Sea of Love

Around a year ago we merged our things together at 1335. In 83 days, we merge our life and dreams!  Our most recent dreams involve living or at least vacationing on the East Coast.  We want to learn how to sail and boat.  Have our hypothetical child grow up spending time on the beach with appreciation for the vast world out at sea.  Perhaps I'm the one obsessed with that aspect since I've never spent time near the ocean.  Until we make that dream a reality we plan to just transform our bedroom into a nautical haven.  It seems to me that everyone is embracing the love of all things nautical this spring and I couldn't be more thrilled.  L.L. Bean has some amazing nautical pieces and last night we just couldn't resist.

While it wasn't too long ago that we purchased bedding, it was so dark and depressing.  We wanted our bedroom to be a sanctuary and a place that was bright and soothing.  In my opinion nothing is more soothing than quilts, water and sand.  Can't wait for it to arrive!

I'll leave you with a wise and beautiful quote from Khalil Gibran:

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Warning! The Monster demands a Mate!

We love cinema.  We especially love fright cinema!  I discovered these mugs months ago but they quickly sold out.  When LennyMud got them back in stock I had to immediately purchase!  I'm slightly obsessed with anything labeled Mr. & Mrs. 

"I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love."

Yellow is my favorite.

It goes with everything and it screams warmth!

We weren't planning to pick colors for the wedding but when we found Ryan's blue and yellow bow tie we found our colors.  But honestly, it is all about the yellow!

Source: Snippet & Ink



Top Row, Second Photo from the Left:  This is what my bouquet will be designed like.

Second Row, Last Photo on the Right:  This will be similar to our main centerpiece at the house

Last Row, Third Photo from the Left: Ryan, Adam and Dryden will be sporting similar boutonnières

I am obsessed with Craspedia aka Billy Buttons.  They have such amazing texture and dry out beautifully.  If you're going to spend an arm and a leg on flowers for a wedding (there really is no "if" about it) you might as well have flowers that will last along with all the memories!

Itty Bitty Teeny Tiny Wedding

The evening that Ryan proposed to me, after devouring the tasty dinner he made and calling my family to share the news, I was hell bent on getting over to Barnes and Noble to purchase wedding magazines (i.e., Martha Stewart and Real Simple).  When I got to the section on budget the excitement died a little--just a little, and reality kicked in.  We collectively have only one parent to assist us in this celebration.  MERDE!


After looking at our budget it became clear that we would have to keep everything pretty small! Since Ryan and I are not religious people, we had to look to alternative places to get married and unfortunately it became evident that a court house wedding was structured for shotgun weddings only.  Growing increasingly frustrated, I turned to Facebook for one of my ever so charming rants.  It was there that a brilliant friend suggested the Nebraska State Capitol!  With our love for politics (not necessarily Nebraska politicians), the beautiful architecture of the Capitol and the low cost of $0, we were sold!  After visiting the Capitol we decided that the 14th Floor Memorial Chamber would be ideal because it is much more secluded and while we aren't particularly fond of the artwork--it is still a lovely room.


The most difficult part came when we had to decide what to do for a reception.  Since most reasonable venues in Lincoln can run between $1k-2k simply to rent it (which is two-thirds of our budget), we decided that our reception will be small and very intimate, at our home, immediate family and one best friend each from our youth.  The fact that we can't have all of our family and friends there is quite hard for us to swallow but we know that there will still be immense love and happiness for us! 


For being a relatively non-traditional person, I rather like the idea that it will be so intimate.  We can truly enjoy the company of all of our guests, we won't be overwhelmed with running around ,decorating the morning of the wedding, etc. We can plan, shop sales, save and truly give those who are present with us on June 4th, one hell of a cocktail party! 


I'm willing to bet by 7:00 I'm out of my wedding dress, running around in my pajamas with a glass of wine! Classy lady.

Now, if only I can get my brother to rock some super man pjs with me like the good old days!

CHEERS!

Wedding Dress Hanger

My favorite purchase for the wedding thus far, the Original Silver Lingerie, Wedding Dress Hanger by lilafrances on Etsy. For a cheap $25, I will have an amazing keepsake that reads "mrs patrick" and I can't wait to see the dress shot our photographer will pull off!

Mrs, Madame, Señora, Frau, Sayyidah

I have known for sometime that I was going to become Mrs. Patrick, however, it wasn't until I saw it in an email from my mother that it really hit home.   I'm more than happy to lose my maiden name, especially since my parent's divorce, but isn't Mrs. Patrick a new identity? It's a title, a change, a new lifestyle, a role that I am both excited and terrified to play.  EEK!


Mrs. sounds so grown up, is Ma'am just around the corner?