WEDDING BLOG

The incomparable photographer Elizabeth Messina spoke today at Mindy’s Most Ridiculous Wedding Event Ever 2 about her love of wedding photography and creative use of props in images when it’s truly meaningful to the couple. Elizabeth is a master at creating romantic, ethereal images and hearing her discuss her work is always a joy. Here are just some of the photos that Elizabeth showed us all today. Pure loveliness!

If you’re not familiar with Elizabeth’s work, run, don’t walk, straight over to her blog Kiss the Groom, and be sure to follow her on Twitter and Facebook to hear her latest and greatest adventures, including following along on her journey as she puts together her new book! Congrats Liz!

All images above by Elizabeth Messina Photography

I am a total lover of false eyelashes, especially at weddings, and quite honestly I take advantage of any opportunity to wear them! What fun today to get to meet and wear the eyelashes of “The Eyelash Guru” Ja’Maal Buster. I sat with Ja’Maal to get my luscious lashes applied and asked him a few questions about his approach to this beauty treat. Here are the tips he offered to brides thinking about wearing false lashes…

• Choose the lashes that fit you – your lifestyle, your face, your personality.
• The silhouette and shape of your face will change depending on the shape of false lashes you choose. The right shape for you is not necessarily the right shape for the next person.
• Give false lashes a trial run before your wedding to be sure you have no allergies and you love the way you look and feel. 
• On your wedding day, choose lashes that will enhance your natural beauty. You want to look like yourself, not unrecognizable.
• Take advantage of the extra wedding events – your bachelorette party, bridal shower or rehearsal dinner – to wear over-the-top and dramatic lashes.
• Think about getting false lashes applied that last longer than just one day. Lashes that last a week are great for wearing throughout your honeymoon!

Ja’Maal’s line of gorgeous false lashes (with hilarious names like Madison Avenue, Trophy Wife, Soap Opera and Tramp Stamp!) are available on his website www.jamaalbuster.com, on QVC, and at all Barneys NY locations this February.

Images by John and Joseph Photography

If you’re a fan of wedding invitation design, then Lehr and Black Invitationers really need no introduction. As the go-to invitation designers for celebrities, royalty and fabulously stylish couples everywhere, Lehr and Black has been a family run business for more than forty years and their work is like nothing else. What a pleasure to get to see their work in person. Check out a few of their creative designs we got to look at over lunch today including recent invitations for LaLa Vasquez and Carmelo Anthony, Heidi Klum and Seal, Katy Perry and Russell Brand, and Kimora Lee Simmons!

Images by John and Joseph Photography