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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Wedding Planning: Things I'm excited for
On my first installment of Wedding Planning I talked about some of my woes thus far.
I have to say that now that we have the venue, photographer and DJ booked, I feel much better.
I'm such a planner by nature that I want to rush through all of the planning but need to remind myself that I have lots of time.
Some of the things I most excited for:
{Engagement shots}
We are planning on taking these at the end of February, hopefully when everything is blossoming and beautiful. I was trying to rush to get these done and I was totally bummed because the scenery around here is not pretty right now. Then I realized that save the dates don't need to go out until mid-March. So, I slowed my roll and spoke with our photographer and we are going to do end of February shots and I can't wait! What am I going to wear? Help!
{Save the Dates)
I see all you blogger ladies out there raving about Minted and I am so excited to finally get to use their site and create my own! When I first visited Minted was doing a promotion that if you set up a wedding website through them you would get a $50 credit. Sold. As I searched around their website, I saw all the fantastic things that minted included like addressing your save the dates for you. They give you a wonderful form to download your guest list and addresses and you just have to upload it and go. Genius I tell you. Also, if you prefer, you can have your guest RSVP through your wedding site. They also will send you this beautiful sample pack showcasing all of their beautiful papers, fonts, envelopes, foiling, etc. Get this for sure.
{Registering}
As you all know, Scott and I already have a home and it is full of almost everything we could ever need. I'm still so excited to register. There are so many things that we wouldn't buy for ourselves but would love as gifts. We won't go over the top and we may even do an Amazon registry to include some not so standard registry items. Anyone ever done an amazon registry?
{Invitations}
See "Save the Dates"
Pretty much excited about this for all the same reason. Oh...also! Back in December Home Sweet Ruby was doing a Minted giveaway for $150 and I WON!!! I've NEVER won a giveaway before and this one was EVERYTHING!! So a special thank you to Cait for that giveaway and for helping us with our Wedding Invitations...every little bit helps!
{Bachelorette and Bridal Festivities}
The other day my bestie asked me about where and when we should do the bachelorette. I started to get really excited about all of the fun festivities to come. We also just attended a bridal shower for my cousin and it was so fun to get some shower ideas and imagine what my shower will be like.
{The Wedding}
Obviously.
It's easy to get wrapped up in the planning and the details, but its important to remember that in the end its all about me and Scott and our love; past present and future.
{Bachelorette and Bridal Festivities}
The other day my bestie asked me about where and when we should do the bachelorette. I started to get really excited about all of the fun festivities to come. We also just attended a bridal shower for my cousin and it was so fun to get some shower ideas and imagine what my shower will be like.
{The Wedding}
Obviously.
It's easy to get wrapped up in the planning and the details, but its important to remember that in the end its all about me and Scott and our love; past present and future.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Netflix Orinigal: Grace and Frankie - A Must Watch
If you are looking for a feel good binge watching session THIS is your show!
Ever since 9 to 5, I've loved these two! When I saw this show come up on the "recommended for you" page I was sold. I knew I would like it but ladies, I LOVED IT! I was hooked in the first 5 minutes and laughing out loud on the couch.
The show is about Grace(Fonda) and Frankie (Tomlin), their husbands have been business partners for more than 20 years. In the first scene the ladies are meeting at a restaurant (they clearly don't like each other much) and waiting for their husbands to arrive. Once the men arrive they proceed to tell Grace and Frankie that they are leaving them and that they are gay...together.
There are definitely moments where your heart strings are pulled for Grace and Frankie, but for the most part the show is pure comical feel good genius. I want to hang out with these two.
Here are a few gifs to get you excited!
You know you want to go watch it!! Half hour episodes, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. I can't wait for seasons 2 and 3!
Enjoy!
Netflix Orinigal: Grace and Frankie - A Must Watch
If you are looking for a feel good binge watching session THIS is your show!
Ever since 9 to 5, I've loved these two! When I saw this show come up on the "recommended for you" page I was sold. I knew I would like it but ladies, I LOVED IT! I was hooked in the first 5 minutes and laughing out loud on the couch.
The show is about Grace(Fonda) and Frankie (Tomlin), their husbands have been business partners for more than 20 years. In the first scene the ladies are meeting at a restaurant (they clearly don't like each other much) and waiting for their husbands to arrive. Once the men arrive they proceed to tell Grace and Frankie that they are leaving them and that they are gay...together.
There are definitely moments where your heart strings are pulled for Grace and Frankie, but for the most part the show is pure comical feel good genius. I want to hang out with these two.
Here are a few gifs to get you excited!
