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Day 1678 – Let Me Give You A Reason To Love This Snow

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There is a lot of snow outside right now. Like a bizillion pounds. In all seriousness, the last measure two hours ago was 12.8 inches. The state is essentially shut down (minus hospital staff and various other stores – to you guys, I am so sorry….and thank you.) There are some who are happy about the snow, some who aren’t. My only complaint is that Bret didn’t get more beer. 😉

For those who aren’t enjoying the snow, let me give you a little story that may make it a little warmer. You may remember that I really don’t mind traffic, that story may be a good reread today too.

This story takes us back almost exactly 7 years. It was Valentine’s day in 2007. We had just experienced a snow storm much like the one that hit today. The state was pretty much shut down (even I had off work! Ahhhh, so thankful those days of a boss making me come into work no matter what, are gone.) I was pretty excited about the day…hopeful for what I would accomplish. I started off with devotions and here’s what I wrote.

“I am so thankful for this day! Please bless my day, help me to live it to it’s fullest, help me to really grow during this time with you now. Father, please heal my wounded heart. Help me to embrace my singleness and where you are leading my life right now. I know you have my best in mind. You are so good to me!

‘His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.’ John 12:16

How often this is true of us! We don’t know what God is doing until we get a major breakthrough and then we can see where he was working and his plan throughout.”

Now, what’s really special about this is that two days later, I met Bret. It was the first time in my life that I truly let go of finding someone. Before, it had always been halfhearted “I’m ok being single.” You know, the “if I say I’m not looking, he’ll show up,” kind of ok being single. But it wasn’t until that day, almost 7 years ago, that I finally let it go. I still remember that feeling.

So, if you’re stuck in the snow, wishing you could get out….just think, there may be someone, somewhere who just made peace with something….something that will change their life forever. It could be you.

And now for some snow pictures. 🙂

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There is a car in there somewhere…

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There should not be snow on there…

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Fitting to have a shot of our ceremony site. 🙂

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Hey, it is pretty. 🙂

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Day 1676 – Wedding Idea – Creative Place Cards

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I want to start giving y’all ideas for YOUR wedding! Today I wanted to share the place cards from the Schroen Wedding!

They took keys, took a card with each name (color coded by the meal they requested) and tied them with a ribbon. They hand wrote the names on each card, which made for easy changes if necessary.

If you had a theme of “key to my heart” this would be perfect!

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Day 1675 – Reconstructing A (Wedding, Family, Etc.) Album And Why You Might Be Interested – Or – Album Reconstruction FAQs

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I wanted to give a little more information about a new part of my business, reconstructing albums.

The idea is that you have pictures, whether in an album that’s falling apart or just scattered around your home that you would like to put in a nice, formal album.

Some examples would be:

  • You (or your parents) got married 30 years ago, and your album is falling apart, damaged, etc. I would take the pictures out of the album, potentially rearranging them, (I did this with an 8×10 album and an 4×6/3.5×5 album) and put them in a new formal album. The only thing that stays the same is the pictures.
  • You want to put together a generational album. You have pictures of your grandparents, parents, your marriage and your kids and you want them all preserved in a formal album. I would take all of those pictures, put them in order and design a formal album for you. We could also do a portrait session to include current pictures.

  • You were married recently and your album just didn’t turn out how you thought…or you never had it done. I would design one for you! Note: if your pictures are only in digital form, you would have to have the proper copyright release/usage for me to make the album.

  • You tell me!


What are the limitations?

  • I will need the printed pictures from the old albums. If they are difficult to remove and/or damaged, we may not be able to use them in the album.
  • The new album mats are limited to 48 mat layouts (for larger albums), including the following print sizes: 2×3, 3.5×5, 4×5, 4×6, 5×5, 5×7, 5×10, 7×10, 8×8, 8×10, 10×10

  • Those mats are further limited by orientation. i.e. For the 3.5×5 mats, there are only two options. One – all images are the same orientation (all horizontal or all portrait). Two – 3 images are portrait and 1 image is horizontal/3 images are horizontal and 1 image is portrait.

How does much does it cost?
It depends on the number of pictures, the size of the album and how many layouts (sides) we create.

A recent reconstruction was a 15 page (30 side album), with 48 pictures (24 8×10’s and 24 3.5×5/4×6’s), Madison Non-Leather in Pearl, two lines of imprinting – was just over $1,000.

Given that this album was received right before their 35 year anniversary, I’d say that’s a small price to pay. 🙂 I still get teary eyed thinking about that.

Any questions I didn’t answer?
Let me know and I’ll update the post!! (Comments below are good too!)

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