Kelsey Tice Photography

Atlanta Wedding & Portrait Photographer

Oh, How Pinteresting!

Currently, I’m sitting in the Chicago airport, waiting for a flight that will reunite me with some of my best friends from LU. So exciting! I’ve never been to Chicago before, and I’m a little bummed that sitting in the airport will be the extent of my visit. Can someone please get engaged and then hire me to shoot their Chicago wedding? I think it would be so fun to shoot city wedding… That’s definitely different than my normal style, but I’m always up for a challenge. :)

This weekend, I’ll be shooting both an engagement and bridal session. Do you realize what that means?! Next week, the blog will actually have photography on it! I feel like it has been so long since last year’s shooting season, and I am ready to get back into the swing of things! Understatement of the year. Unfortunately, that means that I have to fill the blog with yet ANOTHER post not related to photography, but bear with me, people… The end is near! Here are my favorite Pinterest finds from this week…

Starting things off with the fab Jennifer Lawrence.
And whoever captioned this pin is a genius. “Kind of want her bangs, and waves, and hair color, and talent, and Oscar.” Amen to that.

source: Keep Calm, be a Mermaid

If you knew how much I struggled through math in high school and college, you would be buying me this brilliant t-shirt right now.

source: Skreened

I absolutely LOVE this watercolor print of the world. Check out Poppy and Pinecone on Etsy… Beautiful work!

source: Poppy & Pinecone

How perfect are these flats? Steve sure knows how to do it.

source: Macy’s

Because I am a 8 year old at heart, I was so excited to come across this recipe for homemade Easy Mac. Those little packets are so expensive, so I’ll definitely be giving this a try!

source: Babble

Next time you look at an old picture of yourself and think, “Why did no one stop me from wearing that?”, just remember Justin & Brittany.
The world will never forget.

source: E! Online

Happy Friday! :)

Wedding Wednesday | Food!

Yes, food gets an explanation point behind it because I love it so much. Obviously, it’s not Wednesday, but it’s my blog, and I can do whatever I want. I know that was bad grammar… Just go with it. Today, I want to talk about the topic of wedding day food. Like everything else, there are so many options to choose from, and it can be a bit overwhelming. Should you serve a formal, sit-down dinner? Just have heavy appetizers? Or maybe a buffet? So many options!!! Here are a few tips I have for having the most enjoyable wedding day food:

-Be you! Yes, you can still be yourself when picking your wedding day food. Aaron & I are NOT fancy people. This is probably a huge shock to most of you. For us, it was a no-brainer to skip the traditional wedding caterer and go with Sonny’s BBQ, one of our favorites, for our dinner. Not only was the dinner more laid back because of this, but I actually ENJOYED our food and scarfed down a whole plate of pulled pork and mac & cheese. If you HATE fish (what is wrong with you!?), don’t have it at your wedding just because it’s the thing to do!

-Don’t worry too much about pleasing your guests. Obviously, you don’t want to serve food that everyone will hate, but you’re never going to please everyone. I’m sure there were people that did not love our choice of BBQ, but guess what?! We LOVED it, so I don’t care… And I say that in the nicest way possible. :)

-In a lot of situations, your venue will limit who you can use as your caterer. Just embrace this, and make the best of the situation! You may not have many options when it comes to dinner, but there still may be a few ways that you can personalize your food! I absolutely LOVE what our friends Liza & Jordan did at their wedding last summer… They had Rita’s Italian Ice served to each guest as they were walking from the ceremony to the reception. Not only was it SO them, but it was the perfect treat to enjoy during a July wedding in Florida!

photo by The Long Farewell

Hopefully, this gets your creative side thinking! Do any of you past brides have unique ideas that worked for you?

Happy Thursday!

Weekend Recap: San Antonio!

WE FINALLY HAVE INTERENT AGAIN!!!! I never realized how much I used our wifi until it was gone… For EIGHT days!!! Obviously, blogging and emailing were made SUPER difficult, but I couldn’t even pull up my Pinterest recipes or watch Netflix & Hulu Plus. Gasp!!! Aaron was also suffering in great amounts because he wasn’t able to watch ANY Braves games with his new MLB tv. This is really a shame because they have been on FIRE the last week… They’re definitely starting the season great, and I’m hoping that Justin Upton will break a home run record this year. Aaron is so proud of me right now. All that being said, I am SO glad to have our wifi back. No more typing super long emails on my tiny iPhone keyboard or using ALL of my battery on 3G. How did we used to do life without the internet???

This weekend, Aaron and I took our very belated anniversary trip to San Antonio, Texas. I’ve wanted to visit San Antonio ever since I saw pictures of the Riverwalk years ago, so I was very excited that our hotel was located in the heart of it all!

Headed out on our wayyyyy too early flight… I might have had two rounds of Starbucks that morning.

Just being weird on the shuttle to our rental car… It’s sad how normal this is for us.

Visiting the Alamo… Aaron was very excited about seeing this little piece of history because Davey Crockett was awesome and all this relates to the University of Tennesee? Or something like that? All I know is GO NOLES!

Being weird again… But I mean, really… Why are mannequins always posed in the most odd positions?? NO ONE stands like that.

There were a plethora of mirror pictures taken on our trip. I’m seriously considering buying a tripod for my iPhone and using a self-timer app because it is so difficult for me to get a good picture of us. Does anyone own a tripod for their phone? Or is that really too much?

SEA WORLD! We made a last minute decision to go see Shamu while we were in San Antonio, and I’m so glad we did! It’s been a few years since I had been to Orlando’s park, and it ended up being the PERFECT day to go. The weather was amazing, and, compared to what I’m used to at Sea World Orlando, there was basically no one at the park. It was a great day!

Oh, you know, just taking pictures through a peephole.

The lobby of our hotel. It was SO swanky. Yes, swanky.

I finally broke down and asked someone to take a picture for us.

I decided that I’m going to need to go back to San Antonio one day for a session or two! The city is SO unique and packed full of awesome locations to shoot around. Ideally, I’ll find a couple with a private plane, and we can just jet down there one afternoon… Maybe even stay for dinner! Any takers?

The last day of our trip, we spent some time at the rooftop pool. See??? Swanky! This Florida girl was in HEAVEN because I have been longing for warm weather for SIX MONTHS now. Does anyone else think that this has been the longest winter of all time?

Another mirror pic… Don’t judge us. :)

For our official anniversary dinner, we ate at my favorite restaurant, Pappadeaux. Beautiful weather, live music, lobster tail, and Chilean sea bass?
You just can’t beat it.

Headed back home to Fayetteville. :( Ps… How cute is that scarf?! That was an awesome $6 Plato’s Closet find. Thrifting for the win!

Happy Wednesday! :)

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