DK Designs Featured on WhoWhatWeddings.com

A week or so ago, Barnaby Draper Studios contacted me to see if I could provide him with a DIY video of me in action making clay flowers. I sent him over the recording of when I did the Martha Stewart Show. You may ask why Barnaby Draper Studios wanted a video since he's a famed lifestyle/wedding/celebrity photographer. Well, BDS not only does amazing photography, but videography as well!. Together their company provides clientele with the best of the best photography and videography worldwide!

The BDS team decided to join forces with Los Angeles based, Leila and Kellee Khalil of Be Inspired PR (who's clientele and portfolio is also TOP NOTCH) to create a website on the "who", the "what" the "wear" and the "d i why" of weddings. I love the play on words. So cute. :) They launched during fashion week in NYC where all the top wedding gown designers showed their 2010 line of amazing dresses. They interviewed top gown designers, wedding bloggers, bridal magazine publishers and more.

I was honored to say the least that they felt I was worthy to be part of their "d i why" section of the website!
I love watching the video interviews with the top wedding professionals in the industry. It's an ingenious concept to pool the talents of some amazing professionals to create a website that has a pulse of all the latest, hottest inside scoop on all things weddings!
I had the privilege of Barnaby Draper Studios to photograph one of my cake toppers I did for my bride. I honestly didn't know who he was since I don't know any NYC photographers. When I researched him I was so blown away because he photographs the likes of Dave Matthews and John Mayer. I think the thing I was more impressed with was how down to earth, genuinely nice he and his other business partner, Nicole Steakley were. So professional and just downright nice! The above photo is just one of the images BDS took of my cake topper!

Definitely check out WhoWhatWeddings.com and bookmark their site so you can read and watch about all the greatest and latest things the wedding industry has to offer brides & grooms!

Clay Cake Topper - Photos from Barnaby Draper Studios

As you saw from my previous post, Cindy ordered a cake topper from me for her September 6th wedding in Long Island, NY. She sent me pictures and I decided to google Barnaby Draper Studios. I came upon a fabulous website. Barnaby Draper is pretty famous in the fashion and music industry. He's photographed the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Dianna Ross, and more. His company of wonderful professionals also do videography and have been seen on Good Morning America and Throwdown with Bobby Flay! How cool is that..

It's my first experience with working with a NYC photographer and I was really apprehensive about asking if they would allow me to use their images for my website. I decided to go ahead and email them anyway and I got a wonderful email from Nicole in their Santa Barbara, CA office and she said, "yes, we'll send the images you want out tomorrow!" SWEET! Well, even better than I could have imagined, Nicole emailed me just 10 minutes ago and said that the blog post was up. I thought she was just letting me know BDS has a blog. They just posted pics of Cindy and Adam's wedding (Cindy works for Billboard Magazine which is why I think she knows Barnaby Draper Studios (he shoots for the magazine).

At any rate, they were so kind to mention DK Designs and my custom cake topper. I have to say, I've been so very fortunate and very appreciative of all the wonderful professionals I come in contact with. They are truly amazing and so personable!

If you live in Santa Barbara, CA/Southern California or NYC/Long Island or I'm sure probably anywhere in the world. Barnaby Draper Studios is worth checking out! Exquisite Affairs Productions helped coordinate this beautiful wedding!

Here are some photos from the blog post on BDS' site.. I hope when things slow down a bit, I will have time to finally update my Real Weddings section of my website!

Thanks again Nicole and Barnaby Draper Studios! Hope I get the opportunity to work with you again!