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I have to honestly say I've never been a big fan of balloons. When you see them at a party it is either not enough or too much. And there is a fine line in between. But lately I've been seeing balloons everywhere and I've had a change of heart! Either the ideas and design is better or they are just growing on me. I'd like to think it is the design - I love those BIG round balloons I am seeing everywhere.

Here was the first time I saw balloons and thought "Wow! That looks great!" on the cover of Martha Stewart (who can make anything look good I've decided):



Then they showed up on the cover of Cookie with Tori Spelling (by the way I don't really like how Tori looks here - I am surprised she let them pick this photo for the cover!):



Then a local photographer said he was going to use balloons for an engagement shoot he was doing and I was SO excited to see the pictures! I won't post any. They were a huge disappointment. Remember the fine line? He was not on it.

But this photographer hit the mark with a large balloon (sorry I don't know who shot this - the photo was found on a wedding blog and no photo credit was given):


Some fashion mixed with balloons:




And balloons in weddings where it looks really great:






And finally, my first shoot using balloons and I loved how they added to the birthday girl feel:

Our friend Lee Forrest is an INCREDIBLE florist in Orlando and earlier this year he made me a dog made of flowers. More specifically a Poodle made of white carnations!

I told Chris if I can't have a real Poodle (I have always wanted a Standard Poodle) then the floral Poodle made by Lee was a fine substitute!

Check this out - he was huge! And the tongue is a cymbidium orchid! We nicknamed him "Famous" because everyone we know was talking about him. His last leg was at a Poodle Party over in Windermere. They all got a kick out of him, too!

I don't remember how many carnations Lee said he used - but he used full size and mini carnations. He said once he started the floral dog he had to order more carnations since he ran out!

We've been crazy busy - as you can probably tell from our lack of posting. We just got home from Destin for a wedding and we stayed a few extra days for a mini-vacation.

Look at how gorgeous the green water is! Probably why they call it the Emerald Coast:


We stayed at the Sandestin Resort's Residence Inn and you could spend an entire week checking out this resort. They have a little village with shops and restaurants, a marina, a beachfront restaurant and pool area and more! We didn't want to leave.

We went to dinner one night at Finz - the restaurant right on the beach. And what did we find in the parking lot? An original AND rare Laser Red FX! I was really excited - I've only seen them in pictures not in person. I am not too keen on the color but it was still fun to see it! Here is a pic I took - it was night time so it is a bit hard to see the color:


Here is a pic I found on Craigslist - sorry - stolen photo so you can see the red in the daylight!


We also went to dinner at The Back Porch in Destin. It was a great open air restaurant right on the beach. There was a wedding reception upstairs - that would be a fun one for us to take photos of!

When we got home to Orlando we realized it has been raining here for days - and our fig tree is going nuts! I can't wait for all the figs!


And I finally added a few weddings to our gallery this week - check them out!

Cape San Blas wedding photos

Lake Nona wedding photos

Lakeridge Winery wedding photos

Disney Wedding Pavilion and Grand Floridian wedding photos

City Arts factory wedding photos