The Limited

Did you know that Bride on a budget can now find GORGEOUS dresses at The Limited for great deals?!

Engagement Rings

I love these antique rings!!
More. Vintage. Rings.
I love the look of the dainty thin band and big center piece.
I want a ring with a story. Does your ring have a story?

Pretty cute

Happy Tuesday :)

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How healthy is your relationship?

Below are 40 things that are included in a healthy loving relationship. No relationship is perfect, there are always things you could work on :)

1. You can be your true selves with each other.
2. You feel comfortable sharing your deepest thoughts, fears, and emotions with each other.
3. You rarely lie to each other, but you also refrain from being brutally honest.
4. You give each other space and/or “Me time.”
5. You make it through rough times as a couple without splitting up.
6. You agree (or genuinely agree to disagree) on financial matters.
7. You treat each other the way you would like to be treated, not necessarily the way you feel you’re being treated at the moment.
8. You and your mate completely deal with your problems, refusing to leave them unresolved until resentments form.
9. You forgive each other for mistakes.
10. You don’t tell each other what you should or shouldn’t think/feel.
11. You both listen without interrupting.
12. You respect each others’ privacy.
13. You speak each others’ Love Language, even if it’s different from your own.
14. You willingly make sacrifices for each other.
15. You share mutual interests and activities.
16. You respect each others’ individuality and make the most of your differences.
17. You act as each others’ backbone, providing loving support without guilt.
18. You share spiritual beliefs or a spiritual connection.
19. You show sensitivity to each others’ needs.
20. You discuss and negotiate instead of fighting.
21. Each partner takes responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings.
22. There is mutual trust and dedication.
23. You have a strong friendship.
24. In addition to loving each other, you genuinely like each other.
25. You don’t judge or force your opinions on each other.
26. You take quality time to nurture your relationship.
27. Both partners maintains his/her own set of boundaries and respects the boundaries of the other.
28. You are both attentive to the needs of yourself and the other.
29. You enjoy physical contact (hugs, kisses, cuddling, sex) together.
30. You show appreciation for each other.
31. Hardship, uncertainty, and disagreements are accepted as a part of life.
32. You communicate openly and meaningfully with each other.
33. There is equal power between you and your mate.
34. You keep your expectations of each other in check.
35. You genuinely apologize to one another when feelings are hurt.
36. You and your mate speak up assertively instead of expecting the other to read minds.
37. You both eliminate passive aggressive behavior (ignoring, silent treatment, eye rolling, stomping, hanging up the phone) as much as possible.
38. You have a strong sense of interdependence (mutual responsibility) to each other rather than dependence or co-dependence.
39. You avoid going to bed mad.
40. You CAN live without each other, but you choose each other over every alternative choice.

Credits: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1IE473/blog.self-improvement-saga.com/2010/08/40-signs-youre-in-a-healthy-relationship/

keep close what matters most 2011

{New Years Resolutions}

Health:

• Drink 8 cups of water a day
  
• Exercise 4 days a week
• Run a half marathon :)
• Engage in more stimulating conversations
• Pray daily
• Put yourself out of your comfort zone (bikram yoga, new food, etc.)
  
• Read more books

Business:

• Network with everyone you meet
• Blog weekly
• Do things that inspire and motivate you
• Dont be afraid of being different
• Create a website (Sierra Events)
  
• Market yourself

Life:

• Dont waste time gossiping
• Dont compare your life to others
• Live in the moment, stop planning so much
• Smile even when no one is looking
• Sing in the car
• Experiences are more valuable than things
• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
• Stay in touch with friends
• Forgive everyone for EVERYTHING
• Keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away
• Call your family and tell them you love them
• Find something good in every situation
• Dont let anyone love you more than you love yourself
• The BEST is yet to come

DIY ideas

These are the cutest DIY shoes. Im going to the fabric store RIGHT NOW to make some for myself!

Bahahah!!!! I love DIY ideas from East Side Bride. I love mason Jars, therefore I love Martha Steward too.

Im going camping this weekend, (is it Friday yet?) and i really want to make some of these DIY smore wedding favors for me and my friends.

love love love this DIY fabric flower garland :)

Vintage DIY save the dates. Show your guest all the places you have fallen more in love with each other.

Im OBSESSED with lacy flowers with way too many petals (like cabbage rose and PEONIES). This DIY crepe flower is a perfect solution for a bride who LOVES peonies, but what if they are not in season on your big day?!?

Are Weddings Recession Proof?

This is a great article about how the recession has barely effected poeple getting married.
Check this out --->Snippet and ink featured a Wedding that only had a $5,000 budget!! I love it.
Here are 43 ideas for fun & cheap dates!!
{Money doesn't buy love}

Summer Chic Inspiration Board

I've been imagining this wedding in my head for some time now. I was inspired by my kitchen wall. I painted it my favorite color; DEEP TURQUOISE and i love love love it.

Colors: Shades of Teal Turquoise and light blue, Banana Yellow, and blush pink.

Brides maid dresses :)
I love mismatching. There are many ways to missmatch you bridesmaids; you can have them wear all the same color but different styles of dresses, you could have the wear the same style dress just different colors, or I have chosen to pick different colors and different dresses to make them each feel unique.(Dresses from Dillards & Anthropology)
This yellow truck and yellow button mums add just the right amount of YELLOW. Who wouldnt want to drive away from their wedding in an old car with tin cans draggin behind?!

Bouquet: (photo from Greenweddingshoes.com)

Peonies are available early summer, but if you are planning a late summer/early fall wedding cabbage rose is a good substitute.

Cake:

These colors are perfect for a late summer chic outdoor wedding.

The Invitation

I found this poem today and it almost made me cry. I love it. I hope you fall in love too.

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, ‘Yes.’

It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
–Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Tiffany blue, Tan and Espresso Inspiration Board

These colors are perfect for fall or winter wedding. I would definitely have a chocolate bar with a chocolate fountain!! I also think a coffee bar would be great for those coffee lovers.

12 things i find ridiculously romantic:

beaches

intimate glances amidst crowds

tickling

wildflowers in ball jars

handwritten notes

pouring rain

airport farewells

big open fields

movie nights with wine and popcorn

old fashioned cars

holding hands

picnics

Black & Teal Vision Board (inspiration # 3)

Marissa and Cameron are getting married June 26th 2010!! Their colors will be black, white and teal.

Sunflowers (Inspiration #2)

Sunflowers are so bold and fun!!
They are perfect with brown, burnt orange & deep purple for fall.
or with grapefruit brown &pink for summer.

It's all about her shoes.

I have a wall hanging that says, "She with the most shoes wins" or better yet She with the best shoes wins. Even since the story of the princess bride, Cinderella who wore glass slippers, shoes seem to be a girl's best friend. What we see as "traditional" is the white gowns and white shoes which actually started in the 1840's because Queen Elizabeth wore all white. Before that, the tradition was blue gowns. Now a days wedding shoes make a real statement. Every Bride wants to stand out and her gown and accessories should reflect her personal style. Here are some shoes brides have worn to be themselves and break the "tradition".









what color of wedding shoes will you wear?

Strawberry fields (Inspiration #1)

For the Sweet & Luscious Reno Bride.
Season: Late Spring
Setting: (outdoors) Open grassy field
Colors: Luscious Red, Ivory, Grass Green, Mauve

You could serve chicken with a yummy strawberry glaze or pork with a cherry glaze. & the drink of the night should be apple martinis with a strawberry slice on the rim.

Of course you would have a strawberry cake. Maybe make it angel food with a whipped icing and have strawberry sauce drizzled on every slice given to your guests.