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07-29-11

Brookside Country Club Wedding Photographer: Jeanette & Tony

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Jeanette & Tony had a gorgeous wedding - HOT, but gorgeous:) The temps were up around 100 all day long for their wedding, but neither of them seemed to mind....they were just so excited to be getting married. At least it wasn't an outdoor wedding - they had their ceremony at St. Joseph the Worker and held their reception at Brookside Country Club - I used to live RIGHT next door to this venue! Always fun to head back up to Allentown for weddings:)

Jeanette and Tony met in high school, and got engaged in Key West. Their proposal story is one of my all time favorites - Tony proposed to Jeanette on a boat during their trip to Key West - right after he popped the question he surprised her by having their best friends and family come out of the inside of the boat! I love that he arranged for everyone closest to them to come down to Key West and celebrate their proposal - these two are the sweetest!

Here are some of my favorite images from their day, and you can always check out even more in their SLIDESHOW!

Brookside Country Club Wedding Picture

Love her gorgeous dress:

Brookside Country Club Wedding Picture

I always love this moment when dads see their daughter for the first time on the wedding day - it was a very emotional moment:

One of my all time favorite "groom seeing the bride for the first time" shots - he was full of emotion, the best man looks on in excitement, and mom lends a calming hand:

Married!

They had a fun grand exit from their church where all of the guests were given wedding bells to ring as they ran by:

I always love this moment too - immediately after the ceremony, checking out the new rings for the first time:

Even though it was HOT HOT HOT, we ventured outside for a while for portraits - LOVE how these turned out. You can't even tell it was 100+ degrees:)

Favorite #1 from the day:

Favorite #2! I love that this whole series was "unscripted", they were just being their cute selves under this tree:

Love!

Jeanette asked for some sunset shots, and I'm glad she did - love these shots!

Perfection!!

Thanks Jeanette & Tony, I was so glad to be a part of your wedding day! Hope you're enjoying the honeymoon:)

Don't forget to check out more images from their day in the SLIDESHOW!

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Jim Pudleiner - August 9, 2011 - 6:25 pm

The Photos are great. I realy enjoy Karen holding Tony’s arm when Jeanette is walking in with her father. I can relate to that. Everyone is so happy and may this feeling last forever for Tony and Jeanette.

Rachael - August 8, 2011 - 4:10 pm

Congratulations again to you both! The photos are amazing!

Andrew Tsang - August 8, 2011 - 3:19 pm

Congrats to Jeanette and Tony! Pictures look great! Wish I was there.

BryanC - August 8, 2011 - 11:34 am

Very nice, you two! Everything looks lovely!
Congrats again!

Amanda - August 7, 2011 - 10:05 pm

Love the pictures! Congratulations to Anthony & Jeanette!

Mary - August 6, 2011 - 5:07 pm

All of these photos are awesome, something still draws me to
the black and whites. Bruce, thank you for sharing the photographs of your Daughter’s wedding — she looked absolutely
beautiful.

Amy - August 4, 2011 - 9:38 pm

These pictures are so beautiful! It looks like it was a wonderful day. Congratulations!

Lauren Pierson - August 4, 2011 - 9:28 pm

Photos look great! Can’t wait to see the rest of them!

Janet Janda - August 4, 2011 - 1:58 pm

Beautiful Pictures to a Beautiful Family.

Tim Cunningham - August 3, 2011 - 9:57 pm

Beautiful pictures….great wedding! Congratulations again! Love Julie, Tim, and mia

Lisa Beslanovits - August 3, 2011 - 12:45 pm

The pictures are beautiful! The photographer did an awesome job of capturing the day!

Ross - August 2, 2011 - 10:28 pm

Tony and Jeanette — I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: You guys are amazing and I’m so happy for you! Excellent photographs (but where’s the iphone one? )

Linda - August 2, 2011 - 9:30 pm

Pictures are simply wonderful and you can see how happy everyone is. Congratulations!

Bob & Regina - August 2, 2011 - 9:27 pm

Fantastic pictures that captured memories of a beautiful wedding day to be forever cherished! Great job, Tina! Tony & Jeanette, we wish you eternal happiness as husband and wife.

Stanford - August 2, 2011 - 2:37 pm

The whole slideshow is amazing and I really liked getting to see Tony & Jeanette’s reaction to the toasts! Everyone’s happiness is perfectly captured in all of the photos!

