furbish = love.

Last weekend after my great grandfather's birthday party B & I went to visit some of our best friend's in Raleigh. 

After a night filled with UNO {and some vino} Cam and I woke up early, grabbed coffee and window shopped at this MOST lovely store. 

I fell instantly in love. Obviously. 

I keep saying that I want to go more neutral in our house but after seeing this place ... My tone has SERIOUSLY changed. 

I'm now desperate for crazy pops of color, mixing of different patterns, and insanely unique accessories. 

Did you fall in love too? Check out the furbish studio website ... and her uber cute blog! 

fiesta! fiesta!

So as I'm sure many of y'all know, 

Last weekend I celebrated my great grandfather's 102 birthday with a Mexican Fiesta themed party! 

Oh you need proof? 

Well, you got it. 

Happy Thursday Y'all! 

wedding finale: the reception.

Well y'all we've finally reached the end of my wedding story! And what fun it has been reliving! 

It was truly the most special time of my life ... I've never felt so surrounded by love as I did during my wedding and reception. And remembering that feeling makes my heart swell even as I type this post. 

So for the reception, I'm going to leave you with LOTS of pics and very few words. 

I'm hoping to have a little surprise for y'all next Tuesday ... So fingers crossed that it works out! :) 

Happy Tuesday Y'all! 

wedding ceremony.

It's about time, right? 

I can't believe this is my second to last wedding post ... It's been SO much fun reliving what was such an incredibly special time in my life ... 

Ok so now up ... The ceremony! 

I absolutely love the church that I grew up in ... We have a great minister who I adore listening to on Sundays and the church itself is absolutely gorgeous, especially the sanctuary. 

The only drawback ... No pictures during wedding ceremonies. Now part of me understands this and I was honestly thankful that I didn't hear the constant clicking of cameras during our vows BUT it means that I have VERY few photos from our wedding ceremony. 

And that's about it folks ... Aside from the random cell phone pictures that people 'illegally' snapped! :) 

So now ... I have a confession ... It's a big one ... Are you ready? 

I have a SERIOUS potty mouth. 

Now the reason I'm telling y'all this is that I almost fell down DURING our ceremony ... Notice that at the beginning of the ceremony we are out in front of the altar and then we had to walk up those TINNNNNNY little stairs and stand in front of the altar with the minister and our maids of honor and best men. 

Well, I almost didn't make it y'all. 

As soon as I took the first step, my heel got caught in the lining of my dress and I stumbled ... and said a bad word ... which of course was projected forward TOWARDS the minister ... 

Luckily I didn't fall {thank you B} but I did have to push my heel through the lining of my dress ... 

This picture is one of my absolute faves ... all of our wedding party and family heard my 'four letter word mishap' and this pic is of me and my stepmom talking about it after the ceremony ... 

And then of course me showing my girls THE rip ... 

Now from the church to the reception site we took a trolley ... That we had to trot to in the POURING RAIN! 

Next week ... One of the MOST fun nights I've ever had ... OUR RECEPTION! :) 

**sorry for the picture quality ... I had to take pictures of our pictures because our photog shot only on film {which I love}!***

Happy Tuesday Y'all! 

what.a.week.

holy MIA blogger. 

I apologize for my absence but this has been one CRAZY week. You know one of those "what else could POSSIBLY go wrong?" weeks. 

Beginning of the week ... sinus infection caused by allergies. {again, I hate you pollen.}

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Middle of the week ... food poisoning from what, at the time, I thought was delicious sushi. I'm still feeling pretty lousy from that ... And really tired of the BRAT {bananas, rice, applesauce, toast} diet ... 

Needless to say, the creative juices were NOT flowing. I promise I'm back in the game now though. And man, have I missed y'all! 

Happy Thursday Y'all! 

pre-ceremony.

Ready for another part of mine & B's wedding story? 

Bryan and I had a big wedding party ... 9 bridesmaids and 9 groomsmen ... I loved it though! A huge party for our entire 7 month engagement! :) 

I made hair appointments for all of my bridesmaids, mom, stepmama, and me! You can imagine with 12 of us it was a LONG day at the salon ... 

As you can tell it was so much fun though! 

{well, for us ... I'm not sure what the rest of the patrons thought!}

After the salon, we all headed to the church to get our dresses on ... 

{one of my fave pics of the whole day is both my sisters crying when my Daddy saw me for the first time}

The fellas were across the church 

{so we wouldn't risk B seeing me before the ceremony!}

goofing off ... 

So on our wedding day it was POURING down rain ... {causing serious anxiety for this girl} 

At my church in order for the bride to get to the back of sanctuary with nobody seeing her, she has to either walk outside or down the aisle to the balcony ... Obviously the outside path was NOT an option ... So me and my 9 bridesmaids plus my mom, stepmom, Daddy, and MIL marched down the aisle and up to the balcony .... 

At the time, I didn't realize how cool this would be ... 

I got to watch the entire church fill with our family and friends ... 

I even got to watch B walk to the front of the church. 

{cue swelling of the heart! :)}

{right before Daddy walked me down the aisle}

So next up ... the ceremony and LOTS of pictures ... 

{you like how I'm dragging this out as much as possible?!}

For you married ladies, what was your day pre-ceremony like? 

For all your other lovely ladies, what do you imagine your day will be like before your ceremony? 

Happy Tuesday Y'all! 

rehearsal dinner.

Ready for more of mine & B's wedding story? 

{warning: this post contains LOADS of pics!}

I must say ... looking at all these pictures is so much fun! I still can't believe this September it will be two years! time really does fly ... 

Our rehearsal dinner was at one of my favorite restaurants in Charlotte ... BonTerra. When it was originally built, it was a Methodist church ... so the architecture of the building is amazing. And seemed to fit right in with our wedding 'theme' 

{everything from the rehearsal dinner to ceremony to reception were in gorgeous historic buildings and neighborhoods in Charlotte}

{outside of the restaurant}

{table setting and grooms cake}

We had lots of friends and family at the rehearsal dinner ... 

Lots of speeches ... 

And a lot of me and this guy ... :) 

It was such a wonderful time ... And so special to be able to spend time with the most important people in our lives the night before our big day! 

So now for all your married folks ... I want to know what your rehearsal dinner was like? 

And for you single or soon to be marrieds ... What do you picture yours being? 

Happy Tuesday Y'all! 

a touch of modern.

First I need to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for all of you sweet notes yesterday! It yet again reminded me how awesome the blogging community is and how many wonderful people I've met along the way! 

BIG {VIRTUAL} HUGS TO ALL OF YOU! 

Now on to some decorating biznass ... 

Typically, I would describe my style as shabby chic ... It's a little bit cottage, a little bit coastal and a whole lot of casual! 

Recently though, I've been really wanting to mix in some random modern/contemporary/whatever you want to call it ... 

Here's some things I saw on CSN that I'm really diggin' right now ... 

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I think that pillows are definitely the easiest way to update the look of a room ... 

Especially since my mama & stepmama 'demanded' that I learn how to sew a pillow. 

{fine, offered to teach}

I love those lamps though and have been searching for a crystal/glass lamp ... Or maybe a mirrored one? 

And then there's the ghost chair ... Oh how I love thee! I really need want one of these! Maybe in the bedroom? Oh my! Dreamy!!

So what do y'all think? What is your decorating style?

Happy Thursday Y'all!