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This Black Friday we’ll be taking a look at the awesome wedding sales and discounts.
Black Friday is a great time to save where we can as we plan and navigate our wedding budgets. So all the savings, the better! This Black Friday it’s definitely time to take advantage deals offered by fellow vendor(s) (that only come once per year!)
To assist my fellow brides I have compiled a list of a few really beautiful products and our Top 10 Best Black Friday Wedding Deals for 2022 that we would find advantageous to take advantage of as you approach your wedding day.
In our list you will find items such items from sunglasses for the dance floor, fashionable flip flops, perfume, to those gorgeous Bella Belle Shoes that you have been eyeing for quite some time.
We look forward to seeing what you love most from this list and of course, capturing those beautiful flat lays the day-of your wedding. Check out our list of Top 10 Black Friday Wedding Deals for 2022 below and leave us your thoughts in the comments.
With love and light,
xo Michelle
Bridal & Bridesmaid Robes
We adore photographing the matching robe portraits with you and your girls in the am accompanied by a glass of bubbly. For a pretty, floral robe, check this out these beautiful silk robes here.
Bridesmaid Gift
As your ladies assist in planning your day and celebrate such special moments, let them know how thankful you are with a very special and customized gift. Below are a few really cute items we found that we knew you’d and your ladies would enjoy most and can carry along to your wedding events or better, a girls day at the beach!
Perfume
Perfumes are always fun to enjoy on the day. I love to also include your bridal perfume in your flat lay so it’s perfect if its brand new.
Ring Boxes
Mrs. Box Ring Boxes Save 40% starts 11/24 at 6PM
Save the Dates & Invitation Suites
Save the Dates and Invitation Suites are the beautiful paper goods that we adore styling on the wedding day. These are two paper items showcase your engagement photographs. It’s essential to schedule your engagement session accordingly to notify guests in a timely fashion. Check out our post all about designing and creating your Save the Dates. In the beginning phases of planning your engagement session? Check out our post all about planning your dream New Jersey engagement session.
Engagement session photographed and ready to print your stunning paper goods? This holiday season, Minted has an amazing offer for you on invitation suites and save the dates.
The sale starts early on November 23 with 20% off wedding orders worth $150 or more (and 15% off everything below that price) with code BF2022.
Minted is also offering 25% off save-the-dates with code BFWED22 until November 25.
Sunglasses
Square & Round
Dior Logo Square Acetate Sunglasses
Burberry Monogram Round Acetate and Plastic Sunglasses
Heart
Kate Spade New York Velma Acetate Butterfly Heart Sunglasses
Dior Logo Acetate Butterfly Sunglasses
Sculptural
Dior Crystal & Metal Cat-Eye Sunglasses
Dolce & Gabbana Structured Cat-Eye Sunglasses
Loewe Cat-Eye Acetate Sunglasses
Heels
Bella Belle Shoes Save up to 40% starts 11/25 Friday 12am EST with code FRIYAY2022.
Crystal
Stuart Weitzman XCurve Weitzman Crystal Slingbacks
Stuart Weitzman Promise Crystal Slingbacks
Leather
Sculptural
Cult Gaia Gold-Metallic Sculptural Heel
Cult Gaia Pearly Stud Mule Sandal
Bridal Prep Sandal & Reception Sneaker
Jimmy Choo Hawaii Leather Low Top Sneakers ($75 Gift Card with Code BFGCSF at checkout)
Valentino Rockstud Leather Sneakers ($75 Gift Card with Code BFGCSF at checkout)
Handbag
Kate Spade New York Pearly Bucket Bag
LafShar Eva Diamond and Acrylic Bag
Sophia Webster “Wifey for Lifey” Clutch Bag
NEW JERSEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Michelle Behre is based in Northern New Jersey Wedding Photographer and specializes in romantic, timeless, and sophisticated weddings. Her fine art photography style is the perfect blend of editorial, photojournalistic, and documentary photography. Michelle Behre Photography captures all beautiful moments unfolding throughout your day including the excitement as the champagne pours to your picture-perfect bridal details. Are you planning your surprise proposal? Are you planning your wedding? We accept a limited amount of proposals, engagement sessions and weddings per year. Inquire to learn about our New Jersey Wedding Photography services and availability today.
