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I won’t be here to blog on my anniversary (Sept. 18) because Mike is taking me on a surprise getaway for the weekend (!!), but I wanted to give you a little look back at what was, in my totally biased opinion, the greatest wedding of all time. Whenever I look at the pictures, I [...]
We are back in California now, but we had such a great trip to Colorado. I’m not gonna lie — we had some misadventures, too. But something about a pretty Colorado day makes you roll with the punches just a little bit more. The trip started out with me trying to get a cab to the [...]
First of all, apologies for the long absence. Our internet has been down for the last few days and we finally got it working again. I’m not usually a big resolution maker, but I thought that since my life has completely changed in the last year, that it would be a good time to get [...]
Remember these people? Well, last weekend Erin and Jason got their turn to be bride and groom, and it was yet another perfectly personalized celebration of love. Erin was the most organized bride you’ve ever seen. She had instructional packets for just about everyone involved, and she made sure everyone was in the right place [...]
If you’re planning a wedding, I would definitely encourage you to have a photo booth at some point. One of the most fun parts after the wedding is looking at all those photos and seeing what you missed throughout the night. I love how in any photo with Pete, he is always doing something completely [...]
I did my very best to condense the photos into a manageable amount, but there were so many good ones, I just couldn’t help myself! So let’s start at the beginning. The morning of the wedding, my sister pulled out her hair and makeup artist skills and helped me roll my hair and apply makeup, [...]
During the almost two years I had to plan my wedding, I tried really, really hard to stay sane about the whole process. I had a vision of what I wanted the day to be like, and I certainly wanted to include a ton of DIY elements. But I didn’t want to set it up [...]
To get to our last city, Sevilla/Seville, we decided to take a bus because it was a much more direct route. It started out as a pretty nauseating ride through the hills while this old man next to me hacked up a lung. But eventually things smoothed out, and we got there really quickly. We [...]
Can you believe this honeymoon is still going? I can’t, and I was there! Ronda was the first part of the trip that really felt like a honeymoon. It’s a much smaller town with beautiful views and all kinds of romantic vibes. Everywhere you looked you saw PDA. So you figured, why not join in. [...]
Granada is such a cool city. Because of its proximity to north Africa and its Muslim history (it was a Muslim stronghold from the 700s to the 1400s), it has a really different look and feel than the other cities we visited. Even the hotel room had a sort of Moroccan feel. (It’s funny how [...]
Two of my crochet patterns — vintage hanger covers and a colorful granny square pillow — have been published in a new book. You can now order So Pretty! Crochet, by my talented friend Amy Palanjian, at Amazon.com. 
