Yes To The Dress

In April I said, "Yes to the dress!"

Yesterday, I was able to go pick up my dress (It takes a while to order those things!).

While waiting to use the rest room at the bridal shop I chatted with a woman who was there to watch her future daughter-in-law try on dresses. The woman was really sweet and she kept referencing "Say yes to the dress!" ...You know the TV show where women spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a dress?

Well, It got me thinking that for me trying on dresses was nothing like it seems on the TV show.

It was fun, don't get me wrong... But it also was stressful!

I remember walking into the first shop we went to and instantly feeling sick to my stomach.

The sheer number of dresses is so overwhelming. The millions of styles of dresses is overwhelming! 

Also, trying on dresses makes this lady HOT! I was roasting!

I ended up finding the dress "of my dreams" at an adorable bridal shop on the second time around.

My advice: Every dress is beautiful in its own way. If you don't feel the water works or "the feeling" its probably because it is possible there are millions of dresses that could be "the one".

Have fun shopping and pick one that you think is beautiful, comfortable, and your style! 

Party

This weekend we had a little shindig for Josh's birthday! 

It was also kind of an engagement party... More like a reason to get our bridal party together to hang out!

We had a great time! I got the same feeling in my heart this weekend as I did when I went shopping for dresses with my bridesmaids.. I felt so blessed that all of our friends and family were there for us..

That my parents were setting up the house for us... 

everything that was happening that night was for us (well, mainly Josh!)

The party was a blast.. My dad fed everyone until their bellies could take no more..

We stayed up way to late and had a little too much fun!

Setting Up

We got a little spoiled this weekend too.. Josh's mom made us these pillows. The two smaller ones are where we grew up and the bigger one is where we will get married and it has our wedding date on it!

 She put them in this adorable bag!

 My friend Katie, who you can meet over here made us this cute little heart map! 

Words can't express how blessed I feel to have all the love and support that we have!

Happy Sunday, Hello Monday

Via pinterest

This weekend was perfect... Surrounded by our loved ones at an engagement/Birthday party for Josh...

My heart is so happy.. The sense of joy I feel being with all those that I love is simply blissful.

I hope everyone had a beautiful weekend and has an even happier Monday.

I think I'll start my Monday out with Biggby and a muffin =]

Wedding Sign DIY

Crafting is one of the best things in the world to me.

I could literally spend hours making things...

When Josh and I got engaged we planned a longer engagement for a few reasons..

The most important being that I wanted to be done with school when we got married... But another reason was that I wanted to create a lot of the stuff for our wedding myself.

I have made a handful of things already and I thought I'd share one:

I couldn't get a great picture of this sign I made, but this will do! 

The barn wood I used is from our farm which has been in my family for years (and is where we are taking our engagement pictures soon!).

It was quite simple to make. Type up what you want your sign to say on your computer, print it, cut out the words to make a stencil, trace it on to the wood, and then paint it!

Here is what my sign looked like while I was stenciling it. The black letters aren't painted it is the stencil sitting on the wood. This picture also shows the look of the wood better!

I originally was going to use this sign for our candy bar at our wedding but have since decided that this is a little to "rustic" for our reception! If you know anyone interested in a sign like this let me know because I would be willing to sell it!

I have also made a sign for us to hold in our engagement pictures with our wedding date on it. I have that hanging in our house right now and even this "Love is Sweet" sign could look cute in a kitchen!

Another picture, before I added the tail onto the "S"

The process of creating these signs is a little time consuming, but I love the look of them!

What kind of DIY self projects do you like to do? Did you do any for your wedding?

Summer Lovin' Had Me A Blast..

 Summer has been a "blasty" as Josh would say.. 

Between us both working a lot we have still managed to find time to partake in some summer adventures.. Such as golfing with our friend Mike and Myranda..

Myranda and I didn't golf... But we successfully drove the carts without crashing and found lots of golf balls for the boys!

 

Other summer adventures have included Daddy-Daughter dates for frozen yogurt and fresh produce..

We made a trip to the beautiful Lake Michigan last weekend as well. The waves were giant for Lake Michigan! Such a beautiful place..

 While summer is winding down, there is still so much to look forward too! 

I can't wait for the adventures to come!

Josh's Birthday Present

Josh is kind of a hard person to buy gifts for.

He is so content with the things that he has that there isn't much that he wants.

(I wish I felt like that)

So I made him this for one of his presents...

I found the idea on pinterest of course!

If you head over here you can get your free printables!

Marci the creator of these printables has every state and a map of the USA.

She also has the hearts that you can cut out.

On Josh's map I marked all the places we have been together (That I could remember!).

I got the frames at Marshalls for $8.

A cheap, cute, and thoughtful gift if I may say so myself! 

Day FIVE

{If you could have dinner with any five people, who would they be?}

I am going to go ahead and assume that this is famous people (or people I don't know).... It would be too hard to do it with people that I know!

1. Emily Giffin (Author)

2. Ashley Stock (Blogger AKA Little Miss Momma)

3.Gabby Douglas (USA Olympic Gymnast)

4. Mem Fox (Author)

5. John Mayer (Musician)

Who would you have dinner with?!