We can assist you in photographing your romantic New Jersey and/or New York proposal session and your wedding day! Inquire with Michelle for availability and details, today!
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Questions? Contact us to learn more about our wedding photography services.
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When I link to products and services, those links may be affiliate links. If you click on any of those links and make a product purchase within a certain time frame, I’ll earn a small commission. The commission is paid by the retailers, at no cost to you. As a Minted Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I mention these products because I believe in their product and want to service you.
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This Black Friday we’ll be taking a look at the awesome wedding sales and discounts.
Black Friday is a great time to save where we can as we plan and navigate our wedding budgets. So all the savings, the better! This Black Friday it’s definitely time to take advantage deals offered by fellow vendor(s) (that only come once per year!)
To assist my fellow brides I have compiled a list of a few really beautiful products and our Top 10 Best Black Friday Wedding Deals for 2022 that we would find advantageous to take advantage of as you approach your wedding day.
In our list you will find items such items from sunglasses for the dance floor, fashionable flip flops, perfume, to those gorgeous Bella Belle Shoes that you have been eyeing for quite some time.
We look forward to seeing what you love most from this list and of course, capturing those beautiful flat lays the day-of your wedding. Check out our list of Top 10 Black Friday Wedding Deals for 2022 below and leave us your thoughts in the comments.
With love and light,
xo Michelle
Bridal & Bridesmaid Robes
We adore photographing the matching robe portraits with you and your girls in the am accompanied by a glass of bubbly. For a pretty, floral robe, check this out these beautiful silk robes here.
Bridesmaid Gift
As your ladies assist in planning your day and celebrate such special moments, let them know how thankful you are with a very special and customized gift. Below are a few really cute items we found that we knew you’d and your ladies would enjoy most and can carry along to your wedding events or better, a girls day at the beach!
Perfume
Perfumes are always fun to enjoy on the day. I love to also include your bridal perfume in your flat lay so it’s perfect if its brand new.
Ring Boxes
Mrs. Box Ring Boxes Save 40% starts 11/24 at 6PM
Save the Dates & Invitation Suites
Save the Dates and Invitation Suites are the beautiful paper goods that we adore styling on the wedding day. These are two paper items showcase your engagement photographs. It’s essential to schedule your engagement session accordingly to notify guests in a timely fashion. Check out our post all about designing and creating your Save the Dates. In the beginning phases of planning your engagement session? Check out our post all about planning your dream New Jersey engagement session.
Engagement session photographed and ready to print your stunning paper goods? This holiday season, Minted has an amazing offer for you on invitation suites and save the dates.
The sale starts early on November 23 with 20% off wedding orders worth $150 or more (and 15% off everything below that price) with code BF2022.
Minted is also offering 25% off save-the-dates with code BFWED22 until November 25.
Sunglasses
Square & Round
Dior Logo Square Acetate Sunglasses
Burberry Monogram Round Acetate and Plastic Sunglasses
Heart
Kate Spade New York Velma Acetate Butterfly Heart Sunglasses
Dior Logo Acetate Butterfly Sunglasses
Sculptural
Dior Crystal & Metal Cat-Eye Sunglasses
Dolce & Gabbana Structured Cat-Eye Sunglasses
Loewe Cat-Eye Acetate Sunglasses
Heels
Bella Belle Shoes Save up to 40% starts 11/25 Friday 12am EST with code FRIYAY2022.
