meet baby declan

i thought i would post about this sweet baby boy that was born the day before valentine's day. we are so excited for our friend's the laughlins! i love photographing sweet newborns. especially now that mine are 5 and 3. but i really love getting to hang out with cute babies then go back to my own house. here is their announcement. isn't he adorable?!!!

brooklyn bride

here is another fabulous blog to add to your list. vane, the blog author is an interior designer in NY and this blog is all about wedding ideas. you will find inspiring pictures, and just tons of other details about weddings. also she runs contests all the time to win very cool stuff for your wedding. her title line says: planning a modern wedding in a world on pink flowers and poofy dresses. i love it! she featured rachael and john's wedding from last march. remember the brown converse??? so fun! thanks vane!!!

click here to check it out!

katie and michael

here is katie and michael. they are getting married in houston in april. they both live and work in NYC. we did this shoot all around montrose. i loved this little shop with these yellow chairs, some strange alley on the way back to the car. then we went to tacos a go go for a taco and a beer. i have never been there or even herd of it but it was so fun! katie told me she loved having her picture taken and i had a blast just shooting away. i loved her blue dress and those shoes!!! i can't wait for their wedding!!!

elizabeth ann designs

my new friend ami, with elizabeth ann designs just featured me on their awesome blog! the feature post is on john and cassie's wedding from last month. this is another must read blog. the ideas they have are better than anything you will ever find in a bridal magazine! ami is so sweet and she wrote such a fun article on me. i am so excited to share this!!!! happy monday everyone!!!

click here to read the article

wii would like to play...

FINALLY! the muehlendorf family got a wii! we wanted to get one for the kids for christmas but as you know wii's sold out fast. so today we got one!!! we were in houston for jen and will's wedding (which was so fun) and katie and michael's e-shoot. it was a great weekend! i will post on them soon. here are a few pics of josh and the kids playing. i hope all of you had as great of a weekend as i did!

perfect bound

so anne with the perfect bound blog just emailed me to tell me just put together a feature on me! i am sure all of you guys remember the stunning chris and melanie wedding from october. anne is on a red and burgundy streak this week. so add this blog to your list of good reads. anne is always putting together storyboards for color schemes and fashion. this could be especially helpful when lets say...planning a wedding!!!! if you need ideas to make your wedding decor fabulous check out the perfect bound for ideas. i am loving this!!! thanks anne!

click here to read the article

you got your groom, now you need a dress?

priscillia of boston houston is having their designer showcase today thru monday (21st-25th). not only are they offering 10% off every designer gown in the store they are giving away a huge swag bag with each purchase! this is a swag bag you do not want to miss!!! trust me! so if you are still looking for your gown give them a call and set up an appointment today! they will take great care of you and you will see the best wedding dresses in houston. here is a hint about this bag. i have never given gift certificates like this! =) I am so honored they asked me to be the photographer to complete their giveaway!

some of the other wonderful things in this bag:

hotel zaza ( you know that one is good!!!)
houston's sweet couture (this custom candy is to die for!)
monarch restaurant (yum!)
zadoks jewelers (think pearls)
facade make up (fab bridal makeup)

i am not sure if there were any last minute changes, so if someone is lucky enough to get one of these bags, let me know!!! this is so exciting! lisa just went over there to drop of our gift certificates! =)

priscilla of boston houston:
713.526.1886
by apt only

new friends

i am so excited! as you may have noticed i have added a few friends to my links bar on the left. it all started when ami from elizabeth ann designs left me a blog comment...ummm yesterday i think! so i checked out their blog back to see who she was. i was pleasantly surprised to find such a cool blog. so i left her a comment back that lead to a few emails and now she is going to do a feature on me! ok well not me, but my photography. a 2007 wedding to be exact. i can't wait to see what they put together and of course i will share it on here! thru the elizabeth ann blog i came in contact with vane at brooklyn brides and anne at perfect bound. I am so excited to share these awesome recourses with you guys. i will feature each one of them very soon telling you all about them. in the mean time check them out!

