In a nod to #WeddingWednesday, I thought I'd share with you my fabulous wedding gift from my very clever husband (well, my very clever husband who is also very good at taking hints).  Being that after our nuptials, we'd be relocating beachside, I couldn't imagine making the move without a beach cruiser at my disposal.  After the wedding and the honeymoon, I arrived home to find this is my garage:


As you can see, most of my rides are more than casual, but in my more glamorous life, this is how I'd cruise the sandy shores:

Happy Wedding Wednesday! LAS and I are a mere 9 days from Wedding Day!! I can barely believe it.  This is my last week of work until we return from our honeymoon, so I'm a busy bee fitting in lots of last minute things before it's all wedding, all the time next week.

All the details are coming along nicely and I'm looking froward to focusing on wedding fun next week and finally ending all the planning!

One thing I do want to do this weekend is make a burlap banner to hang on our gift/guest book table...mum's the word on what it will say but it'll look a little something like this:

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Happy Wedding Wednesday--there are officially 23 days until our wedding!! AHHH! I can't believe it is so soon,  it seemed like we would never get to this point.  I also can't believe I'm finally sharing this DIY project with you...I've been waiting until we got closer to the wedding as I didn't want the letter to "wear out" before the big day.

So far I've only done the L, I'll do a B as well and hang them both on the church doors with ribbon and then transfer them to the reception site.  Making the L was incredibly easy and I documented all the steps for you guys! As I finished I sprayed the whole letter with some hairspray (Sebastian--only the good stuff right?!) to "set" it.  I think these are great for a wedding or even for the front door of your home! So get crafting!

Only 58 days to go!! Can you even believe it? I'm so excited but all those little tasks are starting to add up, time to start checking them off my list!  Today we have our tasting with the caterer and our menu is something we are both most excited about.  Think fried mac and cheese balls, shrimp and grits, pulled pork sliders and bourbon chicken with collards among other things...mmm, can't wait to try it all!

Things have been tres busy around here and here is a glimpse of what we've been up to including celebrating Mr. Q's birthday with ABQ and friends, visiting the Mouse at the most wonderful time of the year, and commemorating LAS's grad school graduation!

This past weekend my family and I headed up to Thomasville, GA for a family shower thrown by my aunts to include grandparents, aunts, uncles, moms, dads--everyone! We were so excited to see family and friends and celebrate with everyone.  

One of my aunts gave me an especially sweet gift.  My mom's mother passed away before I was born and I've always grown up hearing stories about how lovely she was.  At the shower, my aunt (my dad's sister) told the story of how on my parent's wedding day, my grandmother lent her a handkerchief  to clean my cousin's face off with.  My aunt tried to give it back but my grandmother told her to keep it, which my aunt took to mean, return it after you've cleaned and my grandmother, said "no, you just hang on to it."  Over the years, the handkerchief would pop up in moves, etc. and my aunt made sure to keep it safe.  On Saturday, she gave it to me to carry on my wedding day, to have a special piece of my grandmother with me.  It was such a sweet moment and one I will never forget.  I can't wait to carry the handkerchief and pass it on to my sister and my two cousins on their wedding days.

Now for the pictures!

THE handkerchief

Our delicious cake

the family :)

Only 86 days to go!

108 days 'til the wedding! Woo Hoo! The past couple of weeks have been super exciting:

• My dress is in! I'm going to try it on this weekend and I'm so excited!
• My 3rd pair of shoes came in nice and clean! 
• Wedding rings are purchased!
• The bridesmaid dresses are here! They are even lovelier than I imagined and am so excited for the girls .  A sneak peek:

Everything is in full swing and I have shower #2 on Sunday--can't wait!!

This past weekend was my first bridal shower and it could not have been more lovely! ABQ, Ky, and their mom, Momma D through me the most beautiful shower!  It was pretty,  the food was yummy and everyone had a great time! My bffs SLB and ABQ cooked up a little surprise and had SLB make a Skype appearance at the shower! She couldn't fly in the for shower so she figured this was the next best thing--it was perfect, I was so touched she thought to do that and was THRILLED she was able to be a part of the fun!  Enjoy the photos:

from upper left, clockwise: me, mom & sissy... me & SLB skyping...me, my future MIL and sisters in law...Ky's fab cake...the beautiful tablescape...my charming hostesses w/ their gifts

We have 120 days until Wedding Day and I can't believe it...for some reason it seems SO close!  There's lots to do as you can probably imagine.

