Another table setting

I found another table setting that I really like. Can we pick up on any similarities from the last one? Outdoors-check. Simple setting-check. Cute, simple flowers-check. Frickin adorable? CHECK.

Also... pinks and greens are apparently perfect for outdoors in my mind. Totally doesn't fit with the royal blue that I had been half dreaming about having the theme. Pssh, whatever, I'll probably change the theme color(s) a billion times before the actual wedding.

Btw... this wedding (from the Knot.com) apparently took place in Key Largo. You know... like they mention in that Beach Boys song. I had no idea that it actually existed. lol

Yoga

I did yoga today with my mom - it was so much fun! She goes to two or three different yoga classes a week, and we both had off today (happy birthday Martin Luther King Jr.!) so we spent the day together shopping and going to yoga. It was a really small class with only my mother, my sister, Suzanne (my foster mother), Nikki (my bestest friend and foster-sister) and their neighbor Marie. Our yogi was Vivienne, and she had the smoothest, most calming voice in the world.

And the yoga! It wasn't hard - well, parts were challenging - but I was able to do everything. And you know what? I want to do it again! I'm going to see if there are any yoga places in my neighborhood, because I think it would definitely be worth my while to do some yoga on a regular basis.

Table Setting

I would love to have an outdoor wedding. To me, an outdoor wedding can be so many things that an indoor wedding can't. Simplistic. Pure. Realisitc. Beautiful. When I think of an indoor wedding in a reception hall, I see glitz and glitter and sparkling china and rows of silver utensils and miles of silk linens and I don't want that. It doesn't seem real. It seems produced. I want me wedding to look authentic and possibly yes, rustic, but I want it to be pure and simple. Just a dinner where everyone is getting together to celebrate how much Zach and I love each other. Is that so much to ask?

That's whwy I love this table setting so much. It's simplistic and lighthearted and lovely. Do you really need anything more? Two plates, a few utensils and two glasses for water and wine. Most everyone manages to eat dinner on a regular basis with fewer necessities, I feel like you don't need anything more complicated than this.

From a real wedding in New Jersey, via Brides.com.

Another dress

Here's another dress that I find startlingly pretty. It is very unique, and a bit strange, but I can't help staring at it.

I love the hem on the bottom, I love the lace detail on the top. I love the wrap around on the waste. I love the strap/almost sleeves.

I love the back. And guess what? This is the dress in ivory. It also comes in white. I might have to find this store and try the dress on because it just something. I can't explain it any better, but it's there.

Dress from Eden Bridals.

Let them eat Cake....

Okay, so I've been thinking about what kind of look I want for the wedding, and I really have no clue. Part of me wants a super hippy dippy wedding where I'm barefoot and Zach doesn't have a suit jacket and we have a cake kind of like this one.

Just look at it: it has ferns growing on the sides of the cake, and it's individual, yet layered, and it looks natural and organic. It's awesome. But everyone makes fun of me when I show it to them. Part of me wants to make fun of me. Nonetheless, I still think it's an awesome looking cake.

Plus, they could each be different flavors. Chocolate raspberry. Vanilla cream. Strawberry shortcake. Mmmmmmmm. Plus, we could even do a gluten free one for Gena. Except she'd have to eat the whole thing herself.

Cake from: brides.com.

Wedding planning

I can't figure out why I love this dress so much, but I do. It's very different from most of the other dresses that I like, but there's something about it....

Wedding planning

I can't figure out why I love this dress so much, but I do. It's very different from most of the other dresses that I like, but there's something about it....

Awesome Dog Collar and Lease Give-Away

This awesome blog, Mimi Blog, is doing an awesome give-away for a dog collar and leash. All of their options are super cute.

If I win, this is the collar that I love the most:

Because It's OK to Complain

My new favorite thing: http://www.wehatethat.com/

Halftime Lessons Give-Away

Halftime Lessons is doing an amazing giveaway called "Jewelry, Art and Starbucks??!!" that I'm SO excited about. Who wouldn't be?

She's giving away adorable earings, a piece by Oranje (all of which are amazing looking) and a $20 Starbucks card. Like I said - who wouldn't be excited about this???

If I were to win one of Oranje's pieces, I would ask for one of these. Aren't they phenomenal?