Luckily I was able to wait until after graduation to tackle our wedding invitations. I wanted the invitations to coordinate with the save the dates without being identical. And, at less than 2 months before the big day, I had a lot more wedding details nailed down so I could design them with a...
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The gallery wall is complete! You can read here about how it came into existence. I filled the frames with neutral pieces for now, but it could be nice to bring in some color one day. I just used art & photos that I had on hand, so I already have plans to change...
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After the bridesmaids cards came the save the dates for our wedding. It was actually months after we had actually set the date, but I was in school, so wedding planning had to be on the back burner. I was probably procrastinating with it too because I was afraid to make decisions about it....
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You have to love a good gallery wall. They have such an interesting mix of shapes, visual weights, colors, art & photos…they’re wonderful. And they make any space feel cozy and personalized. I’ve been planning on putting one together in our living room, but that’s been on hold until I accumulate the right frames...
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I decided to design all of the paper goods for our wedding to go along with the personalized, handmade feel that I wanted it to have. There are some really pretty generic, print-your-own invitations these days, but I just liked having the freedom to do whatever I wanted with them. Of course, I also...
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We have lots of projects planned for the kitchen in the coming weeks & months that I am really excited about Phase 1 was the wall color – which, admittedly, didn’t make a huge difference overall, but we are well on our way! I really how it turned out, but I am more excited...
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I like hearing all about other peoples’ weddings, so I thought I would share about mine! As I was planning for the wedding, people would ask me about what the wedding would be like…the style, location, the feel of it, colors, etc. I always had a hard time describing it, usually using a plethora...
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Our living room is finally painted! And I mean finally. We’ve discovered that fixing up our house is going to be a much bigger ordeal than what we’re used to. It’s partially due to the fact that the house is a bit older (built in the 50′s), but mostly due to some sloppy handiwork...
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We weren’t expecting Irene to hit us that badly because we were more on the outskirts of the storm. But we planned on staying in all day and painting the living room anyways. Saturday came, and it was literally storming the entire day – from the time I woke up around 8, until well...
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I’ve always thought that the front of our house is cute. I also think that that it has a lot of potential to become much cuter I feel like the exterior is somewhat cold and I’ve been trying to think of ways to make it happier. Here’s the front of the house currently –...
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