Our Big Announcement!

By: Amy on May 12th, 20120 Comments. View Comments

Wow, I've been gone for a while! There is a good reason for my absence lately. I've been sitting on a little secret for a couple months now. DEREK AND I ARE HAVING A BABY!!!! I found out on my 27th birthday, March 16th and we are over the moon excited! We have been watching many of our friends and family have kids the past few years and we just decided that it is the right time for us. We have been so so so lucky/blessed/fortunate, whatever words describe it, we are grateful for what we have! On top of all this great-ness, one of my very best friends in the whole world is my doctor, and we are so thankful to have her guiding us through this incredible journey. Casey, thank you for already being our wonderful guide and we can't wait for you to help us through the rest of it!

So, what does this mean for Amy Barry Photography you may ask? It just means that I'm taking it very slow. I'm no longer accepting weddings for 2012, and I will be doing a limited amount of family sessions on the weekends. I am trying hard to focus on taking care of myself through this pregnancy, and with a full time job as well... life gets busy. Spending quality time with family and especially my husband is very important to me these next few months. Please feel free to e-mail for availability on sessions, and I'll be happy to schedule something for you! Now, after the baby is here, I may come back full force but I will just have to play all that by ear and see what Motherhood has in store for me. I thank everyone for the continued support of my business and I will keep you all posted on our progess!!!

A Bathroom Reborn

By: Amy on March 11th, 20120 Comments. View Comments

My husband officially hates Pinterest. As well as all the other husbands that we saw wandering around Lowe's a few Saturdays ago. Each time we went (yes, we went 5 times in one day) there were at least a handful of husbands in the lumber area trying to do the calculations on how much materials they would need for their wife's newest home vision. I would have stopped to ask if they needed help, but I'm glad I didn't. Advice from the couple that had to visit the same store five times in one day wouldn't be much help at all.

Anyway, Derek agreed to help me with a project that I found on Pinterest a few weeks ago. Our bathroom is one of the few rooms in our house that hasn't gotten any decoration at all. We've lived here for 2.5 years and I know a home will never be "finished" but I always want to make it better. Not necessarily better, but just more "us". Ok, enough with the quotes. They don't even make much sense. Here is the website Pinterest guided me to: http://www.hometalk.com/f00ab29dd0/project/385

If you want detailed instructions you can go there and see how he did his project. We made a few adjustments. Instead of crown moulding, we just used door trim to make our frames for the two faux mirrors. Also, instead of liquid nails (which we tried) we ended up using Gorilla Glue. It works great and dries very fast. The only downside is when it dries it expands a little. Almost looking like tiny insulation. It chips right off though if it gets onto a mirror.

This project was going well with building of the shelves and frames for the mirror. When we went to put up our beautiful new shelves... they were too tall! Aw, shucks... the top of the shelves hit the hideous light fixtures so we had to get new ones I wonder who measured that one. Just kidding, I didn't do that on purpose but I wasn't going to argue with getting pretty new light fixtures. When Derek took down the old fixtures, the holes were so big that we had to patch them with drywall and do the whole texturizing and paint circus before putting up the new fixtures. It was a long project, but I'm so happy that it all worked out in the end. Our bathroom has much more storage and it is simply more pleasing to the eye. I hope you are all having a great weekend even though it is rainy and cold!

I have since put folded towels on the top shelf, and put a gigantic floral print on the wall above the bathtub. It looks much better.

Ok, uploading this photo made me realize that I haven't blogged in so long! I almost forgot how! Anyway, I've got a couple of amazing weddings coming up so get ready for some awesome bridals and weddings galore!

Brookley and Jayson are MARRIED!!!!