Lin Musseman - August 2, 2011 - 12:54 pm

Great job on the photos! I really love the one of him kissing her and “dipping” her at the same time. You really captured their love for each other.

Pam - August 2, 2011 - 10:59 am

Beautiful pictures of a beautiful day. I’m so glad we were able to share it!

Donna - August 2, 2011 - 7:42 am

Carol, the pictures are wonderful!! Congratulations to everyone. Donna

John Ressler - August 1, 2011 - 9:08 pm

Very nice wedding! Tina took very nice pictures of your wedding day! Hope you have a nice honeymoon!

Chris Ann Sepkowski - August 1, 2011 - 9:01 pm

These “beautiful” photos brought tears to my eyes!

Art Micheli - August 1, 2011 - 7:54 pm

I like the black & white photos the best!

AJ Micheli - August 1, 2011 - 2:11 pm

I’m glad the pictures came out so beautifully. Congratulations again Jeanette and Anthony!

novada - August 1, 2011 - 1:55 pm

Beautiful photography. My congrats to the happy couple!!!

Nick F - August 1, 2011 - 9:18 am

Absolutely fantastic! You two made a ridiculously gorgeous couple.

Nicole - July 31, 2011 - 7:26 pm

I’m so sad I missed it, but happy to get to see so many beautiful pictures of the day! Congratulations : )

Erika - July 31, 2011 - 5:50 pm

Awesome pictures!

Karen Rich - July 31, 2011 - 5:49 pm

Wow! stunning! I love the pictures!!

Erika Rich - July 31, 2011 - 5:48 pm

love the pictures! they are beautiful

Rita Ressler - July 31, 2011 - 9:23 am

Beautiful pictures of Tony and Jeanette’s wedding, Tony. I really must say that they are all very nice! The sunset one is one of my favorite pictures. Congratulations again Tony and Jeanette!

Diane and Dan Day - July 30, 2011 - 4:08 pm

Beautiful couple + great photographing = fabulous memories for year to come. The slideshow had me in tears!! Congrats to Tony and Jeanette and their parents.

Tony Cartolano - July 30, 2011 - 1:39 pm

Great Pictures! May you always be as happy as you were that day.

Laura - July 30, 2011 - 12:46 pm

Such amazing pictures of a beautiful couple and wedding day!! It was an honor to be part of this day! Tina, you did a fantastic job of capturing very special moments; dad seeing Jeanette for the first time still brings tears to my eyes!! Congratulations Newlyweds!!!!!

Ian - July 30, 2011 - 11:30 am

These beautiful photos capture the memories of your wedding so well. You can truly see how happy you guys are!

Jessica Whaley - July 30, 2011 - 11:20 am

The pictures turned out as beautiful as Jeanette was on this amazing day. I can’t wait to see even more! We are so thankful to have such great friends.

Thomas Cartolano - July 29, 2011 - 10:09 pm

Congratulations to Jeanette and Tony and may you always be as happy as you were on your fantastic wedding day. We loved your dance and the dip at the end! – Love Uncle Tom and Sandra

Julia & Romeo Cartolano - July 29, 2011 - 9:02 pm

We loved every one of them. Mom putting on her pearls is a special one. Thanks for
sharing.

Kristen Micheli - July 29, 2011 - 8:26 pm

These pictures are SO beautiful! love them all

Nik - July 29, 2011 - 7:33 pm

First time I saw the 3rd one I thought it was the Invisible Woman! They are all absolutely beautiful.

Katie Kuretski - July 29, 2011 - 6:19 pm

These pictures are absolutely beautiful!! What special memories and a great way to remember your big day! Congratulations Anthony and Jeanette!!!

Linda Micheli - July 29, 2011 - 4:43 pm

Jeanette looked absolutely gorgeous, everyone had a wonderful time and Jeanette and Anthony’s pictures are fabulous! It’s great to be able to see all these beautiful photos so quickly! Thanks

Jana - July 29, 2011 - 4:14 pm

These photos are beautiful and everyone looks so happy. Best wishes to the newlyweds!

Kelsey - July 29, 2011 - 3:52 pm

All of these pictures are gorgeous!! Her dress was absolutely stunning

Katrin - July 29, 2011 - 3:12 pm

The first sunset picture is beautiful!!

