Congrats Layla & Erin! 07.24.2010 & 07.31.2010

This was a first for me - but I was approached by Erin months and months ago about doing her hair for her wedding only to have an email sent to me not too shortly after from Layla asking me the same question. So why is that weird? Well, here's the kicker - Layla & Erin are NOW sister-in-laws: Erin married Layla's brother...and if you read the heading, you read it correctly, their weddings were one week apart. INSANITY. The good thing was the family relatives who came for Layla's wedding only had to stay another week for her brothers lol.

So let's begin this family affair:

Layla was a breath of fresh air - even though I was *cough* "late" for our trial, she was the sweetest person. While the day of her wedding proved to be one of the most humid days, I could see it on her face that nothing else mattered except for the fact she was getting married to a man she truly loved. Every now and then, she'd just giggle with excitment and that to me is what a wedding should be about. Of course Erin was there who unfortunately was the last to go that morning, so we had to quicly put it up! What made this day even more memorable was Layla's grandma who told me I had "magic hands" lol. She was awesome!! Layla was a bride who deserved nothing but happiness - with a few scares along the way to this day - her determination, positive spirit and unbreakable faith in God, it was truly a day to celebrate!

Layla - thank you for reminding me that faith can do wonders. You were/are awesome!! Thank you so much for the card with all the kind words :) Hopefully we will run into each other at some point!!!! May God continue to bless you everyday.

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Erin! What I will definitely remember was the night she came for her trial with mom and sister. Her mom, a very lovely lady, said something along the lines of, "you have ONE wedding that day" as I told her about my triple threat wedding day back in June. Erin, like Layla, was a very friendly bride. There wasn't any holding back with her, which I loved because whether it was the hair or things happening with the wedding, she told it like it was. On the morning of, unfortunately the door opened to a very sick bride. Erin was pale and felt nautious and I couldn't help but feel bad for her as I was doing everyone's else hair. All she could do was lie down on her lounger, drink and try to eat, praying to get better. This also meant we pushed her down to almost the last person (AGAIN) to get ready :( Luckily, everything worked out smoothly and she felt better as she walked out that door. Mom, of course, sweet as pie whispered to me, "you did it." :)

Erin - you were a spunky and beautiful bride. You looked stunning in your dress and I hope the rest of the day turned out to be exactly what you hope and wanted. Thank you for being such a great bride to work with!

PS. there was a bit of chaos towards the end, so here are the best photos I could get before I had to run off.