french windows

so i went a tad crazy on purchasing french windows for our wedding and am now selling the extras on:


http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/for-sale-white-french-windows-ocla


Here are some of the fabulous ways you can use french windows in a wedding:

as of now, i only have three extras left and they are currently sitting in my car, waiting for a friendly-someone to come pick them up.

hopefully i'll find a good home/wedding for these guys by the end of the day :)

burlap and lace

i think my first project will be finding inexpensive jute (burlap) and lace so that i can create things like this for the wedding:

{appetizers and menus on french windows}

{burlap and lace tablecloths and runners}

{curtains for the barn entrance}

{pillows and ring pillow}

{and other fun things}

i'm sure there's tons more burlap and lace decor...

and check out what you can do with the leftovers.

a very happy birthday

my family threw a little dinner party for me at lucille's, one of my faves, on friday night - i'll never get tired of bbq!

on my actual birthday, we did our shoot with jerome and afterwards ended our day with dinner in laguna, a special planned out date from my future hubby. it felt like it was everybody's birthday yesterday, all four tables around us had a girl or lady celebrating a birthday. i didn't mention my birthday, but i guess the waiter overheard us talking or saw my dl and brought out a cupcake with a candle in it to our table as well. we ended the night with rented movies and drinks at home. i love nights like that. i had a very happy birhday!    

i love fridays

thank goodness it's friday! 

and you know what that means - tomorrow tanner and i will be shooting our engagement photos with our photographer/friend jerome park. we love his photos and can't wait to see what he comes up with!

here is a photo that our friend ray took (i edited) during our practice run :)

oh shoot, a practice run

a trip to the fountain.

We're taking our engagement photos this coming weekend and we're so excited, and to be honest - a bit nervous! Thank goodness we did a practice run for an hour with an amateur photographer last weekend. It was really difficult to get comfortable. How do you get comfortable in a crowded setting and a photographer shooting away (therefore creating a reason for everyone to stare)? With all the beautiful Pinterest images that I've pinned, they all look so carefree and natural... I however, am not photogenic when it comes to candids, all I want to do is look at the camera doe-eyed and smile. By the end of the day, we went to a park nearby, a little more secluded than Old Town Orange, but still crowded and took some more photos. That was a much more enjoyable experience. I will share those photos in another time, but for now, here are three engagement photos that we took in front of the fountain.

I have my fingers crossed for the shoot this weekend! 

the wedding planner

Although he doesn't like to admit this, Tanner's great at coming up with ideas for the wedding. We have very similar tastes, so that may be partly the reason I think his ideas are so great. 


I'm very excited about how things have been going with the wedding planning process, I'm actually sad to see some of these things go...especially dress shopping!


Here's a tidbit from my hunt: you can also view some others on my sister's page.

Monique Lhullier - probably the  most flattering dresses (brand spankin' new at the sample sale, wasn't a sample), and I can't believe I fit a ML size 2 but it zipped, so there it is?! The real winner of that day... was the magical skirt and top combo, but was out of my price range still... you can check that out on my sister's page.

*Anais - my first love

*I don't remember...but it looked a lot better with this belt

*Jim Hjelm - the chunky crystal detail was fabulous!

(This was my top contender to the dress I walked away with)

And here is a tidbit of table mock-ups we've been working on, there will be better fuller flowers of course and cute vases, these flowers were just $1 and used as our filler for now. hopefully the real thing will turn out a lot better than this, i have my fingers crossed!

here here to a new year!

I'm late, but who cares? I'm going to say/write it anyway -

Happy New Year!!!

To be honest - I've been very busy planning away for our september 8th, 2012 wedding and had almost forgot that this past weekend was the new year, that was until my sister V reminded me that we still needed our white outfits for the NYE white party.  To start off the Sunday, Jan.1st, 2012 - Tanner and I headed to a small cafe in Seal Beach for breakfast and mimosas after Mass, then took a stroll down the pier. I've got to say, what a lovely day to be at the beach and in January! So with the white party and beach, all in all, it was a great way to ring in year 2012 and I know this year will be a blast - so here here to a new year and party on my fellow bloggers!

Some things (that I can think of right now) to look forward to for the year 2012:

wine tasting this weekend w/ my sis & J

My 24th birthday

(2-4 is my special number, as that's the month and day of my actual birthday!)

Also, on my birthday - will be getting our 'engagement pictures' taken. 

Mardi Gras 2012

Coachella 2012

and Our Wedding!!!

 P.s. I also got Tanner his wedding band on Sunday. It was my idea to go check some out to get an idea of what he wanted and prices. He knew which one he wanted right away, so I just bought it on a whim no appointment or anything.