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Promo Video Goes LIVE!!

¡Hola! ¿Cómo están? What’s that? You no español? Okay, we try again..

I’m happy to interrupt our regularly scheduled honeymooning, i.e. drinking of martinis at 9:30 in the morning so we can watch the USA vs SVN game at a local bar, to introduce to you all something my husband and I have worked very hard on and can finally let the world see!

Once upon a time when I was still in college, I was given the opportunity to create a DIY promo for my brand. With me all concept and Dylan all video, we spent close to a month making my vision come to life. And we’re both stoked with the results!

Many thanks go out to Bruce Strong, for allowing me the creative license to see this project through to the end. To Andrew and Adrienne, for being drop dead gorgeous and for trusting us with two huge cameras all up in yo’ faces for an entire day. And to Dylan, for your mad video skillz and enthusiasm in helping me create on a daily basis.

So without further Grammy acceptance speechage.. This is me. :) I hope you enjoy!

Stay tuned in the coming week for more on our wedding and our trip!

June 23, 2010 - 5:44 PM

Katherine - Alyse this is amazing and so beautiful.. much like you. You do amazing work and you should be very proud!

June 22, 2010 - 11:00 PM

Lizzie - gosh you’re beautiful!! and your video is pretty much amazing. i can’t get over how creative you are…it makes me happy inside..haha:) love you alyse morrissey!

June 21, 2010 - 6:36 AM

Mabyn - um that was pretty fantastical! I especially love that you chose a Jon Foreman song. We really do have the same brain!

June 19, 2010 - 9:06 AM

Kristen Padula =) - Babe, I stinkin love you. Nice vid. You’re pretty cute. Actually more like ridiculously gorgeous. So excited for wedding pictures!! =) Have a fantastic rest of your honeymoon!!

June 18, 2010 - 9:42 PM

Joanne - so beautiful and really well done! i love it!

June 18, 2010 - 8:29 PM

Noelle - Alyse this video is amazing!! I loved it! & You are absolutely beautiful!

June 18, 2010 - 7:07 PM

Jesslyn - Alyse French-Morrissey!!! This video is absolutely breathtaking. You and Dylan did such an amazing job with it. Did I mention you’re absolutely gorgeous? I am in love with this video; I think I may watch it twice. :) Congratulations on your marriage and I hope you and Dylan are having the time of your life on your honeymoon! xoxo!

June 18, 2010 - 7:00 PM

jessica - yay!!! love love love it!!!!!!! just so wonderful in every way!!!!!

June 18, 2010 - 6:33 PM

Kim Waldron - That is so amazing…I can tell how much fun you have doing this and I love your art and you did have an amazing couple to work with as well.

June 18, 2010 - 5:45 PM

Colette - Your so amazing woman! God has given you such a awesome gift and I know in my heart you are going to really go places with it.
Hope you both are having a great time! can’t wit to see more of your work and here about all the beautiful places you saw.
love you both!

aunt coey

June 18, 2010 - 5:41 PM

Lauren - This is incredible! I can’t believe you’re on your honeymoon and updating your blog; very impressive

June 18, 2010 - 2:44 PM

Noël - Awsome!!!!!!

June 18, 2010 - 11:42 AM

Jessica Z - I love this as much as I did when we were still college students! I hope you two are having an amazing time! I can’t wait to hear all about it (and seeeee it!) <3

June 18, 2010 - 11:36 AM

Jeeana - You should have had a sign that said “beautiful” because you look amazingly gorgeous in this video. :)

June 18, 2010 - 11:01 AM

Mom - sweet!

June 18, 2010 - 10:24 AM

Breanna - Love it!

Tidbit Tuesday #28

Why do I feel so guilty when I don’t blog? :( Or when it’s 8:43AM and I haven’t prepared for Tuesday yet? It’s quite silly, I know. But I have so many of you to blame, and to thank. So many of you, both friends and strangers have written me pledging your undying love for Tidbit Tuesday, and I’m blown away by the response every time. It has been so much fun sharing my life with you all these past 27 Tuesdays. Here’s to many more!! :)

On Saturday, Dylan and I realized a massive conundrum in wedding planning (among the many, many at this point). We still needed to get our marriage license, but there were no offices open on the weekend, which is the only time Dylan and I can actually be present together. Props to mom for making some magic happen and connecting us with her good pal the town clerk, who licensed us even without our birth certificates. The funniest part of the whole thing was how many questions Dylan had to answer about himself and his parents, and how the clerk filled in all my answers without asking because everyone in Sharon knows everything about everyone else.

What will I ever write about once this wedding is over with? :) Hopefully you can deal with more wedding drama for the next three Tuesdays!

I have sad news: Mony is being a real jerk lately. :( He’s no longer my sweet little boy. He’s an old crochety man who meows persistently in an extremely annoyed “PET ME ALREADY!” tone. I’m sorry to say Mony, but I think you’re losing it. And you’re making it easier to leave you and get a bulldog named Sully instead. :)

RestorationHardware.com. Once you discover this site, you’ll never go back. I mean, you WILL go back. Over and over and over again. I plan to make my apartment look just like this website. One day…

Yesterday was a monumental day in the life of Alyse: I had sushi I didn’t like. :( T’was very sad.

