i won something!

today, I'm ecstatic! I won some fabulous Minted holiday cards over on the Ruffled Blog. I couldn't be a happier girl :)

lawn games...

in my next life (because I only plan on getting married once in this lifetime) I will have an outdoor wedding with lawn games and adorable signs...

 

it'll be fabulous. 

lace + leaves...

 

image via style me pretty

isn't that so fabulous?!?! almost makes me wish i was planning a fall wedding... 

i heart the internet.

Seriously. It's been a good internet day. I started off the Saturday in bed with my laptop browsing through a SATURDAY Style Me Pretty post. I'm always a little sad when I check my blog roll throughout the week and come saturday morning I have nothing new to look at so this was extra special! The rockstar women working that blog really know what they are doing! It's eye candy overload and today did not disappoint and left me uber inspired.

By noon I finally nailed down our color scheme... that I might just post a picture to in the near future... it's not like it's top secret or anything. :)  And then Jason and I were off to Home Depot to pick up some supplies for our photobooth project... which we found inspiration for ... on the internet! My amazing and patient father spent the day with us sawing, building, and teaching us how to make my plans a reality and we actually got pretty far. 

After a delicious fall dinner with the family I was off to ebay to search for some vintage wallpaper... and look what I found!

I can't wait to receive my package from the ups man and see what my new wallpaper looks like in person! I have a feeling that day might feel a little like christmas... :)

I just heart the internet.

11 months to go ... sort of...

Well i guess I did try to post last month. I started drafting this post on July 18th (our actual "eleven months to go" anniversary), but then I decided I'd rather spend every minute I could with my boyfriend, and I put the blogging on hold... here's what I started to write:

Today we are exactly 11 months away from our wedding date and I feel like I need to acknowledge it somewhere aside from my facebook page (I love my future husband but I don't need to start annoying people with status updates just yet) We have been celebrating with a lovely 4 mile run, moving Jason out of his former apartment, and pizza. Just being alone together made the day perfect.

... and that's it... but re-reading over a month later helped me to remember a day that was so simple and fun for the two of us. I have to post so it's permantly saved in our lovely internet history... :)

thursday

reed fish inspired me in so many ways tonight.

first, I netflixed the movie "I'm Reed Fish" (via instant streaming on the Wii, don't know what I'd do without it.)
obviously step 2 would be me googling Reed Fish the person (who wrote the film... inspired by his actual life)
through google I was lead to his webpage, where he and his wife, Liz ( - - man it's a little creepy how much you can learn through google) post elements of their artistic life - photography, videos...

this series of portraits especially caught my attention.

here are a few from "Here There"

check the rest out if you're interested.

now, i know i seem to be turning EVERYTHING into wedding talk lately... and I really don't want to strip the genius of these photos... but seriously. . . Couldn't this make an interesting concept for an engagement shoot? sure you could add some fun props, but the photos from two different perspectives alone could tell an awesome story about someone and their significant other... 

just thinking.

speaking of cake...

... these fabulous cake paintings were featured on design sponge today.

can't decide if I'd rather eat them or hang them on my wall...

artwork by jordan and paul ferney