Color Palette

When I saw this color palette on 100 Layer cakes blog I just had to post it. It is exactly the colors we are planning to use.

Inspiration Board - Feel of the wedding

Wow seems like I am becoming the new blogger on here. ;) Recently became a member of OffBeat Bride, a online community for "the taffeta free bride". Well the smart ladies on there create what they call inspiration boards. Its basically a way for you to put pictures together to show other people what your vision for things are. A little while ago I created my first one that gave a general feel for the wedding. I am sure over the next few weeks I will make many more for attire, decor, ect. But for now here is my first one:

New Website Coming Soon

We got kind of busy over the holidays but I was lucky enough to have 2 weeks off while Chris was working. I was trying to update our current pre-made website and the functionality just was not cutting it. So I put my web development skills to work and created this:


It still needs some work (like a background and actual photos instead of blank ones) but the basics page template is now there. I will start adding in text and creating pages soon. Hope to have this up and running in a few weeks. *crossing fingers*

Engagement Photos In Chicago!!

Usually let Chris do the posting on here but I am so excited about our engagement photographer I could not wait for Chris to add it. ;)

We have decided to do our engagement pictures in Chicago. I must have looked at over 50 photo journalistic style photographers in Chicago out of which I liked about 20. When I saw Laurie Peacock's photos I fell in love and after talking to her yesterday we decided to book her. She is such a sweet person I know she will make our engagement session a blast.

I am linking a few of her pictures below so you can get an idea of her style. I can't wait until August!!!

Laurie Peacock Photography

Website Blog

Wedding Budget

I maade a small application to help calculate the budget today. It seems my savings will come a bit short. Looks like Carla is going to have to chip in!

Final Monograms! (Maybe?)

Title says it all. Here are our final monograms:

The Other Monogram

This is the other monogram Carla has made. We'll be using this one along with one of the other roun ones with quotes.