So, Dylan and I desperately need your help! 1) PLEASE pray for sunshine on June 13th. I keep checking the forecast 20 days in advance, but only see a historical national average of around 70 degrees. Pray for not too hot. Not too cold. And birdies chirping in the air! 2) We are finally assembling our wedding reception play list! Shout-out to my girl Lindsay for footing us her list! Yes, I know, I don’t deserve such things. BUT! Are there any songs that you just could never live without? Comment it up!!

Cue the guilt: this is the shortest Tuesday evaaa. But my to-do list grows longer every day. I will leave you with ONE more sneak of Thursday’s post, if that’s quite alright! I know you must be dying from anticipation, right? ;)

Happy Tuesday! And don’t forget to comment with song ideas!! :)

June 9, 2010 - 6:21 PM

Breanna - Beautiful picture! And are you naming your dog Sully after doc Quinn’s sully? LOL im just playing!

May 27, 2010 - 8:55 PM

Diana Tate - If I had a dime for each time I came here! Incredible post!

May 27, 2010 - 6:19 PM

Kate D - p.s. the usher song that goes ‘yeah, yeah!’, is called “yeah!” haha

May 26, 2010 - 7:32 AM

Kate D - wso jessica nailed down most of the good wedding songs.. but i’ll make a few more suggetions.

forever-chris borwn
down- jay sean (not sure about spelling)
Rock N Roll- Eric Hutchinson
Girls just wannna have fun
celebrate good times.. come on!
maybe some John Mayer..
Make you feel my love- Adele
I can’t help falling in love with you- I like the Michael Buble verson
of course the cheesy dance songs (cotton-eyed joe, YMCA, cha cha slide)
I’ll be- edwin mccain.
colbie caillat is really awesome. and so is old fashioned music.
and i doubt this was any help. haha

May 26, 2010 - 1:26 AM

Jesslyn - I love Tidbit Tuesdays!!! I look forward to reading your blog… and I pretty much check your blog every day just to see if you’ve added something. Weird? Maybe. hehe! Keep up the beautiful work! You are truly an inspiration!

May 25, 2010 - 3:08 PM

Noël - Wedding songs!!!!!
Meet me half way – Black eyed peas
Love me Tender – Elvis Presley
Cinderella – Steven Curtis Chapman

Ps. Hope these help

May 25, 2010 - 1:56 PM

jessica - wedding songs!!! so many! and here i go:
“Sign, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder
“Mercy” by Duffy
Black Eyed Peas
“Groove Is in the Heart” by Deelite!
“We Are Family”…because it’s awesome!
“Everybody Dance Now” by C&C music Factory
“Billy Jean” by Micheal Jackson
“Fancy Footwork” by Chromeo…tell me you know of them!!! love!
“I Like to Move it Move it!”
Usher…that song that goes “yeah! Yeah!”
…more Stevie Wonder!!!!
Any song from the Swing Kids Sound Track!
a little Frank Sinatra!
“In the Colors” by Ben Harper…only cause that’s mine and Gabe’s song;) hehe…
“Brass Monkey” by the Beastie Boys
“Let’s Dance” by Lady GaGa…cause even though she’s not my favorite…well, the song makes me wanna dance!
Salsa!!! Merengue!!!!..Gilberto Santa Rosa, Juan Luis Guerra, Marc Anthony, DLG….

ok…I’ll stop now…but I could just keep going:)

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 25, 2010 - 9:30 AM

Erin - whoops it’s God Gave ME You

May 25, 2010 - 9:17 AM

Erin - God Gave My You by Dave Barnes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7M7cJ4DydQ

May 25, 2010 - 8:39 AM

Stef - “Cherish,” by Madonna is like a wedding must :P I love her music lol.

Rochelle’s Anytime Session!

A couple weekends ago, my dear friend Stephanie had the splendid idea of getting a bunch of models together and having a Saturday evening shoot-out. And Alyse ain’t never gonna pass up a shoot-out!! So..

Meet: Rochelle! Not gonna lie, when I first met Rochelle earlier this year, I immediately started daydreaming about shooting her portraits. It’s not that I’m weird. (Okay, maybe a little..) It’s just that this girl is GORGEOUS. And such a natural. Here are a few from our day!!

Backlight makes me giddy. :)

Work. It. Girl.

Gahh, Rochelle.. Are you for real?

Rochelle making wind look really, really good.

Can’t get enough close-ups of these gorgeous eyes! :)

In love with all of these colors.

New fave:

Rochelle, can you help my hair look like yours??

Accessorizin’.

ANTM Cycle 15 winner, anybody?

Aren’t these two just plain sweet? :)

Last but not least, I leave you with me and Stephie, the brain behind it all. :)

Happy Thursday!!

April 15, 2010 - 4:54 PM

Rochelle - You are awesome Alyse!!!!….I love it!!…..and thank you Jessica for your compliment….:)

April 15, 2010 - 3:10 PM

jessica - i crush on you more and more everytime i see your work! but not in a weird way…just in the same way you dream of shooting people! you are amazing at what you do!!!!!!!!!!!!! praise God for you! and praise God for our gorgeous model!

April 15, 2010 - 6:26 AM

Noël - AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 15, 2010 - 6:09 AM

Mabyn - Beautiful!

Can we take pictures of ourselves at my cousins wedding too?! ;oP
Looks like you girls had a blast!

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