Featured | Swooned, Le Magnifique, and Tidewater and Tulle

It's time for a lil feature roundup! I consider this blog my "business scrapbook" of sorts. It's personal, and I love documenting the stories and it's really neat to look back and go, "Eee, that was exciting!" :)

So honored and appreciative for these blogs giving my photo-fam some wonderful limelight! They spend so much love and energy into making their days special and memorable for themselves and their guests... that I'm glad I can be able to show that love off!

... Heather and Rob's Jane Austen-inspired Williamsburg wedding on Swooned!


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... Ruffled also chose our Orchestrated's Union bouquet created by Isha Foss as their Best of 2013: Bouquets!


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... Le Magnifique's Top 10 Most Viewed Posts of 2013! And actually for my travel trips to Santorini and Florence. :)


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... Katie and Austin's golf-inspired Kingsmill wedding is on the new Tidewater and Tulle!


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... Pinhole Pro, my boudoir album company and other client goodies, featured my old office space!


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... Orchestrated Stylized Shoots' Seaglass and Mist was featured on Fab You Bliss. In two parts!


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FEATURED | Ruffled, Glamour and Grace, Burnett's Boards

It's time for the latest roundup of features! I consider this blog my "business scrapbook" of sorts. It's personal, and I love documenting the stories and it's really neat to look back and go, "Eee, that was exciting!" :)

Anyhoo, here we have the most recent publication features: Ruffled, Glamour and Grace, Dress for the Wedding, Burnett's Boards, Pretty Pear Bride, and Fab You Bliss. So grateful for these blogs and their daily inspiration! As a photographer, it's great to have such wonderful photog-advocates! :)

... Orchestrated Stylized Shoots' Union was featured on Ruffled!


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... Laura and Winfield's Colonial Williamsburg/Williamsburg Winery wedding was featured on Glamour and Grace!


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... The lavender-inspired stylized bridal shoot from last year was featured on Burnett's Boards!


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... Lots of photo-fam were featured on Dress for the Wedding for what to wear for engagement sessions!


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... Cardinals and Oatmeal was featured on Burnett's Boards!


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... The bridal portion of Cardinals and Oatmeal was featured on Pretty Pear Bride!


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... Some Persuasion Boudoir loveliness and tips on cherishing this very second was featured on Fab You Bliss!


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FEATURED | Limn and Lovely, Bayside Bride, and Le Magnifique

I'm pretty terrible at keeping up with features here on the blog. Eep, kind of embarrassed that it's been 10 months! :) (As a note, the Featured Photo-Fam album on Facebook is always up-to-date!) But I'm trying to get better at it, especially because I consider this blog my "business scrapbook" of sorts. It's personal, and I love documenting the stories and people I meet. :)

Anyhoo, here we have the most recent publication features: Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine's Pinterest, Limn and Lovely, Borrowed and Bleu, Bayside Bride, and Le Magnifique. These are some great blogs/boards I love to follow-- always inspiring content within their specialties!

... Tiffany and Josh's wedding cake was featured on Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine's Pinterest board!


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... Crissy and Charlie's wedding at Wolfsnare Plantation was featured on Borrowed and Bleu!


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... Crystal and Lannin's wedding at the Signature at West Neck was featured on Limn and Lovely!


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... Heather and Rob's modern nautical beach engagement was featured on Bayside Bride!


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... and my captures from the Amalfi Coast last September were featured on Le Magnifique's new travel inspiration section!


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FEATURED | Two Bright Lights Editors' Choice Award

What a completely wonderful email to open up your inbox to. Two Bright Lights is one of the most respected parts of my business as I aim hard to get my photo-fam their little spotlights... it's true; I believe all of them are rockstars. :)

Lots of thanks go to the bloggers who have published my photo-fam, vendor friends, and me because without their hard work and careful attention to ensuring each post is a perfect fit for their wedding blogs, our work would still be in this little Bit of Ivory bubble. ♥

You can see the shiny new badge on my website and see what the selection process looks like.

This was such a great way to head into the end of the week and right before I head to Vegas for WPPI! :) (And heck, let's be real, any email with teal all over it... WIN. :) )

FEATURED | Hampton Roads Wedding Planner Magazine

It's always been a "life bucket list" dream to write AND "illustrate" for print publication (one day it'll be a children's book!)... you know my English degree and art worlds colliding sort of thing. :)

To be able to do that with the premier issue of the amazing Hampton Roads Wedding Planner Magazine made my heart so incredibly happy. It's not a Bit of Ivory thing, but just lil ole me. (Even some special Persuasion Boudoir mentions are scattered throughout the issue as well.) :)






[I loved that my own wedding invitations that I designed made it into the article! :D]

You can see the digital publication or pick up a print copy at my office to hold one in your hands. :)

Many thanks to the wonderful people at HRWP for the opportunity (and for the people who went into my Lavender-inspired bridal shoot long ago just for my own visions! I never thought it'd be coupled with this!)

