A few months ago, we got a real thick envelope from one of our fall wedding couples, Valerie + Nicole. When we opened it up, and not going to lie – it scared the living bajeezus out of us because we were NOT expecting it to pop into a 3-D wedding invitation!!!

This was a video Ash made right after opening it that we shared on Facebook:

Anyway! It was literally the coolest wedding invitation we have ever received … and it totally set the tone for their engagement session earlier this month at the Hard Rock Hotel in Palm Springs! Since it’s hot as Hades here in the desert during the summer, we opted to shoot their engagement session inside the (wonderfully air conditioned) hotel and it was perfect – with their awesome “FUN” wall, rock and roll memorabilia and their towers of speakers.

Valerie + Nicole were made for each other. From the moment we met them over a cup of coffee that turned into a three-hour lovefest – and since then we have been eagerly awaiting not only this engagement session, but their upcoming wedding this fall! What we love most about these two is how they just love to have fun together – they laugh more than any other couple we’ve ever hung out with, which we just adore about them.

Not only that, but they truly just love each other, spending as much time as possible together exploring foodie hot spots and gastropubs, hanging out with their dog Woody (who yes, dresses up like Woody from Toy Story!). We loved getting to spend the afternoon with them, and now we’re even more excited than we already were for their wedding!!

 

 

Special thanks to the RAD creative team who worked with Valerie + Nicole for their engagement session!

hair + makeup | All Tressed Up

rings | Daniel’s Jewelers