A couple weeks ago we were able to attend Joe’s (Colin’s dad) TaiChi belt test in San angelo (at taichi concho). If you don’t know much about TaiChi, it a slower paced martial art. There’s lots of muscle strengthening and flexibility building. Anyway, it’s very fascinating to watch. You start off being tested over the movements, then advance to different weapons.
Here are a few pictures of the people being tested and moving up to the next belt color.
Check out Joe, on the second picture down on the left… he totally ninja’d the guy with the gun…
Last week, as most of you know, we had a snow day! Now for San Angelo, Texas… that’s huge! I don’t even remember ever seeing that much snow here! Colin and I, along with Nick (little brother and fellow photographer!) and Lauren (friend of the family) went outside to have fun and play in the snow. There’s not much to say so here are some photographs that were taken!
This year for Valentine’s Day, we were invited to attend the 10th annual Champagne & Diamonds fundraiser ball for the Children’s Advocacy Center. Our friend Donna from the Chocolate Connection invited us and we were able to take some photos of her marvelous chocolate fountain setup. We also took some other pictures of evening… the decorations, the food, and the people. It was held in the Cactus Hotel Ballroom and the decorations were beautiful. They had a silent auction going on in the mezzanine area, but the real money maker was inside the ballroom. I’ll have to admit, this fundraiser is a brilliant idea. What they do (every year) is have 100 glasses of champagne, each of which is filled with a Cubic Zirconium. Well.. all except one, that is. One glass actually has a real diamond in it. (A huge thanks to Legend Jewelers for donating the diamond each year!) They sell the glasses of champagne throughout the course of the evening and dinner. Once they all have been sold, they have two gentleman that go around to each table and test each “CZ” to see if it’s the real deal. It gets a bit exciting and intense as you wait to see if your the winner! I was really hoping someone from our table would win because they were all great people. But unfortunately, the man came and went, with no luck. It actually got pretty close to the end before they found the winning glass. The ironic thing is, that in the past 10 years this event has been held… this is the second time the winner has won the diamond! Talk about lucky!!! Someone needs to take her to Vegas! All in all, it was a wonderful evening. Thanks to Donna for inviting us and to Colin for taking me!
The champagne glasses about to have the CZ’s dropped into them. (Once they’re bought, they are topped off.)
For Valentines Day, my wife surprised me with a homemade card. I’m not too much into cards, but if I was to get one, this would definitely be it! She made up her own poem to the rhythm of “roses are red, violets are blue” except with all camera terms. Talk about CUTE! I absolutely love it! Here’s a picture of it…. i just had to put it up so all my other photographer friends could appreciate it. I have to admit… I probably have the coolest wife in the world.
Another vendor we randomly meet was Donna from the Chocolate Connection (325-374-6737). She came by while we were setting up our booth and asked to borrow our level. She was so sweet and in return let us munch on some of her tasty treats. Colin dove right in and dipped a strawberry under the flowing chocolate. I think he made quite a mess of himself and dripped a little on the booth (before the event even started!) but they didn’t seem to mind – and the chocolate was splendid. So if you need a chocolate fountain, Donna’s the person to call!
We also got to meet quite a few new photographers. We actually ate dinner with some of them the night before the Bridal Showcase. Here are a couple of them. This is Melissa and Harold from Melissa Davis-Crump Photography. They are a blast to be around. They’re a bit serious though, as I’m sure you can tell by this photo below. NOT! We had so much fun getting to know them because they are lighthearted and goofy. I hope they have an awesome wedding season and can’t wait to hang out with them sometime!
Well, I guess that’s all for the bridal showcase. Thanks to all the people who put it together and all the vendors who took time out to be there. And I especially hope it helped the brides, grooms, parents, and all others to plan their special events!
By: Colin and Andre’a Feldhaus wedding and portrait photographers
Before the Bridal Showcase started, we walked around and talked with some of our vendor “neighbors.” We also took some photos of them. I must say, we had some awesome vendors around us!
To our right we had David’s Bridal. As most of you know, we don’t have a David’s Bridal in San Angelo. They came from Abilene and had two gorgeous models standing in front of their booth for advertisement. They were so much fun to have as our “next door neighbors.” And everyone was stopping to look at the models and would catch a glance our way at our photography… hopefully!
To our left we had HEB who had a beautiful arrangement of flowers that everyone stopped to look at. They also had some cakes on display – one was chocolate with chocolate covered strawberries. They were nice enough to give a couple strawberries to Colin, which he planned on hoarding for himself and not sharing. Lucky for me, I glanced over at the right time and saw BOTH strawberries! Seriously, it was an amazing chocolate covered strawberry. If I would have been thinking, I would have taken a photo of it because it had like… 1/2″ of chocolate coating!
Even further to our right was the super cool Rachel Russo – of Rachel Russo Photography. Her booth looked fantastic! If you missed it, here’s a little glimpse, but check out her website as well. She’s a great photographer and friend!
Right in front of us, we had Celebraciones Bellas. Rita is one talented person! She does decorating and catering. She actually did our decorations for our wedding over 4 years ago! She knew all the decorating rules in the Cactus Hotel as well as did all the set up and clean up! Talk about a life savor! The last thing we had time for was decorating or cleaning up. Anyway, we are still friends and Rita is just as bubbly as ever!
If you’ve been around San Angelo for awhile then Halfmann’s Cake Cottage (949-3678) is a familiar name. They had a booth caddie corner to us and it was just filled with beautiful cakes! I so need to learn how to do that! They make it look so easy, but I know a ton of time went into making and decorating each one of those cakes. And they gave out free samples as well!
We have a couple more to post, so check back soon.
Colin and Andre’a Feldhaus
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If you missed the San Angelo, West Texas Bridal Showcase, or you just want a recap… I would recommend checking out this video (by OuttaBox Media). Oh yeah… don’t forget to check out the very end. This is what happens when your friends make the video. Good times, good times… lol.
Colin and Andre’a Fedhaus
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And a little side note… it was extremely difficult to draw the names out of the vessel. It took Colin an hour and a half this morning trying to figure out different ways to get the papers out.
As many of you know, we are having a drawing for a FREE engagement session, a FREE bridal session, or a FREE 20×30 landscape print. Anyone who was a part of the West Texas Bridal Showcase had the opportunity to put you name in our decorative vessel for the drawing. Now, we decided since we had the choice of 3 different prizes, we should draw 3 different names! So, yes, there will be 3 winners. OuttaBox Media Group is putting this video together to show us drawing our 3 winners…
We are still having technical difficulties so the video might not be up until tomorrow… BUT we will post two of the three winners tonight. (So if you didn’t win, check back tomorrow and see if you’re the third winner!)
1.) Tammy Brown
2.) Teresa Gill
3.) ?????????? (it could be you!)
If you are a winner, shoot us an e-mail and we’ll get you hooked up with your prize. Congrats to our winners and check back tomorrow for the video and final winner.
