there's always more...

First let me say that I try really hard not to write about my wedding every single day. If you know me at all, you know that I've been excited about planning this day since I was about 12 years old. Some girls are wedding girls, and some girls are not. I happen to be one, and I'm a proud one at that. With our wedding only four months from tomorrow, things are really starting to come together...here's a little peek at some more of what's been inspiring our big day...

While our cake is only going to be two tiers, it can be expected to look a little like this:

 

I love these old-fashioned candy sticks for favors. Perfect for adding to the decor, keeping with the theme, and carrying home as a sweet treat!

 

 BALLOONS! That's all I'm saying.

These gorgeous circus-themed invitations inspired our own, which we'll be sending out next month...

 More adorable bunting, because I can't convey how cute it's gonna be...

And finally, a tiny glimpse at what influenced me to design my own dress instead of buying one off the rack:

cake and pictures

Michael and I had the greatest day on Wednesday. We met with our cake designer Q (yes, that's her real name) at Sweet Life. Our plan is to have a two-tiered cake for the wedding party, with two or three sheet cakes for feeding our guests. The flavors we're leaning towards are coconut cake with strawberry mousse or a lemon poppyseed cake with white chocolate ginger mousse. There will also be one or two other flavors on our sheet cakes, but we haven't decided anything yet.

Our inspiration is this topsy-turvy cake.

Some other fun cakes we like are these:

  

After our cake tasting, we went to Portland and had our engagement pictures taken by Rosemary Ragusa. My brother works for her, and it was fun having him at our photo shoot. We went to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, and it was gorgeous and sunny out- a perfect day for taking pictures. Our photos should be ready in a couple of weeks, and I'm really excited to see them.

sweet things

It amazes me how much of this wedding is coming together so easily. Thanks to my brother, who works for a professional photographer up in Portland, all of our photography (including engagement photos) is going to cost us nothing. My dress is being made by a costume designer who is making it for me just for the cost of the fabric. So I get to design my own wedding dress! Our families are helping us out with even more, and we could not be more grateful. The past year has been particularly difficult because I haven't been able to work, and I can't tell you how frustrating it is to want to be able to work and save for my own wedding and not even have the option. But God has been so good to us!

This Wednesday, we're going to Sweet Life to taste wedding cake. Isn't this so stinking cute?! Ours will be in our colors (peacock blue, purple, and turquoise) and with little feathers coming out the top. I'm clearly obsessed with peacocks right now, but I have been for awhile, so I think it will represent this time in our lives pretty well. After cake tasting, we're heading up to Portland for our engagement photos with Rosemary Ragusa

I bought my adorable wedding shoes, the peacock feathers for our centerpieces, and some other fun wedding stuff this week. I also met with Judy the florist and talked feathers and flowers- so fun! And thanks to my gorgeous Maid of Honor, Lisa Georgiades, I have this fabulous headpiece...I'm so excited :)