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Dec 15

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hollee & john are married!

By Kate Altmix | Weddings | 10 Comments

last saturday was our second to last wedding of 2008 and what a wonderful way it was to get even more excited about the holiday season! in the midst of shopping and actual hustle and bustle it was such a treat to take some time off to enjoy hollee and john’s wedding. saturday morning was chilly and everyone was prepared with coffee, scarves and excitement. the girls were all huddled close on the salon couches under a towering christmas tree munching on muffins and fruits and reliving good memories dating back to high school! hollee laughed with her friends as she leaned back on the couch and casually applied her makeup- truly a relaxed and confident bride! as the time grew closer and the gravity of what was about to happen began to set in, hollee seemed to become more reflective. her friends and family were ready with hugs and laughter but there was nothing to stop her eyes from filling up when she saw herself, looking absolutely stunning and perfect, in that long white dress. before i get too ahead of myself let’s dive into the images:

matt and i love this image- a man and his dog. so classic!

john is not looking in a mirror- he has an identical twin! these two are hysterical together, always picking on each other yet very much friends. it was really great and often confusing to watch them interact throughout the day!

the beautiful bride, so excited just before walking down the aisle:

the ceremony was really beautiful and personal. the priest read letters that hollee and john had written each another and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house- including mine! here, hollee’s sister takes a moment to wipe her tears as hollee looks back towards her mother.

the fellas. LOVE this crop!

hollee and john took some time for themselves before heading over to the reception. it was such a sweet time for them and perfect for pictures!

john’s brother joe gives his toast- quite a roller coaster of emotions with this one! LOTS of laughter but with some poingnant parts as well. quite impressive!

hollee’s best friend amy gave a really sweet and special toast to the newlyweds:

i’m guessing thriller? i think i’m remembering that correctly:

an intimate last dance ended the night on a perfect note:

and they’re gone!

hollee & john you guys are such a fun couple, full of energy, love and respect. we had a wonderful saturday watching the start of your new family. thank you so much for having us!

Dec 10

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

By Kate Altmix | 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 Kate Altmix | 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!