FEATURED | Le Magnifique

Blogs mean a lot to Kim; I knew that from the very first phone conversation I had with her when she said, "By the way, I already know what my blog post title will be for your blog!" I know she has Google Reader with all of her favorites, and well, she's just a voracious reader. Girl after my own heart. ;)

So when we got the engagement session all finished, I set out to look for the perfect blog fit for her engagement session because of that intense blog love of hers. I had been a fan of Le Magnifique since its inception last year, and so when the editor emailed back saying she'd love to feature Kim and Ly... well, I was super excited!

Versailles engagement + Versailles-inspired engagement session + French-titled wedding blog = sheer perfection!

I think all engagements should be remembered in a way that makes your heart soar. It only happens once... and so everything about an engagement should tug at your heartstrings and take you back to a time you just were happy to be with your soulmate. :)

And heck, I won't lie. It's pretty cool to have your photography paired up with those memories. :)

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- Chelsea :)

FEATURED | Professional Photographer Magazine

Two months ago, I received an email from a writer from a very popular magazine (which I consider THE industry magazine for photographers). They asked about doing a profile on me because of my boudoir work with Persuasion Boudoir. So what do I do?

I google the author, name, website, to verify its verity. I mean. A writer whose writing style I loved reading. Contacting me. Is this a prank?!

I know! Ridiculous, right! (Don't hate me, Stephanie!! haha) I asked myself, "Do they mean ME? Are they sure they don't have the wrong person?!" I had a bit of an internal freakout. Out of ALL the boudoir photographers in the WORLD, they contact me. WHOA.

So Stephanie Boozer of Professional Photographer Magazine replied to my "oh my gosh, how did you find me?!" email, and we set up an interview time. The moment I got on the phone with her made every nerve melt away. I found another Jane Austen fan who understood the love of the Regency period! And thereafter, I was myself. Any woman who reads Austen, by extension, KNOWS the importance of the written word and how magnificent it can be.

AND my dream of being published one day? Wow. All at once.

I am unbelievably humbled that I was given this tangible honor. In this day and age of digital, to be IN PRINT in a magazine you can hold in your very hands... just wow. So blessed. Thank you, PPMag, for featuring me and helping this gal's dreams come true! Though I know that wasn't your intent, it just was a huge bonus to me. :D

Thank you, Persuasion ladies, for trusting me with such special photos and allowing me to share your gorgeous beauty with the world. And most importantly, thank YOU, photo-fam, for believing in me and for cheering me on to do what I love! :)



(Professional Photographer Magazine's June cover! Amazing photo, but not by me! :) )








You can read the article HERE! And for the rest of month of June, you can also go directly to the PPMag website to read my article and other fabulous tidbits from the photographer's world! www.ppmag.com.

- Chelsea :)

FEATURED! on Showit Live and a Bit of Ivory Bride's Blog

I should have posted this earlier because I nearly attempted a multi-cartwheel of excitement... but I expended all of my squeals on the Bit of Ivory Facebook page. And now it comes over to the blog! And because this blog is like a family album, I wanted to document it!

When I announced my Bit of Ivory Chapter sites, I was already ecstatic that my photo-fam loved them. However, no more than 24 hours later, I get a shoutout for my design on ShowitLive-- a daily newscast with the Showit Studs, and for this particular segment, Andrew Barlow and David Jay.


TO WATCH THE VIDEO: go here and check out the 16:11 mark!

I had my little segment of fame! I was so humbled that my little Chapter idea (a spin off of their +sites) was applauded! Heck, we know my love language is Words of Affirmation, and this was it!

But just for the record, no matter what my work is or will do... we know what's REALLY important here. They think my name is chic. My lifelong dream of having a French last name has been made shiny. My life is complete. ;) hahaha!

...... AND another important feature meant even MORE to me. One of my brides keeps a wonderful wedding blog, chronicling her planning process... and she wrote the sweetest post ever. (Seriously, this girl can write!)


CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE: here!

Truly, I'm humbled, and in the grand scheme of life, it's just one little tiny stepping stone to the big ole road I hope to go down one day.

- Chelsea :)