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Late last fall I had the plea­sure of pho­to­graphing an event for the stu­pen­dous Kate Par­ker of Pre­pare to Wed & Kate Par­ker Wed­dings. Bri­des to be were invi­ted to come to Madeleine’s Daugh­ter in Ports­mouth for an fun get-​together full of fabu­lous food and information.

The Madeleine’s Bri­dal Salon is gor­geous — and loo­ked great with all the ven­dor sta­tions set up for their presentations.

The one and only Kate Par­ker & the radiant Joanne McDu­nough from Joya Beauty.

Beau­ti­ful dres­ses! Something about being in a dress shop makes the inner girly girl in me start screa­ming out to put on a fancy dress and twirl!

Cham­pagne and goo­die bags wai­ted for the guests arrival.

Kate never stops wor­king — here she’s loo­king at some proofs with Whit­ney & Sam from Gus & Ruby Let­ter­press in Down­town Portsmouth.

The tuna crudo appe­ti­zer from Bonta res­tau­rant in Hamp­ton, NH was a huge hit.

The guests star­ted to arrive and mingle,

and Kate explai­ned how the eve­ning would work.

First up was Eli­za­beth, the owner of Madeleine’s Daugh­ter who explai­ned the dif­fe­rent fit and fabrics of wed­ding gowns. There’s so much to con­si­der and Eli­za­beth is defi­ni­tely ver­sed in the answers!

Then Sam & Whit from Gus & Ruby explai­ned how cus­tom invi­ta­tions can fit into any budget.

More Food! Pro­bably THE BEST tomato soup I’ve ever had — I can’t wait to get over to Bonta and have some more.

Liz, Kate’s right hand lady explai­ned the first of two givea­ways from Miss Now Mrs. — a super affor­da­ble, easy way to help with all that name change paper­work if you decide to change your name when you get married.

an OMG good lemon panna cotta with fresh blueberries.

Next Joanne from Joya Beauty gave an awe­some demons­tra­tion on air­brushed makeup — I was ama­zed at how affor­da­ble it was, and how fan­tas­tic the results are!

We all watched on as one lucky bride to be got a free demons­tra­tion and ama­zing results in just 3 short minutes!

One side done–

Both sides done (well, the quick and dirty ver­sion done — Joanne explai­ned that a few more layers would go into the pro­cess but such awe­so­me­ness with just a quick demo!)

Then Jes­sica, who’s per­so­na­lity is just infec­tious, told us about the ama­zing treats, des­serts & cakes she crea­tes at Nothing Bakes Like Parrott

And her cake pops were evi­dence in and of themselves.

I was thri­lled to be able to take part in this event — everything Kate and her team put their mind to is phenomenal.

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