a little peak into laura's wedding.

rehearsal diner. amy, jaymee, laura, heather, marina

most beautiful bride. seriously, check out that dress, it was unreal.

it's blurry, but i couldn't resist, she just looks sooo happy!

bridesmaids.

dancing the night away.

Laura did a wonderful job of piecing together this special day and hand picking so many pieces to give it a very personal feel. It was a truly beautiful wedding for a very beautiful couple. Congratulations Laura and AJ!

malibooya.

today the girls and i are headed off to malibu for

laura's wedding weekend!

i've finished the escort cards, the sign, the pom poms, and the guestbook.

i'm just finishing packing and then i'm heading off with the girls to cruise down pch with the music up and the windows down.

can't wait to celebrate laura and aj!

xoxo

ombre.

i did this for laura's wedding, found at once wed. i think it turned look great.

(via once wed)

i am really loving the ombre look right now. especially for weddings.

and for everyday.

(via pinterest)

xoxo

busy bee.

It seems as if I don't know how to slow down. Since my east coast trip (and it seems like days before), I don't think there's been a day/night without something going on. I got home a week ago and since then I've been in a wedding, to a graduation, and two Angels games. Tonight was the first night I came home from work and didn't have to do anything, it was so nice. Don't get me wrong, everything that has been going on is super fun, but now I think it's time that I have some "me" time and relax a little. Well, that is before I leave on Friday for Laura's Bachelorette weekend in Palm Springs!

I promise to try and get back to posting regularly very, very soon. I have so many pictures from my trip and the wedding weekend to share. So for now I'll leave you with this:

the newly mr. and mrs.

xoxo

jet lag.

I got back from my east coast trip last night and i couldn't sleep. then i woke up early this morning. thankfully my boss gave me an extra day off to recuperate, i didn't even ask her to.

today i've been trying to cross things off my to do list to get ready for Sarah and Tyler's wedding weekend! I finished sewing 100 feet of bunting today, yay! and i picked up my dress. two things crossed off.

i can't wait to share more of my trip, but that might take a day or two.

so for now here's a little peek:

xoxo

SCREAM!

This weekend we had a Scream-a-thon. It was pretty ridiculous, but I absolutely loved every minute of it.

We watched the first 3 movies at home. Accompanied by lots of delicious and not so nutritious snacks, I even made peanut butter cupcakes, and lots of stupid jokes. It's actually pretty funny to watch Ghostface take a beating in the first couple movies because he is so clumsy, and the way he runs is just too much. It's so much better when you can talk and joke through while watching. Then we went to see the new one that night. I must say, that is a lot of slashing for one day and I think I've had my fill of slasher movies for quite some time.

Today I have the day off and a very large and daunting to-do list.

Which includes finishing pinning 100 feet of bunting for Sarah's wedding in a few weeks.

And now I'm off to get as much done as I can before my wombie date tonight.

sweet disposition.

please do yourself a massive favor and head on over here and watch the gorgeous video of Jaymee & Kyles wedding.

it was a beautiful affair at the Viceroy in Palm Springs. and can you believe it, she planned the whole thing in less than three months!

it didn't hurt that their videographer, Jamison, was amazing. he was there the whole day, longer than the photographers even, he was so fun and easy to work with, and I just love the way he puts together his videos. if you're looking for someone to do your wedding and you live in southern California, you should seriously check out Lighthouse Studios.

hope that put a smile on your face and brightened your thursday. just think, tomorrow is friday! the weekend is almost here.

xoxo

the main event.

Today I am super excited because I get to go watch Marisa try on dresses for her wedding! I feel very honored/special that she asked me to come along. The dress is such an important part, setting off the tone for the entire wedding. And pretty much since the second she asked me, I haven't been able to stop looking at wedding dresses myself. (I don't think the release of BHLDN helped with this either, which I shared earlier this week.) It makes me feel a little silly to be looking at these dresses all day long when I'm nowhere near having a wedding or a husband of my own. But the dresses from Vera Wang, they are all so gorgeous.

here's just two that I'm in love with from Vera Wang's Spring 2011 Collection

Erica

I think that this one takes the cake for me.

Totally drool-worthy.

Farrah

Couldn't you just die?!

I'm off and looking forward to seeing what this day brings. Hope your day is lovely as well!

xoxo

parks and rainy days.

on wednesday i took the day off to do wedding errands with sarah. she took me to the venue for the first time. it's going to be gorgeous, i can already tell, even though when we went it was rainy and windy. it's such a simple yet beautiful space. it's right next to the san gabriel mission, so it has that very old town feel and these great brick walls surrounding it. we went to measure for bunting and to get a feel of how and where everything would be set up. it made me so so excited for may. just get here already!

here's a few little sneak peek pics of sarah's wedding venue:

after the rest of our tasks for the day we felt sleepy and it was raining. so we rewarded ourselves by getting cozy with coffee and a game of crossword cubes.

i'm sorry, i'm not usually a fan of dogs in clothes, but Cleo was just too cute in her little rain parka, complete with hood. and how cute is that liddol puppy face with big puppy eyes?

so excited that it's a three day weekend. i have a lot of little things to do, but i hope to get some nice rest and relaxing in there too. and i have real exciting plans for monday, can't wait to share with you all. what are your plans for these next three days?

xoxo

gushing.

i'm in love...

with BHLDN!

I just looked through everything.

And I love all of it.

It's a good thing I'm not planning my wedding right now,

cause this would've thrown me way off.

xoxo

le weekend...a little late

i know it's late, but better late than never right,

this is what my weekend looked like:

• got asked to help out with designing a small diy wedding. so excited! i'll be giving updates as I go.

• friday night was game night with the cousins. we played a new game, Smart Ass and an old favorite Taboo. It was super fun to hang out with my cousins for the night. It had been way too long. See, I come from a very large extended family with 22 cousins (it's even bigger now that lots are married and have kids). And we see each other pretty often, I would even say that some of them are like sisters to me.

• a nice long saturday workout. i felt so good and refreshed, and tired afterward.

• sat down to finally finish this pinwheel order for a wedding coming up this summer. i really love how it turned out. she wanted lots of very bright colors, it was fun color palette to work with.

and i think this might be one of my most fave pinwheels so far, if not my most favorite.

and look how cute the back is: pink with little green teakettles!

• had a special girl date with erin! we got coffee and saw Blue Valentine. My verdict is still out on this movie. I liked it, but it was so heavy and a lot to process in such a short time.

but looking at michelle williams and ryan gosling for two hours,

definitely a plus in my book

(via)

• super bowl sunday party at the mcneely's! (like most everyone else in America) to be honest, I hadn't watched a single NFL game this season, and i didn't watch that much of the actual game on sunday either. and i stayed way too late, because we played our own game, of cranium, after. and of course, tobin, erin, and i whooped the boys.

30 day update: so far I've been pretty faithful to my diet/exercise program. I haven't eaten the exact meals on the day, but i've stayed within calories and just had leftovers from other meals because of time (and a little cause of money). i've also been doing my work outs and adding cardio. It's now day 9 and i don't feel any different yet, well i feel a little healthier but not any smaller...i'm hoping i'll start to see/feel it soon and that will give me some motivation to stick with it for the rest of the time.

xoxo

sarah.

Yesterday was such a lovely Fall day. I didn't have to work because it was Veteran's Day which was wonderful. I got to spend time with one of my dearest friends, Sarah. It had been far too long since we'd spent any real time together. And seeing as she became engaged recently, we decided that time must be made to see each other, catch up, and talk and laugh away the afternoon. I couldn't be happier for her and her future husband.

I met Sarah four years in student leadership training and we quickly became like sisters. That was in August and we were inseparable that entire school year. I don't think a day went by that we didn't see each other, except when we went home for the holidays.

(us as little babies.)

It was strange, everyone thought we were sisters. Some even thought us twins. And one girl thought we were the same person for like three weeks (she obviously wasn't very observant since we were together most of the time).

(a few years ago)

Sarah is one of those friends that I know I will have for all of my life. She is the kind of friend that you don't have to be with constantly, but you know exactly what you mean to each other. And even though I don't get to see her very often anymore, things are the same as they always have been between us.

(we love coke, and we like to drink it when we get together)

She asked me to be a part of her special day by being one of her bridesmaids. I was overwhelmed with joy when she asked me. I cannot wait to help her prepare for and celebrate this day. She's also a crafty one and I know that we have lots of fun wedding-craft days ahead of us, which I am totally looking forward to. I already have millions of little ideas, its going to be so much fun. I love you Sarah.

(I can't believe I don't have any recent pictures of the two of us. I should work on that.)

xoxo

weekend update.

I made my first Etsy sale on Friday and I am ecstatic!

Last week my boss had me cook her leftover pumpkins from Halloween so she could make some pumpkin goodies. There were two big pumpkins and she had so much she didn't know what to do with it all, so she gave some to me. All week long I've been thinking about delicious pumpkin flavored recipes that I could use it for. I finally decided on making pumpkin soup, and that is what I did today.

It was delicious. I scraped the bowl clean.

I FINALLY cleaned my room. Not like a "I put everything away, mostly" kind of clean, like REALLY cleaned and slightly reorganized it. I even hung a few more things on the wall, got rid of some old junk that I was holding onto for who knows what reason, and found a few things that I thought I had lost.

Another thing that I did after a long time of waiting was giving myself a little fringe trim. My fringe was all the way past my eyes, I could not see if I wore it straight down. But now look...

...they are the perfect length (almost, it was as close as I could get myself). I like having them straight across, it just takes so much upkeep. I feel like it needs to be trimmed every week, and let's face it, I just won't keep up with that. But for now, I like them this way, so they shall stay at least for a little while.

And now I'm off to get ready for a girl's night! Can't wait to see Jaymee and hear about her mini-honeymoon and see pictures from her wedding last weekend. Stay tuned this week for some Christmas-ness, some fried goodies, and hopefully a project or two.

xoxo

I'm roasting.

I updated the Etsy shop today. Most of my pinwheels are up for sale now. I have a few left. I also need to do something along the lines of custom orders for them. I made all the pinwheels for my friend Erin's wedding, and I was thinking I could do custom orders for some sort of color theme for an event or party or even another wedding. And also some kind of deal where if you buy a certain amount, you get a discount. All things to be figured out still, but I thought I might as well put the rest of them up.

A few ideas of how they could be used (taken from Erin's wedding).

Photo credit: Jeremiah BonJean

On another note. Why is it sooo hot this week. Come on, its November. I guess living in Southern California doesn't come with four seasons. Which is something I do not appreciate. Please get chilly soon, I'm not even asking for it to be cold. I just want to be able to wear jeans and a sweater, maybe some boots, is that so much to ask?

xoxo

A Desert Dream Wedding.

I'm back from the Sprizzle. This weekend was so much fun. The wedding was at the Viceroy in Palm Springs, it was such a cool venue. The weather was perfect. The bride looked gorgeous. The groom was dapper. The guests had an amazing time. And everyone danced the night away. But most importantly the bride and groom had fun, and it was Jaymees' dream wedding!

Even though the hours of sleep I obtained this weekend were very minimal, it was all worth it. I had such a blast. I got to see old friends, meet new friends, and be with some of my best friends. It was so much fun to be able to see the glowing couple this morning before they left on their mini-honeymoon and share all our favorite parts of the day.

Jaymee and Kyle, I wish you all the happiness in the world. I know that you two were made for each other and I can't wait to see where your new life together leads you. In 50 years from now I know that Kyle will still be singing new renditions of "I love you gurl!" We all love you so much.

lace and doilies.

Two weeks from today is my best friend Erin's wedding. I am so completely excited for her to get married to Chad. They are so wonderful together, and I would even venture to say that they are perfect for each other.

I've been helping her do some little things here and there, and last week I made some lace/doily runners for her tables. We got the idea here and I absolutely love it and think they are gorgeous. My friend Rachael also made them for her wedding (which was beautiful beyond words).

some of the doilies she gave me to use

some that I bought for this specific reason

doilies that I already had

a little preview of the finished product

I love them and I loved making them.

xoxo