WEEKEND!

Phew. Sorry. I get a little excited when it comes to weekends lately. After all, I’m still in class, studying for finals, getting ready to start my internship, planning a wedding, moving, trying to keep my fiance sane as he studies for the board exams…phew! So weekends are always a welcome time for me to catch up on …

DJ and I have lived together for just over two years, since before we were engaged. When we were ready to move in together he was ready to buy. I was not.  I was sort of adamantly against us owning property together before we were married, although I had no problem with living together unmarried. We’d recently seen friends of …

While we’re hard at work this weekend on our invitations (that may or may not involve a gocco, a xyron, zips, an embosser, and 8 lbs. of paper!), we’ll be dreaming of this view that we’ll enjoy in just three months!

And we’ll enjoy our honeymoon even more knowing how much time and effort we put into locating it! Let me …

Hello hello EAD world!

When Ami asked me a couple weeks ago if I wanted to become an EAD weekly columnist after I sent along our engagement photos, I couldn’t believe my luck. I’ve pretty much been reading this blog since I got engaged, so I’m THRILLED to be sharing my wedding planning journey with you all over the next few …

There are lots of little details that us brides get hung up on.  When I first started planning our wedding, I wanted to do EVERYTHING I came across.  As the planning continued, I realized that I needed to pick things that were the most important to me, and go from there.  With that being said, we are still ending up …

My dress has been in for about a month now but I just went in for my fitting this Wednesday. You might recall my yellow shoe search that had to take place before I could have my fitting, and that the dress shop is a little over an hour away. I didn’t have time to make the trip just to …

These wooden letters are so cute for holding in photos (such as this one by Jenna Cole), but they would also be great adapted for table numbers or on your escort card table!

{Tutorial found at That OneGirl}

PS – Don’t forget to enter the Bel Canto Designs giveaway before 12:00 PM CT tomorrow!

Brides often hear a lot about how important it is to send thank-you cards to guests after the wedding (and it is important!), but sometimes we forget about giving cards to our close friends and family on the day of the wedding.  These cards can be a nice way to say thank you to those who have helped and supported …

At just over two weeks out, things have suddenly got extremely busy. Still, at the weekend we found time to have a quick trial for the bouquets and buttonholes. We had confirmation that the farm grown peonies will be guaranteed for us, so I have ordered 100 white peonies to make 4 bouquets. I decided not to waste money on …

By the time DJ and I are married, we will have been engaged for 21 months. The reasons were/are:
- Financial
- I thrive on research and anticipation
- We preferred fall to spring or summer

So we are having a long-ish engagement. It’s been fun for us, partly because we already live together and so aren’t in a hurry to get married for …