Pic O' the Day!

Today we have a nice, refreshing bouquet. We see so many pastels and pinks these days in bouquets - this red, white, and blue is a treat!

Once Wed

Tec Petaja

Just wanted to share some of the beautiful wedding work by Nashville-based photog, Tec Petaja. Things I'd want at my wedding:

Pretty wedding and bridesmaid dresses


Baby goats and vintage lace


Colorful suits, ties, and boutonnières (in my dreams!)


Hanging flower blossoms


Feminine, airy dresses and beautiful flowers

Monday, Monday Inspiration

This week's inspiration is our very own venue, Mercury Hall! Looks like a lot of fun weddings have happened here, can't wait to continue on that tradition :-) Here's to the work week ahead!

The Nichols

The Nichols

Stella Alesi

The Nichols

Style Me Pretty

Fiesta, Fiesta!

Hey, all - I will be on the road this weekend, southbound 35, to San Antonio for Fiesta's Night in Old San Antonio (NIOSA) for some food, beer, and fun w/ my lady friends. Here are some pics to honor this occasion!

Style Me Pretty

Ruffled

Once Wed

Flights of Fancy

Claire Rojas (non-wedding post)

Hope everyone has a magical day!

Monday, Monday Inspiration

Shocking - this week's inspiration is flowers. I love flowers and I can't think of many things more beautiful! Also, I'm really trying to give sources of where I get things from now. I'm not trying to take any credit, I just go through so many blogs, by the time I post the picture I can't remember where it came from.

How fun is this idea?! I think we'll see a lot more things like this in future weddings. Via The Sweetest Occasion


Quince. Florist suggested this on some of the tables. Love it! Simple and beautiful.


Amazing bright, bright pink blossoms!


Just an adorable picture. Via Dandelion and Grey


Bright bouquets perfect for spring or summer!

Inspiration board for dreary Thursday

Hey, all! It has been a rainy day here in Austin. This fun board from postcards and pretties is just the thing to cheer me (and hopefully you) up!

Introducing Paige Newton Photography

Alright, ladies and gents! Here's the latest in wedding news! I've contracted with Paige Newton to shoot our engagement session and wedding pictures! Here are some of her pics, scroll down a bit to see some more of her work or check out her site! V. exciting!

Monday, Monday Inspiration

This week the bridesmaids take the cake! Hope I can achieve the charming effect illustrated in these pics with my bridesmaids!

I want to be this bride w/ her ladies and flowers for days!

parasols...nuff said

beautiful flowers and adorable dress

amazing vintage or vintage-inspired dresses

Someone went all out with the shoes!

Katherine O'Brian

Meeting with another photog, Katherine O'Brien, this week. She really has a vintage feel about her photographs and she's also super creative! Love!

gray sunday

In Austin, it has been overcast all day with a bit of sprinkles. We're still gonna try to play some tennis in the meantime. Here's a pic that suits today purely because it is a great blanket day.


Green Wedding Shoes

More Engagement Party

Matty and I decided to throw a party for ourselves to celebrate our engagement. We tried to schedule it around a year before our wedding. The party involved an awesome invite, delicious beer, an amazing German-themed potluck put together by our wonderful families and friends, a wedding-sparkling-wine toast given by Matty, and lots of good cheer into the wee hours of the night! There are a ton of pics, but here are a few goodies. P.S. I wish I had an awesome camera and I included Matt and I's picture taken by my friend, Christy, on her nice camera, at the end of the post!

Oh, my crazy, lovable family! From left: me, my favorite auntie Linda, Mark (Linda's husband), mamacita, and her boyfriend, Steve


Leach siblings: Ray showing his affection for posing, Jess, Bekah, Matt, and a future Leach in the back


the men in our lives: Matt with Nathan and Trent, some of my besties' menfolk


I cannot say enough about these women! I don't know what I would do without them as they are wonderful friends that I've been lucky enough to have in my life for years: Courtney E. (roomie in college and fellow Austinite), me, Lori (forever friend and maid of honor), Allison (longtime friend and bridesmaid), Courtney P. (longtime friend and fellow wedding planner)


Matt's giving directions and I've never seen my eyes this blue! We really had the best time :-)


I realized there are so many ppl that didn't make this post! I may just post more pics later this week.

E & M - Engagement Party

Here we are! More pics to come.

Missoni-Inspired Flowers

From a Lolliblog post. Gorgeous!