happy thanksgiving!!

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I hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving with family and friends. I wish everyone good eats, great times, and a weekend full of happiness.

For those traveling, I hope you have a safe and successful trip.

T and I will be hitting the road Friday afternoon to go to Lenoir and spend time with his family.

gocco: holiday card success!

I finally had a successful gocco night! Yippee! and I have to say it was so satisfying. Now I just want to gocco everything!



I made 50 of these darlings because I felt bad wasting the ink. and I don't have 50 people to send them to. So, does anyone want a set? I'm thinking of grouping them in tens, so I'll probably have only 2 full sets to offer. Leave me a comment if your interested.

holiday cards

There are so many unbelievably talented people in this world. It's amazing!

After seeing Nole's Holiday Card Round Up, Part 1 and Holiday Card Round Up, Part 2, I seriously would love/want to own a letterpress. Letterpress cards are just so beautiful.

[[Lucky Bees Press]]

On a side note: I've tried out my new gocco with a holiday card of my own. However, I haven't been too lucky yet with the gocco...some newbie mistakes...some difficulties with the screens...and too oily of ink. I'm going to give it another shot in a few days. Wish me luck! I hope to become a gocco pro in the next month or so.

honeymoon

T and I have been going back and forth about our honeymoon. It's quite frustrating at times.

Do we take a nice honeymoon now, or wait a year? Do we go to a nice warm beach in Mexico, or do we go to Asheville?

NOW:
1. our priorities and goals will be different once we're married - saving for a house, paying off my car and student loans, etc.
2. enjoying the first week of wedded bliss vacationing away from the real world of atlanta

LATER:
1. it really just saves us upfront costs, so we don't have to add the expense in addition to the wedding.
2. gives us time to save (but see NOW: 1 for reasons this might be unlikely)
3. have to wait a year

MEXICO:
1. warm
2. sunny
3. beach
4. all inclusive
5. adults only
6. all inclusive
7. sort of expensive
8. have to buy plane tickets
9. have to get new passport

ASHEVILLE:
1. secluded mountain house
2. mountains
3. deck with private hot tub
4. asheville
5. probably cold
6. have to buy all food
7. less expensive
8. can drive there


What would you do?

checklist

completed::
venue
caterer
photographer
cake
tent rental
dress
m.o.h. dress
officiant
save-the-dates
rings
florist

to do::
ceremony music
reception play list
boys wear
invitations
marriage license
favors
programs
finish up decorations {napkin rings, centerpieces, garland}
yarn pom poms
honeymoon
rehearsal dinner

anything missing?

m.o.h. dress love

my m.o.h. attire: the cotton cady lydia dress in black

i've got a gocco!!

I'm so excited!! I finally have a gocco!...Thanks to the lovely lady of Once Wed. I can't wait to play with my new machine...

punam bean

[[image c/o: punam bean]]

Check out this amazing destination wedding.

Her photos are amazing!! I love love love reading her blog and I can't say enough how much I enjoy her work...BEAUTIFUL!

motivation...where are you?

These last couple of weeks, I've had no motivation whatsoever. I've been in a little lull with the wedding since I'm at the point where most of our vendors are booked...so I'm not sure what all needs to be done anymore. I mean, I know there's a lot to do, but I just don't know where to focus my time.

I honestly get so overwhelmed with all the ideas and inspirations out there that I just don't know where to go with them; and I often feel like my wedding will never compare to all these beautiful weddings out there.

So my New Goals: Focusing solely on MY wedding; regaining motivation; and not looking at as many wedding blogs as I currently do [I get depressed].


Up coming things...
1. Our invitation design
2. Our wedding bands have been ordered and are awaiting pick-up
3. Our engagement session this weekend with the lovely Lisette Price

such an adorable idea...

Check out this amazing new DIY project from Laurie on Once Wed! It's oh-so-fabulously adorable. I seriously love Laurie and all her DIY goodness.

Have a wonderful weekend!! I'm head to NC for my soon-to-be-sister-in-law's wedding [aka: Tim's sister].

a lovely wedding

I love perusing Our Labor of Love - the blog. The husband and wife team always take amazing pictures and have such an eye for composition. Check out this stunning wedding on their blog. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY!!


And look at this adorably cute idea!! Remember these...it brings back all the childhood memories....

[[Photos c/o: Our Labor of Love]]

farewell pinwheels

This is another DIY project, from Once Wed, that I might have to add to our list of things to do. I love the idea of pinwheels spinning as we're making our get-away.

For full DIY instructions click here.

MOOOOO

I am new to the MOO world and have fallen for the moo mini cards. I especially like the new frames. It's a must purchase for after the wedding (I hope).

save-the-date

I mailed out our save-the-date announcements this week. Hooray!

the shoes

I've finally decided on a pair of shoes! and I have to say I'm thoroughly impressed with zappos. I placed this order yesterday at 10:40 PM and they arrived at my doorstep today at 4 PM. Aren't they cute?