By: Amy on November 26th, 20110 Comments. View Comments

I have been sitting on these photos for what seems like forever now. I am so incredibly excited to share all of these photos with you! Getting these photos narrowed down was very very hard. There were so many I wanted to post, but I don't want to give it all away

I will begin with a little background on this couple, Brookley and Jayson. I have been friends with Brookley for 18 years, give or take a few months. We met on a soccer team, and became friends. More importantly we stayed friends. Brookley knows me better than most, and she still likes me! I think... Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that she is one of the best friends a girl could ask or hope for. She is always there if I need to talk, and we can go for a while without seeing each other and once we're together it is like no time has passed. We have been through so much together... even Vegas. I have had the pleasure of watching Brookley meet a boy (yes, a boy... we were in high school), and fall in love with a man. Jayson is the perfect fit for Brookley. I can't imagine either of them with anyone else. They were made for each other. It sounds a little cliche but it is true, and anyone that is around these two can see it. This wedding was a long time coming, but it was more than worth the wait.

Friends and family flew in to Florida for this wedding from across the country. I met so many new friends and we shared the best vacation/wedding together. We all stayed at the fabulous Island Inn on Sanibel Island and couldn't have had better accomodations. The people there were beyond amazing and polite. If you are going to Sanibel for a vacation, especially a family vacation, this is the place to stay. They have rooms like hotels but they also offer cottages. These cottages are amazing, and really beautiful inside! The wedding ceremony and reception were held down the road at Casa Ybel Resort. Talk about breathtakingly beautiful! This resort is something straight from a postcard. In fact, I'm sure they have postcards available. They had the best beach setting for the ceremony, and a perfect sized room indoors for the reception. Last, but certainly not least, is the wonderful Pat Slater. Pat is the brains behind this whole operation and she helped Brookley bring her visions to life. She did such a wonderful job with all the details and hiring the best vendors to make Brookley and Jayson's wedding flawless.

So, I know you are all dying to see these photos and I'm dying to share them, so here it goes. Enjoy!

The view from Brookley's cottage

I may have a small obsession with Brookley's ring.

Brookley was surrounded by the best friends the whole day to keep her calm and stress free.

This is the ever so handsome William. Brookley's cousin, Sandra's son.

Brookley's sister, Lauren working on her speech

Brookley's grandfather had a smile all day!

This is what a stress free bride looks like. Pretty, huh?

Brookley and Jayson's honeymoon suite was decorated perfectly.

The most difficult part of getting dressed for the guys was deciding how many times to roll their sleeves. They settled on three.

Brookley's grandfather's reaction seeing his granddaughter as a bride for the first time.

Brookley trying to explain her bustle.

Each of the bridesmaids gave a toast to Brookley on the way to the ceremony.

Everyone at the pool started cheering as Brookley made her way to the isle!

Her Dad seeing her for the first time.

I love all the cameras!!! Sorry everyone for photobombing your photos...

Oh, and a big shout out to the sailor who brought his sailboat by at the perfect time for the ceremony. Thanks for making the photos even more "beachy"!

Colin took his job as ring bearer very seriously.

Quite possibly one of my favorite photos from the day. I asked the wedding party for one quick photo right after they got down the isle.

The WHOLE wedding party as I like to call it. This is everyone who made the trip to watch Brookley and Jayson get married.

Please excuse the hair... this is what I look like halfway through a wedding. I just couldn't not post this photo. This is Tara, Brookley, myself, and Kendall. All friends since we were about 8. I hope to do this photo again when we're about 80.

The food at this wedding was the BEST food ever. Hands down.

This is what happens when you leave your camera at the table with your friends while you get a plate of food. They steal it and take crazy photos. How do you get back at them you may ask? You post the photos they took on your blog.

The speeches were heartfelt...

...and funny.

Jayson's dance with his mother was very emotional, you can see how much she loves her little boy.

Then the party started! This was a super fun crowd!

The traditional groom and best man dance.

And a perfect way to end the evening.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to Brookley, Jayson, and all their family and friends for such a wonderful celebration of love. I couldn't have had a better time, and I wish you all the happiness in the world!

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