Wedding day

We had a busy busy weekend celebrating my sister and Chris! 

Here is mom with two of her friends. 

Mrs Phyllis hosted a delightful bridesmaid luncheon Friday morning! 

Friday night we celebrated at therehersal dinner. The shrimp boil was a hit and the food tasted amazing! 

Here was my crafty contribution to the wedding. 

Sister ordered the candy and made the banner and I fluffed and made signs. 

This was a HIT at the reception and only a tiny bag of candy remains!! 

We will have professional pictures very soon!! 

Mom made all the kids outfit and they were simply stunning! 

Silly c bug! 

Took a quick screen shot sneak peek the photographer shared!!

Can't wait to see the rest! 

The are off to Jamacia and will be back soon! 

So happy for y'all!!

Bach Trip in Nashville

I have left y'all out on some big family news. 

My sister is getting married in August so we are all gearing up for that. 

We escaped with a few bridesmaids and a few dear friends for a weekend getaway! 

We woke up and headed to Posh Nail Spa at Green Hills.

This is my friend I met at the nail bar!!! Hahaha

Sister says I always make friends wherever I go. 

We left there and hit the malls!! 

And grabbed a bite to eat at Chuy's 

Ps this gold crown makes my life complete! 

H&M swag!! 

Then we came back to the room to party!!

I just threw together some decorations I had at home. 

Since the weekend was spa themed we grabbed our favorite treats from trader joes for the party! 

I highly recommend the chocolate ice cream Bon bons and the frozen lemon bars!

Amaze!!!!

Everyone went home with their own homemade moisture body scrub!! 

Body scrub recipe: 

8 tbsp Epsom salt

4 oz extra virgin oil 

4 drops DoTerra orange oil

2drops DoTerra vanilla 

Ahhhh mazing!!!

We then headed out to dinner! 

We ate at Tavern and everything was amazing!!! 

Next morning hubs and the kids drove to Nashville and picked me up to head to the beach!!

They grabbed a quick picture and we were on our way! 

Someone is trying super hard to walk! 

Next stop!!!Sandestin!!!  

Tablecloths and Styling: Wedding Edition

Just about this time last year a dear friend asked me to make some items for her wedding.

 

Of course I jumped at the opportunity.

 

Just wanted to walk down memory lane and show y'all how fun everything was.

Look at the precious sign she painted!

This was the entry table to the reception. 

And the gift table!

Love how this fitted tablecloth turned out.

I will be making one of these cloths for myself one day in the near future.

A long view of the reception hall and food area.

 Fringe burlap cloth for the groom's cake

 Simple burlap runners for the reception tables!

 And the piece-de-resistance

The Wedding Cake Table.

 It was so perfect and complimented her cake beautifully!

How fun was this tent??

 

Such a great wedding and I am so thankful the bride asked me to be apart of her special day.

Ps. I am now looking for an excuse to use her band just so I can enjoy a fun night of dancing again!
Seriously they had sooo much energy and they got Everyone on the dance floor!!

Happy (Almost) one year anniversary Candace and Michael.

Thanks again for letting me help with your special day!
And again how perfect was this???



Sneak Peek

For those of you who do not follow along on instagram you may not know I helped coordinate her wedding reception this past weekend. I had a blast. 

To see the rest of the photo's hop on over to the facebook page to see everything.

Here is a direct link for you!

Calligraphy

I have always always loved calligraphy. Whenever i get a wedding invitation in the mail and find the handwritten art i stop and stare for  a few seconds. 

I decided this last week that learning how to write in this style must be added to my bucket list!! Here are a few of my fave images.... Enjoy.

 Isn't this an adorable idea of a wedding??

For one of my favorite invitation sites check out Bella Figura.com. 

Unbelievably beautiful fonts. 

Hope each of you had a wonderful Fourth of July!!

Ours was spent working on projects... surprise,  surprise...

Southern Weddings Part 2

Some of my favorite things to do are surrounded around the joining of a man and woman in marriage.

1. picking out flowers
2. finding wedding dressesokay just a little side note here, this is/was my dream wedding gown, seeing as we planned our wedding in exacly 7 weeks there was no time for Monique Lhuiller to make this beauty,soooo i wore this... and i still love it,
3. I also think one of the neatest stages in wedding planning is deciding which traditions will be incorporated in the ceremony. I knew that since Casey and I had no grandparents attending (casey has a grandmother living, everyone else is deceased) we thought we would have the mothers lay a special pink rose in honor of the grandmother's not with us.
4. GIFT REGISTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello, need i say anymore, i was excited, mom was excited, and casey went crazy with that gun they give you, SCAN IT!!!! Most of the items on my registry were very practical. I think that is really becoming the trend, most of my friends have registered for really practical things, I have only had 4 friends register for china, and they are my traditional, "girly"friends.

1. childrens clothes for the wedding. Just see below. One day i hope to own a store that rents french hand sewn children'a clothing, noone wants to pay the price for such fine work but i know if there was a store that charged a deposit (for incidentals) and a rental fee, people would be all over that for children's portraits, weddings, in Mobile, (for the coronation ball)

below, these are the two sweet girls in my wedding, even though i had yet to walk down the aisle, the lady who sat up the ribbon tied a knot in it and the girls had quite a time figuring it out, (the car in the background really irks me.... whatev, small garden wedding i keep telling myself) needless to say it brought all the guests a little chuckle to get their minds of the incredibly aweful heat they were sitting in......
the dresses the girls are wearing have a really neat story to them... my mom made both of them for my sister and i to wear in our babysitters wedding when we were Allie Marie, and Mary Ira's age. It was really special for me to share that with two little girls that i had the privledge to keep. Are they not the cutest things ever???

this pic is from my friend Anna's wedding, are these not the most breathtaking wedding gown and french hand sewn {flower girls} dresses ever?? uhh just gorgeous......

and this is my sweet friend Kara's nephew London, uhh he is going to be a heartbreaker, and look at the lace both of the girls have in their dresses, (I LOVE LACE)

Sidenote: Most of the photo's shown in this post were taken by Josh Malahy Photography.
This is Josh
basically he rocks. His photography skills are amazing, and he has a true talent for photo-journalism. He IS the best! Here is a picture from my friend Haley's wedding. Josh has such an incredible way to capture a sweet moment.

What was your wedding like? Did you incorporate any neat traditions??