Photo booth fun...

Last weekend I put together a photo booth for my friend's wedding. It was a lot of fun... as I think you'll be able to tell.

You can see the rest, by going to my album here.

Many thanks to my mom and the bride's mom for helping me gather hats and props. Even though some of us are getting older, we're never too old to play a little dress-up! :)

Favorite Foto Friday - Wedding Photo Booth

I'm planning on doing a photo booth for my friend's wedding next month. I've never been to a wedding where they have done this, but it seems to be all the rage these days. I think it will be so much fun! Plus there's nothing like a few props to break down barriers and get some laughs. Its a great way for the bride and groom to get some wonderful photos of their guests as well. Anyway, I thought I'd share some fun photos that I've found on the web.

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There are also some great ones here. If anyone has any other good sites for inspiration, send them my way :)

I'm off to another wedding this weekend as well. The bride is Indian and the family is vegetarian and from a dry state (no alcohol). The groom is from Vermont and well, the wedding is being held at a winery and there will definitely be alcohol. The food will be half vegetarian and half catered from a great BBQ place in the area. Only in America! Should be an interesting wedding :)

Anyway, hope these photos made you smile! Happy Friday.

The Distilled Essence of Summer

This past weekend was so lovely. After an incredible heat wave that has been hitting our area over the past few weeks, it finally rained a bit and there was a wonderful breeze. We headed to the finger lakes region of New York for a wedding and everything we did just seemed to exude the essence of summer. I wanted to just bottle it up and keep it for later..

We headed to Saratoga, NY on Friday and stopped along the way to do some antiquing and also for some free hot dogs and snacks at town celebration (always appreciated)

We went to the Yaddo gardens...

a Polo game ...

and then off to a tennis game with Serena Williams and Martina Hingis

On Saturday, we headed to a wedding near Ithaca. We stopped at the amazing Taughannock Falls..

at the wedding, the bride was walked 'down the aisle' by their precious pup :) Definitely a first I've seen...

guests playing a Swedish stick game called Kubb

After the wedding we wandered around seeing the sites, including the lovely Cayuga lake and some vineyards

We then discovered a lovely bed and breakfast right on the lake.. and watched the sunset...

The next morning there was a delicious breakfast awaiting us

and we just relaxed

and then we went out in the kayaks and in for a dip...

We then made our way north along the Cayuga wine trail, which has some amazing little wineries with some fabulous wine. I never realized how good the region's wine was. They are obviously not as great at the dry reds, but their Rieslings are fabulous as well as their more fruity sweeter wines and dessert wines.

We were also able to pick up a few wine barrels for our cellar... as well as some tips for growing our little vineyard that we just recently planted : )


Anyway, they say that wine always tells the truth. And if I could bottle up my weekend it would definitely taste like a happy summer.