Can I just say...

I am so excited for this wedding?! Can't wait to marry the love of my life. On a side note, Lauren and I are making great progress on the save the date and invitation!!! P.S. Found THE DRESS!

Monday, Monday Inspiration

Paper decor is where it's at!

Snippet & Ink

Jesi Haack

Ashley Ann Photography via Design*Sponge

Dolci Odille

Simple Silhouettes

Happy Friday!

Exciting thing about this weekend is......it will be a nice and relaxing weekend at home, as relaxing as any weekend can be these days. I have three more appointments for dresses tomorrow. My mini-entourage this weekend is Aunt Linda, Courtney E-friend, and Christy-friend. Let's see if I can narrow down "the one" even more! Other activities include possibly seeing Inception, tennis (if not raining), and our friend's little girl's birthday party. Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

Wedding News!!

Tonight, we're meeting with a potential officiant, and she even agreed to meet us at Red Bud Isle, one of the best dog parks around Austin, which makes me think this chick must be pretty alright :-) Also, wedding dress try-on day one was so much better than I ever expected. It was good to start seeing what looked good and what didn't and I even think I might have found THE one though I'm still gonna look at a few more places just to be 100% positive. The dresses are so much prettier in person and trying on was a lotta fun. My mini entourage was so sweet and I think everyone had a good time. Seeing myself actually look like a bride was a surreal experience. I've also decided on a line I like for my bridesmaids' dresses and maybe even a color...eeks! But more on that to come in the future...Happy Monday, everyone!

Happy Friday!

This week has been pretty good! We started off with Matt's birthday and now we have his official party this weekend, with bits of wedding planning and work, work, work in between. Oh yeah, besides the party, I will be trying on wedding dresses for the first time tomorrow!! I have a mini entourage of my mom - Lee Ann, my aunt - Linda, Lori (MOH), Allison (BM), Matt's mom - Jayne, and Matt's sis - Jessica (BM) coming with me. Hopefully, I'll get some good ideas, and I already have a few. Hope everyone has a good summer-fun weekend!

oooooo lala - maybe I'll find something like this?? via Moodboard

Happy birthday, Matt!

My lovely fiance, Matthew Leach, turned 27 today! He is such a hard-working, kind, smart, funny human being and I cannot wait to marry him! We had his first celebration this past weekend (on our visit to see sis, J, and the rest of our beloved Chicago peeps) at the Chicago Brauhaus and Huettenbar in Lincoln Square, a German neighborhood. Also, paid a special visit to Hot Doug's just for him! Today, I surprised him with 3-day passes to ACL (Strokes, here we come!) and we had dinner at Jeffrey's in our neighborhood. This weekend we'll be having a party at our apartment with our families and friends! We'll be toasting with (512) Wit! HAPPY B-DAY, MY LOVE!

Introducing Coco Paloma Desserts

So we officially have a cake baker! Paloma from Coco Paloma Desserts is amazing and pays attention to every single detail, producing beautiful, high-quality cakes! I knew it was a creative partnership meant to be. She even said something like: I'm not trying to be forward, but I think I'm the person to make your cake! And she was right. She gets it - my favorite quality in any of the vendors we meet (and usually leads to us signing the contract). Here is her blog! The flavor I have chosen for the bride's cake is: bourbon praline cake - yellow cake doused with a bourbon soak filled with homemade pecan praline buttercream - yum yum!

Monday, Monday Inspiration

Ruffled

Once Wed

Kyle Hale Photography

The Bride's Cafe

Ruffled

Independence Day

Today was a productive day - entered the guest list into an official template and prepared for our Chicago visit next week. Tomorrow, we'll be tubing on the Guadalupe with Matt's family. Here's a preview of photo shoot w/ Matt's sibs and mom. Happy holiday, everyone!!

June in pictures