I found my dress in New York City last summer. My mom and sister came up, and we hit the town with a mission. Lucky us, scored a winner with the second dress I tried on.

This picture is kind of contradictory of our wedding theme, as it is “Christmasy” looking, and our wedding was completely fall inspired. But when your Dad owns a greenhouse operation, and there are acres of poinsettias it just seems fitting to recreate your three year old Christmas card with your soon to be husband!

We took lots of pictures, so I will just highlight a few special details. My bouquet was super special to me. If you look close, you will see a gold locket. It was my precious, beautiful, lovely, perfect Grandma who passed away just over a year ago from cancer. She was a rockstar grandma, and I would of given anything to of really had her there, but instead she got to be the closest to me – and was of course in my heart!

All my girls…enough said, they were AWESOME!

And my favorite part. The fountain at the museum, where our reception was help. The pond was surrounded by tea lights and get this, TWELVE-HUNDRED white cyclamen!!! It really was a fairy-tale…

The cake. And Mom and I had a fun idea of how to incorporate “fall” into a wedding in November without it really screaming “fall”. So we went with 12 boxes of little, white pumpkins filling the clear glass vases. Simple and elegant.

The band. They were fabulous, and we cannot thank them enough for giving life to a wonderful reception celebration. If you want an awesome band, check out Andrew Thielen and The Band, they won’t disappoint.

Happy Wedding Day! Hard to believe that tomorrow marks out 3 month anniversary. We have a long life together ahead of us, and I cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. While on the topic, shout out to my parents, their 27 year anniversary is almost here – also the same date that Stan and I met five years ago. xoxo readers!

:: For more tasty treats, re-imagined check out “Pinch Food Design’s” website ::

This is my escape…a way to catch a quick breath of fresh air after the stuffing and sealing of our Save the Dates…this project is ALMOST at a closure, and for that we have yet another thing checked of the never ending wedding planning list. Cheer with me please!!!

And just for a teaser, I leave you with this.

There was absolutely no space left for anyone or anything! These two ladies were in charge of the candy table. I am not talking an ordinary candy table, I am talking intense. We told our partner in crime here to layer up her outfits for the weekend, because the luggage room was limited. Very limited. Oh and I should mention this was just one car of candy stuff, another one was on the way. The bad news when we arrived…the ballroom was not available until TOMORROW. What? So we set up the display in our hotel room. (btw…how do you like the decor? ha) We stayed at the historic Mills House. Our theme song for the weekend: “The Candy Man“, LISTEN HERE. We were inspired, and we pretty much opened a small weekend candy store in Charleston.

And when space is limited, storage gets creative.

Now unfortunately I did not get to explore up and down lots of charming streets because weddings are busy, but look I really was there. It was just was not long enough.

But the bridesmaids were so much fun it didn’t really matter.

They were all so beautiful, on the inside and the out.

We shared lots of laughs + silly stores at this table.

and were completely shocked to find our dining room at the restaurant to be named after the brides (below) finance. Hilarious.

But the reason we were all there…to celebrate the marriage of beautiful Kaley and her now husband Cooper. She was a stunning bride.

I was honored to be one of her bridesmaids. Love you beautiful!

****disclaimer: if something does not make sense, my brain is not all here. after hitting the pillow after the wedding at 1:30am Saturday nigh, I had to wake just a few hours later at 3:30am. We were headed back to Auburn to see Variation’s (where my sister-in-law is artistic director) Spring Dance Recital.  They (my little sister included) were performing Cinderella. It was day two of the show, and not an empty seat was to be found. She blew us all away. She has a HUGE amount of talent. Not only does she do all of the choreography, she puts together a show. It was amazing. Watch our for weekend recap post #2.

My friends my excitement + anticipation of what’s to come is making this week go by super slowly. Like way to SLOW!! So lets think about the here and now! What are you doing tonight? Any plans? Does it include margaritas? Afterall, it’s the 5th of May. 

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!!

and if that does not excite you then this surely will…

Adorable, huh? If someone sent you that, you COULDN’T resist feeling honored to be a bridesmaid in their wedding! I will make a note to self with how cute this is. DIY yourself guide here.

We hosted Monogram & Mimosa Shower for a dear friend Bonnie. She is getting married at the end of this month. She scored some really awesome things for her soon to be new chapter of life.

She got everything from:

linen guest hand towels

to a recipe box

Now CHECK…got the Monogram part, but not to forget the Mimosa part of the party…lots of champagne and orange juice graced us with its presence that afternoon.

That paired with a little labor in the kitchen, that slowly transformed from this…

to this…

and finally to this…

All made for a delightful afternoon! I got to see lots of sweet girlfriends, and most excitingly celebrate Bonnie’s engagement, and soon to be marriage!

*Thanks to Darby for the petit four recipe! They are a HUGE hit!