Crystal
Stuart Weitzman XCurve Weitzman Crystal Slingbacks
Stuart Weitzman Promise Crystal Slingbacks
Leather
Sculptural
Cult Gaia Gold-Metallic Sculptural Heel
Cult Gaia Pearly Stud Mule Sandal
Bridal Prep Sandal & Reception Sneaker
Jimmy Choo Hawaii Leather Low Top Sneakers ($75 Gift Card with Code BFGCSF at checkout)
Valentino Rockstud Leather Sneakers ($75 Gift Card with Code BFGCSF at checkout)
Handbag
Kate Spade New York Pearly Bucket Bag
LafShar Eva Diamond and Acrylic Bag
Sophia Webster “Wifey for Lifey” Clutch Bag
NEW JERSEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Michelle Behre is based in Northern New Jersey Wedding Photographer and specializes in romantic, timeless, and sophisticated weddings. Her fine art photography style is the perfect blend of editorial, photojournalistic, and documentary photography. Michelle Behre Photography captures all beautiful moments unfolding throughout your day including the excitement as the champagne pours to your picture-perfect bridal details. Are you planning your surprise proposal? Are you planning your wedding? We accept a limited amount of proposals, engagement sessions and weddings per year. Inquire to learn about our New Jersey Wedding Photography services and availability today.
We can assist you in photographing your romantic New Jersey and/or New York proposal session and your wedding day! Inquire with Michelle for availability and details, today!
Comments? Leave them below!
Questions? Contact us to learn more about our wedding photography services.
Affiliate Disclaimer
When I link to products and services, those links may be affiliate links. If you click on any of those links and make a product purchase within a certain time frame, I’ll earn a small commission. The commission is paid by the retailers, at no cost to you. As a Minted Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I mention these products because I believe in their product and want to service you.
November 23, 2022
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You have photographed your engagement session and now it’s time to notify your guests of your date. If you have guests coming in from out of town and traveling or if hosting on a holiday weekend, you definitely want to have those guests aware of your wedding date to providing plenty of advance notice about the upcoming nuptials.
Minted Photographer and New Jersey Wedding Photographer, Michelle Behre provides step-by-step instructions and deadlines on how to plan, create, and approach your wedding Save the Date cards in a few, easy steps.
Schedule the Engagement Session
Schedule your engagement session with New Jersey Wedding Photographer and communicate your needs for your Save the Dates and the deadlines. Notify our team that you would like to have your photographs by a specific deadline to go to print.
Choose Favorites
When creating your timeline, factor in the delivery time from your session. Upon gallery delivery, choose ‘select’ images for your Save the Date cards. Furthermore, delivery times are approximately 4-6 weeks during the off-season (winter months of January-March) and 6-8 weeks during the height of the season.
Provide Guests Notice
Create that shipment deadline and stick to it. We recommend anywhere from 6-8 months for local weddings. For guests traveling for a destination wedding, we recommend 8-12 months to providing guests with ample notification.
Create Your Guest List
To keep it as simple as possible (and accessible as possible). We recommend creating a document of your guest list to stay organized (and up to date with details). Minted has created an address book ‘address assistant’ spreadsheet for you. We recommend to upload your guest addresses direct to their site for your cards to be shipped direct to guests.
Plan on finalizing that guest list and having all of those addresses ready for shipment and saved. Additionally, once saved in your address assistant spreadsheet, re-upload your spreadsheet into Minted (or uploading all contacts individually).
Create your Save the Date
We have shared your online gallery. You have chosen your favorite ‘select’ images. You have your guest list final. Now it’s time to move images over to the Minted design platform and get that Save the Date designed, printed, and sent to notify all guests of your date! Yay! Cue the bubbly!
We cannot wait to see our final ‘select’ images printed in your beautiful Save the Date card when we photograph your day of details!
Until then, love and light,
xoxo, Michelle
Sample Designs
NEW JERSEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Michelle Behre is based in Northern New Jersey Wedding Photographer and specializes in romantic, timeless, and sophisticated weddings. Her fine art photography style is the perfect blend of editorial, photojournalistic, and documentary photography. Michelle Behre Photography captures beautiful moments as they unfold including the excitement as the champagne pours to the emotive ceremony moments. Are you engaged and planning your wedding? Congratulations, lovie! We accept a limited amount of weddings per year. We cannot wait to learn all about your day, love story and what you planned! Inquire to learn about our New Jersey Wedding Photography services and availability today!
