New Home and Functioning Internet!

Wow! It's been way too long since I've posted-- sorry about that! We moved to a new place and thanks to a miscommunication with our service provider, we were without internet until today. While I try to get back into the swing of things (and unpack!) I wanted to share some pics of our new rental. I'm pretty excited about sprucing it up.





This is the kitchen overlooking the living room area. I am so stoked about having hard floors. We have a Maine Coon so lots of carpet equals endless vacuuming. Not to mention the occasional accident that comes from having a pet. Plus how sweet is that vintage fireplace insert? I have plans to get that puppy to shine again. I also want to try and clean up the brick.





The large den is going to become a "music" room of sorts. My spinet piano has already been moved in thanks to my hubby and some of his work buddies. Phew! Our landlords left the bedframe in the guest room for us to use while we live here, which we were thrilled about. Now my visiting friends and family won't have to be resigned to the couch.





The mint room is going to be the office/craft room. I love the color! We're renting so we won't be allowed to paint, but I'm really happy with this little colorful corner of the house. That room gets tons of sunlight as well. Also, I'm more than a little obsessed with the light fixture in our guest bathroom-- cute!!

Our Wedding - Part II

Hello, loves! Today I'm going to share the rest of our wedding photos with you. There are so many wonderful ones it was tough to choose which ones I wanted to post on the blog. I hope you can get some idea of the general feeling of the day from the ones I chose. We tried to keep things relaxed and fun, but still special. All in all I really think our wedding was as perfect as it could have been! Our photographers, Ector and Kristina from 33 and a Third Photography, were so bubbly and wonderful to be around. They did a really good job at making us feel comfortable and catching genuine smiles and laughter. :)









The antique lanterns on the tables are from much time spent scouring etsy. The mason jar toasting glasses were made from vintage candlesticks and jars by my best friend's mother. She also made us a pretty spectacular scrapbook with our engagement photos that we will treasure for many years.







My advice to other brides is pretty simple: figure out what's important to you and go for it! Decide what things you want from the start and be willing to compromise on everything else. It will help you in the long run to let other people help you, and seeing all the little things that your family and friends did come together on your big day is a huge payoff. Don't be afraid to decide which traditions are important to you and which just aren't! My aunt officiated our ceremony, I had a bridesman, and my husband had a best lady! And guess what? The world did not come to a screeching halt-- and more importantly we got to share the first moment of our marriage with the people we loved.

With that I have to leave you with our amazing photobooth pictures. These were some of our favorite photos of the day! The one of my parents just slays me.

some thrifting (shock!)

Hey! First of all, huge thanks to the new followers. I really appreciate logging on and finding out somebody has added my blog to their reading list! ;D Seriously, it makes my day.

Anyway, I've got a few thrift finds to share! I tried using my actual camera for this post. It's rather tempermental... it really only takes pictures that aren't blurry in natural light. And since I have no tripod and am usually occupied until the evening hours, that's not always an easy arrangment to come by for photo ops. But-- onward!

The first is this AWESOME dress...









Something I'd definitely like to point out about this dress is that it's vintage and tagged as a size 8. Now, obviously I'm no size 8, people. Try stuff on! It might not fit like the maker 'intended,' but that doesn't always mean you have to disregard it completely!

I have no idea how to wear this thing though. The print is SO bold that my first inclination was to wear it with my cropped denim jacket. But that just doesn't agree with the shape of this dress-- something about a jacket hitting near the tiered ruffles just looks really frumpy. Ideas?

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I also found these fantastic ankle boots, with cute little cut-out detail.







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AND a pair of Rocket Dog moccassins that are soooo soft.





My cousin's coming up to SC from TX to live with me in the next few months (YAY!), and we've been talking about how we'd like to decorate our apartment. We're thinking cute little English cottage-type vintage details. So when I saw this vase-thing for $2, I picked it up.



The top of it is a little chipped... but I figure that just adds to the charm. ;D