A Big Thank You {& some Shoes}

As I slowly come down from the wedding planning, honeymoon clouds and back to real life in the Super Burbs (which is a nice place to come back to, let me just say) I am overwhelmed with an enormous feeling of thanks.  I can never say thank you enough to everyone for making this time in our lives so memorable. We truly enjoyed every second of the wedding day and all of your advice was dead on (including the Red Bull tip).   I just hope I can continue to inspire brides and help them with their planning the way I was guided - that is my goal. And meeting goals is one of my favorite things.

 {Just a teaser from Leila at Olive Juice Photography - such a tease that Leila}

I also need to say one more things before we get back to regularly schedule programming aka Tuesday Shoesday - TAKE A HONEYMOON. You don't need to go anywhere, you can just have a nice little staycation, but turn off your phones, computer, etc. and enjoy the only time people actually will leave you alone for a bit. Mr. C & I have always been tight, but the honeymoon made me feel like it was just me and Mr. C against the world. And sorry world, but we are quite the rockstar team so you might need to be worried.  Seriously though, each day as we became more and more disconnected from everything we became more and more connected to each other. Corny, I know - but after a year of wedding planning, life planning, etc. etc. it's the best wedding present of all. Just hanging out. 24 hours a day for 13 days - we loved every second of it.

Ok...ready for some shoes? I came back from honeymoonland to loads of catalogs including the Fall Anthropologie catalog. The ladies and gents at Anthropologie dedicated their entire fall catalog to me! Kidding, but seriously - I want everything in there. Mr. C even came home yesterday, flipped through it and said to me - "You want everything in here, don't you?".  Why yes Mr. C, I do. Funny that you should mention that. They really played up the equestrian style and therefore made my heart strings play a beautiful song. I am not fully ready for Summer to be over - but these beauties will warm my soul when the colder temperatures hit. Love the ruffles!!

{buy them here}

Phew. I have so much to say - but I know you have things to do and places to go, so I will save it for the coming week.  I really missed y'all and thank you SO MUCH again!!

xoxo,
Mrs. C ;)

We're Married!

 {via}

And we are off! I'm Mrs. C!

I wanted to take a minute before Mr. C sweeps me away to honeymoon land to thank all of my wonderful vendors/friends that helped make our wedding spectacular and bring my crazy vision to life. Seriously guys, my vendors are rockstars. A BIG thank you for making our day the best day ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 See you in 2 weeks! Miss y'all already!

Happy Wedding Friday!

Tomorrow's the day. I don't have words for how amazing I feel. I hope every bride feels this special - because it is surreal. I don't have much time, but I thought I would leave a little love before our rehearsal dinner.  This is from our "Love Shoot" last night - one thing's for sure, I love Leila from Olive Juice Photography.

 XOXO - next time I post I'll be married!!!

XOXO Cyber Bridesmaids

Can I let you in on two secrets? I used to be so anti twitter and I am crying right now.  I'll get to the crying part in a minute - but with Twitter, I was that girl that said I would never use it. Boy am I glad that on a whim I started. Andrea from Gwyneth Paige took me under her Twitter wing and from there I've meet friends. Real friends. From all over the world. No day would be complete without a hello from Portugal or a funny mullet picture from San Diego or something being amazeballs in New York.  And of course, Tuesdays sure were boring before Tuesday Shoesday.

Well now to the reason I am crying. This morning a little package arrived from Naomi at Enchanted Dreams & Wedding Affairs and well my friends, it is the sweetest thing I have ever seen. All of my lovely cyber bridesmaids and their favorite love quotes. Que tears. I am a sappy mess right now.

Thank you so much ladies, I am beyond touched. Seriously I feel like the luckiest girl in the world....and really I just might be.

xoxo

Behind the Scenes at Grace Ormonde

I've had the pleasure of working with the stylish Sarah True of TRUE Event lately, and when she asked me to be on site for a photo shoot for Grace Ormonde I obviously jumped. I love bringing inspiration to life. Bonus - the shoot was at the Ocean House, my reception venue is 3 more days!

Here are some behind the scenes shots taken by Lucinda Wesson of Chocolate Create Design - an inspirational super star.

Check out the entire story behind the inspiration here.  I can't wait to see the images from Matthew Wagner!

Talent Behind the Prettiness:
Table Design: True & Wesson (True Event & Chocolate Creative Design)/ Floral Design: Hana Floral Design/ Rentals: Party Rental Ltd. , Rentals Unlimited, Wildflower Linen/ Table/Chairs: Rentals Unlimited /Photographer: Matthew Wagner

Tuesday Shoesday

My wedding shoes for this Tuesday Shoesday. Exciting :)

Wedding Bathroom Baskets

Well y'all know I am a bit on the crazy side, but I absolutely LOVE a good bathroom basket at a wedding.  I always make a beeline to the bathroom to see how things are displayed.  Some people like outrageous cakes, I like bathroom baskets. To each their own I suppose.

 {via}

My future MIL offered to pull these items together for me (such a huge help!), and I thought I would pass along the list we pulled together. Let me know if we are missing anything!

Women's:
Tylenol Advil (Travel Size)
Hairspray
Q-tips
Bobby pins
Breath mints
Mouth wash accompanied with mini cups
Contact lens solution (Trial/Travel Size)
Nail file
Tampons
Sanitary Napkins
Hand Lotion
Dental Floss
Deodorant Spray
Eye Drops
Hair Elastics
Sewing Kit
Safety pins
Band-aids
Rolaids -Tums
Tide Pen
Disposable combs

Men's:
Tylenol Advil (Travel Size)
Hairspray
Q-tips
Breath mints
Mouth wash accompanied with mini cups
Contact lens solution (Trial/Travel Size)
Hand Lotion
Dental Floss
Deodorant Spray
Eye Drops
Band-aids
Rolaids -Tums
Tide Pen
Disposable comb

Happy Weekend!

My friends, the countdown is on!! Can you believe it?! I am going to get sappy and say y'all have made the planning process SO much fun. Sorry for holes in my posting this week - but I know you understand.

Is everyone ready for Wedding Week next week!?!

Because it is going to be the bomb.com.  Everyone keep their fingers crossed for good weather!

{All images via}

Off to celebrate my last weekend as a single lady! 

xoxox

Lemonade Cookies

I can't exactly tell you why I am totally in love with these lemonade lovelies spotted on Amy Altas's blog today from the talented guest blogger Meaghan, but I don't think I really need to explain myself because I bet you feel the exact same way.  Think you are up for the challenge of making these cookies? Check out the entire feature here...

Best of luck :)

{Meaghan from The Decorated Cookie &the editor behind Edible Crafts via Amy Atlas}

Tuesday Shoesday

This is what I love: when big corporate businesses feel like little local boutiques.  You know how when you log on to any online shopping site you feel like it's an impersonal interaction? Well that changed for me last week when I did some last minute bridesmaid shoes/ I am now addicted to yellow shoes shopping at Zappos.  If you follow me on twitter you might remember me singing their praises...but the best part is - they sang back! It was like a little twitter musical.

Long story short, I was impressed that they not only had a little tweet fest with me, but they also knew exactly what I ordered and rush shipped my order without even telling me! Love. Want to see all the yellow goodness? Start scrollin'....

 

{Zappos/ Zappos/ Zappos/ Zappos}

 Zappos - we are now BFF.

 

Check out my other Tuesday Shoesday BFFs:  Landlocked Bride, Gwyneth Paige, Swatchbook Weddings, Meant to Be Sent Postcards and Pretties, and Weddings & Pretty Things.