We can assist you with your Save the Date cards to photographing your romantic engagement session and wedding! Inquire with Michelle for availability and details, today!
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Questions? Contact us to learn more about our wedding photography services.
November 15, 2022
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Are you planning your special day and are one of your biggest items to tackle is the family formal list to hand off to your wedding day planner? Let’s begin providing a few of our go-to photography tips on family formals to ease this process at the time of your portraits from New Jersey Wedding Photographer, Michelle Behre! Below are a few wedding day family formal tips from New Jersey Wedding Photographer!
Notify family they will be photographed
If you are planning for a first look we recommend to notify your immediate family of the scheduled session time. Following extended family immediately thereafter, notify family members. As we custom build wedding day timelines we recommend to notify all parties to keep organized ahead of schedule.
Announce extended family at your ceremony
Prior to and following your ceremony, request for your officiant to notify guests and extended family they will be photographed. Apart from this, request for family to stick around moments following the ceremony.
Create a list and provide to photo team for the day of
While creating your family formal list, we recommend to start with the largest groupings first. We will then work our way down to the smaller groupings to photograph all of the possible combinations. Family can be notified to stick around with an announcement. We will work from our portrait list to capture the combinations in a speedy in efficient manner. Your family formals will move as quickly as possible in effort to get you and your family to cocktail hour!
Communicate with your photographer
We highly recommend do educate and clearly communicate with your photographer in regards to your family and their needs. Clear communication will make this process as simple as possible and as easy as possible. Does a family member/friend have an ailment such as a handicap issue? We want to take them into consideration. Do you have a few sensitive issues and groupings to create in an attempt to prevent any complications or awkward situations? Each family is unique and we want to accommodate you to the best of our abilities to make this process as easy and efficient as possible. We recommend to communicate with Michelle on these sensitive issues. We can best aid in this process to make your wedding day family formals as easy as possible.
Schedule appropriately
Have a lengthy family formal list and a first look? First, I recommend scheduling immediate family portraits prior to the ceremony. Following the ceremony, plan on photographing extended family formals during cocktail hour. If you are hosting a traditional timeline, it is essential to capture your combined wedding party, extended family formals, and work our way down to combined immediate family following the ceremony. Last but not least, bride and groom pics are scheduled thereafter. Without a doubt, I highly recommend to extend your cocktail hour by 30 minutes so you can enjoy your cocktail hour.
NEW JERSEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Have these few family formal tips assisted you and eased your mind about your busy, big family portraits on your wedding day? Do you have a huge family that you want family formals with and also want to enjoy your cocktail hour? This is your day and you can have the best of both worlds! Chat with Michelle on her go-to wedding day family formal approach and schedule your consultation to chat all about your wedding day, today!
Michelle Behre is based in Northern New Jersey and specializes in romantic, timeless, and sophisticated weddings. Her fine art photography style is the perfect blend of editorial and documentary photography. Michelle Behre Photography captures the excitement as the champagne pours to your picture-perfect bridal details. Are you engaged and planning your wedding? We accept a limited amount of weddings per year. Inquire to learn about our New Jersey Wedding Photography services and availability.
Inquire today to learn all about our New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania wedding photography services. We can assist you in photographing your romantic engagement session and your wedding day! Inquire with Michelle for availability and more details, today!
Learn all about how to plan your wedding day timeline and find inspiration for your wedding day color palette!
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June 9, 2022
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Mady and Matt’s engagement session was photographed in the beautiful spring season in Vernon, NJ. From the breathtaking views of Wawayanda Lake to sweeping natural vistas, Vernon is breathtaking every where you turn! The couple and New Jersey Wedding Photographer explored the beautiful Wawayanda Lake and captured their romantic, nature-inspired session. Check out their engagement session below captured by Vernon Engagement Photographer, Michelle Behre!
