Vintage, so adorable

"I love you're skirt, where'd you get it?"
"It was my mom's in the 80's."
"Vintage, so adorable." ~ Regina George, Mean Girls

Today is my second day of trying on wedding dresses (yippie!!). Since my mom can't be there, my girlfriends are accompanying me for round two. I am torn though. I intended on getting my mom's dress altered to a modern style and wearing it down the aisle. She brought her dress when she came to visit a month ago, I tried it on and it fit perfectly, except for the fact I'd have to wear flats (No!!!!!). I'm working on getting an appointment with a dress maker to discuss the overhaul. In the meantime I will be seeing what else is out there. I absolutely love the idea of wearing my mom's dress, not 100% convinced it's the right choice.

My stunning mother in 1979.



What do you think? Has anyone worn their mother or grandmother's dress?

Color Palette

One of my favorite parts of my job is choosing a new color palette each season. I love color and I love how they can set the tone of the showroom, storefronts or runway shows. It's no surprise that when it came to wedding planning one of the things I was most excited about was choosing a color palette.

As I mentioned I want the tone of our celebration to be fun and happy. The main colors will be shades of grey and yellow with lots of happy, rich colored details. I picture bright flowers and accessories inspired by the below inspiration board.

We Set a Date!!

We had pretty much decided on the venue by the time we got home from Michigan back in March, we just needed to do some follow up and make sure it all fit in our budget. After giving it a hard look, I'm so excited to announce that we are getting married on September 8, 2012 at Camp Blodgett!!!



We choose this venue for several reasons, first it really fit our personalities and vision for our wedding. Second, we have decided to rent the camp for the entire camp for the whole weekend (hence the budget issue), because we loved that our families and wedding parties could be with us for a whole party weekend.


There are definitely a few challenges to this venue, including worrying about the weather and having a back-up to the open-air deck ceremony, I mentioned the price and the fact that it's a very DIY venue. There's going to be a lot of work that comes with having our wedding at Camp Blodgett, luckily we have a great support system to execute our dream wedding day.

(Green Wedding Shoes 1,3, Forget Me Knot Weddings)

More camp wedding inspiration here.

The Engagement story

Some of you may have read this on Undeclared Panache. For those of you who did not, I thought this was the perfect place to start. Enjoy.

Several months ago Kyle and I went ring shopping. I knew I wanted a vintage ring so we went to a couple of antique showplaces and the beautiful, Doyle & Doyle. I tried on several I liked, but fell in love with a very special ring. During this trip Kyle kept telling the vendors that we would be engaged by Christmas.


Flash forward four months, still no ring. Not that I was getting antsy (well, maybe a little), mostly that every time anything was even kind of romantic, I got nervous that it was the day and had to plan what to wear, just in case. So, Kyle sweetly planned a over-the-top romantic Valentine's dinner for me...no ring. He took me to the top of the Empire State Building...no ring. He tried to take on a day trip to Montauk, but it rained...no ring.

Friday began with my soon to be fiance telling me to meet him at a secret location after work. I really didn't want to get psyched up again, so I played it cool. Here is our text thread.


So I met him here and he informed me we were on a "Love Trip" around the city and began recounting the roots of our relationship it ended with a rhyme that lead me here. Next we went to my first apartment in the city in the East Village. Then he lead me to one of my favorite spots in the city, here. By this time I thought that this must be leading to something, but I didn't know where or when he was going to get down on one knee. After City Hall park, he lead me to one of our favorite bars in the city, Crocodile Lounge, for a couple beers and free pizza. I struggled with the next clue that lead me to Grand Central. Here's my man with something up his sleeve.


After Grand Central, he lead me to another bar where our romantic relationship first began. That's where we took photos in the photo booth. The last stop on the "Trip of Love" was our apartment. He sent me to the bedroom where there was a note on the bed that said, "Close your eyes and count to ten and turn around." There he was on one knee with THE RING. The one that I fell in love with months ago. Of course I said yes and we kissed. It was my perfect way to get engaged, with my perfect ring and my perfect man. On top of that, we had our housewarming party the next day, which was now a housewarming/engagement party, so we got to celebrate with all of our friends.




What an amazing weekend! Thank you to my wonderful fiance and to all our friends and family for the warm wishes and support.