Bruce Keene - July 29, 2011 - 2:49 pm

I will keep this short because so much could be said about the day & these GREAT pictures. Tina, thank you so much for doing such a fine job. Can’t wait to see more. I am with Jeanette on “sunset” pics. They are beautiful. Congrats to the newlyweds! Love ya!!

MARIAS BIG - July 29, 2011 - 2:26 pm

Amazing pictures!! They are all so beautiful, just when I think I have a favorite, I see another beautiful picture! Congrats to Jeanette and Tony!!

Erick - July 29, 2011 - 2:15 pm

Cute pictures! Congrats!

MARIA'S BIG - July 29, 2011 - 2:13 pm

AMAZING pictures!!! I love them all! They all capture the moment beautifully! Congrats to Jeanette & Tony!!

Cait - July 29, 2011 - 1:07 pm

WOW to all of them! But I just LOVE favorite number 2!!

Maria Cartolano - July 29, 2011 - 12:51 pm

Wow! These pictures and the slideshow are incredible! Anthony and Jeanette look great

Regina - July 29, 2011 - 12:48 pm

very nice—love how the pictures captured a little bit of the beautiful ceremony!

Lucinda - July 29, 2011 - 10:48 am

Thanks Bruce for sharing the beautiful pictures. Very beautiful.

Karen - July 29, 2011 - 10:44 am

The pictures are amazing! What a beautiful wedding it was. Their love shines through every photo!

Carol Keene - July 29, 2011 - 10:31 am

Love them all; especially the one with the sun shining behind them. Great job Tina! Thank you.

Andrew - July 29, 2011 - 9:57 am

These are absolutely amazing pictures! Congratulations to Jeanette and my new brother Tony! Love you guys. Thanks to everyone who celebrated this day, and thanks Tina!

Susan Forgione - July 29, 2011 - 9:32 am

Every picture was amazing! Loved them all! Of course you had very beautiful, happy people to photograph!

Gail - July 29, 2011 - 9:02 am

Your favorites are my favorites! Especially that Favorite #1 — WOW TO THAT!

07-26-11

Kitchen Grand Reveal

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And the kitchen is finally done. Totally and completely done. FINALLY! Ahhh it feels like heaven to not be living in chaos anymore:) When I was getting this post together I forgot how absolutely awkward our layout was before, it looks so much more put together now. I'm absolutely in love with the finished result, and have to give a HUGE shout out to Jay for this one. We always say we perfectly compliment each other as a couple. I HATE researching big house projects like this, so my solution is to just not do it at all. He doesn't love it, but will get all of the research and quotes taken care of. He isn't too great at keeping up with every day life since he works crazy long hours, whereas I'm anally organized, and will make sure all bills are paid on time and our house is nice and straightened up and clean every day....it just works!

And now for the big reveal, the befores:

I TOTALLY forgot how awkward this side of our kitchen looked:

Half of the kitchen was removed:

A completely bare kitchen:

And the big reveal, OUR NEW KITCHEN!!

Doesn't it look 1000x better?? It just looks so much more like it belongs, and really fits our neighborhood (we live in a really old area of Philly, where there are lots of SUPER old homes because it used to be a vacation area for people who lived in Philadelphia way back when).

Love our new glass top stove:

And my favorite part of the kitchen - our new faucet! It's a Delta touch faucet, so you just tap it to turn it on, and tap it to turn it off - comes in handy when you're cooking and your hands are a mess:

I love that we now have cabinets built in over our fridge - it always looked so bare above the fridge before. I also had to include a picture of our trash cans - it's Jay's favorite part. They're all the soft close drawers, and now we FINALLY have a spot to put our recycling! Before we used to just pile it up on our counter until one of us broke down and took it out to our garage, and it always took up a ton of counter space. Now we finally have a spot for both trash and recycling:

One last before/after:

Let me know what you guys think!! It's sweet relief to have it totally DONE:)

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Gail - July 9, 2012 - 3:23 pm

Um yeahhhh….so how did I never comment on this post before?!!! Yeesh. Love the kitchen. Now, the big question since you’ve gone all fancy is, Are there still Poptarts in the pantry?