sarah and russell

meet sarah and russell. we did this shoot in georgetown and austin on sunday. the weather was amazing! this was the first time i met sarah and russell too. russell was in iraq with josh the past year and sarah is in law school in lubbuck. the ceremony will be this may in austin. i am so looking forward to it! they are getting married outside in the morning which i am most excited about because of all of the fabulous light all day. they are such a fun couple!

date night

so josh's awesome date he had planned and reserved for over a week, came to a screeching halt. we had our sitter come over and we drove to temple which is about a half hour drive to go to our 8:00 dinner reservation. and as soon as we got there we were told all reservations were at least an hour or more behind. even if we would have wanted to wait outside we couldn't have because we had a sitter and it was a school night. so we got back in our car even before the valet had time to take it back. he said they overbooked by far. i wonder how many other people's valentine's they messed up. but you know sometimes things like that happen and we still had a great time, i mean we were together right? so we went to ihop! haha. pancakes it was! we had the most entertaining waitress. she was having a hard night because when she gave us our check she said she was going to the back to have a "drink". =) and we even got home early and had time to watch lost on DVR. so all in all we had a great night.

happy heart day!

well it is that day you get to eat lots of candy and be with the one you love. or at least that is how it is supposed to be. josh was in iraq the last two valentine's day's (umm....two thanksgivings, christmas's, new years, valentines days, anniversaries, birthday's.....you get the picture! ), so as you can imagine i am pretty excited this year! josh surprised me this morning with a date planned! i haven't been on a date in....forever! we are going to cheeve's bros steak house in temple, tx! (ya there aren't any nice restaurant's here in harker heights... just taco bueno!! haha!) i am such a lucky wife! I love my husband! so, today is filled with valentine's parties for kate and will first. i remember having so much fun as a kid passing out valentine's. =) i hope all of you have as great of a day as i am having!

finally!!!!

the new laura kay photography website is finally here. i am so excited, i hope all of you check it out! it has been lots of fun putting it all together but i am glad it is done. of course it will be updated all the time but the hard part is the initial process. so some new things to the site are the way cool featured gallery which is a fun way to see more from one session. i also love the shopping cart! that will make it easier for you guys to place your portrait session orders. the calendar section will be really useful so new clients can check my availability. but be sure to email me even if i am booked because i would love to hook you up with an associate! lets see...what else... oh ya i also decided to put my full price list up for all future clients to see and for all of my current clients who misplace their price sheet. =) well that is all i can think of for now. let me know what you guys think!

this was so fun!

i shot this a few months back and i wanted to wait for it's magazine debut before i posted it. you can see this in houston brides modern luxury and brides houston. also it is the signature image for two be wed. wanna know where all of this cool stuff came from?

styling: natalie dawley with plan happy (coordinator)
set design: becca gips and natalie dawley (tbw)
the dress: mia bridal couture
the cake: cakes by macauley
hair and make up: hues by heather
instruments: divisi strings
gifts and accessories: the boutique (this is the boutique inside two be wed ran by danyette baxter)
flowers: stems by holly
linens: bbj linens
photography: me!!

andres + melissa

i was really touched by this wedding. i love love love weddings but this one was really special to me. melissa and andres have been dating for 14 years! since high school they have been best friends and just watching them you can tell how much they love each other. melissa did her own hair and makeup and chose to get dressed all alone, except for lisa and i of course! it was so calm and relaxing. it was wonderful!!! the ceremony was at the chapel of st. basil then the reception was at bering and james art gallery in montrose. allison and chad also had their reception a few weeks before and it was so fun to see how different the gallery can be decorated. i love that place! another amazing wedding!!!!

click here to watch their slide show

it's almost here!

ok so i wanted to give a little update. i have been working really hard and it is all about to pay off. the site is in the process of switching over, so there may be some down time. i expect it will happen while we are sleeping but just incase you go to the site and it is not there, don't worry! =) i am very excited for this and i will let you guy know when it is up and running!