friday favorite {elizabeth messina}

i love elizabeth messina's work. it's so romantic. as i was going through her blog trying to pick images to use i was having the hard time keep the number of photos to a reasonable amount, they're all so beautiful. she does an amazing job of capturing the personalities and style of all her clients. how much do you love her sepia toned images?

engagement hearthrobs

denise bovee posted this HOT engagement session this morning. we've seen a lot of balloons this year but the way she used them was really awesome to me. the bride-to-be's hairpiece is incredible, and that fur coat, more people need to wear fur (I'm not promoting killing animals here). really amazing session.

there's also a poll on the side of the page! we want to know what you guys want to see more of! so take a second and vote, we love to hear our peeps' opinions.

welcome!

welcome to bird in a cage bride! we're very excited to be starting to this new project and hope you guys are excited about it as well. we aim for this to be a place for brides who want to do something a little different to find inspiration. this won't be a place to find all the usual stuff but a place to find more niche, interesting, and quirky ideas. the name "bird in a cage" comes from the idea of brides feeling "trapped" or bored by all the usual wedding trends (white cake, rose bouquets, and frilly dresses). our aim is to help free you from your cage and make you excited about wedding planning again. we welcome any and all reader/vendor submissions! we would love to hear from you and enjoy all new ideas that come our way. bookmark our page and come back often, we will be posting daily! that said, here is today's post!

this comes from an amazing post from corbin gurkin photography's spring inspiration shoot in los olivos, california. it seemed fitting that our first blog post include some bird cages. every detail of this shoot was so well thought out.





these purple artichokes as a detail are incredible.





we are craaazy for this bride's multi tiered wedding dress.