You know you want to go watch it!! Half hour episodes, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud. I can't wait for seasons 2 and 3!
Enjoy!
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Best and Worst Eyeliners-IMO
I have been wearing eyeliner since I was about 15. I was inspired by a woman I worked with who would line her eyes perfectly with a nice crisp line, similar to how Adele does hers. I'm pretty sure she used an expensive liner but being 15 I headed to Longs (local drugstore/pharmacy) and bought my first liquid eyeliner.
I used this liner for most high school and college and I can't recall having too many complaints. I do remember feeling like my lines weren't black enough. I used the blackest black, but the lines tended to look dull and my cat-eye tails would always smear off. I was on a budget and this was good for budget.
After college another coworker introduced me to my next love affair liner. Learning to apply it with a brush took some time, but after a few days I was in love. I would recommend getting a longer brush, it makes application a lot easier but it's nice that they give you one for travel purposes. I wore this creme liner for years but eventually I started noticing that by midday my lines weren't as crisp. Apparently I have sweaty eyelids or something because my cat-eye tails were smearing/disappearing.
I decided to try another drug store creme liner...why not right? Wrong. I will say that this was the second time I tried this gel liner. I couldn't remember if I had tried the waterproof version the first time, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. This one was not great at all. I swear I would have barely anything on by the end of the day. And I'm sorry, I think $10 for drugstore liner is a rip off, especially if I could pay $6 more for Clinique. I like Maybelline but this liner is not good.
After that disaster I went to Sephora for some new liner recommendations. I had super high hopes because the girls in there have killer eye liner. First recommendation was Tarte Claypot Waterproof Eyeliner. I'd heard of this eyeliner before so I was excited to have a "professional" recommendation. I scooped it up and went home to try it out. It was waterproof, it was from Sephora, good recommendations, it had to be good. Not so much. Again, by the end of the day this stuff wasn't crisp and my little tails were either fading or non existent. I was shocked, for being waterproof I thought it would be better. Again, maybe I just have sweaty eyelids or something.
Bridesmaid to the rescue! I was at my girlfriends house for dinner one night and she was raving about her Stila eyeliner and that it stayed on all day and she loved it. I took myself back to Sephora and exchanged the above product for this liner. Now I was back to a more liquid application, with a new application style. This thing looks like a grinch finger and at first is a little intimidating, I definitely had to pull out the q-tips the first couple of days. After wearing it for 2 weeks, I love it. I feel like my lines are super crisp an stay on all day. It is waterproof, but it comes off so easily with my makeup wipes, which I love.
If you are looking for a liner, here are my top 3 recommendations starting with the best.
#1 Stila
#2 Clinique
#3 Tarte
I would love to find a drugstore version so once this runs out, I'll be on the hunt and report back, but for now I'm super happy to have found a fantastic liner from Stila.
Best and Worst Eyeliners-IMO
I have been wearing eyeliner since I was about 15. I was inspired by a woman I worked with who would line her eyes perfectly with a nice crisp line, similar to how Adele does hers. I'm pretty sure she used an expensive liner but being 15 I headed to Longs (local drugstore/pharmacy) and bought my first liquid eyeliner.
I used this liner for most high school and college and I can't recall having too many complaints. I do remember feeling like my lines weren't black enough. I used the blackest black, but the lines tended to look dull and my cat-eye tails would always smear off. I was on a budget and this was good for budget.
After college another coworker introduced me to my next love affair liner. Learning to apply it with a brush took some time, but after a few days I was in love. I would recommend getting a longer brush, it makes application a lot easier but it's nice that they give you one for travel purposes. I wore this creme liner for years but eventually I started noticing that by midday my lines weren't as crisp. Apparently I have sweaty eyelids or something because my cat-eye tails were smearing/disappearing.
I decided to try another drug store creme liner...why not right? Wrong. I will say that this was the second time I tried this gel liner. I couldn't remember if I had tried the waterproof version the first time, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. This one was not great at all. I swear I would have barely anything on by the end of the day. And I'm sorry, I think $10 for drugstore liner is a rip off, especially if I could pay $6 more for Clinique. I like Maybelline but this liner is not good.
After that disaster I went to Sephora for some new liner recommendations. I had super high hopes because the girls in there have killer eye liner. First recommendation was Tarte Claypot Waterproof Eyeliner. I'd heard of this eyeliner before so I was excited to have a "professional" recommendation. I scooped it up and went home to try it out. It was waterproof, it was from Sephora, good recommendations, it had to be good. Not so much. Again, by the end of the day this stuff wasn't crisp and my little tails were either fading or non existent. I was shocked, for being waterproof I thought it would be better. Again, maybe I just have sweaty eyelids or something.
