Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

I loved the cinematography for this so much! I thought you guys might like it too.

I had to share these cute personalized wedding hangers with you all! What a romantic little detail for the wedding day.

It’s not unusual for people to decide to give gifts under $10 for Christmas, but the real challenge is giving gifts for under $10 that are useful. We didn’t just want to give out cutsey knicknacks that would just gather dust or a discount DVD that would be watched once and then shelved away. We decided that the most useful thing of all was to create an emergency kit that our friends could keep stored in their cars or under their bathroom sinks.

An emergency kit (or as we like to call it, a survival kit) is incredibly important but probably the most overlooked safety measure in most households today. Too many people rely on the hope that if their car breaks down or slides off an icy road in 10 degree weather that their trusty cell phones will save the day. What if you can’t get a signal or the battery has died? How will you stop the bleeding from a crash until help arrives? Please consider having a kit like this hidden under your car seat (and in the trunk to supplement the kit, it’s safest to always have bottled water, a small gas can with fuel treated with Sta-Bil in case you run out of gas, and some extra winter clothing).

To save some $$$, we bought a full first aid kit and then divided its contents into 5×7″ watertight boxes (a 32 ounce water bottle with a wide mouth or a tupperware container could also be used). We added a few extras in addition to the first aid kit, as well. The contents of our Christmas Survival Kits are as follows:

• Two-inch pocket knife. Cost: $1.
• Lighter. We considered matches, but for the short term a lighter is more useful. Cost: $0.50.
• Snickers Bar. It’s high in calories (energy) and chocolate can be a real pick-me-up. On sale for $0.50.
• Flashlight (2 AA Batteries included). Cost: $1.
• First Aid Kit (180 items). We’ll list the major items below. We split it evenly into two kits. Cost: $10.
• Tweezers.
• Rubber gloves.
• Emergency Blanket (the foil kind).
• Light Stick.
• Medical Tape & Gauze.
• Neosporin.
• Motrin, Tylenol, etc.
• Alcohol Wipes.
• Butterfly Bandages.
• Around twenty different Band-Aids of various sizes.

Each kit cost about $12 total. We’re suggesting that the candy bar be kept in the kit until spring, then switched out with a can of tuna or sausages (the kind with the pop-off lids) over the hot summer months so the chocolate doesn’t melt. We didn’t add things like feminine hygiene products, sunscreen or bug spray because those things are not emergency items (they can be kept in your purse or a seperate bag in the car); including those increases the chance that people will “dip” into their kits just because it’s convenient, resulting in having very few supplies when a real emergency does occur.

Is there anything you would have added to our kits that we didn’t include? Have any cheap cool DIY gift ideas you’d like to share? Do tell!

It’s getting down into the 40’s here at night now, fall is definitely on the way!

For so many people, buying their first home signifies a transition into adulthood that walks hand-in-hand with marriage. We all have that image of a white picket fence and the groom carrying the bride over the threshold; it’s practically a staple of the American Dream. Although I share that sentiment, I have to tell you that I never imagined that dream one day coming true by uttering the words, “I live in a yurt.”

A what? A yurt. Rhymes with squirt. The shape and structure of a yurt is actually based off the dwellings of nomadic Mongolians. Okay, so the name sounds funky and they’re somewhat reminiscent of a hobbit dwelling, but who cares? These babies are affordable, easy to build and can withstand blizzards and hurricanes alike.

We don’t live in one just yet. We’re still saving, looking for the right plot of land, arguing over which ways to cut costs. But I thought I’d share our little dream with you guys, humble as it is! What are your plans for the hearth you’ll share with your significant other?

Tomorrow, a great friend with some awesome talent is accompanying us as an assistant shooter at a wedding! We’re so excited to have Hannah along that we thought we should go ahead and show you some recent photos she took recently.

These little piglets are prone to get into a lot amount of trouble with their escape antics!

We couldn’t have asked for better light or a more gorgeous location than we had when we photographed Bethany’s bridal session! I’m so excited about her wedding in Ridgecrest next month, it’s going to be amazing!

We stopped by the local humane society to take a fewmore photos today, enjoy!

Affordable Materials + DIY Skillz +Vintage Paper = Awesome Favors