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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!

Personalized Tote

Personalized Beach Towel

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.

Miss Dior

Gucci Bloom

Ralph Lauren Romance

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

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

Jimmy Choo Shimmery Pumps

Leather

Versace Medusa

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)

Jimmy Choo Pearl Thong Sandal

Handbag

Kate Spade New York Pearly Bucket Bag

Rafe Love Heart Shell Bag

Serpui Charlotte Feather 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.

Top 10 Black Friday Wedding Deals for 2022

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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!

Personalized Tote

Personalized Beach Towel

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.

Miss Dior

Gucci Bloom

Ralph Lauren Romance

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

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

Jimmy Choo Shimmery Pumps

Leather

Versace Medusa

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)

Jimmy Choo Pearl Thong Sandal

Handbag

Kate Spade New York Pearly Bucket Bag

Rafe Love Heart Shell Bag

Serpui Charlotte Feather 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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Questions? Contact us to learn more about our wedding photography services.

June 9, 2022

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Are you planning the wedding of your dreams and not even sure where to begin when it comes to your wedding day timeline? It’s ok! We got you. Below are a few wedding day timeline tips from New Jersey Wedding Photographer Michelle Behre to assist you as you plan your very special New Jersey Wedding!

Plan ample time for your details & beauty

Do you have a ton of beautiful details that you adore such as those unboxed Jimmy Choos and Mrs. Box that you cannot wait to have beautiful photographs of your engagement and wedding bands in? Well we cannot wait to take beautiful flat lays of them on your day! Depending on the amount of details, from invitation suites, vow books, rings, and more, we typically schedule details for 30-60 minutes pending the detail list provided. As your beauty dream team is working their magic, we complete our magic with your details. Right beside you we will be photographing your gorgeous flat lay details. As soon as your hair and makeup is complete, time to get pics of you and your girls, popping the champagne! I cannot wait!

Plan ample time for your first looks

Are you interested in a father-daughter, bride-bridesmaid, and/or bride-groom first look on your wedding day? We schedule 15-20 minutes per first look. I recommend to schedule additional time for each first look in your wedding day timeline to allow for you to soak in the moment with your besties and family prior to moving onto the next scheduled event. We don’t want you to feel as if you are rushed through each moment. Plan ample time for each event and soak it all in moments prior to you walking down the aisle.

Provide ample travel time

If you are traveling from location to location, it is crucial to at least provide an ample travel time in case of traffic delays. It is always great to have extra time padded into your timeline then to be rushed through a series of important events. It is our goal for you to enjoy your portraits and get you to your cocktail hour.

Host an extended cocktail hour

Do you have a large family and do you also want to capture extended family formals and enjoy your cocktail hour? Problem solved. Host an extended cocktail hour by adding an additional 30 minutes to your cocktail hour. If you have a list of extended family formals we recommend extending your cocktail hour to socialize with your guests.

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. 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!

Comments? Leave them below!
Questions? Contact us to learn more about our wedding photography services.

May 24, 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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Questions? Contact us to learn more about our wedding photography services.

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.

Preserving memories to last a lifetime

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