the success of any business, in large part, is dependent on the quality of employees that it has. here at smd, putting together a wedding requires long hours, tedious work, heavy lifting, driving big trucks, loading and unloading, arranging flowers, getting cut by thorns, staying up late into the night and putting up with me changing my mind, and making you redo something until i think it is perfect. although my name is on the business, it takes a team to pull off every event, and the success of everything i do depends on who i have on that team.
for the past 3 summers, i have been lucky enough to have erik lead that team. erik is my right hand person. he is the backbone to the production of my events and he is the person i most rely on to make things happen. he can fix almost anything, can solve almost any technical problem, will balance on top of a ladder to make something hang right, arrange the bouquets of flowers, know how to make everything fit into a truck that is too small, and can find just about anything i ask him to find, no matter how tough the request is. he helps me on every photo shoot, cleans up every wedding, organizes my shop, moves my furniture where i want it to go (usually only to move it back to where i had it in the first place). he paints, builds, sews, bakes, ties ribbons, does my electrical work and usually entertains me the entire time we are working. because i have him around, i am able to do attend to my clients and do my job as a designer.
although erik can be the biggest pest in my life, absolutely stubborn and definitely has a mind and a way of his own, i don't know what i would do without him.
so erik, for being the behind the scenes person who makes it all happen, without ever getting recognition, THANK YOU!
these images
michele m waite captured during our engagement session of erik showcase what i love the most about him- the playful personality that has the ability to frustrate you and make you laugh hysterically all at the same time.
these pictures are for erik. he insisted that we pose like this. he got the crew together to move that piano to and from the shoot, so it was the least we could do to repay him.
annie wright school, 
