colorado Springs, CO USA La Foret Conference and Event Center
Tell us how you got engaged:
We were sitting on our back deck, enjoying the warm summer night and a good glass of bourbon, talking about whether or not we should get married, and Scott pulled out the ring and got down on both knees and asked me to be his wife. It is a simple story, but one of the many memories that will make moving to a new home harder in the future.
What’s the overall ‘feeling’ you’re aiming for with your celebration:
It really is a celebration of our friends and family, and thanking them for the support they have given us in our love. So, we really do just want to show everyone a rockin’ good time. Also, as a wedding photographer, I’ve been to well over 100 weddings, and I’ve seen the things that just don’t matter to me, so we’re really trying to focus the bulk of our funds on the things that are important to us and what we feel will encourage people to have a good time (i.e. good food, good wine and beer, and a killer dance party,) my biggest disappointment would be if people went home and actually remembered what my center pieces looked like.
I love that last line!
Are you adding any fun twists on tradition:
We are staying pretty traditional. But instead of having just my Dad give my hand in marriage, we will be have both sets of our parents joining our hands together in marriage. I guess our gift registry is pretty not traditional, as the main things we want are romance and wine.
This pair has done something super cool and registered for a wine list! Why didn’t I think of that?!? Here’s what they write to their guests: Scott and Elizabeth have become enveloped in the world of wine. Between the two of us we have traveled on 6 wine tours in various regions and participated in hundreds of wine tastings, experiencing some of the most amazing wines in the world. However, the world of wine is wide-ranging and can drain the wallet most expeditiously. There are a few bottles we have wanted to purchase and would greatly appreciate the opportunity to. We have created a small registry with one of the most experienced wine stores in Denver that we have come to personally love.
What was the inspiration for your Glövite Save-the-Dates and Glösite design?
I think it started with “our song” which is “You and Me” by Dave Matthews. There is a lyric in the song that goes “and when the kids are old enough we’re gonna teach them to fly,” and I just love the thought of that. But, then I thought, “well, maybe we should learn to fly ourselves first.” So, the entire wedding took on this whole “love taking flight” theme, and what better way to represent that then birds. We did send out printed Save The Dates, which had two bird at either side of a maze (which had meaning but was also a fun activity,) the site and ‘vites are 2 birds chilling on a branch together, and then I am hoping to incorporate more of a birds in flight theme for the day of…but that is still a work in progress.
Now show us your Glövites and Glösite!
If you created your own design – how did you do it?
I made it in Adobe Photoshop. It’s a combination of my photo’s and designs I found online, as I am not much of a free style designer. Scott really wanted to be a Robin, so I made his bird red, I’m not really sure why my bird ended up purple.
What’s the craziest/funniest/biggest ‘SAY WHAT?” moment you’ve had while planning?
It’s not very funny, but the moment I realized it just wasn’t important to me to have everything from the day captured in beautifully lit photograph’s taken by a very professional and very expensive photographer. Not that I don’t have a very talented photographer, its just that it was like #10 on my list.
Any good planning tips and tricks for the couples who are just starting to plan?
I still have 4 months to go, but I would say, just go with the flow, problems will happen, but there is no point in stressing yourself out and getting cranky with the person you love. It is just a single day, that signals the rest of your lives together. Nobody likes a bridezilla, not even your husband.
The Glö-Couple:
