lawrence

so far in 2009 i've:
-moved to a new town (565 miles away from chicago!)
-worked in a kitchen (professionally)
-bought a wedding gown!
-had 3 late christmas' (thanks family, truly amazing!)
-helped create a burger menu, for a real place
-cooked two homemade-original dinners and baked from scratch in our beautiful new kitchen
-started a bible study full of darling women who can teach me alot
-caught up with friends and enjoyed solitude

so, i'd say 9 days into it i'm not doing to shabby. and while i'm at it i thought i'd start project 365, i think i've taken a picture almost everyday so far, but those will be added later for now enjoy this:


we're here! we've arrived in lawrence (a week ago actually) but today we got internet and i can now follow through with a goal i've wanted for this year- blogging more! its taken us a while to get situation, well not really i suppose because a week isn't very long and surprisingly i feel completely at home! this house is A-mazing (pictures soon) and the people here are wonderful.

so, this is a perfect example of what i am thinking for my girlies! it worked out so well when this bride had her maids (teehee) pick out a dress in green, it's cute!

on another note- one of my lovely ladies just got engaged this afternoon! congrats brit and alea!

yay. i'm currently occupying my time making new year's postcards- yup we decided to do that instead b/c its cool (and i'm behind on the ball!)

invitation meeting this friday!!

so we're totally pumped for friday- we get to go over to Humbolt Park and meet with Anne Benjamin of MOK DUK

http://www.annebenjamin.com/custom/wedding/wed_all.html

Check her stuff out, she's pretty cool and so nice!

YAY!

Until then, I'm going to be making New Year's cards for us to send out :)

look for yours in the mail

bridesmaid dress ideas...

so, i don't want the dresses to be something i choose for my beautiful ladies! i am going to get some fabric swatches together and then have the girlys go off of that. i want the choice to be theirs and for them to be comfortable... here's some ideas


bmaid dress sample by leealbright

and some shoe ideas...


bmaid shoes by leealbright

more pictures...

i've got wedding on the brain, can you tell? it's nice because it keeps my thoughts on something tangible and that has a specific date--- that's almost only 6 months away.

not soon enough.

how fun is this? it's in an old barn. i like the combination of the twinkle lights and the lanterns, oh and the circular tables!



here's a good picture of fabric draping



lanterns just over the dance floor?



i like this because its versatile- if it rains, the tables go inside the tent :)

new wedding ideas, 199 days until forever

some tent decoration ideas, dance floor ideas and what not, just to get an idea of what may be possible...













imagine these in aqua mason jars!



this is fun!



colorful cupcakes!



lanterns are wonderful!



i want a lounge like this, and weather like it too!

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