Growing in popularity, especially over the last five years, inspiration boards are easily becoming a bride’s best friend. They are the road map to the details that will comprise your wedding motif. An inspiration board showcases color palettes, theme ideas, dresses, venues, anything wedding related. It’s your collecting of inspirational wedding images.

Consider this the contest kick off! If you win, you will get a $100 gift card to use however you need in the planning of your wedding. Think about what you can get, use it toward your flower arrangements and spring for the exotics, use it to splurge on those pretty invitations, or save it until all the commotion is over and spend it while unwinding with your wife or hubby on the honeymoon…but THERE’S MORE!

The winner of our Inspire Me Bride contest giveaway will also have their ideas turned into a photo shoot sponsored by A Monique Affair and Adeline & Grace Photography, which will then be featured in a very special blog post dedicated to our winner! How cool is that!?!

The contest will run until noon on February 23, 2012, and the winner will be announced on February 25, 2012 after verifying all the data.

Contest Rules

There are a few requirements (explained below) that must be met in order to be entered into the contest. All participants will need to submit an email to amoniqueaffair@gmail.com with the participants full name, wedding date and must write “Inspire Me Bride Contest Giveaway” in the subject line.

All submissions and votes must be received and lodged by 12:00pm (Pacific Standard Time) on February 23, 2012. Our team will then go over all submissions and votes, verifying that all requirements were met before the winner is announced.

What you need to do:

1. Create an electronic wedding photo collage inspiration board, in JPEG format and post it on A Monique Affair’s Facebook page,as well as on Adeline & Grace Photography’s Facebook page with your name as the caption to the photo.

1. “Like” both A Monique Affair and Adeline & Grace Photography on Facebook.

1. Follow A Monique Affair (http://twitter.com/amoniqueaffair) on Twitter.

1. Get your friends to log onto Facebook and visit your inspiration board in our Inspire Me Bride Facebook photo album, and ask them to vote for your photo by “LIKING” it. The photo with most likes by 12:00pm February 23, 2012 wins.

IT STARTS NOW!

In the time it took you to read this blog post, others have already started, so get to it! If you really want to win start scouring the net for all those inspirational images and watch us bring your wedding vision to life in a top of the line, artistic photo shoot. We can’t wait to see your vision! May the best bride win!

“I wanted to send you an email because my brother got married last week and it was so much fun! I thought of you though because the photographer they used really made us appreciate your work. He was very nice and took great pictures (and he actually did a little dancing to “Baby Got Back” at one point) but he was not nearly as organized as you were. We really appreciate how committed you were to make sure that all of the moments at our wedding were captured and every time I look at any of our pictures, I can’t help but smile!!! You were absolutely wonderful to work with and we can’t wait to have another reason to have you photograph us again! Happy New Year and all the best to you and your family!”

I always try to go above and beyond for my clients and emails like this make me smile. With that being said I’m happy to announce we’ve won the bride’s choice award again!

{Napa,CA} – January 23, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Adeline & Grace Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Photography!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Adeline & Grace Photography was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Adeline & Grace Photography is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes  the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

We are happy to announce that Adeline %26 Grace Photography is one of the very best Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee.

Check out what our brides think about us here. Thank you for everyone who took the time to write a review!

Suzanne, I love your willingness to strike a pose wherever and whenever necessary.

Jessica and John’s fab bridal party at Solage in Calistoga:

Kendra’s bouquet by Lush Floral, Suzanne and Chuck kissing in the Adirondack chairs at Carneros Inn, and Lara and Preston saying I do in the apple orchard:

Kari and Ron’s elopement at the Milliken Creek Inn

Jessica and Scott saying their vows with Judith Caldwell at CIA

Jenna & Brandon’s wedding at Trentadue Winery was a wonderful way to kick of 2011.  The day was made special by friends and family who came in from all over the world (including them!) and the arrival of the bridal party in a yellow school bus…

Florence & Dave’s intimate wedding at Auberge du Soleil was made special by the Malaysian influence by Florence’s family.  They had a beautiful tea ceremony to honor all the key members of each other’s families.  To tie in the Napa Valley theme, Florence’s mother gave her a beautiful grape necklace.

