What a beautiful editorial shoot to end the Life and Craft Workshop chapter. Wendy, from Birds of a Feather Events really hit it out of the park with Vache de Jardin "Cow's Garden." We are so exciting to share this editorial as the Life & Craft Workshop has been so special to us. 

Love & Collaboration, (Thanks to this incredible team of creatives!)

Luke & Cat

We survived (and celebrated!) the first year as a family of three.

Aside from a few weeks of late nights and early mornings, Knox has been the best little guy we could have asked for. He slept through the night, 7:30 PM to 7:30 AM, since he was ten weeks old and has ever since. We had no clue what parenthood would look like for us, thankfully it was the exact same, just with one more person to hangout with. 

When we started to think about Knox’s first birthday, we knew we wanted to have a nice party that was more than just a time to open presents. We wanted to host a gathering for all of the people who have been such a special part of Knox’s life this past year and helped us navigate the adventures of children. We reached out to Phuong of MIBELLAROSA, gave her a concept that we liked, and asked her to make it kid friendly.

What came next caught us a little off guard! 

Phuong told us that she was going to handle it all - and keep it a secret from us! She said it was as much a time for us to celebrate as it was for us to thank everyone else. It was such a lovely change of pace - we were able to sit back and wait for the big day to arrive. The creative team was instructed not to post any sort of sneak peek/behind-the-scenes images and not to tell us any design elements. 

On the morning of the party our house was flooded with florists, caterers, and balloon garland installers. We watched in excitement as each piece of the puzzle came together right before our eyes! 

It all culminated with a plated dinner served under the setting sun as we visited with one another and watched Knox polish off his own piece of beef tenderloin. 

We’ve both mentioned to each other that while we were only planning to have an over-the-top FIRST birthday party, we might have to make a big birthday bash a yearly thing. 

Here are a few of our favorite images from the day.

Loving family & Colorful balloons,

Luke & Cat (& Knox too!) 

We are excited to share Julie and Justin's wedding! From the ceremony at the stunning St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church with all the unique landscaping and details to the reception at Hughes Manor where we always love returning to for weddings. We have loved photographing these two because we've had some great times with them in front of our cameras. We are honored that these two invited us along on this journey and asked us to be their wedding photographer!

Laughter and Celebration,

Luke & Cat