Andrea McVeigh - August 29, 2011 - 9:13 am

It’s perfect. I absolutely love everything you did. Well thought out and executed. It’s just beautiful! I’m very happy for you both . Please keep in touch . Thank you so much for sharing the photos with me. I love that you are enjoying your home. It means more than you know! Andrea

Molly - August 3, 2011 - 1:04 pm

Girl you’ve got style

Mary Marantz - July 28, 2011 - 7:47 am

Whoa!! It looks amazing!!

Cait - July 27, 2011 - 9:03 pm

Chas is in AWE! He just loves it. I’m ready to just move in with you and Jay. Want a newborn LOL…..It’s gorgeous!

Amanda - July 26, 2011 - 10:19 pm

holy smokes! that looks AWESOME! i’m so happy for you to have that finished. now it’s time to get cooking again

It's me, Betsy - July 26, 2011 - 12:58 pm

HOly cats! That’s a million dollar kitchen. Yay!!!

Joanna - July 26, 2011 - 12:47 pm

Love it! It looks amazing!

Sarah - July 26, 2011 - 12:46 pm

Gorgeous! In 10 years I know who to consult when I convince Joe we need a major overhaul, unlike our current fix up. I really think a framed teacup tile has it’s place in there though

Roanna - July 26, 2011 - 12:25 pm

It looks AMAZING Tina!! I absolutely love the stainless steel appliances and how the layout is more fluid! Great job

Kylene - July 26, 2011 - 12:07 pm

I LOVE IT!!! It’s so beautiful!! Very nicely done Can’t wait to see it in person.

Sam - July 26, 2011 - 11:57 am

WOOOOOW! It looks amazing! We are building a house and are looking at things for the kitchen. The Delta faucet is high on our list. LOVE the backsplash. I can’t stop looking at the pictures. Beautiful!

Ashleya - July 26, 2011 - 11:54 am

It looks GORGEOUS!! so jealous as we currently have the same recycle pile problem… Lol

Sarah D. - July 26, 2011 - 11:52 am

Gorgeous!!I am so jealous!Simon and I were just talking about whether or not we should bite the bullet and do the re-model we have been dreaming of….I can’t wait to show him these pictures and maybe I can convince him!

Sandy a la Mode - July 26, 2011 - 11:48 am

WOW i love it!! you guys did a really great job with designing the remodel!!!

07-25-11

Philadelphia Engagement Photographer: Erin & Bryan

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We spent Erin & Bryan's engagement session in my favorite way possible - wandering around the streets & allies of center city:) Despite the heat wave last week and the looming storm clouds overhead, we had an amazing session, and I'm so excited about these images:) Bryan and Erin actually met through Ania, another one of my 2012 brides! Ania and Dennis are in Erin & Bryan's bridal party, and vice versa - I love that I'll be seeing a lot of these two couples next year! Bryan also randomly went to the same high school as I did, and I had no idea - it's such a small world!

We started off the session on the front stoop of their house in Philly - I love the little street they live on (their stoop is the one with the red door):

PS, can I have legs like yours please Erin? K great thanx:)

I loved this little alley on the left - all along the road the trees had christmas lights all lit up - that's what I love about the city!

Then their dogs Jimmy & Beans joined in on a few shots:)

They were very distracted by squirrels hah....

Love this one:)

These two are so much fun - I can't wait for the wedding!

Favorite!!

Thanks guys, I had so much fun wandering the city with you! And thanks again for the bottle of wine (you know me too well, I loooove white wine!).....first Ania bakes me cookies, then you give me a bottle of wine....you guys are the best!!

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Cait - July 27, 2011 - 9:04 pm

Gorgeous as usual! Love this couple!!

Amanda - July 25, 2011 - 11:03 pm

Ah, I love this. Philly has the greatest city center! There just aren’t places like that around here. Oh, and I love her green dress! So cute.

Laurajane - July 25, 2011 - 3:57 pm

i haven’t been on your blog in awhile so i don’t know how long it’s been different, but i love the changes! the purple and grey is a really nice combination and the background is great.

Gail - July 25, 2011 - 9:16 am

LOVE this session Tina! Gorgeous locations (can I live in their place, please? Maybe just the front stoop?) and I’m a sucker for Bryan’s cute Aasic shoes! Love the casual fun feel to these!