This past weekend was a complete wonderful whirlwind! The Mr. and I went to Richmond to co-host a house warming and 30th birthday bash for my grand-littles, Danielle. We went with a Glam Pineapple and Flamingo theme for the party. Megan had set the bar high with all the inspiration she found for the theme so I got to work crafting + shipping things north. I'm so proud how the signs, banners, door hanger, straws, toothpicks, hand towels, and cake topper I made turned out!
Earlier I shared how my bridal pictures turned out to be more of an event than anticipated, check out Bridal Portraits (Round One). This turned out to be one of the best memories from all of wedding planning!
One of our wedding gifts was these amazing hammered copper kitchen canisters. I absolutely love how they look out on the open shelf but I didn't exactly think them through. There isn't any visual slot to see what is inside and the side effects of a past brain injury make me EXTREMELY forgetful (to put it nicely). What ends up happening is I forget what is in each canister, I open them up until I find the one I need, all the while making a mess popping open each lid. Or in the event my wonderful in-laws are in town and decide to cook dinner for us, they assume the largest canister is flour and batter all of the chicken with what is actually powdered sugar. Not a good situation any way you look at it.
Check out the article here by Double Windsor Photography for Part 1 from our wedding weekend! This article features my Bachelorette Bubbly Brunch Lingerie Shower hosted by my amazing sorority little's and grand-little's.
It was winter here in south Louisiana for a blink or two. It appears spring has arrived and isn't going anywhere. My boys have completely embraced the weather change in the Sportsman's Paradise since it is now fishing season! Luckily we have a pond in our back yard so the Mr. can fish after work while I enjoy the sun. Afternoons in the spring usually involve Jackson (fur baby) lounging in the sun like a cat, the Mr. catching fish in the pond, and me piddling around. The boys are much easier to keep occupied than me... I'm constantly getting into something different, it usually switches between working out, reading a book, crafting, or prepping dinner while I watch the boys.
One of my good friends is a graphic designer, Elise Apffel. She did the majority of the print items for our wedding. A few weeks after the wedding I got home from work to a large flat package at our front door. I'm extreamly impatient so waiting to open the box with the Mr. was a very lofty goal!
My bridal pictures turned out to be more of an event than anticipated. I was certain I wanted my hair all up for the wedding, so we had my hair fixed that way for the bridal pictures. Double Windsor Photography did a great job shooting the pictures at Race + Religious and then at The Roosevelt Hotel. After the pictures came back, as beautiful as they were, I did not like my hair all up and neither did anyone else. Hello Gorgeousand Double Windsor Photography did amazing work. The pictures from Race + Religious and The Roosevelt came out stunning! We ended up getting a large canvas print of a picture from this day for our house. Round two for bridal pictures was put on the calendar a few months later once the weather cooled down a bit. We will share that event with you soon! For now, here is round one of bridal portraits.
The safe 'dowry' has become one of those jokes that will never go away. I thought my parents were buying me a big Bowning safe as a house warming present when in reality it was bought for Jojo as a "thanks for proposing to her" reward. I know, I thought dowries were outdated too... I was wrong. So it seems the going rate to get rid of your daughter with a strong personality is a big safe. I'm slightly offended that they don't think I'm worth more than a safe... however we are accepting applications for suitors, I have a younger sister!