Jill & Brian tied the knot at Carneros Inn, their day was full of so many beautiful details…

Evan & Susan’s wedding was so beautiful and romantic which made it perfect for Auberge du Soleil.  Their ceremony was beautiful and intimate, with a close friend even serving as officiant!  Her veil completed the romantic feel of the day…

Nic & Jessica’s wedding at V Sattui Winery went off without a hitch!  Everyone was so cool, calm & collected and really seemed to enjoy each other.

Emily & Sergey tied the knot at Auberge du Soleil which was perfect for their super intimate wedding.  Everyone traveled from out of town and I think the guest list topped off at 35!  Needless to say, they really got a chance to spend time with each of their guests and savor each moment.

Lara & Preston’s wedding was all about beautiful details; and with the bride being the woman we dubbed Queen of Etsy, every detail was unique!  The day was perfectly bright and blue which showed off all the beautiful colors of The Carneros Inn where they celebrated their day together.

Debbie & Bryan are one of our Texas couples but they really wanted to celebrate in Napa Valley style!  The flowers were in full bloom at Auberge du Soleil and really made her pink bouquet pop!  They had a few memorable moments in the beginning but overall it was a fun day with a lot of tears of happiness…

Prairie & Jeff’s wedding at Murrieta’s Well was absolutely beautiful!  They simply adore each other and their day was filled with lots of love, laughter and heartfelt toasts…

Kayla & Geoff’s wedding at Auberge du Soleil was so much fun… Their day was tailor made for these two foodies with all the wonderful food that was served and the favors for their guests being custom made recipe books made by the bride and groom themselves!

Lindsey & Adam’s wedding at Beaulieu Gardens was full of beautiful details, amazing food and a fabulous getaway car!  They took the prize this year for the most visually stunning wedding…

Stacey & Keith got married it true vintage style at Auberge du Soleil…

Nothing says California more than a wedding at Solage Calistoga!  Miriam & Mike’s wedding was no exception; they had sunny skies, huge oak trees and bicycles!

I have never seen a bride so excited to get married!  Heather & Sean’s wedding at The Carneros Inn was a truly joyful occasion…

Jessica & Scott’s Wedding at The Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena was an international affair.  They had family and friends who came from all over the globe, even from the southern hemisphere!  Those Aussies really know how to party….

Michelle & Brian’s intimate wedding at Scott’s Seafood in Walnut Creek was beautiful and quiet with just family members in attendance.  You wouldn’t have been able to tell that they planned the entire wedding in just over a month!

Jennie & Aaron’s elegant backyard wedding was made possible by Jennie’s generous aunt.  They had such a good time, lot’s of dancing, laughing and delicious food!

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Texans really know how to party!  Sarah & Alex’s wedding at Kunde Family Estate was done  California style under giant oak trees but with a Texas flair with cowboy boots and lots of dancing…

Jessica & Serdar’s elegant wedding at The Carneros Inn was a super fun all day party!  These two are crazy in love and really know how to have a good time; and with relatives who came in from Turkey, you know the dancing was sensational!

Jessica & Matt’s wedding at Cline Cellars had that California Mission feeling.  These two are sweet and seemingly low key; neither of us expected the crazy dance party segment at their reception!

Christine & Calvin’s intimate backyard wedding was held in the biggest backyard we’ve ever seen!  Not sure if it can even be called a backyard with a duck pond, fountain, tennis courts, life-size doll houses and stables.  It was a truly unique experience…

Katie & Wallace had a true wedding adventure!  Beginning in Tiburon and ending in San Francisco, this was one day we will never forget…

Janine & Dionne’s wedding at Mills College was absolutely perfect; the clouds even parted long enough for us to get some amazing photos of them outside on the beautiful grounds of the college…

The fall leaves were at their peak for our last wedding of the season; Andrea & Ron at Auberge du Soleil.

Whew what a year! Here’s to seeing what 2012 has to offer!