Legend says the rain on your wedding day is supposed to be good luck. It certainly was for Christine and Dan! Congratulations to the Janse's who tied the knot on May 2nd.


Hi Gretchen. I just wanted to tell you that Dan and I were so pleased with the job the Chris Dudy (and Amy) did at the wedding. They were fabulous. I can not wait to see all the pictures!! Chris did so well working with our large families. He made the picture taking seem easy!

We also thought that the DJ, DL was great. He got everyone dancing and did a wonderful job. He played from our list and incorporated requests when he could. He was wonderful and was very easy to work with.

The wedding was perfect, except for the weather, it poured all day and night, but not much you can do about that. I will send a picture or two when we get them.

Thanks again. I hear that Curt and Linda booked with you or are planning to. They were at our wedding and observed first hand.

Chris and Dan Janse

Hello Gretchen,

Phil & I wanted to write and THANK YOU for the wonderful time we had on our Wedding Day. Thank you for all of your help throughout the planning process. Your organization, thoughtfulness and sense of humor truly made the planning a blast!!!! Also we were so happy with the dj, Jessie. He did an outstanding job and truly made our guests dance their pants off!!!! The dance floor was full all night and he was perfect at meeting all of our guests needs. We knew you guys were outstanding, but to experience so much fun that night knocked our socks off. We would also like to write a letter to Jesse, if you are able to send us his last name so we can mail the letter to the Bellagala office that would be awesome. We have nothing but wonderful memories of our wedding day and thank you for making everything perfect. Have a great week and we will talk with you soon.

Stephanie & Phil Eiden

So, it is officially Wedding Season. May is the kick off to our busy months, where we can have 20-40 weddings per day! We will get a respite in November... just in time for the holiday festivities. I am excited for 2008. I think it is going to be an amazing year, mostly because we have amazing couples!

Here is a recent email from our first May bride. She used our photography and floral services.

Gretchen,

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you -
you're amazing. :) Our wedding was so much fun, and
I have you to thank as one of the people who helped us
pull it off. You're awesome. :)

Thanks!
Jen

I have been very busy, but I promise to post more in the future. Here is an email that made my day. Happy Friday!

Hi Gretchen,

Hope today finds you well!

I just wanted to take a moment to tell you… WE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, RANDI!

And I just had to let you know! Last week we had our Engagement session with her and had SO MUCH FUN! She is so kind and personable – and patient with me, too! I was a little timid at the start of the session but she made me feel so comfortable that by the end I was laughing, and playful and truly having fun with the whole thing!

We haven’t even gotten to the ceremony yet, but I’m so excited to see what comes!

Really, there’s no other reason for this email other than to just let you know that I’m so happy we chose Bellagala for our photography because we are so happy with the photographer we got through you.

Thank you soooo much!


Wendy

Saturday was the 2nd annual Fashion Fight Night, a fundraiser for the LEAD Project, and I attended to support one of our favorite Bellagala photographers, Eliesa, who was competing. A big congratulations to Eliesa, she won her match (well, it was a draw, so they both won, but a minor technicality). Here are a few photos of Eliesa in the ring with her model.