On Saturday I attended a grand opening for Spring Hall, a new special events venue in Atlanta. I’m not the best photographer, but I wanted to share with you some photos I took of this elegant new venue.

As you enter the front door there is a beautiful reception area and this long hallway with marble floors.I loved all the little unexpected details in the decor. For instance, this piece of furniture may be something that you would normally just walk by But when I looked inside there were beautiful green roses sitting in ice. And the same for this welcome table.The venue is full of gorgeous chandeliers like this oneHere is a close up of the cake in the bar areaI didn’t get a great picture of the ballroom but here’s one to at least give you an idea. The ballroom has crystal chandeliers and a dark wood dance floor. Here is the buffet decor. And a few close ups My favorite part of the buffet were the ice sculptures. I didn’t photograph this very well, but on top of the ice were candles which was very dramatic.For entertainment they had traditional Korean performances and later in the evening to get the dancing started the very impressive Neons performed.My favorite part of the venue is the bridal suite.No expense was spared to create a luxurious feelAnd the ceiling is absolutely breathtaking with sumptuous fabric and a chandelier coming out of it – who wouldn’t love to get dressed for their wedding here!Congratulations to Spring Hall for a successful grand opening. I know there will be many beautiful events to come.

Normally I try to keep everything strictly business on this blog so I hope you don’t mind me sharing about my personal life today. Months ago I won a free photo session with photographer Shannon Wright for a new concept called Project 42. The number 42 means Love is: 4=love 2=is. It’s a photo session about what love means to you and capturing it while in your wedding attire.

Now I’ve been married for 8 years and have 2 kids so I didn’t know if Shannon would even want to use us for this project. But Shannon jumped at the opportunity to work with us and I couldn’t believe I actually had a legitimate excuse to put on my wedding dress again!

With what little free time we have, my husband and I love to go to the movies. So we started with a movie themed photo shoot at Atlantic Station.

But the movie theatre wouldn’t let us inside so we moved on to the Fox Theatre. I guess God was looking out for us because they actually let us shoot inside the Fox!
For the second part of our session we chose to do a shoot about what we love most – our two beautiful daughters! Me being me I couldn’t just do a regular photo shoot in the park – nope, we took our couch and put it in the middle of Piedmont Park!

This is my youngest daughter Kamryn
And my oldest daughter Kristen with her daddy
It was like any day playing in the park – except in my wedding dress!

And a few more shots with me and my wonderful husbandThanks so much Shannon for including us in your Project 42! I know these aren’t the typical “wedding pictures” but we had so much fun and now we have beautiful keepsake pictures of our family capturing what we love most.