This Sunday is my first shower and I could not be more excited, I keep saying that I can't believe I'm going to a shower and it's going to be for me!

In two weeks, LAS' mom and sisters are throwing me another shower and the invitations came in the mail this week! They are super cute with their recipe card motif...LAS' mom requested everyone bring a recipe for me and I'm so excited, because I know those ladies will have some yummy dishes to share!


I'm sure I'll have lots of fun shower pictures to share next Wednesday!

Updates: All our invitations are printed, cut and waiting to be put together; My bridesmaids' gifts are coming right along; ABQ designed and printed our wedding thank yous and I'm obsessed--think LAS and EHK drawn in our fancy wedding day duds with a cameo from Stella; DIY projects still going on, including moss letters, burlap runners and signs for various wedding things

129 Days until Wedding Day!

Because I'm a crazy person and did massive amounts of planning right after we got engaged the second half of summer and early fall resulted in a bit of a wedding planning lull, because quite honestly, there just wasn't that much to do. But it's now time to get back into full swing!  Here's what I've been working on:

• My sweet future MIL is stitching our table runners and I got our first batch back from her and they're perfect! I bought a 20 yard bolt of fabric for the rest last weekend, hoping that will be enough for the rest!
• ABQ is printing our invitations as I type and I could not be more in love with our invitations if I tried....seriously, her work is beyond!
• We met with our florist last week to finalize the flowers and arrangements for the reception.  I love our florist--she totally gets me and my vision and that makes everything easy peasy.
• I shared a photo of my shoes here.  And the first pair came in with some spotting, not huge stains but come on, they are my wedding shoes, so they need to be perfectly clean.  The second pair came in and the same thing happened!! I'm giving Nina Shoes, one last shot because I really love the shoe and they aren't expensive and they're a good height and I really want them to work....so Nina Shoes, if you are reading, send a flawless pair of these my way OK?
• Next up....DIY Moss Letters, ordering my veil, and having monogrammed sashes made for my flower girls!

Happy Wednesday!

One of the many, many perks of working at Ashley Brooke Designs includes having her work on all of my wedding paper! 

Ashley, Kyla & their mom, Lesa are so sweet, they are throwing me my first bridal shower in a little over 2 weeks and I'm so excited, I can't wait!  So ABD paper + Bridal Shower=

Too cute, right??

Only 136 days to go!!

Check out what I picked up yesterday! The perfect finishing touch for our invitation suite and adorable accent for other little wedding projects! Thanks to engaged and inspired!

Only 143 days to go!

Good Morning!

At this point in our wedding planning (164 days to go), I like to say I'm "collecting things."  With all our vendors secured and many of those large decisions made, I'm in the land of collecting and making copious lists.  As I've shared with you before, Mason jars and milk glass are two stars of our reception show.  So I thought I'd share the pile with you (which is a small sample since most of the milk glass is at LAS' parents house).

I also picked up some materials on Monday for a DIY that will probably have to wait until a little closer to the big day.  Anyone make moss covered letters for their wedding? How do they hold up?

Happy Wedding Wednesday! Only 170 days until our wedding--can't believe it is just around the corner!!

This past week we started our pre-marital counseling, tried on wedding bands and picked out LAS' tux.  Thanks for all your advice on the whole Navy and Black thing. Although I initially wanted the dark grey, we ultimately decided on black for the boys.  LAS really like the classic black tux with a long tie.  Truthfully, the dark grey wasn't very different, (we would have had to lighten up to a medium to light grey to really get any constrast.) and I think LAS and I will look best together if he's in the black.  So there you go!

Our engagement photos are a week and a half away and I'm really excited! I'm still a little fuzzy on what to wear exactly so any suggestions are welcome! Out shoot will be at the beach, a special place to us: Where we met, fell in love and got engaged (insert eye roll or sweet aws here).  I was originally thinking white short and a linen button down in navy for me with LAS in khaki shorts with either a navy and cream check button down or cream linen button down.  Not sure how comfy I am with being photographed in shorts but I need to try on the whole look and decide!

Wedding Wednesday wouldn't be complete without a shout out to my favorite newly engaged couple! Ky from Have Your Cake and Eat it Too, bridesmaid and instant friend since she was a freshman in high school, is recently engaged to Bobbus!  This couple is so special to me and LAS as we've all been friends for quite some time.  We are so thrilled for them and can't wait to celebrate their marriage in the coming year! Congratulations guys, we love you!


If you made it to the end of this post, bless your heart! Have a great Wednesday!