Jacqueline is moving to Bermuda!!!

We’re so jealous/sad/excited for her! All the feels! We’re going to miss her so much – we loved having her as part of our team – but she’s off on a big fun adventure so we can’t be too sad. Here’s what she had to say about the move on her blog:

“a few months ago, my hubby andrew signed on with a new team and we’re super excited! this new team will be defending the america’s cup in june of 2017 and we just found out last week that it’s going to be in bermuda. we’ll need to move there as early as spring of this year!!

having this new piece of our puzzle, i had to think hard about how to move forward with my photography business. i love being part of birds of a feather, but because i’m going to be living so far away and it’s a california-focused collective, it probably doesn’t make sense for me to stay on. i’ll miss our meetings/meals/chatfests, shooting and planning things together, having my images appear alongside their amazing work, and taking on the wedding world together. while i’m a little sad to leave, i feel really fortunate to have built something great together and to have had the chance to meet a ton of amazing creatives in southern calfornia over the last couple of years.

and now i’m excited to take all of that experience and goodness and put it into a new adventure. from here on out, and in bermuda when we get there, i’ll continue to shoot in the same vein i always have, the main difference being that all of my work and info is now housed in a new place (go see!). i’ll be coming back to california and the east coast for several shoots in 2015 and can’t wait to book more weddings and shoots all over the place, especially since bermuda’s only a short flight from places like new york, boston, DC, charleston, miami, and even london. you may be surprised to know that it’s not in the caribbean… it’s actually all by itself in the atlantic, off the coast of south carolina and georgia.

our next step is figuring out where exactly in bermuda we’ll be living. i really have no idea since i’ve never been there (!), but i’m sure we’ll figure it out. i’m super happy for andrew and mostly just excited to take this on together, along with homer (the hound), who’ll be coming with us!”

WE LOVE YOU JACQUELINE! XO

we recently co-hosted a craft party for some of our lovely wedding pals with tori from sitting in a tree events (she is an event design genius!).  it was an afternoon of sunshine, cocktails, mingling and crafting, all in sarah’s backyard in palm springs!  we were so fortunate to have help making it extra lovely from some of our friends.  aileen cheng designed a perfect invite for us, brown paper design provided us with gorgeous flowers for the tables, the hostess haven lent us the most darling plates/glasses, and the amigo booth showed up for photo booth fun!  read all about the day and see more photos on 100 layer cake!  to see some of what was made that day, search the hashtag “birdsinatreecraftparty” on instagram (and follow us @brdsofafeather to keep up with our latest, if you’d like!)

we’re so excited to announce that two weddings sarah photographed were featured in style me pretty’s book Style Me Pretty Weddings and another was featured in Bash, Please’s book  The New Fashioned Wedding.  and it’s her photo of the beautiful flowers that made the cover!

we’re even MORE excited to announce that we’re giving away a copy of each!  they’re the perfect books to inspire you as you plan your own wedding, filled to the brim with beautiful details and creative ideas.  leave a comment below with your email address and we’ll notify the winner next wednesday.   good luck!

*EDIT*  thanks everyone, the giveaway is closed and we’ve been in touch with the winner, mimi!

today we’re so excited to announce FANCY PAWS, a canine charity project we’re teaming up with Sarah of  Smitten Studio to put together!  we’ll be offering styled pup portrait sessions to raise money for NKLA,  a coalition of animal welfare organizations dedicated to ending the killing of healthy and treatable pets in LA shelters.

we’re combining our love of photography, animals and giving back to the community in one great day of four legged fun!  sarah will be helping us with styling and we’ll all be there the whole day to help wrangle the pups! read below for more details. we so hope you can make it!  and please spread the word to all of your dog-loving friends!

WHO: your beloved canine

WHAT: a 15 minute styled photo session of your pup (photographed by “birds of a feather” and styled by Sarah of “A House in the Hills” & Sarah of “Smitten Studio“),
5  high resolution digital files from the shoot available for download,
$125 donation

WHERE: The Forge studio, 2636 Huron St. Los Angeles, 90065

WHEN: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 9 am- 5pm  first come, first serve!

WHY: to raise money for NKLA, a coalition of animal welfare organizations dedicated to ending the killing of healthy and treatable pets in LA shelters.

we make it a point to get together every other month or so to eat good food, talk business, catch up on each other’s lives and stay connected. and of course we try to make it as fun and pretty an experience as possible!  here are a few shots from our most recent get together.  see the recipes /what we ate on sarah’s personal blog, a house in the hills and lots more from the day on glitter guide!  we hope you enjoy!