Currently Obsessing Over: Calligraphy

calligraphy / a thousand threads
Actually, it’s a little embarrassing just how much I’ve managed to obsess over calligraphy these past few months… something about this one little element of design manages to bring out the crazy like few things can.  Colors, materials, big letters, small letters… I tell you, I’ve found things to obsess about that no sane mind ever should.

But I’m happy to report that yesterday, I officially boxed everything up and sent it off!  Soon, our invitations will be ready to go, our place cards perfect, and our table numbers set.

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2 Comments | Posted on: July 24, 2012 | Category: Gatherings, Link Love, Our Wedding

Do me a kindness and fill out my survey?

I know I’ve been making a whole lot of promises this year, big plans and such, but I swear to you (really) that they weren’t empty.  In fact, in just a couple of weeks I’ll be embarking on a major redesign of this little blog… and I’d love to have your input before I do.

So I’ve put together a super quick survey, and I would love it if you would take just a few minutes and fill it out with as much or as little detail as you like.  It’s totally anonymous, so you can be (and I hope you will be) candid.

Without the honest input of my readers, this would all be a pretty selfish endeavor.  And who really wants that?  You make this blog what it is, so I hope you’ll take just a few seconds (I swear, it’s short) and let me know what you like, what you hate, and what you’d really like to see in the future.

You can access the survey here.

Thank you for everything, and happy Monday!  I hope your week is getting off to a good start!

Photo: Besotted Brand Love Stamp

0 Comments | Posted on: July 23, 2012 | Category: Feedback

Happy Friday!

So tonight is my 10 year high school reunion… and, sadly, I won’t be there.  All of this planning plus a few unscheduled trips adds up to zero extra time money anything, so there was just no way we were going to be able to get our little bottoms back to Oregon for the weekend.

And that’s totally okay.  This year has been – and is going to be – so crazy good that I couldn’t ask for more… and I’ll be there in five years for 15, I promise.

But oh how I am missing my Oregon today… crisp summer mornings by the river, nights on the dunes, the freshest air and a cool breeze that I swear just does not blow the same anywhere else… this is the absolute best time to be in my home town.

Did you/will you go to your high school reunion?  Or does that kind of thing sound sort of awful to begin with?

Whatever you’re up to, I hope your weekend is full of fun!

Here are a few things I’m loving this week…

Tec and Chelsea Petaja for Kinfolk.

Telling secrets.

This is decidedly not on the diet… mmm.

These cotton fouta towels, on sale (I bought a few to use as blankets in the evening at the wedding!).

I kind of want to build a fort now.

Would kill for this.

Gin or whiskey? (My two faves.)

The bridal beauty paradox — thoughts?

4 Comments | Posted on: July 20, 2012 | Category: Link Love

Happy Birthday Blog!

Can you believe it’s been one whole year?  I started this little blog with a confession on July 19, 2011, with nearly a year and a half of wedding planning ahead.  I shared some of my favorite things, told you all about Mark’s amazing proposal, and chronicled my ups and downs.

We figured it out together.

Planning this wedding has been a wild ride, and I can’t say I’m entirely sad that it’s almost done.  It’s been a ton of work, but most of all… when the end comes, I’ll be married to my favorite guy… and that’s the best part.

More than anything, on this little blog anniversary of mine, my heart is so full of thanks for all of you.  Thank you for sticking in there as I’ve felt my way along, learning by doing and not always getting it right… but definitely always trying to improve.  Thank you for your support along the way.  I could never have known when I started this blog how many amazing people I would meet, and how much happiness those people would bring.

I have some big plans in the works for the future of this little project of mine, and I hope you’ll continue along for the ride… and always let me know what I can do to make this as much fun for you as it is for me.

Thank you for all of your kind words, yesterday and always, you have no idea how much it all means.

Here’s to the start of a second year, and a long future ahead!

Photo: Jose Villa

2 Comments | Posted on: July 19, 2012 | Category: Ramblings

Our Engagement Shots: Part 2

We took these shots in what has to be one of the most beautiful, but totally deserted, spots in Agoura Hills (meticulously scouted out by our photographer, Steve Steinhardt, who I swear read my mind) in between cake tastings, food tastings, and a million other little details and appointments.  After all, we had just one trip out to California to get everything down.

With all of our prepping and planning still swimming in my head, I was worried that slowing down and posing for the camera might feel awkward (then again I’m not sure I really need the added stress to feel awkward posing… that’s kind of a given) or something might go wrong, but I think it’s pretty obvious from a few of our shots, laughing my butt off (oh man, if only I could bring myself to share the outtakes… I was in full form, that crazy laugh of mine) that we had a ton of fun.

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10 Comments | Posted on: July 18, 2012 | Category: Our Wedding

Our Engagement Shots: Part 1

Okay, I’m guilty. I meant to narrow these down to just one post… but it’s just too hard.

I’m not going to say that I love myself in every shot… because really, no matter how gorgeous the pictures, a gal can always find a flaw. But still… the light…

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4 Comments | Posted on: July 18, 2012 | Category: Our Wedding

Just a little sneak peek…

Our engagement shots are here and I am sooo excited to share.  Be sure to check back tomorrow, once I’ve had a chance to narrow them down… I love them all too much to choose!

Photographer: Steve Steinhardt

1 Comment | Posted on: July 17, 2012 | Category: Our Wedding

Cheesy Peach Jalapeño Bread

Mark has always been a better cook than me.  In fact, I’ll toot his horn for him a little (because I’m proud) and say that he’s a better cook than most.  The only place I’ve ever been able to up him just a little (there’s that competitive streak again…) is in baking.  So when Mark decided to start baking bread, well, I’m not gonna lie… I was a little scared.  He was encroaching on my territory and I just knew he was going to be good at it.

And I was right.  But, really, I can’t say it’s all that terrible to come home to the smell of warm baking bread… or to taste this delicious-ness fresh from the oven.

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3 Comments | Posted on: July 16, 2012 | Category: Recipes

Happy Friday (the 13th!)

I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I’m totally superstitious.  I’ve always cringed a little when someone opens an umbrella indoors or walks under a ladder.  I can’t help it… it’s a gut reaction, and I’m not even sure where it comes from.  I don’t think my parents have the same paranoia… just crazy ol’ me.

Anyone else do the same?

And (just curious) how’s your day going?  To be honest… mine has been pretty great.  So far…

Here are a few things I’m loving this week…

Okay, I know I’m kind of obsessing over these shots but, come on, sooo pretty.

This awesome little table.

This beautiful wedding toast (that even made me tear up a little… and I don’t know them) and amazing advice.

Garlic naan.

With this blackberry gin fizz OMG.

This chick — who is hilarious.

5 Comments | Posted on: July 13, 2012 | Category: Link Love

On Having a Baby and Having “It All”

As a lady with a job, a blog, and a soon-to-be husband and step-son… who would (I think) someday like to have a little bugger of my own… believe me when I say that I fully believe in and support the idea of “having it all.” Meaning nothing more than that, someday, I would really like to be able to have both a job, and a kid… as successfully as possible.

That said, I’ve been meaning to comment on Anne Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic piece because, well, I’m pretty sure she’s right… and the whole “it all” thing is a little more complicated than any of us would really like.

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4 Comments | Posted on: July 12, 2012 | Category: Business, Life, Ramblings

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