An Elegant Garden Party | Style Shoot

So last week I introduced you to Amanda and her team from Ashley Baber Weddings. Today, I would like to share a peek into the beauty that can unfold when a wedding designer teams up with this area’s finest vendors for your wedding. This was a beautiful set up at Bliss: A Fine Wedding Fair. You are looking at the incredible talent of Amanda Gray (stylist), Amy Thornburg (florist), and Jennifer England (cake artist). Are they not an incredible trio?! And they are all local to Lynchburg. So beautiful.

Elegant Garden Party Design and styling: Amanda Gray, Ashley Baber Weddings Floral: Amy Thornburg, The Arrangement Company Personal Wedding Cakes: Jennifer England, La Bella Torta Chairs and Tabletop Rentals: Festive Fare Chevron Sequin Linen: La Tavola Fine Linen Venue: Tresca on 8th

Equipment used for these images: canon 5d mark ii // canon 50mm f/1.2 lens

Bliss Review | Lynchburg Wedding Photographer

Bliss was a huge success! This was my first time taking part in an official bridal event and it was an absolutely wonderful experience. The intimate environment was perfect for my business brand, giving me ample opportunity to speak with brides throughout the entire day and plant seeds for friendships in the future. It was such a pleasure meeting so many excited and glowing ladies! Sabrena and I presented a session together during the first session time slot. The title of our session was  A Warm Welcome: How to make your guests feel at ease and comfortable throughout your wedding day. We had so much fun sharing ideas with the ladies about ways you can prepare your guests, help them navigate through your day with ease, and activities and foods to offer to make the day more enjoyable for everyone involved. We had such a good time with the session that we plan to offer a similar one again at the next Bliss event.

Here are a few pictures of my booth at Bliss. Since the day was more about educating (and treating!) the brides, the vendor booths were smaller than they are at bigger bridal expos. I loved my booth and had fun passing out cards and sharing goodies with each bride that came to visit me!

The balloons in the picture represented that I was a speaker (blue) and a sponsor (green) of Bliss. I thought it was fun that they matched my booth perfectly. ;)

Jonathan from The Cupcake Guy made the delicious Chocolate Chunk Sliders you see in the last photo. He tinted the vanilla cream to match my brand colors! He was SUCH a pleasure to work with and the cookies were delicious. If you needs sweet treats for an event coming up, definitely get in touch with him.

And... finally... I offered a $650 value prize of an engagement session + a photo guest book to one lucky bride. The winner of the drawing is... Alicia Allen! Congratulations, Alicia! I will be in touch with you soon!

So, yes, Bliss was a huge success and I am so excited about the next one! You know I'll be sharing the details once they are out, but in the meantime definitely visit Hill City Bride for lots of wedding inspiration, DIY projects, and advice from wedding industry professionals.

Bliss, a fine wedding fair | Lynchburg Wedding Photographer

The past few days I have been in planning mode, preparing for Bliss, a Fine Wedding Fair. I am so very excited about the event! It is like no other event we've had in Lynchburg.

Hill City Bride is hosting their very first bridal fair.  Please read: It is not just a bridal show! It is a couple hours dedicated to planning your wedding day with the help of many of the Hill City Bride vendors.  Even if you have picked all your vendors, it will be informational and helpful as a bride.  Think, the in-person, live version of the blog. Main sessions and small breakout sessions allow you to speak one-on-one in a small setting with experts in their field about topics such as getting the most out of your wedding day photography, how to make your guests feel special with little touches, how to entertain with ease after you are married, and more!

There will be Hill City Bride vendor booths set up to visit, but the bulk of the day will be for special learning sessions and a coffee bar, lunch and dessert bar is also included. In addition to the things you will learn, Bliss includes a lot of really cool giveaways including an amazing FREE honeymoon giveaway! The attendance is small scale (less than 100), so you WILL have time to get a lot of good information (not just business cards from booths) and you WILL have great chances to walk away with great prizes.

I hope you will come out to see us tomorrow in downtown Lynchburg! The only thing that could add to my excitement about the whole day is actually seeing a few of my brides there, too!

I will be opening my 2012 calendar for booking starting tomorrow at Bliss, and then here in the office on Monday. I will be running a special for Bliss brides only, so if you are interested in booking Sincerely, Liz: Photography for your 2012 wedding, come out to Bliss and check out the details!