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Ben and Nadia – Engaged | Lakeside Summer Evening Engagement Session

by Kelley Asbury | Apr 13, 2022 | 0 Comments

Austin and Liz Engaged| Staples MN Outdoor Engagement Session

by Kelley Asbury | Apr 5, 2022 | 0 Comments

Aaron and Ashley | Rum River Minnesota Canoe Engagement Session

by Kelley Asbury | Mar 29, 2022 | 0 Comments

Limitlyss Wellness | Brainerd MN Small Business Branding Session

by Kelley Asbury | Mar 24, 2022 | 0 Comments

{Shop Small | My fav for Small Business Saturday}

by Kelley Asbury | Nov 28, 2020 | 0 Comments

It’s a little late in the game for Small Business Saturday, but it’s not too late to do your Christmas shopping, or ANY time of the year shopping. I thought this was the easiest way to add a whole bunch of links in the same place (instead of trying to link them all in Instagram!).

SO. In no particularly order. A whoooollle lot of small quality businesses. This is by no means an exhaustive list (there are SO many great businesses out there) but I can personally say I’ve worked with, or purchased from, or used something from every business on this list!

Yummy coffee, trendy clothing, and beautiful artwork: https://locoespress.com

Fun treats, lots of colorful games and toys, AND lactose free ice cream from my favorite place: https://www.goodysgourmettreats.com

Speaking of… my favorite ice cream place (they sell their flavors at Goodys, but they have SO much more at their main shop): https://shopvictual.com

Bike rentals, delicious food and coffee, cute clothing (and earrings!), and bike shop: https://www.redraven.bike

Favorite local getaway, on the Cuyuna trails, feels like you’re out in the woods: https://cuyunacove.com

Seriously good coffee. AND SCONES: https://www.stonehousecoffee.com

Small batch made clay earrings. SO cute! https://www.instagram.com/all_dahledup/

Beautiful, custom hand lettering: https://www.autumnmadeco.com

THE most beautiful, handmade, Pendelton wool and leather bags: https://alissalindnerdesigns.com

A gift shop with something for EVERYONE: https://www.shopzaisers.com

I love thrifting, and love: https://commongoodsbaxter.company.site

Another wonderful jewelry company: https://www.helloadorn.com

I have some cute clothing from here, but also get a lot of the components for my client gifts: https://www.nearandnorth.com

All the baked goods you could ever want in a super cute atmosphere: https://www.nearandnorth.com

Order your holiday cakes/cookies, or get a survival box: https://www.sweetlife218.com

SO many things to look at: https://dockpanther.com

The cutest and yummiest custom cookies: https://www.facebook.com/fireflycustomcookies

3D wood signs, D.I.Y workshops, private parties, repurposed/industrial furniture, home goods, fun jewelry, and more: https://www.facebook.com/greatestgiftus

Custom art orders, beautiful paintings, hand tatted bookmarks, Molly is talented! https://www.instagram.com/mollymae.art/

The best landscaper in town! Mark is a genius with landscape design: https://blackrocklandscaping.org

A fun boutique owned by three local mommas: https://www.bellsandblossomboutique.com

The cutest scrunchies by the cutest girls: https://www.scrunchienation.org

Marketplace style shop with so much handmade talent: https://www.facebook.com/NisswaTotemPole/

Delicious plus GORGEOUS chocolates: https://wildflowerchocolate.com

Alllll of these breweries are our favorites – can’t choose just one: http://www.bigaxebrewing.com or http://roundhousebrew.com or https://www.jackpinebrewery.com or http://www.cuyunabrewing.com

So many cute clothes and gifts: https://www.thefinelinesalonandspa.com/the-gallery

And lastly! If you’re a small business, check out my page just for you! And as a side note for local businesses! www.kelleyjoimaging.com/smallbusinesses

To be honest, I think I’ll keep this post current for the rest of the holiday season and keep coming back to add! So bookmark this if you’re going to be shopping in the future!

I keep seeing this quote, but I love it. “When you shop small, a real life person does a happy dance”. I can 100 percent attest to this being true!

Thanks for supporting small business Saturday and all year long!

{Mr and Mrs Clare | Nassau Bahamas Destination Wedding}

by Kelley Asbury | Jun 9, 2020 | 0 Comments

Wellll. We all know how bad I am blogging, but I knew from the get go that I DEFINITELY wanted to blog this Nassau Bahamas destination wedding. I thought I’d get to it last fall, but I had a super busy season (yay for the business, not so much for the blog haha), and then I thought for sure I’d get it up by their 1st anniversary. If you follow me on insta… you’ll see I actually said that it was “coming to a blog near you soon” ON APRIL 15th. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Which would have been in time for their April 27th anniversary. That obviously didn’t happen… but I knew that I had to get it up before I do their family photos with their new little guy in about a month and a half! haha. So with all that said…..

Darius and Sally’s wedding was not only (obviously) a gorgeous wedding in an unbelievable setting, but it was also a super special one given that Darius and my husband have been best friends since 7th grade. Like Darius said in the speech at our wedding they’ve pretty much done everything together and on similar timelines (except now with the kids thing 😂😂😂 apparently we have some catching up to do!). So to get asked to be a part of their special day, and get the chance to capture their destination wedding was so much fun! It seriously doesn’t get any better. It was such a great party!

I don’t think many more words are needed… just start scrolling! Buckle up though, because I had a realllll hard time choosing which images to show you, so I just included them all. Well not all, but a lot! haha