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11-20-2007

Vote for Polka Photos & Win A Prize!!!

Polka Photos has been nominated for Fox LA’s Hot List!

Please vote for us here:
http://myfoxla.cityvoter.com/Details.aspx?business=56709

THREE easy steps to vote on MyFoxLA:

1. Click on the vote button.

2. Fill in your email address & press Send My Ballot.

But wait, you’re not done yet…..

3. Fox requires confirmation of votes by email. Go to your Inbox, open up the email from Fox and click the link in the message confirming your vote.


Thank you!!!!

Vote by Friday Nov. 23 and then send me an email at info @ polkaphotos.com & you’ll be eligible to win a prize! For former clients, I’ll be giving away one 8X10 print. Everyone else is eligible to win either a set of Hallmark cake pulls or a photo album!

There will also be another prize for best comment as judged by Michael. So if you are writing a comment, please email me at info @ polkaphotos.com with your name and a copy of the comment you left on MyFoxLA to be entered in the prize giveaway.

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Kim, Ryan & Gixer - Go my Vote in! Best of Luck and have a great Thanksgiving :)!

11-20-2007

Congratulations Nicole & Justin!

Ventura, California

Nicole and Justin had a beautiful fall wedding day. They incorporated beach motifs throughout the ceremony and reception. The beach is their favorite place and we took their engagement photos there a few months ago.

Nicole is truly one of the most gracious brides I’ve met. She’s also gorgeous and sexy and very in love with Justin.

Nicole’s little cousin entertained himself by jumping off the stairs. Today ringbearer, tomorrow Superhero.
Both the ceremony and reception were held at the Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Buenaventura Golf Course.
Their wedding programs featured a short paragraph about each member of the wedding party. They also included a photo from the engagement shoot in the booklet, which was beautifully accented by a hot orange ribbon, both in keeping with the beach theme.

I love this ring pillow!

Mmmmm cake. This cake was so beautiful – look at all the pretty seashells.

And the clamshell cake topper with the two little pearls – how lovely is that!

Some of the kids started making shadow puppets in front of the slideshow.

Nicole surprised Justin by wearing his combat boots from Iraq during the garter toss. Fortunately for all the guys he only threw the garter.

Justin and his best man.

Nicole and Justin share a sweet kiss after the cake cutting.

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11-04-2007

Congratulations Cathy & Jake!

Lancaster, California
The day before Cathy and Jake’s wedding it rained and rained and rained. Since their wedding was going to be outdoors, I was keeping my fingers crossed that the rain would stay away for a few hours. Luckily, the weather cooperated.

Cathy and Jake were one of the most relaxed couples I’ve ever met. Although the bride was anxious to get the ceremony started, she didn’t look a bit nervous.

Here’s Jake and his groomsmen

Holding the ring

You may kiss the bride!

The toast

I love this photo of the bride and groom dancing – it’s romantic and sexy at the same time

Dollar dance dough. The DJ played awesome salsas and cumbias all night long.

Here’s their adorable caketopper

And the delicious cake

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10-30-2007

Help Fire Victims & Finish Holiday Shopping Early!

Our thoughts are with all of the families affected by the fires of the past few weeks. To help those in need, Polka Photos will be donating 50% of its print sale profits from now until Dec. 31 to the Red Cross California Wildfire Fund.

So get all of your holiday shopping done early and help fire victims in the process!

If you’d like to make donations directly, here are a few organizations helping people affected by the fires:

American Red Cross – California Fire Fund

Direct Relief International – California Fire Fund
Direct Relief International provides medical assistance to improve the quality of life for people victimized by poverty, disaster, and civil unrest at home and throughout the world.

Salvation Army – Wildfire Relief Effort
There is now a great need for financial aid to support such efforts as rental assistance and temporary housing for fire victims.

The Burn Institute
The Burn Institute is a nonprofit health agency dedicated to reducing the number of burn injuries and deaths in San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

If you know of anyone who needs burn assistance, The Burn Institute has funds available left to provide counseling, financial aid and other support for the 22 people seriously burned in the Cedar and Paradise fires. Due to medical privacy laws, the names of these individuals cannot be released so please pass the word along that free medical help as well as support is available.

California State Firefighters’ Association
To help the CFSA encourages a tax-deductable donation to the Fire Services Training Institute.

Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Organization

San Diego City Firefighters

For our animal friends:

SPCA – Disaster Animal Response Team

San Diego Humane Society & SPCA


To offer non-cash donations (food, clothes, blankets, etc) or volunteer:

California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services: 1-800-750-2858

Salvation Army – Southern California

San Diego Food Bank

The Jewish Community Disaster Fund

St. Vincent de Paul

Goodwill

California Volunteers

Help in Disaster

Emergency Animal Rescue


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