Caged Dress

Hi there! I'm here to share some photos of the dress I recently wore to my aunt's wedding. I played the piano for the service so I wanted to look extra nice. ;) I think I nailed it! I have to be honest though, the day of I actually wore hidden flip-flops under there. It's tough to work a sustain pedal in wedges!







caged dress, ross. spike chandelier earrings, target. beige wedges, chinese laundry c/o ross.







Did you guys do anything fun this weekend? I noticed there were a lot of weddings on our way driving to and from!

First Wedding Anniversary!

Helloooo there! :D Today my husband and I are celebrating our first wedding anniversary (hooray!). We're going on a little beach trip next weekend to celebrate, but today we decided to snap a few photos just to mark the occasion. I wanted to pop in and share some of them with you guys.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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.

Our Wedding Day!

Hello, loves! I'm so excited because today I finally get to share some of our wedding photos with you! I think I'll probably break this up into a few posts, because there were so many great details from the day that I am dying to show.

We got married at O'Leno State Park, which is nestled in Northern Florida, on the bank of the Santa Fe River. It's in High Springs, which is a teeny little town known for its amazing underwater cave system that divers come from around the world to explore.

We had the ceremony at 10 o'clock in the morning because we wanted to avoid the warmest parts of the day, and we wanted to soak up as much amazing golden light as possible.







The decorations were a mix of things that I made and things I had collected over the past few years. I painted and cut the signs myself. The "leave a key to happiness" door was salvaged from an old building on my parents' property by my mom and my cousin. My best friend helped me cut and assemble the fans. We made them from really pretty scrapbook paper which I later stamped with our initials. I used the leftover scraps of paper to make the little pennants on the tables.







My grandfather passed away two years ago, and it was tough not having him there to share the day with us. The ring with the blue stone was his, and he never took it off! My mother let me borrow it, so it was my something old, borrowed, and blue-- and it meant a lot to me to have a little piece of him with me.







My aunt and uncle made and decorated our cake. They kept what they were doing a suprise, and it was a great one-- I loved how it looked!

Our photos were taken by the wonderful Ector and Kristina of 33 and a Third Photography! I have to leave you with this one:

Wedding Sneak Peek

Hello my loves! I wanted to share with you some pictures from the sneak peek our photographer gave us! Our wedding day was amazing! I'm so excited to share it with you! But more about that when I have more pictures to share. Consider this a tease, I guess!

Shout out to our wonderful photographers Ector and Kristina at 33 and a Third Wedding Photography! They're located in Orlando, FL, but they will travel. I highly recommend them! You couldn't meet two nicer people, seriously. They were so kind and patient with me. :)