We cannot wait to capture their beautiful moments and memories with their best friends and families by their side! View our favorite images from this couple’s Vernon engagement session below captured by Vernon Engagement Photographer and New Jersey Wedding Photographer Michelle Behre!
Mady & Matt’s ROMANTIC Vernon SPRING ENGAGEMENT SESSION, Vernon, New Jersey
We began our session at the Appalachian Trail. This trailhead overlooked miles and miles of beautiful vistas of the Appalachian mountains.
A few of my favorite pics showcase the couples natural romance, chemistry, and fun-loving, joyful personalities. They have a TON of energy and their session was so much fun to celebrate their proposal. A few of my favorite photographs from their session include beautiful lifts, kisses, twirls, as they are in the gorgeous landscape painted with beautiful wildflowers that decorate the background and beautiful trees on this trail. Isn’t their session absolutely spectacular?
The bride-to-be glowing with joy! We are so excited to celebrate this couple’s wedding in the next upcoming months and are so thrilled to capture their engagement session. Time to showcase her beautiful gift! Isn’t she absolutely gorgeous?!
Time to make a wish!
Engagement Session at Wawayanda Lake
As we approached the beach, Matt shared a few heartfelt moments with us. As a child Matt’s mom brought him to this beach as a child and he had memories of playing in the sand! How sweet!
A few of our favorite moments include this Cali’ couple hand-in-hand soaking in a few moments at the beach.
Time to celebrate this couple and their upcoming nuptials with some bubbly! Yayy!!!
What a fun-loving couple. I look forward to capturing the joy that this couple bring to one another on their wedding day!
Congratulations, again, Mady and Matt on your proposal! I am thrilled to be chosen to capture your wedding day with at the Sweetgrass Pavilion at Minerals Hotel!
In search of a beautiful natural location for your proposal? Vernon, New Jersey is an absolutely breathtaking location with scenic backdrops that are picture-perfect for your session. Are you planning your proposal and engagement? Are you searching for a beautiful backdrop for your proposal and engagement session? Check out a recent engagement session at the beautiful Vernon, New Jersey for inspiration for your upcoming session!
Want to view some more natural, garden aesthetic sessions photographed by Michelle? View a romantic engagement session photographed at Longwood Gardens HERE and begin planning your session with Michelle today!
Planning your engagement session and in need of inspiration? Check out some venues and get started planning your engagement session today, HERE!
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Vernon NEW JERSEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Michelle Behre Photography is based in Northern New Jersey and specializes in romantic, timeless, and sophisticated weddings. Her fine art photography style is the perfect blend of editorial and documentary photography capturing the excitement as the champagne pours to your picture-perfect bridal details. Are you recently engaged and planning your wedding? We accept a limited amount of weddings per year. Inquire to learn about our New Jersey Wedding Photography services and availability.
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Venue: Wawayanda State Park, Vernon, NJ
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Wedding & Engagement Photography: Michelle Behre Photography
Mady and Matt discovered Michelle Behre Photography a New Jersey and Pennsylvania Wedding Photographer on social media. They moved forward with New Jersey wedding photography services and their Vernon New Jersey engagement session after immediately falling in love with Michelle’s vibrant, colorful, and timeless photographs and her approach to the wedding day.
Inquire today to learn all about our New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania wedding photography services. Visit Wawayanda State Park to see more photos from this property. We can assist you in photographing your romantic engagement session and your wedding day! Inquire with Michelle for availability and more details, today!
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May 25, 2022
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Have you picked your venue yet you’re not sure of the colors of that picture-perfect color palette that will blend beautifully within your venue? Do you feel that you are between colors that you love so much? Below are a few wedding day color palette tips to assist you in your wedding planning process!
