baci designs | Styled Tea Party Shoot with JaNicki Photography {Akron, Ohio} :: Featured in Baby Lifestyles

In the Spring, I had the amazing opportunity to work with my dear friend Margaret of JaNicki Photography on a Styled Tea Party Shoot for The Brazier Family!  We headed out to gorgeous Indigo Lake and the fun began :o)

I designed all of the stationery for the day with a "colorful patterned pinwheel" theme in mind - a beautiful customized invitation made especially for The Brazier Family, cute signage for the cupcakes, pinwheel place cards and even a bone-shaped place card for Sherman the Dog!  Sherman was even given a special bow tie for the day, made by Margaret.  Devona, Mom of The Brazier Family, runs Templeton Goods and she created all of the adorable cloth pieces for the day - from the pin wheel bunting to the girls' dresses.  That's one talented lady!

Margaret and I styled the shoot before the family arrived so they could get right into the business of having fun.  The result was beyond beautiful - a fun, loving family having the time of their lives (and some tea)!

An amazing thing that happened after the shoot:  it was featured in a 10-page spread in Baby Lifestyles 2012 Late Summer Issue!!  You can see the full feature here :o)

We would love to create a unique styled shoot for you and your family - if you're interested please contact either Margaret or me with your ideas!  It would be the perfect setting for a fun holiday portrait session :o)

baci's babies week :: A baci's baby of our very own!!

After a long and trying journey that began two years ago this month, Ilario and I are happy to announce we are expecting a little one!!  This Sunday I will be 15 weeks pregnant, giving Baby Cursaro a due date of January 27th.  Things are going very smoothly and we can't wait to meet this maybe not-so-tiny bundle of joy - who, according to the doctor, is already one tall kid :o)

A very heartfelt thank you to all of our dear friends and family members - it is with your support and love that we will be welcoming this baby into the world!!

This just in:  Uncle Nick - who says he's never been wrong - just performed the famous "pencil test" and it said we'll be having a little lady in the house!!  We'll have to wait and see if he's right in January!

Four Years!! {The Reception}

Since I wasn't able to finish posting our wedding photos yesterday, today we are officially bring the Amanda + Ilario Wedding show to an end today (insert sad face - I'd love reliving it all!!) with photos and details from our reception!  Enjoy!!

Our delicious (it was even still tasty on our one-year anniversary!) cake was baked by my grandmother and decorated by my mom who also made the chocolate Groom's Cake and the 10.27.2007 cupcakes!! Those adorable little peach cookies were made by my mother-in-law and the rest of the tasty desserts were made by our aunts.

Before the bouquet toss and garter throw we did a kid-friendly candy toss - it was a huge hit!!

These photos are hands down some of the funniest things I have EVER seen in my life - my bridesmaids wanted that bouquet, lol!!!

My Grandma was a dancin' machine that night - I love it!!  It makes me so happy to see everyone having fun on the dance floor :o)

Four years later, I still can't say thank you enough to our amazing photographers - Brandy J and Sticky of Brandy J Photography!!

Four Years!! {The Bridal Party}

I'm going to keep the Amanda and Ilario Wedding Par-tay going for a little while longer :o)  Right now its some of my favorite photos of The Bridal Party then we'll finish it up tomorrow with some shots of just the two of us and The Reception!!

I love, love, love the photos of my sister and I - we have the middle one framed on our gallery wall in our home because I love it so much!

My hubby is so handsome and our fathers look just as dashing in the photo to the right.  We have the photo of the men walking down the street framed on our gallery wall as well - love it!

There was never any doubt that our photographer, Sticky, was going to be an amazing father after seeing these photos of him and our flower girl,  Hannah. . . also, no doubt Hannah is going to grow up to be a stunning beauty!

The corn field may have been a bit messy, but the results were well worth it!!  Love, love, love :o)

Four Years!! {The Ceremony}

Today I'm continuing Ilario and I's Four Year Wedding Anniversary by sharing some beautiful details from our Ceremony - enjoy!

I love how beautiful my mom looks in this photo below and I can't get over how little my baby brother is!! Four years later and he's a handsome and strong young man, towering over all of us :o)

Now to explain the blue tongue that I walked down the aisle with - lol!!  Minutes before, I took a dissolvable mouth strip and it was the culprit - I love that the moment was captured because I probably wouldn't have remembered such a funny, random occurrence :o)

I can't express in words how talented my family members are when it comes to singing - my Aunt Sherril, cousin Sophie, Uncle Frank and Aunt Deb sang so beautifully on my wedding day, it's one of my most cherished memories!

I love my daddy!!  These photos can make me smile even when I'm having a bad day :o)

When I cry, I laugh - so throughout our vows I was simultaneously bawling and giggling :o)

Ilario and Uh-mana-dah Cursaro (yes, our priest said my name wrong because he was concentrating so much on Ilario's) - lol!!!

All of the photos captured of the children involved in our wedding are amazing - below our flower girl, Hannah, looks so sweet with her aunt Sarah (who I grew up next to) and my gorgeous nephew, Grant, is having his tie straightened. I LOVE IT!