Summer Update: Anniversary

It's been one month since my last post so I couldn't wait a day longer.  Next month i'll have a lot more interesting things to post about!

Eric is over halfway through his summer internship which takes him away 4 days and 2 nights per week.

I'll try to update everyone one what else has been keep us occupied this summer.

We went away for a weekend for our 1st anniversary

What a difference a year makes (not much)
Happy as ever!

we stayed here:

in this room:

Swam in this pool:

and relaxed...

for not nearly long enough.

It was roasting hot, but we hiked to a waterfall and soothed our tired toes.

We toasted our anniversary with some Chianti from the Chianti region in Italy.  The last of our 'souvenirs' from the honeymoon!

Wedding photos!

Out photographers recently sent us this video slide show they put together of our "first look" pictures and bride and groom portraits.

The slide show is set to our first dance song, Let It Be Me by Rosie Thomas.

Hope you enjoy...I've watched this more times than I care to admit!


The First Look- Katie & Eric from Sara Mannino on Vimeo.

the wonders of picnik

As I've been going through the hundreds of pictures from our honeymoon, and non-prfoessional pictures from the wedding and rehearsal, I wanted to pick a few to edit carefully and either put up on the blog or put into a blurb album.

As Microsoft photo manager is fairly primitive and I we can't afford to buy and learn photoshop....I finally found an alternative: Picnik

It has far more options and effects than your basic photo editor, and it can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be (especially if you buy the pro version)

But even with picnik, you need to start with an eye for beauty.
And I, unfortunately just enjoy seeing how many effects I can use in each picture.

Just for your amusement, here are the pictures I've butchered so far:
#1

#2

good bye dad's head and ugly yellow curtain, hello color saturation

#3

Editing can't mask the fact that I'm trying to cover my snorting,
and eric got a little sunburnt in mexico.

I'm sorry for hurting your eyes, but I'm having fun playing!