Value of the color palette
So first things first here, why is the color palette such a staple in planning? Your colors are the anchor of your wedding day design and décor. The wedding color palette plays a role into your venue, locations, and season, too! Once you have nailed down your colors, your design will be more consistent and feel as if it flows more cohesively. This makes a huge difference in your photos, too! Check out a few samples we have from real, New Jersey weddings photographed by New Jersey Wedding Photographer, Michelle Behre!
Top 5 Wedding Day Color Palette Tips
Here are just our top five tips to follow while choosing your wedding color palette and a few sample wedding day color palettes created from real weddings to get you started on planning your very special day!
Define the season that you are hosting your wedding in, in color
You have booked your venue and locked in your date, congratulations beautiful bride-to-be! When you’re thinking of the season, what are your favorite colors? OR do you want to plan and choose your date around something that is special to you? Below are a few ideas to inspire you!
What about summer, classic navy blues? Fall foliage and beautiful muted tones? Soft, winter hues?
Planning your date around a sentimental date such as your anniversary? What about surrounding your first date? Your colors can accent the season that your date is in so beautifully.
You have your season! Now time to set an anchor color
You have chosen your season. Amazing! Your season can inspire your wedding day color palette and vision as you begin planning your very special day. What is the anchor color you may ask? The anchor color will be the “main” color used throughout and several colors will be chosen in addition to this main color to contrast that anchor color.
Choose one or two colors as main anchor colors, then select one or two secondary colors (one of these should be a neutral, which will help blend those focal point colors together seamlessly) for support. To finish it off, choose a fun accent shade—like a metallic-like gold or silver—that you’ll use accent throughout your event.
For example, spring can incorporate a whole range of color such as beautiful spring cherry blossom pinks, vintage baby blues, soft yellows and greens.
Summer, think of soft pinks or pop of bright, bold color to accent that pink.
For fall think of reds, deep maroons, and oranges.
Winter can be dusty blues, winter whites.
Add in some metallics for some bright, beautiful contrast
Want to incorporate the color of your engagement ring? What about some gold or silver metallic accents? Your florist can paint your florals with metallic paint. Décor can incorporate champagne flutes, cake painted in gold. Gold foil lettering on your invitation suite and much more!
Think about your venue and incorporate the colors from your venue
When you first drove up to your venue, the moment you knew it was the one, was it the colors, textures, you loved most? Incorporate those beautiful colors and textures into your palette to give your wedding day color palette that ultimate pop and for your photos to flow beautifully.
Subtle hues for balance and a contrast color
For subtle balance in your color palette, add in a contrasting color to your anchor color to balance your palette. If your anchor color is pink, the contrast color can be green with subtle hues of yellow for a beautiful balance. See Lillian and Adam’s wedding color palette for inspiration below!
Summer Wedding Color Palette Inspiration
Fall Wedding Color Palette Inspiration
New Jersey Wedding Photographers
Michelle Behre is based in Northern New Jersey and specializes in romantic, timeless, and sophisticated weddings. Her fine art photography style is the perfect blend of editorial and documentary photography capturing the excitement as the champagne pours to your picture-perfect bridal details. Are you recently engaged and planning your wedding? We accept a limited amount of weddings per year. Inquire to learn about our New Jersey Wedding Photography services and availability.
Inquire today to learn all about our New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania wedding photography services. We can assist you in photographing your romantic engagement session and your wedding day! Inquire with Michelle for availability and more details, today!
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May 13, 2022
MICHELLE BEHRE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER
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xoxo, Michelle
With cheerful energy, a contagious smile, and an intentional eye, award-winning New Jersey fine art wedding and portrait photographer, Michelle Behre, captures love stories to stand the test of time.
She uses her refined fine art photography skills to expertly capture the wedding day. From the excitement as the champagne pours to the picture-perfect bridal details, Michelle expertly blends fine art editorial and documentary photography.
She confidently empowers each client who steps in front of her lens. During your time together, she illuminates your personalities, genuine compassion, and captures the joy that you and your families bring to one another in an unobtrusive fashion.
