nesting

The future hubs and I checked out a potential first-home this morning. Exciting! It will certainly be quaint. And by quaint I mean small and a little crusty-old. But that just adds to the fun of making it feel like a home! As excited I've been for the wedding, I feel like I'm just as excited about the nesting that is to come. 

It got the brain ticking with decorating ideas, of course.

Here's a peek at my color/style inspiration. I'm hoping to find a happy medium (is it medium or median?) between the two. 

And this is what's on the wish list for our bedroom. 

Duvet (check!), shams, throw (check!), Mr. and Mrs. pillows (a coming DIY project), lamp (just inspiration), map

Don't worry...we'll get it all together so that you can come visit!

I'm not a big blog question ask-er. But, I do have one today. I'm just too curious - what makes you feel at home while you are away from home?

newsies

It's the news in the home town today.

But not nearly as big as the new solar power projects or the peach cookery contest winners, of course.

Ruston - I really do love and appreciate your small town charm.

wedding wednesday: moving and a shaking

I spent my weekend in Ruston [aka the wedding-planning mothership] for the main purpose of adding some checks to that to-do list. It was suc-cess-ful!

Over the past several years, I've saved over 1,000 photos in my "Wedding Ideas" folder. I'm a little more embarrassed of that now that I read it out loud. It's just because I've been wedding-obsessed since I was little bitty. Well, very young. I was never actually little bitty.

You can imagine that I wouldn't want to include that many ideas into one wedding, so I had to majorly scale it down into one concise vision. Which is super fun, I might add. So, I thought I'd give all you faithful readers a sneak-peek of some of the ideas we chose to incorporate. None of them will be exactly like the inspiration pictures - got to put our own vintage spin on them, of course. And it won't ruin a surprise on the big day [which is officially less than two months away...WHOA]. 

1. Lots and lots and lots of candlelight 

2. Lots of beautiful girls in a beautiful neutral platinum 

3. Blush, "ruffly" flowers, as we call them

4. Vintage hang-tag programs - really excited to get to make these!

5. Old family photos to remind family and guests of their big days

6. Bread bread bread - thankfully, our awesome caterer just spent a couple months in Italy and fell deeper in love with my favorite food

7. Door letters - the next item on the DIY list

It's also safe to say that we'll have enough mercury glass to use it on every surface of our home...for the rest of our lives.

out of control

I have a big girl job.

And I did nothing to achieve it.

The Lord continues to amaze me with His mercy-filled provision that I absolutely do not deserve. I'm beginning to see a pattern in my life. A pattern of Him providing things in a way where there is no question of if I could have accomplished it on my own strength and in my own time.

The day before my soon-to-be-boss called me to set up an interview, all I could think about is having to job search and plan a wedding. Though it was not a source of stress yet, the thought of it was pretty...well...ginormous. Some nights I spent searching the internet for jobs so that me and my almost-hubs can eat every night. Or...every other night if need-be. All of sudden, in about 72 hours, there was a string of events that led to a phone call, a meeting time, a great interview, and a job offer. And celebrating afterward, of course. And the craziest thing is that I never even applied for this job. I see the Lord's mighty hand. And I know that this event will not be forgotten so that He may be glorified over and over again in this strengthening of our faith. What a great God we serve, yes?!

So, sometime in July, I'll begin as the Policy Coordinator for the Governor's Office of Coastal Activities. Sounds more fancy than it is, I believe. And I'm not completely sure what all it will entail. But, from what I've heard, I'm just so very excited!

And, by the way, I graduated. It was a really fun weekend. It just happened to get a little shadowed by all this super-exciting wedding business. Here's a mini photo-dump from that weekend.

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wedding wednesday: go time

I'm going to go ahead a blame Memorial Day for making me think that today was Tuesday and causing this Wedding Wednesday post to cut a little into Thursday since I just got my mind on the right calendar square.

With the beginning of this week came wedding go-time. And, let me just say, I love it. Are you getting married? Can I make you a to-do list also? Trust me, I'm capable. Ours is three pages long. Typed.

I'm headed north this weekend to check off some of those boxes with my super Mother of the Bride. We've been stress-free and wedding-nightmare-free so far, and I'd like to keep it that way. But, after laying eyes on this beauty, I will be having some sweet wedding dreams tonight.

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Speaking of dreams...time for some beauty rest. I have a big-girl interview tomorrow. Prayers are welcomed.

Goodnight fellow wedding lovers!