Bridesmaid to the rescue! I was at my girlfriends house for dinner one night and she was raving about her Stila eyeliner and that it stayed on all day and she loved it. I took myself back to Sephora and exchanged the above product for this liner. Now I was back to a more liquid application, with a new application style. This thing looks like a grinch finger and at first is a little intimidating, I definitely had to pull out the q-tips the first couple of days. After wearing it for 2 weeks, I love it. I feel like my lines are super crisp an stay on all day. It is waterproof, but it comes off so easily with my makeup wipes, which I love.
If you are looking for a liner, here are my top 3 recommendations starting with the best.
#1 Stila
#2 Clinique
#3 Tarte
I would love to find a drugstore version so once this runs out, I'll be on the hunt and report back, but for now I'm super happy to have found a fantastic liner from Stila.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Wedding Planning : The Venue
I really thought that wedding planning was going to be the best thing ever.
When my friends would get engaged and talk about how much they were spending I was secretly thinking, "I'm going to find a way to get that cheaper when I'm planning my wedding" or I look at all the little details and think, "I don't need that, I'll just skip that part."
What a wakeup call it was when I started actually planning a wedding.
This is work and it's not exactly fun all the time.
For about the last 7 years, when I would think about getting married one day, I always knew that I wanted my husband to be and I to pay for the majority of the wedding. Sure, we'd ask for a little bit of help from our parents but I wasn't going to burden them with the full cost of a wedding. And now at 32 years old, I feel even stronger about it.
Maybe this is why the planning process is a little less fun...because we really need to think about where the money is going because it's coming straight out of our bank accounts.
After we got engaged, we kept getting asked if we had set a date.
Umm...we've been engaged for all of a minute, no we haven't picked date. I immediately started feeling the pressure to find a venue, so I started looking around on Here Comes the Guide and TheKnot. Within a week we had our first venue tour and it was everything I had ever dreamed of.
A grassy outdoor ceremony space with a vineyard backdrop and a swoon worthy white tented reception space with crystal chandeliers. I fell in love and Scott watched me as I tumbled. The coordinator promised she'd have a proposal to us by Tuesday but left us with a price list. As I ran the numbers in my head I knew it would be over our budget. Scott said that he saw the look in my eyes when we walked in that tent and if wanted it, we'd make it work. Do you see why I'm marrying this guy?!
Over the next few week we toured about 6 more sites and none of them compared to the first. We had two runner up sites and both were only a few thousand dollars cheaper than "the one". After lots of discussions, 6 ititerations of the proposal from the coordinator and Scott's persistence (because he knew I loved it), we booked our venue and the dream was now a reality. Here is it, Chardonnay Golf Club, Napa Valley.
When my friends would get engaged and talk about how much they were spending I was secretly thinking, "I'm going to find a way to get that cheaper when I'm planning my wedding" or I look at all the little details and think, "I don't need that, I'll just skip that part."
What a wakeup call it was when I started actually planning a wedding.
This is work and it's not exactly fun all the time.
For about the last 7 years, when I would think about getting married one day, I always knew that I wanted my husband to be and I to pay for the majority of the wedding. Sure, we'd ask for a little bit of help from our parents but I wasn't going to burden them with the full cost of a wedding. And now at 32 years old, I feel even stronger about it.
Maybe this is why the planning process is a little less fun...because we really need to think about where the money is going because it's coming straight out of our bank accounts.
After we got engaged, we kept getting asked if we had set a date.
Umm...we've been engaged for all of a minute, no we haven't picked date. I immediately started feeling the pressure to find a venue, so I started looking around on Here Comes the Guide and TheKnot. Within a week we had our first venue tour and it was everything I had ever dreamed of.
A grassy outdoor ceremony space with a vineyard backdrop and a swoon worthy white tented reception space with crystal chandeliers. I fell in love and Scott watched me as I tumbled. The coordinator promised she'd have a proposal to us by Tuesday but left us with a price list. As I ran the numbers in my head I knew it would be over our budget. Scott said that he saw the look in my eyes when we walked in that tent and if wanted it, we'd make it work. Do you see why I'm marrying this guy?!
Over the next few week we toured about 6 more sites and none of them compared to the first. We had two runner up sites and both were only a few thousand dollars cheaper than "the one". After lots of discussions, 6 ititerations of the proposal from the coordinator and Scott's persistence (because he knew I loved it), we booked our venue and the dream was now a reality. Here is it, Chardonnay Golf Club, Napa Valley.
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The Ceremony Site
This oak tree for photos
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