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Welcome to Appleby Photography and thank you for visiting our wedding blog! We are a wedding and portrait studio located in the midwest. We are happy to serve the Wisconsin and Iowa area. Please let us know how we can help you- we would be honored to be a part of your day!

Monday, December 1, 2014

We've Moved!

Long time, no see!

Life has been busy and blogging took a seat in the "way-way back." I am now attempting to get back into the groove.

First of all, our website is new and improved. The biggest change is that the wedding site and the portrait site were put together. This was to make it easier to find all the information you need, in ONE spot. It's Simple, clean and very pretty. It's now have a "responsive" design that changes to the device that you use to access it, making it easier to use and with less clicking around to find what you need. The best thing is that it's 100% HTML, so it's completely compatible with iPads, iPhones and other mobile devices. (No flash!)

So, with that in mind, we are consolidating the blogs, as well. Now, when you go to our main blog, you will see all the old wedding blog posts, too. Convenient, right? :) 

Along with the website and blog move, we have moved!

The hard truth that house renovating takes far longer than you ever, EVER, expect is our reality right now. Construction dust may never settle. But I now understand the appeal of pinterest... While we've switched home-base, we still work both in Madison and Cedar Rapids, still cultivate the Badger/Hawkeye rivalry, still cheer for the Packers and still drink Spotted Cow.

Our oldest started high school this fall and loves it. Our middle two have adjusted quite fine to elementary school. Our youngest is in 4K and continues to give us a run for our money. People like to say it's because he's the youngest, but those that have met him know he just does things his own way. Luckily, he's hilarious and cute. :)

Friday, January 24, 2014

Wedding Planning, By The Numbers

Wedding Planning - By The Numbers (larger)



We have a booth at the January Wedding Planner & Guide bridal show every year, showing off our photography and the photo booth. This year, the weather was unseasonably warm, reaching into the 30's! (Sad, I know, but the show usually falls on the coldest weekend of the year. That came the week before.) Hopefully you had a chance to stop by and check out our newest albums. If not, call and we can set up a time to meet and we'll show you!

After the show was done, WP&G sent out some stats, based on brides and grooms' responses to survey questions. It's a little geeky, but having all those numbers really made me want to put together an infographic. There were more stats, but I thought these would be the most interesting for brides and grooms to see.

So, enjoy my geekiness.