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Kate Altmix

Dec 10
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U.gly S.tamps P.ositively S.tink

By | Personal | 20 Comments

dear united states postal service,

we need to chat. i have hit a small breaking point with you for one reason only. stamps. your default- hey i need to mail this postcard i’ll grab a stamp– stamps. in case you’re still not sure what i’m talking about let me remind you- right now the postcard stamps are the ones with the gradient teal to pink background with a pale and, quite honestly, innuendo laden cartoon fruit in the foreground. with a drop shadow. WHAT? seriously, THAT is on our christmas card!!? oh yes it is.

i know one can special order stamps but really, we’re already paying $1 or more to mail two letters and that plus the time it takes = no time this year. next year it will probably become a new years resolution- it is just that big of an issue. i think i speak for the world of stationary lovers, businesses and brides when i demand change. can’t ignore that demand anymore now, can ya? please explain to the masses why you spend time and energy and serious dough creating colorful stamps that ruin wedding invitations, resumes, christmas cards and thank you notes?

my humble suggestion would be to create a classic, unimaginative, uncolorful, non subject matter solid white stamp with a little black number in the corner. all stamps could be the same but with the numbers changing according to amount. why? because it won’t steal the show from the little mistletoe on the back of a christmas postcard, ruin a perfectly classy white envelope or clash with a red one, or even EMBARRASS THE SENDER. in case this isn’t already clear please let me just say, i don’t buy stamps to decorate things and even though you label the fruit in your postcard stamps i’ll still never use them to educate my children. i buy them because it is a simple way to pay you for sending my letters. so please drop the presumption that everyone in america must LOVE 80s colored cartoon fruit or cheetahs (admittedly, they run really fast and that is neat) and transition smoothly into reality starting with a huge bonfire- can i request that lots of those hideous stained glass one cent stamps be first the first to go? you know, the ones i bought from you when you raised postage prices the day before i sent out my wedding invitations? those.

bottom line time usps- we need change.

love and christmas cheer (mixed with a little pink&teal),

kate

Dec 07
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mistletoe!

By | Personal | 19 Comments

hello and happy sunday! matt and i woke up today so happy and and excited about life- we had an incredible wedding yesterday that we cannot even wait to post and we knew today we’d be making some fun changes to our little blog! (it’s the closest we come to having a pup or a kid- so bare with us please when we get excited about it.)

if you’re such an incredibly loyal friend that you’re visiting our blog through an rss feed such as google reader we invite you to please CLICK OUT to the actual blog to check out our new header! the images change every 10 seconds or so and there are 5 different ones total- we were pumped to get that many out of the bajillion that we took! :) that being said we’d LOVE to hear your thoughts! do you like it? is it too fast? too slow? too cheesy ;) ? we wanted to have fun with it so that’s what we were going for, thanks friends!

Dec 04
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allison & adam are married!

By | Weddings | 7 Comments

allison and adam’s wedding was not only an awesome day but it provided an important first for altmix photography- for the first time ever matt was able to experience the intoxicating potion of hair spray, champagne, perfume, powder and satin that is: girls getting ready. most monday mornings when we sort through images i try to explain to him a kind of electric energy that cannot really be described while he informs me he spent his morning with the guys playing wii and eating sandwiches. not this time! allison and adam had adjoining hotel rooms and the wedding party was flowing back and forth helping when needed and offering smiles and laughter. this allowed matt and me to shoot all of the preparations together, woo! and what a wedding it was to introduce him to my job- the sun was glittering through the windows reflecting off campaign flutes, jewelry, eyeshadow and curls. girls were giggling, dresses were everywhere, two of my favorite makeup artists were hard at work and the hairstylist was producing serious magic-ALL IN THE SAME ROOM. it was glorious. matt, welcome to the other side! ;)

i think i’ll stick the rest of my comments between the images so i can go ahead and get started! first of all, the beautiful allison and her stunning hair piece!

wondering where allison gets her good looks? well, THIS is her MOM:

allison and adam see each other for the first time on the terrace outside the room- the day was beautiful, if a little cold, and being in the midst of the skyline added great atmosphere!

we couldn’t really decide which of these next two we liked better, so both was the solution!

the ceremony was at the cathedral of christ the king– the space was stunning and the light streaming through the stained glass gave a cool purple glow to the old stonework inside:

allison and her dad sharing a sweet moment after the ceremony:

the reception was at park tavern so we were lucky to have lots of open air for portraits! a waiter kept the glasses full as we ticked quickly through the formals- everyone was so excited for the couple there was a lot of celebrating between shots!

i love how excited allison looks in this next one- and how 007 adam looks, what a fun couple!

there was a lot of emotion during the toasts- laughter and tears. it was amazing to see how loved this new family is going to be:

allison and her dad look on as adam dances with his mother:

allison & adam, we couldn’t be more excited for you! after spending the weekend meeting your families, hearing stories and witnessing your wedding we are more than certain you’re completely perfect for one another. being part of your weekend was such a blessing for us, thank you a million times! we look forward to running into you again soon!