Our Flower Girls...and they are beau-t-ful

shannons niece, miss kenzie

my aunts girl, little miss ella

below are my favorite dresses i have stumbled upon so far! i really like the quarter length sleeve dresses! kenzie and ella will be so cute in any of these! some are pricey so i am probably going to be looking around! i love these styles...so cute

strasburg children



silk and duiponi dresses

Getting gussied up

Way back in December kristin vining posted a contest on her blog. yes i was stalking her blog among many other photographers blogs...you caught me i am a blog stalker! the contest was "31 days of december" contest! i basically had to recruit and nag people for 30 days to vote for shannon and i which would win muah a bridal session, hair and make up and some goodies from kristin! i was so in! so in january kristin announced the winners and it was US. shannon and i won the contest! i seriously cried going down the road because i had just fueled up, was still sitting in my car bottle coke in hand and decided to check my email via blackberry and got the message to hop over to her blog, i knew then we had won!

so this past wednesday at 3 a.m. i woke up to the sound of a rooster via blackberry. mom and i were soon in route to meet nicole, i was with her for her bridals and it was a must that she go with me for mine! i had butterflies in my stomach the whole way to charlotte, they soon fluttered away once we arrived at the studio, in which by the way i fell so absolutely in love with. whites, light pinks, crystal chandeliers, ahhh i loved it! i got the royal treatment! thanks to kristin and lindsey...they truly are an amazing duo! check out kristin vining and LRT they made me P.R.E.T.T.Y

 

 and here it is, my side swept do, so timeless and romantic! lots of teasing and hairspray going on here! all bridals must be kept a secret for now!

Us

From time to time i go through my phone and look at all the pictures of shannon and i. no matter what time or day there are always reminders of him! dried flowers, his ireland shirt he left beind, pictures every where, and constant thoughts of all the events in this year that are to come.

Corbin and i sent him a message on our new years cake!

 random picture messages i send to him!

 one of my favorite pics...on our way to choose and cut a tree! the first day we all three went out...bliss!

 DC starbucks

She smoked marlboros, drove buicks and lincolns

A step back in time, here is my grandma virginia mae who went to heaven last july! dang it all she made a cigarette look good didn't she? i miss her so much!

 i have thought about her a lot! i miss running in to her on purpose at the local goodwills, miss seeing her sitting at burger king eating an original chicken sandwich! most of all i miss her always making me dye her hair with store bought color! she always said she liked it! at the time i sighed and rolled my eyes, how i would give anything to dye her hair again?

 how pretty and how i wish she were still here!

Dine...Dance...Relax

Our reception will be held here, the beautiful and majestic Lorelei Inn, located on top of a beautiful rise that looks out onto Cold Mountain. You can see for miles and miles.

 Jeters lives here, cutest and spunkiest dog ever

 friendly horses

 hope you're ready to relax?



Jewelry

                                    love these earrings...compliments of a special friend!



something old...new...borrowed and blue

Let me let you have a little sneak peek at my shoes! Look at these shiny beauties! A friend of mine who goes by the name of Colene gave me some vintage shoe clips! I am not above splurging but when  I stumbled upon these and checked the price I said, "these are going home with me, and they better have my size!" Let me just say, they came home with me! These shoe clips are PERFECTION!

Location...Location...Location

Lake Junaluska



Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, Lake Junaluska!. I visited Lake Junaluska a few weeks ago and absolutely fell in love. I spoke with Shannon as soon as I could and told him I knew where we could get married! My mom, myself and our friend Judy strolled Lake Junaluska on a warm saturday afternoon! I wanted to go in the memorial chapel and was hoping the door would be unlocked...I walked up to the door and twisted the door handle *eyes closed* and it opened! i was so excited, then I stepped in and quickly became emotional and moved! I don't know what it was but I had an instant vision...these are things I wish I could share with Shannon! I miss him and so does everyone else! We can't wait to share our special day with you here at Lake Junaluska! Welcome to the closest thing to Heaven...the Blue Ridge Mountains!

feel free to bring some wonder bread...these ducks LOVE that stuff

 Lake Junaluska Memorial Chapel

 

Inspiration Boards

All things Autumn!

i love things green, orange, tiffany blue, yellow, pink and many many more! now how do i incorporate all these in to an autumn wedding? i can't give everything away about our special day! these are merely images for sneak peek purposes only!

 this ruffle cake is so imperfectly perfect!