{"id":1978,"date":"2014-12-23T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T20:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2014-12-23T16:50:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T20:50:03","slug":"happy-holidays-from-jonetsu-bts-decorating-and-making-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonetsuphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/happy-holidays-from-jonetsu-bts-decorating-and-making-treats.html","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM JONETSU! BTS DECORATING AND MAKING TREATS…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Friends! \u00a0Can’t believe it’s the 23rd of December, already!<\/p>\n

This has been another incredible year. \u00a0The only word I can use to describe how I feel is “grateful”.<\/p>\n

To our completely amazing, warm, down-to-earth clients… to the artists and service providers that inspire us in the wedding industry every day- thank you for being in our lives!!<\/p>\n

Dearest friends and family- you are\u00a0all we care about at the beginning and end of the day.<\/p>\n

Happy holidays to YOU! \u00a0Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas. \u00a0Wishing you all peace, love and joy… and health, lots of good health!<\/p>\n

We’re closing until December 29th. \u00a0xoxox c&c<\/p>\n

\"Mya

Mya and NiNi whippets inside our antique frame, florals by the ever-talented and gracious Gloria & her team at Flower Factory. Gloria also did our wedding flowers almost 12 years ago \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

\"We

We decided to decorate the studio this year. I like putting photographs on the tree- next year I think I’ll go crazy with that. It would be so fun to see all of our brides and grooms up there from 15 years of weddings… how could I do this? Must think on theses things…<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU003\"<\/p>\n

\"So

So grateful for our sweet little, patient hounds. They liked smelling the flowers and Chadwick did a great job wrangling them with the promise of treats.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU005\"<\/p>\n

\"Another

Another year of gorgeous, meaningful weddings… cards and albums<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU007\"<\/p>\n

\"This

This bunch of wintery love- with the promise of Spring (papery peonies). Gloria knows me too well.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU009\"<\/p>\n

\"It

It felt nice and warm, but I have to say… still not loving LED lights on trees- look how this light looks compared to our home tree (later). LEDs just aren’t there yet with yummy light.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mya

Mya turned 9. Grainy iphone pic. She allowed the tutu for a few minutes. Really, it was a gift for ME \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU012\"<\/p>\n

\"This

This hound turned 11. He ran like the wind last week- hadn’t seen him so up to running in over a year. Is it the glucosamine and sardines? It might be! So exciting, NiNi!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Of

Of course, a cheesy birthday portrait for the hound.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"We

We made stuff! From now on, we will always make things for the holidays. We dehydrated apples and pears, created toasted pecans and made home made Nutella!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Recipe

Recipe (Camille Style, sorry): Roast half a huge bag of hazelnuts, RUB THOSE NUTS to get the skins off. We used our nut butter attachement for our juicer to process the nut butter, but you can use a food processor or Vitamix too (smooth is best). Melt half a big bag of nice quality chocolate chips (big bags= Costco size). Mix nut butter, melted chocolate, a couple shots of vanilla extract and a couple shots of hazelnut oil in the food processor until shiny and smooth- like fondant texture. There it is. It won’t last. RDN Real Deal Nutella.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU017\"\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU018\"\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU019\"<\/p>\n

\"Juicing

Juicing as much as we have time for. Big batches are working well- we can keep the juice fresh for 3 days with this juicer. And DRY pulp. My goal is to make a yummy cracker from the pulp, but so far they’ve been non-delish. Must work on these things. Look at the colour!! I’ll say it here: I like this juice better than wine (!!)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU021\"\"Vancouver_wedding_photographer_JONETSU022\"<\/p>\n

\"This

This image from Jesse and Ahmed’s wedding did well in competitions this year.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"braggy

braggy bits: getting home from the Professional BC Wedding Awards where we were excited to win for Best Photojournalism (thank you to Jayna Marie for my hair and makeup- it lasted all night- this is us at 2am!) & with Aura and Rima, presenting the award for Best In Class Photojournalism for Professional Photographers of Canada, BC. That trophy business if pretty crazy- there is a little lady with a camera on top- she’s wearing a very pro-looking ‘skirtsuit’- it’s sweet.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Scooter

Scooter Braun and Yael Cohen in Town and Country- that was cool.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"In

In January, we’ll start blogging weddings again- like this one- Elnaz and Moe in Wedluxe- what a gorgeous issue- check it out on news stands now.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>